Raul Esparza Photos by Joan Marcus Seared by Arney Rosenblat Currently running at the MCC Theatre on West 52nd Street, Seared is a cautionary tale of what can happen when the art and commerce of cooking collide. The first thing the audience notices upon entering the theater house is that they have a…
Harvey Fierstein photos by Jeremy Daniel Bella Bella by Julia Polinsky Multiple-Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein has entered the pantheon of stars so famous, they only have one name: Bette. Barbra. Bernadette. Harvey. The show may be called Bella Bella, and be about the marvelous Mrs. Abzug, but it’s really All Harvey, All the Time; it’s…
Peter Dinklage Blake Jenner photos by Monique Carboni Cyrano – A New Group Musical Starring Peter Dinklage by Arney Rosenblat Outer beauty trumps inner beauty once again in this modern musical adaptation of the 1897 romantic drama of unrequited love – Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand Though intellectually, most people agree…
Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, in Sam Gold’s Macbeth Photo: Joan Marcus Macbeth A Review by Deirdre Donovan In a stop-and-go season, when so many productions were put on pause for COVID-forced absences, the new staging of Macbeth, helmed by Sam Gold (Fun Home), at the Longacre Theatre holds the brave distinction of closing out the…
Jonathan Groff photos by Emilio Madrid-Kuser Little Shop of Horrors By David Schultz Returning to its roots, this joyfully demented revival thrills. Who would have thought that a Grade B flick sci-fi comedy from 1960 directed by Roger Corman could end up as a musical? Composer Alan Menken and librettist -lyricist Howard Ashman sure…
Mary E. Hodges, Soraya Broukhim, Greg Brostrom, William Ragsdale Photos by Beowulf Sheenan The Hope Hypothesis by Julia Polinsky At the start of The Hope Hypothesis, lights come up on an unspecified government office that looks mightily like the DMV. A teller (terrific performance by Wesley Zurick), behind bulletproof glass, confronts Amena…
Jeffrey Bean and Cillian Hegarty photos by Carol Rosegg Dublin Carol By Barry Bassis Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol (at the Irish Repertory Theater) is not about a woman in Dublin named Carol. Perhaps a more appropriate title would be “Dublin Christmas Carol” because the play takes place on Christmas eve and the main…
Mark Linn-Baker, Jon Glover, Mark Blum, Jill Eikenberry, Jodi Long, Ellen Parker, photos by Carol Rosegg Fern Hill By Barry Bassis “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be” says Rabbi Ben Ezra in Robert Browning’s poem. Change the “me” to “us” and you have the gist of Michael Tucker’s new play,…
How I Found an Affordable Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan without Really Trying by Deirdre Donovan Charles Gross’ new one-man play How I Found an Affordable Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan without Really Trying is a delightful journey through the mind and heart of its author. …
Fifty Million Frenchmen – a showcase of Cole Porter’s hits – is as light and frothy as a French meringue. FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN By Rachel Pacelli The York Theatre Company’s Fifty Million Frenchmen is part of their “Musicals in Mufti series”, or “in street clothes”. Having only 40 hours of rehearsal, the sets are bared…