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If this family seems familiar, Winkler wrote about them in her 2016 play, "Kentucky," set seven years ago, when Hiro returned home for the first time from NYC in order to stop her sister's w…
The creator of "Betty & The Belrays," now at the Theater for the New City, pretty much dares you to compare his well-meaning, but cartoony, new musical to Hairspray, a comparison in whi…
Filichia has had a long and storied career as a theater critic and author of several books on the topic. His having witnessed a multitude of productions, this immersion informs "God Shows Up…
The play is a thoughtful and illuminating look at the attractions and perils of a career in adult entertainment. Lauren's story is a cautionary tale, yes, but the underlying attitude of the …
In recent years the play has not fared with such acclaim. A 2008 Broadway revival starring Frank Langella eliminated the narrator character of The Common Man, the play's cleverest device, an…
The two directors/founders of BalletBoyz, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, directed and photographed the film which also included Pérez's choreography. Although the movie certainly ill…
Part of the tradition is the audience's response. There was hooting and hollering from the audience, sounding like they were at a rock concert, but it was impossible not to get caught up in …
Having seen it at least four times before, I can say with certainty that Sam Shepard's "True West" (1980) is a firm and solid play: a play to be pondered both while you're watching it and af…
A delightful new collection of material from that flamboyant sage. There's the script of his one-man show, unseen poems and pithy observations galore.
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Comprised of 27 short scenes in two parts that are each designated as being two acts and ranging from 1945 to 1954, "The Glen" is a stewpot of a play inspired by a real person's life. Glenn …
Directed with touching simplicity by Henry and choreographed with a lyrical flow by Lorna Ventura, this Anne tells the well-known story utilizing a combination of voiceover readings, project…
In three acts, we get idealized Norman Rockwell-style Americana. As in his dramas, O'Neill's sense of structure is totally idiosyncratic. Ah, Wilderness! is shorter than his dramas but still…
Director John Collins made the more than seven hour running time a breeze with his attention to detail, moving his cast of office workers/Gatsby characters with such naturalness that, as eac…
"We'll Have Manhattan: Rodgers & Hart in New York," created and narrated by the soon-to-become Broadway's Tootsie (in the new Broadway musical), Santino Fontana found most of its emotio…
These two mild points aside, Jaffee's script is nevertheless hugely successful in conveying this man-vs-nature clash; his use of clever dialogue and idiosyncratic characters keep the topic i…
Though not in the same class with Alan Jay Lerner's masterpiece, "My Fair Lady," "Carmelina" has a similar theme: how a young woman reinvents herself. While the three soldiers are under the …
There are many dimensions to Ray Yamanouchi's "The American Tradition," directed by Axel Avin, Jr. for the New Light Theater Project. On one level, it's an adventure story about a daring att…
The Brooklyn-born Quinn has been performing stand-up since the 1980's and his seasoned wise guy New Yorker persona was once showcased on Saturday Night Live and in recent years in several th…
While Jessica Dickey's "The Convent" may not have any new answers and may cover familiar material, it does so with such vitality and theatricality, that it becomes a memorable experience. U…
The young British actor Mark Farrelly brilliantly channels the 20th century cultural icon's witty presence in his highly theatrical self-written solo show.
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Playwright Stephen Belber offers an intricate character study comprised of a barrage of brief nonlinear scenes chronicling the eventful existence of a woman from childhood to the age of 62. …
Casual strolling was suddenly punctuated by dancers bumping and grinding at each other, these full-bodied movements resonating in slightly different ways in each dancer, sometimes leading to…
Similar to a flatly serious youth exploitation flick circa 1970, playwright Phoebe Nir's utopia-in-the-wilderness yarn "Eco Village," is likeably inept. There's a hallucinogenic drug dinner …
At the center of "Secret Identity" is Keith Weiss who plays JT. The proverbially baby-faced Mr. Weiss is physically, emotionally and vocally entrancing. With his rumbling low voice and expre…
Adapting Broadway shows for "live" TV is never easy. And this production was hampered by some extraordinary bad luck. One of the stars, Brennin Hunt, ("Roger") broke his foot at the last min…
