Opening on July 4, at a moment when immigrants and their living conditions are once again in the forefront of the news, Now Circa Then is an inspired choice.
The post Theater Review: "Now Ci…
(Nancy Coleman's article appeared in the New York Times, 6/21; via Pam Green.) Jeremy Wechsler was on his way to rehearsal one morning in March when his phone started, and then wouldn't stop…
"I've known periods of chronic depression, the most serious of which was in 1974. It was impossible for me to live without a plastic lobster that I took with me everywhere, leaving it behind…
If I could look into Madame Arcati's crystal ball I think I would see a West End transfer on the cards for Richard Eyre's playful production of Blithe Spirit.
The last-minute interventions were revealed as part of a (none-too-favorable) independent review of Creative Scotland's operations and processes that followed a major controversy over fundin…
"I remember more experienced writers telling me that I should say yes to every opportunity until I had earned the privilege to say no. But hope is both a strength and a weakness; it takes ti…
The museum lost about 15,000 items " but its collection is huge, luminous, and important. "Art historians and archaeologists know how exceptional the collection is. But despite Baghdad's rel…
Style and grace fill the stage with abundance in Black Ensemble Theater's latest show. When you're focusing on Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson, how could they not? But if you're looking for deep…
Below are the seven most popular posts in the seven years since I began NewYorkTheater.me in May 2012. Below that  are the seven most popular reviews, and below that 10 of the profile por…
"It's amazing that this landmark symphony could have been so easily forgotten. As with the other seminal New Englanders"George Whitefield Chadwick, Horatio Parker, and Edward MacDowell, amon…
"As the conversation of the physical phenomenon under discussion grows more complex, language is revealed to be inadequate to the task of describing abstract thought. At this point, students…
More than a century later, Chaminade and her music have been largely expunged from history, and the societies named for her have disappeared " all except one: the Chaminade Music Club of Yon…
We have been meaning to call to your attention to an instance in which " unlike, say, the trade talks between the US and China " international cooperation works beautifully. " Doug Ramsey
"Daniel's Husband," an absorbing drama by Michael McKeever that was a hit off-Broadway, explores the debate on same-sex marriage from a less obvious angle. Set in the "perfectly appointed" h…
As the Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday, many nominees took only a brief pause to receive the news before resuming a hectic schedule. There were cast recordings to finish,…
