Allen Lewis Rickman Tevye Served Raw, Garnished with Jews From the writings of Sholem Aleichem by Julia Polinsky Shane Baker, Allen Lewis Rickman, and Yelena Shmulenson have lovingly crafted Tevye Served Raw, Garnished with Jews, an homage to Sholem Aleichem+. He wrote the stories that were the basis for Fiddler on the Roof,…
God Bless America: The Music of Irving Berlin A Review by Deirdre Donovan Impresario Scott Siegel returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with an homage to the great American songwriter who had a talent for giving the American people what they wanted. The celebration of Independence Day didn’t end with the Macy’s Day fireworks display over the…
Eli Gelb, Idina Menzel and Will Brittain (Joan Marcus) By David Schultz Playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Others, Admissions) offers a tantalizing idea for a play. The bare bones outline is given at the outset. There are actually few surprises in store, but the impeccable cast with assured direction by Daniel Aukin makes…
Melissa Errico photos by Carol Rosegg By Eugene Paul Some years ago, a mysteriously wise lady of serious years told me that most assuredly in another life I had been a Chinese sage of equally mysterious wisdom. After she laid out her evidence I was not about to disagree. Famed lyricist, Alan Jay…
Stephen Rea and Chris Corrigan. Photo: Ros Kavanagh By Fern Siegel Identity is a loaded word, especially as politics shift. In Northern Ireland, that seismic turn, explored in David Ireland’s subversive-absurdist play Cyprus Avenue, becomes a fiery cauldron of emotions that fuels the unthinkable. There is fierceness to paranoia and prejudice…
Solea Pfeiffer, Mykal Kilgore, Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell by Julia Polinsky Jason Robert Brown made a name for himself with Songs for a New World, back in the day. It was an off-Broadway moment as they were crafted in the 90s: a collection of Rent-like music, put together by a talented, energetic…
Jeremy Beck, Jessie Shelton and Henry Clarke Photos by Todd Cerveris By Marc Miller If you know the name Miles Malleson at all, it’s probably from the sublime 1952 film of The Importance of Being Earnest. There, in the fast company of such lights as Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, and Margaret Rutherford, Malleson’s…
by Deirdre Donovan Following a season with so many musicals suffering from elephantitis, the musical Lonesome Blues is refreshingly intimate. An homage to the legendary bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson, it breezed into the York Theatre on June 12th and will sojourn there for a brief run. Co-written by Alan Govenar and Akin Babatunde and…
L-R: Warren Kelley, John Long, Phil Gillen, Rachel Botchan. Photo by Hunter Canning / @huntercanning. By Eugene Paul If you’re a theatergoer who, some time ago, discovered the cornucopia of offerings on Theatre Row, you’ve probably use the internet to find out what’s playing. I’m going to make you nervous. Even though…
Rick Holmes, Jordan Lage, Meredith Forlenza, Kristen Bush, Laura Kai Chen By Ron Cohen Both the haves and the have-nots get their knocks in Anthony Giardina’s Dan Cody’s Yacht, a relentless examination of the crossroads of education and affluence. It’s a serious and pertinent theme, and Giardina, a well-practiced playwright (The City of…