Clik here to view.
Theater Review: ‘Irishtown,’ a Rip-Roaring Farce, Starring Kate Burton
Irishtown In the hilarious, briskly paced Irishtown, written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed for maximum laughs by Nicola Murphy Dubey, the audience is treated to the antics of the successful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (NYC): ‘We Do the Same Thing Every Week’ by Robert Leverett
About his 1957 book The Cat in the Hat Theodore Geisel once said, “It is the book I’m proudest of because it had something to do with the death of the Dick and Jane primers.” The vapid “Dick and Jane”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (Off-Broadway): ‘Maddie: A New Musical’
The Players Theatre on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village is an old-school venue. Lamplit walls. Worn seats. Echoes of three quarters of a century of shows scuffing the floor and whispering about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opera Review (NYC): Heartbeat Opera Reimagines Gounod’s ‘Faust’
With musical wizard Dan Schlosberg on a break, would Heartbeat Opera’s latest production, a reimagined Faust, offer the musical magic that has made its predecessors so deliriously impactful and fun?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review: ‘Goddess’– Music Is Love
Goddess When the mythic goddess Marimba fights with her mother and opposes her mission to make war, she escapes to earth and becomes Nadira. There, she finds refuge in fiery jazz club Moto Moto...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review: (CSC) ‘Bus Stop’
Bus Stop William Inge’s subtly deep drama Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company sports comedic elements. Presented on Broadway in 1955, the play rarely enjoys a revival. On close inspection, one wonders:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opera Review: ‘Zemlinskys Zimmer (Zemlinsky’s Room)’ from the little OPERA...
An ongoing revival of the music of Alexander Zemlinsky takes to the stage at BAM Fisher this weekend as the little OPERA theatre of ny delivers what it calls Zemlinskys Zimmer (in English, Zemlinsky’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ from Smith Street Stage
The most stirring portrayal I can remember of Shakespeare’s King Henry V is the one by a woman, McLean Peterson, in Smith Street Stage’s current production at Carroll Park. Is that ironic? No. It is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (NYTW) ‘Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole’
Lights Out: Nat “KIng” Cole at New York Theatre Workshop In Lights Out, when Dulé Hill steps out onto the New York Theatre Workshop stage as Nat King Cole performing his last show (on December 17,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads...
The gutsy physical-theater duo of Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland have won three Edinburgh Fringe First Awards, and it’s no wonder. While their show A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads...
View Article