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(l-r) Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Pryce Photo credit © Joan Marcus The Height Of The Storm By Ron Cohen Majestic performances illuminate the interplay of love, death and memory French playwright Florian Zeller creates compelling characters in mental disarray. In his plays previously mounted in New York, The Father took us with breathtaking…
Tommy Crawford, Christopher Sears. Photo by Carol Rosegg Only Yesterday By Ron Cohen How do you pull off a play about the Beatles – or at least two of the Beatles — without performing for whatever reason – licensing restriction, copyright prohibition, cost — any of the Beatles music? As in Only Yesterday, you…
Zawe Ashton ,Tom Hiddleston, and Charlie Cox star Betrayal By Ron Cohen Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, which premiered in London in1978, is making its fourth stand on Broadway, and three superbly honed performances make clear there’s still plenty of juice to be squeezed from this minutely detailed saga of marital infidelity. The production, directed…
Marsha Mason, Lauren O’Leary & Brenda Meaney photos by Carol Rosegg Little Gem By Ron Cohen Three generations of women in a Dublin family tell their story with humor and heart in Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem, being given an admirable production by Irish Repertory Theatre and boasting a splendid performance by Marsha…
Domenica Feraud and Florencia Lozano photos by Jenny Anderson Rinse, Repeat By Ron Cohen Things are pretty tense at the Tellner household. Their 21-year-old daughter Rachel has just returned home after a four-month stay in a hospital battling the near-fatal effects of anorexia. Her return is actually a trial visit to see if…
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow By Ron Cohen The Prozorov sisters like to say “shit” and “fuck” a lot. Yes, they’re the same Prozorov women who inhabit Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. But this time around they’re cutting up in Halley Feiffer’s adaptation of Chekhov’s masterpiece. It’s entitled Moscow Moscow Moscow…
Toni Stone By Ron Cohen Toni Stone loved baseball. Now, you may ask, Who? Or so what? History, as oft said, has a way of erasing the accomplishments of American women, and particularly, women of color. So, if you need filling in, Toni Stone (1921-1996) was the first female professional baseball player, playing…
Lee Tergesen and Kelly AuCoin photos by Joam Marcus Long Lost By Ron Cohen “Just because we came from the same womb, I’m supposed to be responsible for you forever and ever no matter what kind of shit you do?” That’s what David, a well-heeled Wall Street consultant, asks his wastrel brother Billy…
Photos by Julieta Cervantes Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus By Ron Cohen The corpses are piled high. They’re oozing blood and other bodily liquids. And yes, as you probably have heard, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus is indeed a comedy, quite a funny one. Titus Andronicus was one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, perhaps…
Andrea Burns Smart Blonde By Ron Cohen “Beloved Star of Stage and Screen.” Probably no one deserved the accolade more than Judy Holliday, whose innate intelligence, vulnerability and womanliness gave depth and magnetism to the dumb — or at least flighty — blonde persona that marked most of her roles. She catapulted…