Jamie Allan (Photo: Danny Kaan) Amaze By Fern Siegel on August 21, 2025 Jamie Allan discovered his destiny at seven — when he went with his mother to an antique store. There, he found remnants of a magician’s craft — and that unexpected inheritance sealed his fate. Lucky for his audience. Jamie Allan (Photo: Danny…
Andrew Scott in Vanya. (Photo: Julieta Cervantes Vanya By Deirdre Donovan Andrew Scott takes on the Herculean task of performing a one-man production of Anton Chekhov’s 1898 tragicomedy and succeeds in turning it into a mesmerizing virtuoso performance. Directed by Sam Yates, and created by Scott, along with Yates, Simon Stephens, and Rosanna Vize, Stephen’s…
Playwright Henry David Hwang at BroadwayCon (Photo: Cameron Wilke Flowers) BroadwayCon By Deirdre Donovan Theatre lovers beat the mid-winter blues at the 10th Annual Broadway Convention (BroadwayCon) at the New York Marriott Marquis, joining the theater community in celebration of live stage performance. The three-day event was packed with performances, in-depth panel discussions, workshops, and…
Vinny DePonto (Photo: Jeff Lorch) Mindplay By Julia Polinsky There are two kinds of people: those who are willing to be enchanted by magic shows, and those who are all about figuring it out. Whether or not enchantment works for you, spending 90 minutes with Vinny DePonto’s Mindplay will be a delight. DePonto delivers patter…
Dick Scanlan (Photo: Richard Termine) Cockeyed Optimist: Where Hammerstein Found His Hope By Deirdre Donovan The Lyrics & Lyricists concert series at 92NY opened their 2024-2025 season with a tribute to the late-great Oscar Hammerstein II, titled Cockeyed Optimist: Where Hammerstein Found his Hope. Directed by Dick Scanlan, and co-written by Scanlan and Malcolm Gets,…
Musical director and host Ted Sperling at the 92nd Street Y. (Photo: Richard Termine) Wonder of Wonders: Celebrating Sheldon Harnick By Deirdre Donovan Wonder of Wonders: Celebrating Sheldon Harnick closed out the 2023-2024 Lyrics & Lyricists series on a glorious note. Written, directed, and genially hosted by Ted Sperling, it originally was planned to be…