Matthew Billman photos Credit: John Vecchiolla By Edward Lieberman WBT’s 207th production is Phantom, by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit. At the outset it must be stated that this is NOT Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, although it shares its provenance with that show, both having been sourced from Gaston Leroux’s 1910…
Sullivan Jones (Credit: Carol Rosegg) By Ron Cohen He was a genius scientist whose dream of space travel sent an American to the moon. He was a genius scientist whose dream of space travel created the rockets for Nazi Germany that rained death and destruction on London and Belgium during the final year…
Jay O. Sanders by Arney Rosenblat The initial offering of the Hunter Theater Project, and a Richard Nelson imprint production, brings Chekhov to life for contemporary audiences. Seeing and connecting, and connect you likely will as the characters frequently speak directly to the audience, will make you feel like a voyeur to the…
By Julia Polinsky Brian Katz’s adaptation of Mother Night is, by turns, a labor of love, a time-blending story centered on the consequences of WWII, and a mess. It shrieks of being the product of years of careful study and involvement with the Vonnegut book. The problem is: the Vonnegut book. The…
Photos by Danny Knaub By David Schultz Winding down from a yearlong tour this tantalizing sequel to the 30-year and still running Phantom of The Opera is not to be missed. But alas, it is for all the wrong reasons. Love Never Dies opened to a critically mixed reception in 2009, and closed…
By Ron Cohen Final Follies, with its prophetic title, was the last play written by prolific and well-applauded playwright A. R. Gurney, who died in June 2017. The one-act work further cements Gurney’s already rock-solid reputation as the wit-filled chronicler of the diminishment of the human species known as Wasp. In case you’ve…
Photos by Monique Carboni by Julia Polinsky As written by James Hindman and directed by Christian Borle, Popcorn Falls is a mile-a-minute silly experiment in loopy absurdity, with some laughs, some wincing, and the hardest working two-man cast ever. Welcome to Popcorn Falls, where the forces of commerce and greed sweep away…
Megan McQueen By R. Pikser Bernard Pomerance, the author of the critically acclaimed Elephant Man, drafted Spin Off in 2003 and revised it in 2006. Though Mr. Pomerance died a little over a year ago, the project of putting it on the stage continued without him and now it is being performed at…
Photos by Joan Marcus By David Schultz Playwright Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy, The Dying Gaul, Prelude to a Kiss) has quite a lot on his mind this time around. This modern variation on the biblical story of Job means to stir the heart and soul of the audience. For both believers and atheists…
Steven Skybell and ensemble. Photo: Victor Nechay / ProperPix By Fern Siegel One of the most beloved musicals, Fiddler on the Roof boasts a glorious score and a story that confronts profound themes, even as it breaks your heart. Director Joel Grey and the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene have kicked up the stakes…