By Parker Sargent David Auxier has penned a musical called The Engaygement, that keeps with the tradition of Gilbert and Sullivan (clearly his greatest influences), but brings their style of humor and pathos into the twenty-first century. With a cast of only six performers, Auxier has found a way to tell a big story…
Photo by Parker Sargent By Parker Sargent Event promoter Daniel Nardicio is on a mission to bring us gay icons from music, comedy and theater- without ever having to leave the comfort of the beautiful beach. His summer series is an annual gift to Fire Island, and there is no doubt that each…
Elizabeth Claire Walker and Daniel Applebaum in “Anomie,” photo by Nir Arieli By R. Pikser Claudia Schreier’s evening of works at the Ailey Center was the culmination of her year-long mentorship by The Breaking Glass Project, started in 2013 in New York by Ellenore P. Scott of ELSCO Dance and Nathalie Matychak of MATYCHAK…
Photos by Parker Sargent By Parker Sargent If you’ve ever been to a Hedda Lettuce show, you know her style…she’s brassy, thoughtful, cutting edge and if you find yourself in her satirical gaze, she can seem a little cutthroat. But the fabulous thing about Hedda is that it all comes from a place…
Photo by Jeannie by Jeanne Lieberman Finding Netherland Definition of nether by Merriam-Webster Located toward the bottom or more distant part of something That more distant part is, to use another euphemism, our “privates’ but Ms Cho certainly does not keep them private for long. The major part Margaret Cho’s hour and a half performance…
Patrick Page, Kate Burton, Hamish Linklater, and Teagle F. Bougere Photo by Carol Rosegg By Michall Jeffers Cymbeline is not a great play. In fact, it’s not even a particularly good one. So, lucky for Central Park theater goers, director Daniel Sullivan has taken a tongue-in-cheek approach, and turned this perennial Shakespeare also-ran into…
Marc de la Cruz, Zoe Wilson photos by Carol Rosegg by Eugene Paul A potentially fascinating retelling of the life of extraordinary Helen Keller. Eighty-five years ago, Helen Keller, in her full fame, wrote an essay she entitled “Three Days to See” in which she imagined three exceptional days during which she would actually see…
By Michall Jeffers The opening program of Mostly Mozart 2015, was actually made up of only Mozart, and the result was a delightful evening for all the music lovers in the audience. The Festival is an annual summertime tradition in New York; this is its 49th year, and there’s no doubt that the tradition…
Scott Siegel Photos by Maryann Lopinto by Deirdre Donovan It was fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk weather outside. But that didn’t keep Scott Siegel from putting on his Broadway Unplugged concert at Town Hall on July 20th (the original event was cancelled due to the fake blizzard last January). Showing a great deal of sang froid on a…
Pictured Center: Josh Young @2015, Joan Marcus By Eugene Paul Every play that manages to get on its feet and actually presented before the public is the result of many acts of faith, love and magical thinking. It’s enough to keep Tinker Bell whizzing around the globe forever more. Amazing Grace is all of…