Nathan Darrow, Marin Ireland Photo: Carol Rosegg By Fern Siegel The dichotomy of human nature — the sacred and profane — fascinated Tennessee Williams, who routinely employed elements of Southern Gothic to explore dysfunctional people ruined by inner demons. Such themes are evident in Summer and Smoke, now at the Classic Stage Company,…
Zuri Washington and Company Photos by John Vecchiolla By Ed Lieberman Those in need of spiritual uplift should come to the newest church in Town: the Chapel of Soul, otherwise known as the Westchester Broadway Theatre For its 205th production, WBT is mounting a rousing and joyous production of Sister Act, based on the popular…
Jamie Parker and Sam Clemmett photo credit Manuel Harlen by Julia Polinsky Harry Potter. Hardly are those words out before people react. For years, J. K. Rowling’s creation has inspired adoration and fandom on the Olympic scale. But without the depth of a book’s narration, or the tricks and trappings…
Denzel Washington and the Company of ‘The Iceman Cometh’ PHOTO: JULIETA CERVANTES By Ron Cohen You wouldn’t want to stay overnight at Harry Hope’s Saloon and flophouse in Greenwich Village, circa 1912. It’s a place inhabited by down-and-outers, has-beens and never-beens. But for nearly four hours, these folks as portrayed in this George C….
Amelia Pedlow and Dina Thomas by Edward Medina Words. Words. Words. Beautiful luscious words. Set in rhymes. Framed in metaphors. Hung in allegories. Displayed with glorious grace, slick style, and unending rapturous wit. The rhyme rules here and while some are more forced than others they all manage to fall lovingly on the ear….
Courtesy of Joan Marcus by Julia Polinsky Des McAnuff, who ably demonstrated with Jersey Boys that he knows how to do a really good jukebox musical, directs Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at breakneck speed and with all the depth of a Wikipedia entry. The show can’t make up its mind…
by Edward Medina Randy has written a novel and he wants to read it to you. Actually, he needs to read it to you. He’s slaved and labored and sacrificed to get it done and he wants to make sure it’s just right. He wants to know if it qualifies as art. He must…
Dan Luria photos by Russ Rowland by Arney Rosenblat Through a stunningly rendered production and compelling performances, The Stone Witch movingly explores the price of greatness Simon Grindberg is a “great man” who is revered as one of the world’s most illustrious children’s writers and illustrators but his next anticipated masterpiece is…
Photos by Theo Cote by Edward Medina Seagullmachine, now being presented at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, is the totally immersive creation of The Assembly which describes itself as a collective of multi-disciplinary performance artists committed to realizing a visceral and intelligent theater for a new generation. There are two…
Erika Henningsen, Ashley Park, Taylor Louderman, Kate Rockwell photos by Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan The morphing of the 2004 hit film Mean Girls to a musical is drawing a lot of young millennials to the August Wilson Theatre nowadays. But if you think that only scrub-faced teens are in the audience, think again. …