Waiting for Godot in Yiddish (Vartn Af Godot) by Julia Polinsky So, nu? You never secretly suspected that, all along, Godot was really a comedy about a couple of confused, irritated alte kockers who have zero idea what’s going on? Well, you could have, because the New Yiddish Rep’s…
Stephanie J Block in The Cher Show. Photograph: Joan Marcus By Eugene Paul Three Chers for the Cher Show, Hip, Hip Hooray, Hip, Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray! Because that’s how many Chers it takes to play the phenomenon, scculpted, molded, and twenty-five years younger than the seventy-two she is inhabiting. She…
Elaine May photos by Brigitte Lacombe by Deirdre Donovan Kenneth Lonergan’s 1999 play, The Waverly Gallery, is in revival at the John Golden Theatre with a top-notch cast. Starring the legendary Elaine May, and directed by Lila Neugebauer (making her Broadway debut), it is a poignant portrait of an octogenarian suffering from Alzheimer’s disease…
Photo credit Dan Norman By Jeanne Lieberman Forget the singing Santa’s and athletic elves, this simple direct-to-the-heart production will eclipse any other Christmas show and should be a perennial for Christmas, Easter and/or anytime your faith in humanity needs healing. ALL is Calm, as presented by the Theater Latte Da at the Sheen Center,…
Bryan Cranston. Photo: Jan Versweyveld By Fern Siegel Sometimes, the past is prologue. That’s especially true when it comes to the power of media and technology. It can be a force for good or evil, as Howard Beale, the United Broadcasting System’s TV anchor, makes clear in the riveting drama…
by Deirdre Donovan “How wonderful to see you all!” remarks Michael C. Hall as he stands on stage in total darkness after trying to light a cigarette in the opening scene of Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing). Hall, who plays the nominal character, gets a big laugh from the audience. And many more…
By R. Pikser The Connelly Theater occupies an old orphanage on East Fourth Street near Avenue B. There are two theaters on the site, but the one in which Shadows is presented is an actual gem: Above the intimate stage with its wide golden proscenium are bright golden heads of satyrs flanking…
By Edward and Jeanne Lieberman The Armonk Players’ current production of The Foreigner features an outstanding cast in a madcap comedy that is arguably more timely today than when it was first written in 1984. The play was written by Larry Shue and won Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding…
Tim Daly and Tyne Daly. Photo: James Leynse Downstairs By Fern Siegel It is an accepted axiom that brutal people often destroy the good. It can result in mental or physical damage, or simply the threat of harm, should you cross them. The legacy of familial violence is the subject of Theresa…
Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale photo by Jerry Cunningham By Eugene Paul John D’Agata, who had been praised for the concinnity of his work in bringing together the shit and light that is America ran into a stone wall when his essay on the consistently high suicide rate of Las Vegas…