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Derren Brown’s ‘Secret’ Theater Review: A Mind-Bending Spectacle
Derren Brown has a secret – he’s gay. That may not seem that shocking these days, but it was the wellspring for his lifetime interest in secrecy. In Derren Brown’s Secret, the mentalist’s one-man (and...
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‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Theater Review: Yiddish Version Of The Classic Speaks...
The classic musical Fiddler On The Roof got an unexpected revival last year when theater veteran Joel Grey directed a Yiddish-language version at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, which was such a...
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Bedlam’s ‘The Crucible’ Theater Review: Brings New Sizzle To An Old Standard
Arthur’s Miller’s The Crucible is one of the most-produced plays in the U.S., so it takes a lot make this old standard come alive. The experimental theater troupe Bedlam, known for their pared-down...
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Ballet Hispánico Dance Review: New Pieces Deliver Dance With Bite
Ballet Hispánico, the country’s premier Latino dance troupe, performed a trio of exciting pieces by female Latinx choreographers at the storied Apollo Theater in Harlem on Friday and Saturday nights....
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‘Medea’ Theater Review: Unmissable Modernization Of Greek Classic
Australian wunderkind Simon Stone has done it again — after dazzling New York audiences with 2018’s Yerma, the virtuoso director returns with another adaptation of a classic play about women pushed to...
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‘Emojiland’ Theater Review: Kitschy Musical Finds Depth In Surprising Places
Set inside a smartphone, Emojiland might not seem like a promising place for a clever musical. But, like the magic of your phone, somehow it all works. This twisty tale begins in version 1.0 with the...
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Theater Review: ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ Offers Old-Fashioned Comfort Food
The themes may be familiar: the death of a family patriarch leads to an uncomfortable family reunion – but Chicken & Biscuits, a new play by Douglas Lyons, brings fresh laughs – and some welcome...
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‘Clyde’s’ Theater Review: Uzo Aduba Crackles In Devilish New Dark Comedy
At first, it might seem Clyde’s, a new play by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is about sandwiches. But it’s so much deeper than that – it ponders the nature of rehabilitation, dreaming...
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Alvin Ailey Wows Again With ‘Shelter’&‘BUSK’
The famed Alvin Ailey dance troupe continues to impress with a new performance of its socially conscious works at their home in Manhattan’s City Center. Shelter by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, which was...
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Kathleen Turner Blasts Supreme Court On Abortion Rights During One-Woman Show
Kathleen Turner, famed actress of movies (Body Heat) and stage (The Graduate), slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for its approach to women’s reproductive rights at one-woman show, Finding My Voice,...
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‘American Utopia’ Theater Review: David Byrne’s Musical Jamboree With A...
Part Talking Heads concert, part citizenship pep rally, David Byrne’s American Utopia is all fun. Byrne, the former lead singer of The Talking Heads, is ringmaster of this affair accompanied by an...
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Theater Review: ‘A Strange Loop’ Is A Risky, Shocking, Thrilling Theatrical...
A Strange Loop, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Michael R. Jackson, is everything Broadway is not — risky, shocking, hilarious, dangerous, thrilling. The meta-meta musical ostensibly follows Usher,...
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Theater Review: ‘For Colored Girls’ Revival Shows Multi-Colored Power Of...
The joyous revival of Ntozake Shange’s icon choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf has returned to the Booth Theatre, where it was originally performed in...
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Theater Review: Star-Studded ‘POTUS’ Is A Raucous, Feminist Good Time
The whip-smart women of POTUS: Or How Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive support, er enable, the unseen president of the United States on the big stage of Broadway’s...
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Baryshnikov Shines In Futuristic Production Of ‘The Orchard’
The ambitious production of The Orchard, Igor Golyak’s adaptation of Chekhov’s classic, The Cherry Orchard, which opened last week off-Broadway at Manhattan’s Baryshnikov Theatre, begins with the...
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Theater Review: ‘The Cost Of Living’ Brilliantly Explores The Struggle To...
“Only to connect,” that was the theme of E.M. Forrester’s classic Howard’s End, and, a century later, it’s also the through-line of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play The Cost Of Living by Martyna Mojak,...
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‘Death Of A Salesman’ Theater Review: Attention Must Be Paid To This...
A stirring new production of Death Of A Salesman from the Young Vic Theater in London premiered this week on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, marking the first time an all-black cast has played the...
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Theater Review: A Worthy Revival Showcases Exciting Young...
August Wilson, widely considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th Century, was the bard of the black experience. Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson, part of his American Century Cycle,...
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Theater Review: A Thoroughly Original Musical Makes It To...
In a Broadway world full of old revival musicals and movie remakes, Kimberly Akimbo stands out as a thoroughly original work that reminds you of the possibilities of theater. At 63, heroine Kimberly...
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‘Almost Famous’ Theater Review: Energetic Musical Of Cameron Crowe’s Iconic Film
Almost Famous, the musical version of Cameron Crowe‘s iconic film of the same name, has hit Broadway with an energetic production behind it. High schooler Willam Miller (Casey Likes) gets a...
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New Place Player’s ‘Othello’ Theater Review: Daring Production Breathes Fresh...
It’s hard to do anything original with Shakespeare, but the New Place Players’ production of Othello employs chamber music and theater in the round in an intimate 50-person “found space” to magical...
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‘Bad Cinderella’ Theater Review: Andrew Lloyd Weber Returns To Broadway With...
Andrew Lloyd Weber has long been known as the king of Broadway with his mega-hits Evita, Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar – just to name a few. Now, he’s back with a reinterpretation of a fairy tale...
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‘Colin Quinn: Small Talk’ Theater Review: Finding The Profound In The Little
Colin Quinn has a big issue to discuss – small talk. In his hilarious one-man show now playing at New York’s Greenwich House Theater, Quinn tackles the art of chit-chat and finding meaning in...
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‘Life Of Pi’ Theater Review: A Metaphysical Journey On Raft With A Bengal Tiger
Seventeen-year-old Pi Patel (Hiran Abeysekera) sets sail on a Japanese cargo from Pondacherry, India bound for Canada with his family and a menagerie of animals from his family zoo. The Life of Pi, a...
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‘Shucked’ Theater Review: Corny Humor With Heart
The new musical Shucked is that rare thing on Broadway these days – neither a revival of a 50s musical or inspired by the life of a pop star. It’s a thoroughly original – and thoroughly corny –...
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‘Purlie Victorious’ Theater Review: Leslie Odom Jr. Shines In Thrilling...
Ossie Davis’ play Purlie Victorious premiered on Broadway as a drama in 1961 when the vestiges of America’s Jim Crow caste system were still alive and well in the South. Even with 60-plus years of...
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Monty Python Musical ‘Spamalot’ Returns To Broadway With Ethan Slater, Taran...
A revival of Monty Python’s classic musical Spamalot officially opened on November 16 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre. The musical began performances on October 31 and stars Tony award-winning actor...
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Beloved ‘Nutcracker Rouge’ Burlesque Ballet Returns To The N.Y.C. Stage
Company XIV’s provocative rendition of the ballet Nutcracker Rouge is making a highly anticipated return for its 13th anniversary limited engagement. This unique production seamlessly blends the...
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Broadway Revival Of ‘Days Of Wine And Roses’ Paints A Tale Of Heartache &...
The gripping new Broadway rendition of Blake Edwards‘ 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses wastes no time delving into the destructive impact of alcoholism on the marriage of characters Kirsten and Joe...
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Eddie Izzard Performs Every Role In Spectacular One-Woman ‘Hamlet’
Suzy Eddie Izzard bowed for each role on Sunday after the opening night of her one-woman show of Hamlet. The show opened in the Greenwich House Theater in New York City. The script, a rendition of...
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Theater Review: ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time’ Excels On...
The national tour of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time explores the journey of Christopher Boone (Benjamin Wheelwright), a high-functioning 15 year old with Asperger’s Syndrome. A...
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‘Heisenberg’ Theater Review: Mary-Louise Parker Shines Taut Relationship Study
Werner Heisenberg, the father of the quantum physics’ Uncertainty Principle, lends his name to Simon Stephens‘ play Heisenberg which opened today at the 660-seat Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway...
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‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical’ Theater Review: High Energy...
A new production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical opened at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York’s West Village on April 4. Thief stars Chris McCarrell (Les Miserables) as Jackson...
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‘Cruel Intentions: The Musical’ Theater Review: Campy, Tongue-In-Cheek Fun
Cruel Intentions, the soapy 80s movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Geller and Ryan Phillippe, is the latest film to inspire a fun-filled stage musical. Delivered with camp effect, the...
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‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ Theater Review: Hot Summer (Fun) In The City
Jukebox musicals like Jersey Boys and Beautiful are powerful Broadway attractions – and few artists have as infectious musical catalogues as the late disco queen Donna Summer. So it was only a matter...
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Theater Review: Goes Very Right With New Cast Members
The play’s title is the understatement of the year. From the moment the troupe of the fictional Cornley University Drama Society takes the stage to perform The Murder at Haversham Manor, doors fail to...
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‘India Pale Ale’ Theater Review: A Rich Cultural Brew
In small town Wisconsin, a Punjabi family prepares to celebrate the wedding of their only son, Iggy (Sathya Sridharan). But their only daughter, Boz (Shazi Raja), has other plans – namely opening a bar...
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‘King Kong’ Theater Review: It’s All About The Ape
The new production of King Kong, which opened at the Broadway Theatre on Nov. 8, isn’t your ordinary musical. While it features energic numbers, in this show, it’s all about the ape. By ape, I mean the...
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‘The New One’ Broadway Theater Review: Mike Birbiglia Low-Key Humor Hits Home
Mike Birbiglia‘s low-key humor is so soft and unassuming that it to lulls you into a sense that you are chatting with a friend. Nothing big happening here. But that feeling is deceptive. Something...
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‘Gloria: A Life’ Theater Review: Patricia Kalember Takes On Feminist Icon...
Few people are so closely identified with a movement as Gloria Steinem is with feminism. So when Patricia Kalember, a noted TV and stage actress, took over the lead role in Gloria: A Life from...
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‘The Light’ Theater Review: A Crackling Play For The #MeToo Moment
Most plays reflect our past. But Loy Webb‘s powerful two-person play The Light is so of-the-moment that the playwright revised it in October to incorporate the sexual harassment claims from Brett...
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‘Stomp’ Theater Review: Celebrating 25 Years Of Percussive Excellence
They are wordless on stage yet they make an impressive amount of noise. The company of Stomp find music in everyday objects – trashcan lids, gum wrappers, brooms – and generate rhythm and joy from...
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‘Princess Zhaojun’ Theater Review: Traditional Chinese Dance Drama Delivers A...
Princess Zhaojun, a production of the Chinese National Opera & Dance Drama Theater, concluded a specular four-night run this weekend at Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theater. The dance drama, which...
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‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Theater Review: The Temptations’ Musical Offers Something...
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times Of The Temptations opened at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on Thursday night with a flash of energy as electric as the band it portrays. The show features the best...
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‘All Our Children’ Theater Review: A Moving Play On The Nazi Genocide Of The...
Among the countless atrocities of the Nazis, their efforts to kill off the disabled gets less attention than it should. The play All Our Children at New York City’s Sheen Center for Thought &...
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‘Tootsie’ Theater Review: A Thoroughly Modern Dorothy
Based on the 1982 movie starring Dustin Hoffman, the new musical Tootsie, which opened last week on Broadway at the Marquis Theater, reinterprets the classic tale of the #MeToo era. Michael Dorsey...
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‘Camp Morning Wood’ Theater Review: Body-Positive Fun Just In Time For Pride
Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical, which premiered off-Broadway at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater last week, has no problem living up to its naughty name. The show, with book and lyrics by Jay...
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‘The Height Of The Storm’ Theater Review: Jonathan Pryce & Eileen Atkins Live...
Jonathan Pryce and Eilleen Atkins deliver an acting master class in the Broadway production of The Height of the Storm, which opened on Tuesday night at the Manhattan Theater Club. As the play opens,...
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Laurence Fishburne Presents Raw Side In One-Man Stage Show, ‘Like They Do In...
Laurence Fishburne, known for films like The Matrix and Apocalypse Now, reveals a touching, raw and emotional side to him in his one-man stage show, Like They Do in the Movies. The show, written by...
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