Bat Out of Hell by Arney Rosenblat In Bat Out of Hell – The Musical which is rocking New York City Center you’ll find vibrant music that will arouse your spirit, visuals that will dazzle your eyes and a story that will dumbfound your brain but for an overall fun time– two…
Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo (Matt Murphy) By Eugene Paul There are no admonishments telling you not to take photos inside the theater which would be useless anyway since the aisles before curtain time are filled with awestruck jostlers clicking away. And besides, director Alex Timbers is ready for just that, so shoot your fill….
Christopher Ryan Grant and Louis Cancelmi photos by Joan Marcus Coriolanus by Arney Rosenblat In Daniel Sullivan’s engaging production of William Shakespeare’s complex tragedy Coriolanus, he deftly explores the political pitfalls of the Democratic precept of power to the people through the rise and fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus who has the…
Sea Wall/A Life By Fern Siegel Tom Sturridge Photo: Richard Hubert Smith An intimate chamber piece now at the Hudson Theater, Sea Wall/A Life posits two men musing on life, death and love. But mostly, it’s about death. The double bill, by authors Simon Stephens (Sea Wall) and Nick Payne (A Life), embarks on…
Domenica Feraud and Florencia Lozano photos by Jenny Anderson Rinse, Repeat By Ron Cohen Things are pretty tense at the Tellner household. Their 21-year-old daughter Rachel has just returned home after a four-month stay in a hospital battling the near-fatal effects of anorexia. Her return is actually a trial visit to see if…
Marsha Mason, Lauren O’Leary & Brenda Meaney photos by Carol Rosegg Little Gem By Ron Cohen Three generations of women in a Dublin family tell their story with humor and heart in Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem, being given an admirable production by Irish Repertory Theatre and boasting a splendid performance by Marsha…
Samson Schmitt The Django Reinhardt NY Festival Makes a Triumphant Return to Birdland By Barry Bassis Producer Pat Philips-Stratta brought her semi-annual Django Reinhardt NY Festival back to the Birdland jazz club (315 W. 44th St.). As she explained in her introduction to the sold-out show, this is the 20th year of the festival…
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow By Ron Cohen The Prozorov sisters like to say “shit” and “fuck” a lot. Yes, they’re the same Prozorov women who inhabit Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. But this time around they’re cutting up in Halley Feiffer’s adaptation of Chekhov’s masterpiece. It’s entitled Moscow Moscow Moscow…
The Rolling Stone By Fern Siegel In Uganda, where evangelical religion is married to homophobia, Dembe (Ato Blankson-Wood) goes looking for love in all the wrong places. Specifically, with Sam (Robert Gilbert), a charming Irish doctor, the son of a Ugandan woman. Sam is resolute in his passions, while Dembe is acutely aware of…
LaChanze, Jai’Len Christine Li Josey, Vita E. Cleveland, Elizabeth Teeter and Romelda Teron Benjamin Photo: Ahron R. Foster The Secret Life of Bees By Fern Siegel “Some folks are born on the wrong side of right,” Rosaleen (Saycon Sengbloh) explains to teenage Lily (Elizabeth Teeter), the white daughter of an abusive father….