L-R: Quinn Franzen, Alia Attallah and Karan Photo by Hunter Canning by Glenn Giron Threesome opens with the gentle and dulcet tones of beautiful Middle Eastern music that suddenly erupt into a classic rock feel and sound designer Casi Pacilio boldly sets the stage for this enticing play. Lights up on a beautiful Egyptian…
by Deirdre Donovan The artist, the state, the church, and the critic are all alive and kicking in Howard Baker’s Scenes from an Execution, now in a potent revival at Atlantic Stage 2. And with Jan Maxwell leading the cast, who could ask for anything more? If you are an aficionado of Baker’s canon,…
David Strathairn by Eugene Paul If you are fortunate enough to have attended The Story of Jan Karski in its too brief run as a staged reading in the marvelous Museum of Jewish Heritage premises, you are already marked as hopelessly empathic to any endeavor to tell the all but incomprehensible story of the…
Patti LuPone and Michael Urie in a scene from “Shows for Days” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) By David Schultz Playwright Douglas Carter Beane has his heart on his sleeve. His newest play is his romantic recollection of being bitten by the thrill of acting and being in the theater surrounded by eccentric showbiz folk….
Photos by John Vecchiolla. By Ed Lieberman A nostalgic look at religion and morality from the flower-power generation In an era of irreverent, cynical and even snarky shows using religion and religious groups as their theme or backdrop (i.e. Book of Mormon, An Act of God, Hand to God), Westchester BroadwayTheatre takes us…
by Eugene Paul Actor Clifford Odets was in his twenties when Harold Clurman asked the young member of their Group Theatre to try writing a play for the Group. The result was the ground breaking Awake and Sing! which tore through the American theatrical scene putting central on the stage a family of desperate Jewish immigrants living in…
–L to R: TORI MURRAY as Tina Denmark and KIM MARESCA as her mother photos Carol Rosegg by Glenn Giron Ruthless! spends 90 minutes poking fun at the structure and ideals of American musical comedies and movie musicals. Writer and director Joel Paley, who helmed the original 92′ Off-Broadway production, hasn’t written a single…
Pictured (L-R): Jennifer Mudge, Heather Lind, Alicia Silverstone photos by © Joan Marcus 2015 by Eugene Paul Lynne Meadow has been the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club for forty-three years, during which time MTC has grown into one of New York City’s premier ornaments, presenting splendidly produced efforts no matter the material and…
Lindsay Mendez and Gideon Glick photos by Joan Marcus By David Schultz Jordan Berman (Gideon Glick) is stuck in a rut. In his late 20’s, this gay gent is filled with inherent emotional longings, almost operatic in their intensity. He wants a true romance, a boy friend, not just a hook-up. His complete and utter failure…
by Deirdre Donovan Theater impresario Scott Siegel wrapped up his signature concert series, Broadway By The Year(BBTY), with a cadre of top-notch talent at Town Hall on June 22nd. This one-night-only event focused on the last two decades of Broadway musicals, stretching from 1991 to the present day. Siegel, who created, wrote, and hosted the event, presented the…