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That it involves the relatively new phenomenon of gay parenthood gives it an added impact. That it is written with a thorough understanding of the complexities of gay parenthood vs. cons…
Darryl Reilly, Critic There were so many exceptional original plays among the 144 productions that I reviewed for Theaterscene.net in 2018. In addition, several solo shows were outstanding, …
Though it was common practice centuries ago, perhaps the final take-away from "Bitter Greens"--a new play by Clea DeCrane--is that an actor should not perform in her own work. In the play, D…
Elice is no stranger to biographical musicals. His "Jersey Boys" is still running off-Broadway. Here he was inspired to divide the eponymous character into three personalities: t…
Mr. Goode's structure is creatively simple, the eight reindeers offer their foul-mouthed sometimes conflicting testimony one by one. Rudolph is unable to appear as he is confined to a padded…
The multimedia performance art event "Sleeping Beauty Dreams" opened its two-night run at the Beacon Theatre on December 14, 2018. Audiences gain insight into the dream world of Princess Aur…
Gradually, as the course of a year passes, we learn about the characters' trouble-filled off-stage lives: Rory is coping with being part of a broken family; Bernard suffered loss early in li…
The world premiere of "The Apple Boys: A Barbershop Quartet Musical" is a delightful show that pays tribute to this uniquely American art form. In a mash-up of history it also recognizes a g…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "Nothing brings you closer than almost breaking a hip together!" cracks performer John Burns about his later in life romance that culminated in marrying his husband. "Y…
One of the beauties of the book by Mills and Reichel is that all of the characters in the large dramatis personae are very well defined and we have no trouble knowing who is who. Reichel's d…
Except for "Santa Baby" and "The Little Drummer Boy," virtually every Christmas song in existence is wonderfully performed during the pleasant holiday extravaganza, Ruben & Clay's…
This nonsensical, broad comedy is penned by the clever Greg Kotis ("Urinetown"). Songs and arrangements by Steven Gross are whimsical and entertaining, and costume designer Whitney Locher pr…
In 90 minutes, Ms. Raffo packs in a great deal. We learn about Iraq's past and present, religious lore, marital conflicts, unrequited love and the hardships of immigrants. The stiff treatmen…
It's a very presentational show. The six ensemble members comprise a sort of group narrator, working in tandem to relate the memories of the Thomas character for the audience"sometimes sorti…
Since 2010, Experiments in Opera, founded by composers Aaron Siegel, Matthew Welch and Jason Cady, has presented all sorts of new works that simultaneously affirm and challenge the very idea…
"Why did I marry such an idiot?!" exclaims Deanna about her goofy husband Keaton. Not only is he an inept drug dealer but he has also kidnapped a seal who is presently in human form and her …
Tom Stoppard, our most cerebral modern playwright, has finally written a play that one would have expected from him all along. "The Hard Problem," his first play in ten years, is literally a…
"Quicksand," Nella Larsen's 1928 award-winning first novel, has been given an ambitious, epical stage adaptation by Everyday Inferno Theatre Company working out of the IRT Theater. While Reg…
The flier for "Shadows," subtitled "A Dance Musical," calls it "a Gothic ghost love story," adding, "It's Twyla Tharp meets Stephen King."Â If only. "Shadows," written by Randall David Co…
Overbearing nuns, eccentric priests and confusing religious tenets are detailed with stand-up comedy gusto by performer Martin Moran in recounting his Colorado Catholic upbringing during his…
Although Chua is less interested in beauty for beauty's sake than Andersen, the look and sound of "The Emperor's Nightingale" is still stunning, drawing on a wealth of traditional Chinese ar…
Her quietly wry, gently self-deprecating autobiographical lecture demonstration, "Minimalism and Me," was the first half of a program devoted to her early works. These works more often than …
Pink's "Perfect" was the exhilarating finale of singer Christopher Caswell's vivacious cabaret act, "Step into the Sun." Fourteen eclectic, mostly unconventional numbers were performed in 75…
In a time of fake news, these timely and topical questions are raised in the delightful new Broadway play "The Lifespan of a Fact," a dramatization by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and…
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is presenting a theatrical event by Idaho theater poet Samuel D. Hunter ("The Whale," "A Bright New Boise," "The Few," "Pocatello," "The Healing," "The Harves…
