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…
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…
Rob McClure (Adam), Kerry Butler (Barbara), Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) Photo by Matthew Murphy 2019 Beetlejuice By David Schultz Wildly inventive, overly caffeinated reboot is strictly for the fanbase. This whirling dervish musical starts at 90 miles an hour as it ratchets up the intensity and never rests for…
Bertie Carvel, Jonny Lee Miller. Photo: Joan Marcus Ink By Fern Siegel Newspapers and TV have been forever changed by one man: Rupert Murdoch. It all began in 1969, the year Murdoch, a brash, reptilian Australian publisher, transformed the U.K.’s Sun, a respectable, low-circulation paper into an in-your-face tabloid that upended Fleet Street norms….
Tracy Letts, Annette Bening. Photo: Joan Marcus By Fern Siegel “What kind of a person are you? Don’t you live in the world?” an outraged Chris asks his cornered father. Welcome to the complicated arena of ethical anger and public responsibility that is Arthur Miller’s forte. The current revival of All My Sons…