R: Louis Dall’Ava (far left) and William Whitefield (pulled by sailors) in H.M.S. Pinafore Photo: Noah Strone by Deirdre Donovan H.M. S. Pinafore sailed into NYU’s Skirball Center in late December under the steady hand of Albert Bergeret., the founder and artistic Director of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP). Those who…
Photograph by Richard Termine by Stewart Schulman When Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Morrison took the stage at Carnegie Hall on December 19th and 20th, as part of The New York Pops annual holiday concert, it was the first time these two stars of Broadway, film and television had performed together since doing The…
by Deirdre Donovan Under the lively baton of Ted Sperling, Monty Python’s Eric Idle and John Du Prez brought to life their latest work at Carnegie Hall, giving a surreal twist to a holiday classic. Tomfoolery with the New Testament? You betcha. Monty Python’s Eric Idle and John Du Prez (A Fish Called Wanda)…
Bradley Cooper as John Merrick, Alessandro Nivola as Dr. Fredrik Treves & Patricia Clarkson as Mrs. Kendal By Michall Jeffers Fans of Bradley Cooper may well be amazed by his performance as John Merrick; many hardened theater critics will be, too. As the abused, tormented man cruelly twisted by deformity and fate, Cooper is…
Ben Schnetzer, Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and (standing) Raviv Ullman Photos: Monique Carboni by David Schultz A revival of playwright David Rabe’s Tony Award winning play Sticks and Bones (1971) may prove to be the most moving and gut wrenching play in New York City at the moment. This seriously demented twist on the…
Hugh Jackman as The Man in THE RIVER, a new play by Jes Butterworth, directed by Ian Rickson, at Circle in the Square Theater (50th Street between Broadway and Eight Avenue). © Richard Termine by David Schultz What can the typical theatergoer expect when seeing the new play entitled The River ? That’s presuming…
Emily Padgett as Daisy Hilton and Erin Davie as Violet Hilton by Eugene Paul This heartbreakingly ambiguous entertainment, flecked with moments of beauty and laughter, is based on (a) a true story, the wrenching history of Daisy and Violet Hilton, (b) a horror film, Freaks, the passionate brainstorm of Tod Browning, which ruined his…
by Eugene Paul Sarah Ruhl, whose bewitching, off-beat plays, The Clean House and In The Next Room both produced by Lincoln Center, resulted in the commissioning of a new play by Ruhl, has responded at last despite a spate of other works that have taken her precious time. The Oldest Boy is that curious result,…
Joely Richardson stars in William Luce’s The Belle of Amherst, directed by Steve Cosson, at the Westside Theatre. (© Carol Rosegg) By Deirdre Donovan Joely Richardson brings 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson alive in her one-woman performance at the West End Theatre. William Luce’s one-woman play about the great American poet Emily Dickinson arrives at…
Dan Daily, Hannah Cabell and Richard Gallagher by Deirdre Donovan When you see the folks from the Salvation Army ringing their bells this year for donations to the poor, you just might muse upon Shaw’s young ambitious heroine Major Barbara, the titular character from George Bernard Shaw’s play of the same name. It is…