Carlotta Brentan as the ex-wife, R: Giulia Bisinella as the fiancee. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. by Deirdre Donovan Something old, something new. That old saw is quite apt for Mario Fratti’s double bill of one-acters at Theater for the New City. Fratti’s Wives is making its world premiere and his breakthrough The Academy…
Paul Alexander Nolan and Megan McGinnis by Michall Jeffers One thing’s for sure; if you put on a play with only two actors, they better be really good. Daddy Long Legs is most fortunate in having Megan McGinnis as the orphan Jerusha, and Paul Alexander Nolan as her benefactor, Jervis. Nolan is handsome, earnest,…
Tom Gamblin as Albin, Danial Charles McDonald as Georges by Jeannie Lieberman Photos by Parker Sargent Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein’s intelligent, educational, insightful, poignant, profound and above all entertaining homage to the real gay world is a perfect fit for Fire Island Pines Arts Project. It is especially timely in a year filled…
by Linda Amiel Burns photos by Maryann Lopinto On Sunday evening, September 27, 2015, the Cutting Room was packed with fans of the legendary pianist, composer and arranger Cy Walter, to celebrate his Centennial and CD released by Harbinger Records that has been in the planning for many years. This joyous event…
By Nicholas Linnehan What is disability and how do we define it? These questions permeate Nicu Spoon’s production of Richard III, associate produced by Identity Theater Company. The premise: everyone is disabled, except for Richard. By turning the tables, these companies hope to re-invent how we think about disability. The production, directed by…
by Julia Polinsky Like a rough draft for a “good parts” version of Moonstruck, John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea tells us that True Love is possible, even for the less than perfect people among us. Well, in this production at Theater for the New City, maybe yes, maybe no….
By R. Pikser They opened my eyes. They stopped my breath. They expanded my heart. I am more alive because I sat for 65 minutes and drank them in. Magmanus, the name of the Swedish circus company duo performing Attached, is a witty, intertwined combination of the first names of the…
Alexandra O’Daly and Nate Washburn Photo: © Jacob J. Goldberg Photography By Marc Miller The Metropolitan Playhouse is calling its 24th season the Season of Hope, and it’s off to a modestly hopeful start. Arthur Richman’s The Awful Truth, which showcased the great sophisticated comedienne Ina Claire for 144 performances in 1922, is best…
Emily Donohue, Linda Powell and Andrew Garman photos by Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers What a joy it is to experience a play that forces us to think about what we really believe. I challenge any intelligent theater-goes to see The Christians, and then not want to discuss it at length. Is there a…
by Marc Miller The thing about The New Morality is, the morality’s so old. Remember when heroines used to spend three acts suspecting their husbands of infidelity, and if it were true, it would truly be the end of the world? No, you probably don’t, and to encounter Harold Chapin’s upper-class Brit twits taking…