Amar Ramasar and Megan Dickinson of Kathryn Posin Dance – photo by Lois Greenfield By R. Pikser Both Kathryn Posin and Momchil Mladenov have worked extensively internationally and the quality of their work shows why. Mr. Mladenov, former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Bulgaria and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet has brought dance artists…
Betsy Morgan, Barbara Walsh, and Caissie Levy . Photo Credit: Joan Marcus By Michall Jeffers There is real brilliance in Michael John LaChiusa’s First Daughter Suite, but it’s not always easy to take. For anyone who’s been enmeshed in a difficult mother/daughter scenario, for anyone who shares a sisterhood that teeters between love and rivalry,…
by Marc Miller When Dames at Sea was announced for the Broadway stage, the main worry was: Would bigger be better? The formerly off-Broadway musical by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller (book and lyrics) and Jim Wise (music), a 1968 hit that first got Bernadette Peters noticed, satirizes the large Warner Brothers Busby…
Robert Cuccioli as Mayer Rothschild by Eugene Paul In a rich and moving reworking of the well remembered Bock/Harnick musical, The Rothschilds, new ground has been plowed which gives book writer Sherman Yellen reason to make positive changes in his original book, the astounding story of that family, baring the bite that was carefully…
by Deirdre Donovan If you think going to a classical concert is a snooze, you missed the recent program Cirque De La Symphonie with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at NJYPAC. On October 17th Cirque De La Symphonie teamed up with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable evening in Newark. Since 2006,…
Joey LePage and Jessica Dean star in Luke Landric Leonard and Peter Stopschinski’s Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, directed by Leonard for Monk Parrots at 59E59 Theaters. (© Maria Baranova) by Eugene Paul Frequently – too frequently – it is instructive that, in order to attempt to get a handle on what…
Photos by Erin Baiano by Deirdre Donovan Piracy lived again, as MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale) launched their new season with a semi-staged presentation of Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert’s Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty) at New York City Center. Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular operetta lighted down for…
JOAN MARCUS by Eugene Paul Since we all know from long experience of Pinter plays that, with very few exceptions, we are gathered here to admire, not to enjoy, our role is pre-defined. How to make the admiration roll out differently is the task at hand for director Douglas Hodge and company and all…
Ella Briggs, Duke Lafoon and the cast Photo Credit: Diane Sobolewski By Ed Lieberman Christmas came early to the Goodspeed Opera House this year, in the form of a new production of A Wonderful Life, the Sheldon Harnick (book and lyrics)/Joe Raposo (music) adaptation of the iconic Frank Capra holiday film, It’s a Wonderful Life, which…
Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda Photo credits Joan Marcus By David Schultz Sam Shepard’s Mythical American West; seedy motel, wounded couple, raw sex, seventy-five minutes of overwrought angst Originally produced Off Broadway in 1983, this Sam Shepard work made waves for its intense, poetic existential take on a couple trying to repair the…