Megan Mullally and Nathan Lane by Michall Jeffers The answer is Nathan Lane. The question is what’s the best reason to see It’s Only A Play. This nearly sold out smash hit is playing to full houses chocked with appreciative theater goers. Just as trumpeted, the laughs never stop. Director Jack O’Brien has done…
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…
Kristine Nielsen, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones photos by Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers The year is 1936, deep in the Great Depression. But you’d never know it from the cheery attitude of the multi-generational Sycamore family in the current production of You Can’t Take It With You. Director Scott Ellis has taken this…
Bradley’s duet, She and Him, etc. – last dance on the program. Dancers Katherine Sprudzs and Joseph Wamp. photo by Nan Melville by R. Pikser The excellent idea behind the STEPS workshop performance series is to give young choreographers a chance to look at their new works, to get feedback, and to allow young…
Photo by Carol Rosegg by Eugene Paul His name is Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and hers is Melissa Gardner. They’re rich, American bluebloods, A.R. Gurney’s names and identities for his two characters, but that’s as may be, because the instant Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy come on, that is it, that’s who they really…
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….
by R. Pikser Ralph Lee’s Mettawee Theatre Company is a mixture of puppets and actors, music and movement, all in the service of telling the story. These particular stories about wily foxes and wilier humans, about masters of the world and payback for misers, resonate these days as much as they ever did. As…
Andrea Martin in Conversation with Nathan Lane by Linda Amiel Burns The 92nd Street Y launched its new season of TALKS with 2 Tony winners in conversation – Nathan Lane interviewing Andrea Martin about her new book, “Lady Parts.” What is TALKS? According to the series description at the 92nd Y, it is about…
By Michall Jeffers Note for next season: If you have an opportunity to get a seat facing the conductor at the Mostly Mozart Festival, grab it! Seeing the program from this angle is a whole different experience, and it’s well worth it. Conductor Louis Langree exudes sheer joy, and clearly inspires the musicians with…
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. …