Writer
Carol Rocamora, Ph.D., is an educator, author, and theatre critic. She is the author of 9 publications, including translations of the complete works of Anton Chekhov. She served on the faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts (1993-2023) and also at the Julliard School. She is a member of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and the American Theatre Critics Association
“This is what four thousand years old looks like when you moisturize!” So saith Holy Divine, one of the ancient three sisters in a rocking gospel-trio. And we’re off and running on another wild and wonderful Jordan E. Cooper adventure. You remember Cooper’s last mad caper called Aint No Mo’, don’t you, when the playwright,…
Punch, James Graham’s powerful new drama, is stunning Broadway audiences with an impact that lives up to its title. In short, it’s a knock-out. Known for his award-winning plays on an impressive variety of topics – This House (2012) on the British parliamentary history, Ink (2017) on the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s empire, and Dear…
There’s divinity at work – literally – in a show now playing at the Public Theatre. It’s appropriately called Goddess– and it will transport you to a vibrant culture with its heavenly music, supernatural characters, and inspiring message. Most of the scene is set in Mombasa, Kenya, largely at Moto Moto, a free-spirited, underground nightclub….
Attention Gilbert & Sullivan purists: though you may be passionate about the original, you won’t be able to resist the current giddy reinvention of The Pirates of Penzance, their immortal operetta that premiered in New York in 1879 to protect its copyright from piracy (forgive me), a fate that had befallen their earlier HMS Pinafore….
Ever heard of “cinetheatre”? You’d better get used to the term describing this groundbreaking new theatrical form. It’s making a dramatic impact on the Broadway stage this season, and it’s a harbinger of a whole new technological trend to come. You have to see it to believe it. It’s too complicated to describe. But bear…
Two elements overpower the current production of Redwood now playing at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway. One is the extraordinary voice of Idina Menzel, and the other is the equally extraordinary projection design by Hana S. Kim. In Tina Landau’s hyper-emotional new play, the protagonist Jesse (played by Menzel) is an art gallerist, living in New York…
F. Murray Abraham (Photo: Carol Rosegg) Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave By Carol Rocamora An arresting assemblage of rarely performed one-acts, now playing at the Irish Repertory Theatre, provides audiences with a thrilling theatrical experience. In seventy-five shocking minutes, three short plays by Samuel Beckett manage to take us on an entire…