by Deirdre Donovan The holidays came early at Don’t Tell Mama, as Robin Kradles took the stage with her vivacious new solo show, “Gambling on Love.” Kradles stirred in all the right ingredients for a spicy holiday brew: a dash of glamour, a splash of fun, a sprinkling of anecdotes, and meaty…
Serena Berwin, Connie Castanzo, Maggie Metnick photos Mati Gelman By Arney Rosenblatt The disquiet, the need of a defining identity, and ultimately the gnawing desire for some kind of retribution when you are dispersed and displaced as “the Other” is the dilemma explored with satirical humor by emerging playwright Nathaniel Sam Shapiro…
Krystina Alabado Photos by Richard Termine By Eugene Paul Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk , pop music theater writing team for fifteen years – they did the book, music and lyrics for The Mad Ones – don’t give up. When, several years ago The Mad Ones, then known as The Unauthorized Autobiography of…
By R. Pikser Rakugo, the Japanese storytelling art form, dates from the end of the Muromachi period, the second half of the 16th century. The storyteller (rakugoka) appears in the simplest of settings: a dais to sit upon, with nothing more than a fan and a small hand towel as props. The rakugoka’s skill in…
The cast of The Portuguese Kid, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, at New York City Center — Stage I. (© Richard Termine) By Eugene Paul Multi-award winner playwright/director John Patrick Shanley, happily still plying his trades, has generated a new comedy for the now venerable Manhattan Theatre Club guaranteed to stimulate the arteries even…
Christy Escobar And Maja Wampuszyc (Photo Credit Bill Coyle) By Edward Medina A poet died in New York City. It was an apparent suicide. As most things are in this situation there’s more to the story. Her lover was with her. What was to be a mutual offing had gone wrong. As her lesbian…
Danielle Soames (Mohawk/Kahnawake Nations) Photo Credit: Maya Bitan By Edward Medina In order to gain entry to the Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective’s production of Don’t Feed The Indians: A Devine Comedy Pageant at the legendary La MaMa’s Downstairs Theatre you must first pass through a sideshow. Your guide through this living tableau of…
Michael Urie Photo by Joan Marcus, 2017 By David Schultz How can something seem both dated and au currant at the same time? This revised version of playwright Harvey Fierstein’s 1982 Tony Award Winning play accomplishes just that. With an original running time of four hours, this truncated version runs just about two hours…
By Eugene Paul Shining new star Katrina Lenk and shining stellar Tony Shalhoub head a brilliant cast in a brilliant, loving new show. There they are, fresh, crisp and immensely proper – except for Haled (marvelous Ari’El Stachel), who is flirting as usual – the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra right off…
Krysta Rodriguez in What We’re Up Against (c) Joan Marcus.jpg What We’re Up Against by Arney Rosenblat “What We’re Up Against” is a scorching and disturbingly timely tale about sexism and gender politics. It is set in a small architectural firm facing the challenge of how to fulfill a commission to expand a…