George Takei as Sam Kimura and Lea Salonga as Kei By Julia Polinsky The show’s not called Poor Me, I Was In An Internment Camp During WWII, it’s called Allegiance. It takes a good look at where our allegiances lie: with family, with nation, with heritage, with self. Directed by the accomplished and dedicated…
JOAN MARCUS by Eugene Paul Director Will Frears, knowing that he has William Goldman’s tested and true services having successfully adapted the Stephen King flavorsome little horror epic, “Misery” to the screen as his basis for this, his stage adaptation, is still not resting easy having as his leads two of the biggest…
By Michall Jeffers There’s a great line in the movie Mississippi Burning: You marry the first boy who makes you laugh. It’s no secret that laughter is a great aphrodisiac. How else can it be explained that in pulling out all the stops to make the audience laugh, stand- up comedian Colin Quinn comes across as…
Kimberly Jenna Simon photos by Miro Magloire By R. Pikser The TuTu Trilogy is composed of three vignettes, each of which takes place in a backstage situation; two are in a rented rehearsal studio, one backstage after a performance. Author Richard Curtis is not so much exploring his situations as he is commenting…
By Eugene Paul If you’re going to find yourself in a nursing home – oops – an adult living facility, who wouldn’t want to take over the whole, pleasant space we see if all you had to do was make yourself poisonous to anyone designated to share those desirable quarters in upscale…
Josh Segarra and Ana Villafane by Eugene Paul There are so many ways to look at this endearing, heart warming monster musical that it would be a shame not to enumerate some of them: first: there’s the smart money Broadway savvy, far from visionaries who see clearly that this show would be totally out of…
By David Schultz Man’s best friend has taken up residence at the Cort Theater in Manhattan. In the tantalizing guise of actress Annaleigh Ashford, this human as canine puppy is redolent in her splendor capering around the stage seeking the love of a new family. The family in question Greg (Matthew Broderick) and wife Kate…
R. Pikser Since 1982 Donald Byrd has headed Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, Washington, and the work of the dancers in this company meets the standards of his previous companies, no mean feat. Mr. Byrd has long been a socially engaged choreographer, and this evening length piece, a revisiting of a 1991 work is…
Kristine Nielsen, Tom Phelan Photos: Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers Every now and then a play comes along that’s so specific, people either love it or hate it. This season, we have HIR. Burning topics of the day are pushed to the extreme; the audience either roars with laughter, or sits in bewildered silence….
They recounted anecdotes from their personal and public lives besides the opening of the bio-musical On Your Feet What are Gloria and Emilio Estefan up to nowadays? In two words, Broadway theater. With the opening of On Your Feet at the Marquis Theater on November 5th, inspired by the Estefans’ life and music, the Cuban-born…