Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, in Sam Gold’s Macbeth Photo: Joan Marcus Macbeth A Review by Deirdre Donovan In a stop-and-go season, when so many productions were put on pause for COVID-forced absences, the new staging of Macbeth, helmed by Sam Gold (Fun Home), at the Longacre Theatre holds the brave distinction of closing out the…
Jonathan Groff photos by Emilio Madrid-Kuser Little Shop of Horrors By David Schultz Returning to its roots, this joyfully demented revival thrills. Who would have thought that a Grade B flick sci-fi comedy from 1960 directed by Roger Corman could end up as a musical? Composer Alan Menken and librettist -lyricist Howard Ashman sure…
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical By Rachel Pacelli Lightning doesn’t strike twice in this musical adaptation of a beloved series. It was 2005 when Rick Riordan’s smash children’s book The Lightning Thief was first introduced. In a post-Harry Potter world, young readers were excitedly gobbling up the next fantasy-adventure series, and this…
Jeffrey Bean and Cillian Hegarty photos by Carol Rosegg Dublin Carol By Barry Bassis Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol (at the Irish Repertory Theater) is not about a woman in Dublin named Carol. Perhaps a more appropriate title would be “Dublin Christmas Carol” because the play takes place on Christmas eve and the main…
Mary E. Hodges, Soraya Broukhim, Greg Brostrom, William Ragsdale Photos by Beowulf Sheenan The Hope Hypothesis by Julia Polinsky At the start of The Hope Hypothesis, lights come up on an unspecified government office that looks mightily like the DMV. A teller (terrific performance by Wesley Zurick), behind bulletproof glass, confronts Amena…
Marissa Tomei Photo: Joan Marcus The Rose Tattoo By Fern Siegel “There is something wild in the air.” The phrase is uttered as The Rose Tattoo opens, a minor play in Tennessee Williams’ canon. The story arc is thin, and it’s hard to get overly engaged with the characters, though a sultry sense permeates…
Mark Linn-Baker, Jon Glover, Mark Blum, Jill Eikenberry, Jodi Long, Ellen Parker, photos by Carol Rosegg Fern Hill By Barry Bassis “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be” says Rabbi Ben Ezra in Robert Browning’s poem. Change the “me” to “us” and you have the gist of Michael Tucker’s new play,…
Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford & Sally Murphy Linda Vista By Eugene Paul Playwright Tracy Letts and the Steppenwolf Company at their scathing best. Linda Vista, indeed. What’s so “Linda” about it? Okay, there’s more there than meets the eye. Sure, designer Todd Rosenthal runs a city silhouette…
How I Found an Affordable Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan without Really Trying by Deirdre Donovan Charles Gross’ new one-man play How I Found an Affordable Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan without Really Trying is a delightful journey through the mind and heart of its author. …
Fifty Million Frenchmen – a showcase of Cole Porter’s hits – is as light and frothy as a French meringue. FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN By Rachel Pacelli The York Theatre Company’s Fifty Million Frenchmen is part of their “Musicals in Mufti series”, or “in street clothes”. Having only 40 hours of rehearsal, the sets are bared…