Tom Dugan in Wiesenthal. Photo credit: Carol Rosegg. By Eugene Paul He keeps a mug at the water cooler and another one on his desk, the other end of the long, disheveled office, and another sort of half way between on a shelf of the stuffed book cases covering the office wall. He’s always sipping at…
Larry Pine , Vincent Kartheiser, photos by Carol Rosegg By Michall Jeffers It’s hard for us to imagine a time when film noir was considered daring and even dangerous. We’ve seen so many parodies of men in fedoras with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths, growling “Stick with me, Baby.” Billy & Ray…
Sarah Caldwell Smith in the role of Rose Maybud and Daniel Greenwood in the role of Richard Dauntless — sing “Happily coupled are we” backed by the Bridesmaids Chorus – RuddigoreAct 2 by Deirdre Donovan The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) resurrects Ruddigore, for a rousing 40th year celebration at NYU Skirball Center. …
Rosemary Harris and Bhavesh Patel photos by Joan Marcus By Gene Paul Set designer Neil Patel’s elaborate Indian frame around the entire proscenium captures a certain exotic aura which enhances the tranquil, pale blue house – or is it a hotel? – within, its intricately arched windows saying this is India, 1930. A travel…
Phoebe Leonard, Larry Phillips, Peter Buck Dettman, Ryan Dusek by Eugene Paul Stephen Dowd, yes, THE famous Stephen Dowd, has just finished hanging his famous #28 shirt, expensively framed, on the wall of the shitty little apartment he is sharing with his two brothers, Paul the Grouch and Kevin the idiot. After all, he…
by Deirdre Donovan Years before Mario Fratti and Maury Yeston’s collaborated on the Broadway musical Nine, Fratti had already done its theatrical spadework with his Six Passionate Women, written in 1977. Like Nine, this earlier venture is a thinly-veiled study of Italian film maker Federico Fellini. And though it doesn’t have the gorgeous music…
David Newer photos by Lisa Silberman. by Deirdre Donovan An actor turned substitute teacher makes the grade with his new autobiographical solo show at the 2014 Unified Solo Theatre Festival. The 2014 United Solo Theatre Festival turns five this fall and has over 130 productions criss-crossing the boards at Theater Row (September 18 through November…
Benjamin Sheff and Carman Napier in Next to Normal (photo by Bella Muccari) by Eric Grunin If you saw Alice Ripley give the performance of a lifetime in Next to Normal, you might wonder if the tremendous impact of the show wasn’t perhaps dependent on having such a force of nature for its power….
Cast of Wizard of Oz Photos by John Vecchioll by Eugene Paul There’s no need to ask if you’ve ever seen the 1939 movie of The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow”, her voice filled with chills and wonder, longing and pathos, all of us melting in surrender before her. …
by Eugene Paul You could just tell: they smell it, they taste it, they’re so close…next stop, Broadway! Alexander Dodge’s smashing set is ready, David C. Woolard’s costumes are really Done, the hipped orchestra is ready, Carl Casella’s sound system already reaches all the way to Broadway. Daniel Goldfarb’s book has its lapses, yes,…