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…
Aoife Kelly and Phil Gillen photos by Jeremy Daniel By Ron Cohen The course of true love never did run smooth. That probably wasn’t big news circa 1598 when Shakespeare wrote that immortal line in his A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And it certainly wasn’t any more astounding some 400 years later when the master…
Jeff Kready (Ted), Hayley Podschun (Linda), Nicholas Rodriguez photos by Jerry Dalia By David Schultz This perfect holiday classic, recently on Broadway in 2016 is brought back to delight yet again. This snazzy show is based on the well-known Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film shown on cable year after year. It’s a warm as a…
LR: Leah Curney, James Patrick Nelson, Claire CurtisWard, Dominic Comperatore . Photo by Hunter Canning By Eugene Paul Yasmina Reza, whose plays Art and God of Carnage were huge hits in Paris and London and won themselves each a Tony in New York, returns for a second try with Life X 3 using the same silken translation by Christopher Hampton that did not go down well…
Christiani Pitts stars as Ann Darrow in King Kong, directed by Drew McOnie, at the Broadway Theatre. (© Joan Marcus) By Eugene Paul Though naïveté is hardly a New York Broadway thing, get ready to be naively amazed, enthralled, delighted, and even a bit frightened because King Kong is in town, the way he was supposed…
By Ron Cohen Deborah Johnson, a central character in Patricia Ione Lloyd’s impassioned drama, Eve’s Song, has a prominent corporate job as a vice-president of acquisitions. She lives in a well-to-do suburb, and at dinner time holds polite conversations with her two children, Lauren, a college student, and Mark, a smart high-schooler, about…