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Sarah Killough and Ellen Adair photos by Colin Shepherd by Eugene Paul New plays, new theatre companies, continue to seek the limelight from one end of the country to the other, nowhere more generously than on New York City’s turf. Its name trailing martially bold Shakespearean allusions, the Happy Few Theatre Company, producers…
by Eugene Paul Theatrical deity Eugene O’Neill, whose masterworks continue to astound and gratify audiences around the globe, reached Broadway in 1920 with Beyond The Horizon, the first of his four Pulitzer prize plays. He was thirty-two. Steeped in theater, he had learned his craft from his parents, famous, self-burdened actors, at the…
Photos by Joan Marcus Reviewed by Eugene Paul They were the most successful religious community in the country. In addition to their farming properties and industries, their stunningly simple esthetic continues to affect millions with its beauty. At their peak, they numbered 5,000. Today, there are six. These are the Shakers, more properly, the…
By Eugene Paul As measured by the money meter, a palpable hit. “Who’s that?” my companion whispered, nudging sideways with her chin as the gorgeous, gorgeous creature squeezed by smiling apologetically. I nodded. “Yes, it is. And look over there.” She slid her eyes four seats over. Her eyebrows went up. I nodded, then…
Danny Burstein Fiddler on the Roof by Eugene Paul One of the greatest musicals in theatre history and one of the most appealing. Bring tissues. It says, “Anatevka”. We work out the worn Russian letters on the sign as we wait for the show to begin. A man walks on the stage? …
Mark Strong as Carbone with Phoebe Fox (left) and Nicola Walker. Photograph: Tristram Kenton By Eugene Paul On stage, left and right are banked high and deep with theater seats. Everyone is taken. Center stage, a black monolith sits on a low, transparent wall. We can see bare feet in the lighted arena…
Darren Pettie, Jonathan Hadary, Derek Smith, James Carpinello and Jonny Orsini by Eugene Paul In this occasion of Arthur Miller’s celebratory 2015 season—100 years since his birth – Miller plays are in evidence all around town in a range from his stunning Off Broadway Yiddish production of Death of a Salesman to his…
JOAN MARCUS by Eugene Paul Director Will Frears, knowing that he has William Goldman’s tested and true services having successfully adapted the Stephen King flavorsome little horror epic, “Misery” to the screen as his basis for this, his stage adaptation, is still not resting easy having as his leads two of the biggest…
Josh Segarra and Ana Villafane by Eugene Paul There are so many ways to look at this endearing, heart warming monster musical that it would be a shame not to enumerate some of them: first: there’s the smart money Broadway savvy, far from visionaries who see clearly that this show would be totally out of…
By Eugene Paul If you’re going to find yourself in a nursing home – oops – an adult living facility, who wouldn’t want to take over the whole, pleasant space we see if all you had to do was make yourself poisonous to anyone designated to share those desirable quarters in upscale…