Andrew Dawson in GOREY (c) Jenny Anderson. By David Schultz A more than passing interest and knowledge of this macabre illustrator would be helpful before attending this slim play. But writer-director Travis Russ infuses the piece with an obvious love and affection for this offbeat artist, so by the end of this 75-minute production…
A Review by Deirdre Donovan Actor-playwright Jack Fry returns to New York with his solo show that scratches beneath the skin of a famous physicist. Will the real Albert Einstein please stand up? That question may seem odd to ask today given that the famous physicist died over 60 years ago. But as actor-playwright…
Top to Bottom) Matthew Wages, Sarah Caldwell Smith, Stephen Quint , Cáitlín Burke and David Macaluso by Deirdre Donovan Well, chalk one up for the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players! The company has pulled off a Herculean feat by retooling The Mikado and turning it into a work that embraces all ethnic…
Simon Green and David Shrubsole on piano Photos by Heidi Bohnenkamp, 2016 by Eugene Paul With almost a Cowardian flair and an almost Cowardian performer as his star, pianist, composer, lyricist David Shrubsole has created an intimate pastiche for star Simon Green, its full title, Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward, giving…
Colonel Tewfiq Zakaria, forefront (Tony Shalhoub) (photo credit Ahron Foster) by Deirdre Donovan Weary of the razzle-dazzle and special effects that go along with most Broadway musicals? Well, The Band’s Visit, which opened Off Broadway on December 8th at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, might be the best antidote to that…
Emily Padgett, Sutton Foster, Asmeret Ghebremichael PHOTO CREDIT: Monique Carboni by Marc Miller One can revel in the sturdy construction of this fine example of late-golden-era musical making, which continued Gwen Verdon’s unbroken string of hits. Masterminded by her then-husband, Bob Fosse, it adapted—and, many argued at the time, took some of the…
Kilty Reidy (as Bill Brewer) and Jayson Elliott (as Buddy Baker). Photos by John Vecchiolla By Ed Lieberman What do you get when you cross Holiday Inn and White Christmas? You get Christmas Inn, this year’s holiday offering at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. The show, based upon a Richard Stafford revision of the…
Ken Jennings and Melissa Errico photos by Carol Rosegg by Eugene Paul Just say Finian’s Rainbow and a glow begins to emit, surely a built in protection concocted by leprechauns, what with the biggest and best leprechaun ever to appear in any of the many reappearances of Finian’s Rainbow making his appearance in…
Photo by Joan Marcus, 2016 by Julia Polinsky With In Transit, director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall has worked theater magic. Marshall’s clear and accomplished direction transcends the expectations of much ensemble theater, which often blend into mush; this one leaves one indelible image after another. In Transit features a beatbox/vocal percussionist (Chesney Snow)…
Will Eno and Tracy Letts photo by Nancy Carmpton by Deirdre Donovan What’s up with Tracy Letts nowadays? In two words, a lot. His latest play, Mary Page Marlowe, premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago earlier this year and a revival of his 2003 play, Man from Nebraska, settles in at…