Richard LaFleur and Jason Simon Photos courtesy of Photographer, Russ Rowland The Producers By Karen Wahlberg and Denise Gibson The Producers dominated the 2001 Tony Awards, setting a record for most nominations—15—then setting the record again for most awards won with 12, including Best Musical, Score, Book, Director, and Actor (Nathan Lane), and all the…
Surely Goodness and Mercy By Ron Cohen As her title suggests, Chisa Hutchinson has written a lovely blessing of a play in Surely, Goodness and Mercy. For those not up on the Old Testament, the title is taken from the final lines of Psalm 23 of David: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow…
Clockwise from center: Megan Cavanagh, Roberta B. Wall, Donna J. Huntley and Debby Rosenthal (Photos by John Vecchiolla) Menopause The Musical By Edward Lieberman Not much mystery here: the title says it all! The show revolves around four characters, purportedly portraying four different female personality types: a “Professional Woman,” played by Donna J….
Ronald Peet Photos Monique Carboni “Daddy” A Melodrama By David Schultz Well at least the gorgeous full-length pool looks inviting. Set designer Matt Saunders has created a whopper of an eye candy environment. Set in the outdoor environs of a swanky Bel Air, Los Angeles mansion the pool in question beckons invitingly. With…
Seawall/A Life by Arney Rosenblat Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge made their Public Theater debuts in an unforgettable and incredibly intimate evening of theater. Sturridge in his third collaboration with Tony and Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night) performs…
Cirque Du Soleil’s Luzia By Eugene Paul That great treat, fantastic Cirque du Soleil is back in New York as part of its North American tour under the brilliant white and gold Grand Chapiteau, a circus tent so big it not only hosts two thousand people as audience but also is a village…
Debra Jo Rupp photos by Joan Marcus The Cake By Ron Cohen When a Colorado baker refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, the controversy went all the way to the Supreme Court. In her play The Cake, being given its New York premiere Off-Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club, Bekah…
Journalist and moderator Ruthie Fierberg, co-writer David Hein, co-writer Irene Sankoff, performer Happy McPartlin, performer Jim Walton, performer Julie Reiber. Come From Away: A Broadway 2nd Anniversary Celebration by Deirdre Donovan Although a late-winter storm covered the city’s streets and sidewalks with slush on March 3rd, it didn’t stop some…
L Tyler Fauntleroy and Kim Sullivan photos by Gerry Goodstein Looking For Leroy R. Pikser This two-man play by Larry Muhammed is a tribute to the late Imamu Amiri Baraka, icon of the Black theatre and Black arts movements, whose contributions still inform our consciousness. A word commonly used these days, though almost…
Manu Narayan, Emily Young, Brittany Bradford, and Ben Steinfeld photos by Joan Marcus Merrily We Roll Along By David Schultz Both loved and reviled in equal measure, this problematic musical is once again attempting the impossible. The original production (as every theater aficionado knows) shuttered in 1981, after a mere 16 performances…