Tag: New York
Review: ‘Georama’ at the New York Musical Festival
The rise and fall of the largely forgotten 19th-century American artist John Banvard is the subject of Georama, an irresistible bio-musical by West Hyler...
Review: ‘Wicked’ at the Academy of Music
From its origins in L. Frank Baum’s1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to its adaptation in MGM’s blockbuster 1939 film The Wizard of...
Review: ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Bucks County Playhouse
Guys and Dolls is a paragon of American musical theater. Considering its blend of interesting characters, clever story and glorious songs by Frank Loesser,...
Review: ‘New York – The Melting Pot’ at Soulpepper on 42nd...
The first in Soulpepper Theatre Company’s three-part musical celebration of the history of diversity in New York - The Melting Pot pays tribute...
Review: ‘Night Tide’ at the New York Musical Festival
Ancient sea lore meets Sixties beach party in Night Tide, a new musical parody by Taylor Tash (book and lyrics) and Nathania Wibowo (music),...
Review: ‘Alligator Pie’ at Soulpepper on 42nd Street
Adapted from the verses of beloved children’s book author and poet Dennis Lee - known to generations of fans as “Canada’s Father Goose” –...
Review: ‘Cage’ at Soulpepper on 42nd Street
The avant-garde work and Zen convictions of 20th-century American composer John Cage are the inspiration for Soulpepper Theatre Company’s ensemble-devised piece Cage, performed in this...
Review: ‘Matthew McConaughey Vs The Devil’ at the New York Musical...
Deserving recipient of an Academy Award for Best Actor, or modern-day Faust who sold his soul to capture Hollywood’s biggest honor? Emilie Landmann (book),...
Review: ‘1984’ at the Hudson Theatre
One of the most fascinating items on the Broadway scene is the current production of a British import, 1984. Co-adapted from the 1949 novel...
Review: ‘Of Human Bondage’ at Soulpepper on 42nd Street
The first-ever stage adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage, written by Vern Thiessen and directed by Albert Schultz for Canada’s Soulpepper Theatre...
Review: ‘The Crusade of Connor Stephens’ at the Jerry Orbach Theater
Gun violence, socio-religious intolerance, same-sex marriage, and gay adoption are some of the current hot-button issues that tear apart a family, polarize a community,...
Review: ‘The Imbible: Day Drinking’ at New World Stages
Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of work, everyday chores, and the incessant pings of your digital devices? Then don’t just find the time, but...
Review: ‘Death Comes for the War Poets’ at The Sheen Center
This year marks the centenary of the beginning of America’s involvement in World War I in 1917, and The Sheen Center has recognized it...
Review: ‘d4rkly your retrorockets fl4re’ at the Flamboyán Theater
The world-premiere full-stage production of d4rkly your retrorockets fl4re, written by Steven Mark Tenney and co-directed with his sister Susan Tenney, is presented by...
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: ‘How to Use a Knife’ at InterAct Theatre Company
Set in the hectic kitchen of a restaurant in New York’s Financial District, Will Snider’s How to Use a Knife focuses on a friendship...
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: ‘The Dollar Princess’ at Concert Operetta Theater
Leo Fall’s music is not likely to return to Broadway. It did, however, provide pleasant vocal opportunities for gifted young singers of the Concert...