Hershey Felder photo courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents By Eugene Paul Maybe consummate master of words William Shakespeare wondered if music be the food of love, but Leonard Bernstein, master of music knew that music is love. And God. And all. At least in Hershey Felder’s richly emotional, deeply moving solo drama in…
Rebeckah Brockman photos by Russ_Rowland by Deirdre Donovan “Dear Miss Littlewood, Along with this letter comes a play, the first I have written. I wonder if you would read it through and send it back to me because no matter what sort of theatrical atrocity it might be, it isn’t valueless as…
Lucian Potts and Tim Kang photos by Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers Food, family, and frustration are the ties that bind us The aubergine of the title is the shiny purple vegetable we call “eggplant.” It’s a gift to Ray (Tim Kang), a troubled chef who reluctantly agrees to take his father (Stephen Park)…
Pictured L to R: Matthew DeCapua, Lou Liberatore, Stephen Bradbury, Nick Plakias, Jenny Strassburg, David Marantz. Photo credit: Carol Rosegg. A Class Act R. Pikser A Class Act shows the behind the scenes struggles within and between two groups of lawyers, one group in the employ of a chemical company, the…
By Rachel Goddard It’s no secret that in today’s times the media (as we so often like to call the all-powerful bearer of bad news) picks and chooses what events they want us to know about. Looking through history, this is not a new pattern. Stories go untold and widespread tragedies are forgotten,…
Brad Heberlee, Zoë Winters, Max Baker, Babak Tafti, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Marcia DeBoni By David Schultz Last spring Ars Nova unveiled playwright Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds, playing at the tiny space with just 99 seats. Running for just over a month, this well received production came and went under the radar for…
photo by Gregory Castonzo, 2016 by Deirdre Donovan The smartest way to beat the heat this summer may be to tuck into a seat at the Gym (at Judson), where the Bedlam theater company is presenting an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Adapted by Kate Hamill, and directed by Eric Tucker,…
Ismenia Mendes, left, Andrew Burnap and John Glover Photo Credit: Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan Daniel Sullivan adds another feather to his cap by mounting Shakespeare’s most modern play at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Troilus and Cressida has won the difficult affection of critics over the years. And, with Daniel Sullivan’s…
Daniel Radcliffe and cast Photos by Joan Marcus Privacy by David Schultz Playwright James Graham and co-creator/director Josie Rourke have orchestrated a mesmerizing evening of theater. That is not to say that this play is typical in any ordinary way. The skeletal plot and outline of this work is just window dressing for the…
by Nicholas Linnehan “I love you but I hate your mental illness!” The harsh stigma around mental illness still plagues us today. How often have we heard someone say “I’m a little OCD when it comes to that? But for people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, it’s a very different beast all…