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Kylie McVey and Bowdie Photo Credit: Matt Urban Mobius New Media. By David Schultz Because of Winn-Dixie is based on the beloved children’s book penned by Kate DiCamillo. This still morphing show has been kicking around since 2013. It is in its final stages and is Broadway-bound. The simple plot details the warm and emotional friendship between…
Michael Oberholtzer as Timothy, Geneva Carr as Margery, Steven Boyer as Jason, Marc Kudisch as Pastor Greg and Sarah Stiles as Jessica photos by Joan Marcus Hand To God by David Schultz Something strange and wonderful has just transpired. A truly unique and shocking play has just opened on Broadway. First seen Off-Off Broadway, then…
Elisabeth Moss and Jason Biggs Photos by: Joan Marcus by David Schultz Wendy Wasserstein’s award-winning play still packs a punch, but is more muted and wistful than it needs to be. Beginning in 1989 in a stuffy lecture hall, this wide-ranging play moves in episodic moments, both large and small. It attempts to show…
Rosie Perez & Larry David photos by Joan Marcus by David Schultz This practically sold-out hit is the hottest ticket on Broadway right now. Ticket sales have reached over four million, and counting. Television writer and star Larry David is the reason this work has ever seen the light of day. Minions of his…
Emily Young and Noah Brody in a scene from Fiasco Theater’s “Into the Woods” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) by David Schultz When this brilliant musical first hit the boards in 1987 it seemed a fresh take on all the fairy tale bedtime stories we were told as tiny tots. A mishmash of various characters…
Tonya Pinkins (above) and Dianne Wiest (below) (Photo credit: Monique Carboni) By David Schultz A scintillating cat and mouse treatise combines office politics and race into a frothy mix. Cunningly directed, makes for must see viewing. This new black comedy written by Joel Drake Johnson hits a lot of nerves. The subject of race…
Ben Schnetzer, Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and (standing) Raviv Ullman Photos: Monique Carboni by David Schultz A revival of playwright David Rabe’s Tony Award winning play Sticks and Bones (1971) may prove to be the most moving and gut wrenching play in New York City at the moment. This seriously demented twist on the…
Hugh Jackman as The Man in THE RIVER, a new play by Jes Butterworth, directed by Ian Rickson, at Circle in the Square Theater (50th Street between Broadway and Eight Avenue). © Richard Termine by David Schultz What can the typical theatergoer expect when seeing the new play entitled The River ? That’s presuming…
Blythe Danner Photos By Joan Marcus By David Schultz Chekhov Lite in the Berkshires Everyone seems to be jumping on the Chekhov bandwagon of late. Christopher Durang (“Vanya, Sonya, Masha & Spike”) last case in point. His riff on the master was clever, pithy, and wise. It garnered a few well-deserved Tony Awards last…