Adam Milano (MAN) Marianne Tatum (Bookseller) By Dierdre Donovan Who said New York theater snoozes during the summer months? With the Potomac Theatre Project/NYC returning to the Atlantic Theatre Company for its 32nd season with three provocative works–George Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht, a quartet from Howard Barker’s Possibilities, and Caryl Churchill’s BBC…
Allen Lewis Rickman Tevye Served Raw, Garnished with Jews From the writings of Sholem Aleichem by Julia Polinsky Shane Baker, Allen Lewis Rickman, and Yelena Shmulenson have lovingly crafted Tevye Served Raw, Garnished with Jews, an homage to Sholem Aleichem+. He wrote the stories that were the basis for Fiddler on the Roof,…
Eli Gelb, Idina Menzel and Will Brittain (Joan Marcus) By David Schultz Playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Others, Admissions) offers a tantalizing idea for a play. The bare bones outline is given at the outset. There are actually few surprises in store, but the impeccable cast with assured direction by Daniel Aukin makes…
Stephen Rea and Chris Corrigan. Photo: Ros Kavanagh By Fern Siegel Identity is a loaded word, especially as politics shift. In Northern Ireland, that seismic turn, explored in David Ireland’s subversive-absurdist play Cyprus Avenue, becomes a fiery cauldron of emotions that fuels the unthinkable. There is fierceness to paranoia and prejudice…
Jeremy Beck, Jessie Shelton and Henry Clarke Photos by Todd Cerveris By Marc Miller If you know the name Miles Malleson at all, it’s probably from the sublime 1952 film of The Importance of Being Earnest. There, in the fast company of such lights as Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, and Margaret Rutherford, Malleson’s…
L-R: Warren Kelley, John Long, Phil Gillen, Rachel Botchan. Photo by Hunter Canning / @huntercanning. By Eugene Paul If you’re a theatergoer who, some time ago, discovered the cornucopia of offerings on Theatre Row, you’ve probably use the internet to find out what’s playing. I’m going to make you nervous. Even though…
Rick Holmes, Jordan Lage, Meredith Forlenza, Kristen Bush, Laura Kai Chen By Ron Cohen Both the haves and the have-nots get their knocks in Anthony Giardina’s Dan Cody’s Yacht, a relentless examination of the crossroads of education and affluence. It’s a serious and pertinent theme, and Giardina, a well-practiced playwright (The City of…
Director Rome Neal and cast By R. Pikser Americans are not great appreciators of satire, especially political satire. Luckily, Ishmael Reed is still out there, showing us how ridiculous our situation is. Ishmael Reed has been a critic of American society and a troublemaker for a long time. Reading his essays can be…
By Ron Cohen What is the nature of the human heart? Does it have memory, emotion, conscience? Is it an extension of the soul, or the soul itself? Or is it only the engine of our physical being, an organ pumping blood to keep us alive? These are the questions Nilo Cruz plays with in…
Natalie Gold and Lois Smith by Arney Rosenblat Mary Frances has lived a reasonably good life, as lives go, she’s ninety years old and ready to die. Born to refugees fleeing the Armenian genocide, her last wish is to die peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Her dream,…