Marissa Tomei Photo: Joan Marcus The Rose Tattoo By Fern Siegel “There is something wild in the air.” The phrase is uttered as The Rose Tattoo opens, a minor play in Tennessee Williams’ canon. The story arc is thin, and it’s hard to get overly engaged with the characters, though a sultry sense permeates…
Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford & Sally Murphy Linda Vista By Eugene Paul Playwright Tracy Letts and the Steppenwolf Company at their scathing best. Linda Vista, indeed. What’s so “Linda” about it? Okay, there’s more there than meets the eye. Sure, designer Todd Rosenthal runs a city silhouette…
(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…
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…
Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo (Matt Murphy) By Eugene Paul There are no admonishments telling you not to take photos inside the theater which would be useless anyway since the aisles before curtain time are filled with awestruck jostlers clicking away. And besides, director Alex Timbers is ready for just that, so shoot your fill….
Bat Out of Hell by Arney Rosenblat In Bat Out of Hell – The Musical which is rocking New York City Center you’ll find vibrant music that will arouse your spirit, visuals that will dazzle your eyes and a story that will dumbfound your brain but for an overall fun time– two…
Sea Wall/A Life By Fern Siegel Tom Sturridge Photo: Richard Hubert Smith An intimate chamber piece now at the Hudson Theater, Sea Wall/A Life posits two men musing on life, death and love. But mostly, it’s about death. The double bill, by authors Simon Stephens (Sea Wall) and Nick Payne (A Life), embarks on…
photos Deen van Meer Frankie & Johnny In The Clair De Lune By Eugene Paul Full, glittering turnouts are greeting every performance of this extraordinary revival of dear old Terrence McNally’s beloved schmatte of a play. For cause. Previous incarnations have always treated it as a schmatte, and why not, it’s coarse,…
By Eugene Paul If you can ‘t get enough of Glenda Jackson, this is for you. Perhaps the most generous and rewarding moment in all of the current production of King Lear occurred at the giddily enthusiastic curtain call when a gracious Glenda Jackson gave an…
Tootsie By Marc Miller Santino Fontana. How long have some of us been waiting for him to become the breakout star we knew he could be? The anticipation goes back at least to Sons of the Prophet, through The Importance of Being Earnest and Act One and Cinderella, not to mention all those Crazy…