Review: ‘Julius Caesar’ at The Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park
We are in the streets of Rome. The lights onstage bump up and immediately we are in the midst of controversy. Flavius and Marullus...
Review: ‘An Enemy of the People’ at Wheelhouse Theater Company
Economic self-interest, an ‘inconvenient truth,’ a ruthless politician, a whistleblower, ‘fake news,’ closed-door meetings, a bureaucratic cover-up, the refusal to work together for the...
Review: ‘Cost of Living’ at The Manhattan Theatre Club
The Manhattan Theatre Club is presently offering a 4-character play set in "the urban east of America" in the "near present day." That description...
Review: ‘Fun Home’ at the Forrest Theatre
Winner of five Tony Awards in 2015 - including the first-ever Best Musical honors given to a show written entirely by a team of...
Review: ‘The Government Inspector’ at Red Bull Theater
The New York theatre scene continues to offer variety and great fun with this post-Tony production of Nikolai Gogol's masterpiece, The Government Inspector, as...
Review: ‘Golden Cockerel’ at New Opera NYC
Golden Cockerel (Coq d’Or) is a musical fantasy that was popular in the first half of the twentieth century but rarely seen since. Nikolai...
Review: ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ at Vineyard Theatre
“I’ve made bad choices. And I’ve made them . . . knowingly,” says 27-year-old Tanya - a single mom and bar waitress in a...
Review: ‘RENT’ at Gateway Playhouse
The Gateway Playhouse opened its 68th Season with the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical, RENT. With book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, this...
Review: ‘Building the Wall’ at New World Stages
Out of his imaginative mind comes another powerful theatre piece by Robert Shenkkan, author of 15 plays including two dealing with LBJ (All the...
Review: ‘The Lucky One’ at Mint Theater Company
Every now and then it's refreshing to turn on the time travel clock and return to what we then called "civilization" circa 1920. You...
Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ at John W. Engeman Theater
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is closing its 10th season with the rousing classic, Oklahoma! With book and lyrics by Rodgers and...
Review: ‘Marry Harry’ at The York Theatre Company
With apologies to James Morgan and the York Theatre Company (“York Theatre”) for this very late review of their current offering Marry Harry. I...
Review: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at the Golden Theatre
In 1982 a distinguished group of Broadway pros, including Hal Prince, Betty Comden and Aldolph Green, came up with what was then thought to...
Review: ‘Bandstand’ at the Bernard F. Jacobs Theatre
Eleven new musicals have opened since War Paint and here comes the last before the April 30th deadline for Tony Nomination. It's called Bandstand...
Review: ‘Marry Harry’ at The York Theatre Company
If you’re in the mood for some pure light-hearted entertainment, Marry Harry, now making its Off-Broadway debut in a limited engagement with The York...
Review: ‘Anastasia’ at the Broadhurst Theatre
As the theatre season races to the end of its nomination deadline for the Tony Awards, musical shows are exploding all over the place....
DC Favorites ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Come From Away’ Vie for...
DC Mega-hits Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away, which wowed audiences during their sold out runs at Arena Stage and Ford's Theatre, will be vying for Best...
Review: ‘Baghdaddy’ at St. Luke’s Theater
“Alternative facts” and “fake news” are nothing new with the current presidency; they led to the Bush administration’s justification for the war in Iraq...
Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The night I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on Roald Dahl's novel, the theatre was packed with moms and...
Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ at the August Wilson Theatre
Andy Karl is a delightful musical theatre leading man, but he's been having a bit of bad luck lately. During a late preview of...