Susanne Sulby Photo credit: Carol Rosegg) by Deirdre Donovan Sanctuary is a solo show with a conscience. Written and performed by stage and film actress Susanne Sulby, this play unfolds, in turn, like a docudrama, news broadcast, and surreal play. Now in a brief run at Theater Row (at the Lion Theatre), Sulby draws…
by Michall Jeffers What more can possibly be said about Hamilton, the toast of the town? The show has been praised to the heavens, and only the prospect of winning a billion dollars has created more of a frenzy for tickets. It s original, educational, exhilarating, and acclaimed. It has shattered records for the amount…
by Deirdre Donovan Emile Zola’s novel Therese Raquin comes to life on Broadway with a new adaptation by playwright Helen Edmundson. Featuring Keira Knightley, Gabriel Ebert, Matt Ryan, and Judith Light, and directed by Evan Cabnet, this show may well be the spookiest new production of the season. Before parsing this, and that aspect,…
Steven Friedman Photos by Gerald Slota Phalaris’s Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World by Julia Polinsky Enchanting or annoying: which? You’ll have to make that decision for yourself. Steven Friedman’s Phalaris’s Bull claims to be “solving the riddle of the great big world.” In the process of trying to understand what…
Michael C. Hall in “Lazarus” Lazarus by David Shultz How can one possibly make sense of this jukebox musical without sounding deranged? Based on the cult film classic “The Man Who Fell To Earth” directed by Nicolas Roeg, it featured David Bowie as a stranded alien, who attempted to return to his galaxy seeking…
The Color Purple By Michall Jeffers “If God ever listened to a poor colored woman, the world would be a different place,” Celie declares. There’s no doubt that everyone in the audience hears and appreciates the heroine of The Color Purple. Cheers ring through the house, and a standing ovation is given to her…
photos by Mathew Murphy School of Rock By Michall Jeffers This is it. This is that $16 million Broadway show for the whole family, with something for everyone. One caveat: those with sensitive ears, bring your earplugs. This opus is loud. The assumption may be that everyone has seen School of Rock, the 2003 movie,…
Andrew Dunn, Ashley Adelman, Tim Riley, Alla Illvosa, Kaitlyn Huczko, Jordan Gwiazdowski by Julia Polinsky Who’s insignificant? Sean Michael Welch’s Insignificant, as mounted by Infinite Variety Productions says that women are, even when they do important work. The show feels like a class in Women’s History, complete with a catalogue of postmodern feminist…
Mark Strong as Carbone with Phoebe Fox (left) and Nicola Walker. Photograph: Tristram Kenton By Eugene Paul On stage, left and right are banked high and deep with theater seats. Everyone is taken. Center stage, a black monolith sits on a low, transparent wall. We can see bare feet in the lighted arena…
by Deirdre Donovan The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal resurrected Handel’s grand oratorio for the holidays. And those in the audience at Saint Thomas Church were treated to an exquisite presentation of the master’s most celebrated composition. Before commenting on the performance itself, it is well worth noting…