Edward Rubin

Contributing Writer

Reviews by Edward

  • Coastal Elites

                               By Edward Rubin A pre and post-COVID-19-slanted offering much peppered with condemnation of Trump and the current administration – was presented one time only this past September–was HBO’s Coastal Elites. Originally written to be performed as a play at New York City’s Public Theater by playwright, and novelist Paul Rudnick, widely known for his humorous…

  • The Miracle of Long Johns

                      By Edward Rubin Three years ago, ex-New Yorker David Lefkowitz, now a Colorado based actor, writer, playwright, and popular radio personality, brought his one man show, Shalom Dammit: An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, to New York City. The overall thrust of the evening, wildly performed by the playwright himself, was what it…

  • Ruthless, The Musical

    to R: PAUL PECORINO, TORI MURRAY and KIM MARESCA            Photo: Carol Rosegg                           By Edward Rubin January 23, the day of the Great Blizzard here in New York, closed all Broadway shows and most off Broadway, but not Ruthless where the actors, most likely already in costume, would not abandon the stage so easily.  …

  • Snow White

    Hilly Bodin as Snow White and Courtney Giannone as The Prince By Edward Rubin The ad campaign for Company XIV’s production of Snow White at the Minetta Lane Theatre inspired by the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale that we all grew up knowing – is being sold as an adult version of the folk tale, reflected…

  • Going Solo in Terminally Delightful

                                       by Edward Rubin BenDelaCreme                                   photos by Ed Rubin The wonderfully intimate, 80-seat, Laurie Beecham Theatre, situated across from Theatre Row, and a few blocks west of Broadway is one of my favorite theatrical venues. Located on the lower level at the West Bank Café, itself one of my favorite Pre and Post…