Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 and one of the vocabulary words prison inmate Nick Yarris learned during the years he was on Death Row. It is also the name of his memoir – The Fear of 13: Surviving Death Row. Nicholas Yarris was convic …Read more
From Off-Broadway to the West End to Broadway, the ship Titanique has traveled a long way. The musical parody of James Cameron’s epic movie Titanic has delighted its audiences so much that it has made the rare transfer to the St. James Theatre. This …Read more
“Cats:The Jellicle Ball” at the Broadhurst Theatre is not your mother’s “Cats,” the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. In the original musical, the poems, set to Webber’s memorable music, were …Read more
In Dog Day Afternoon, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis has adapted a play from a movie based on an actual event. I knew nothing about the movie except that it starred Al Pacino, and nothing about the play except for its leads, veterans of FX’s popular …Read more
Sometimes an actor gives such a commanding performance that he will always be that character. So it was with John Lithgow portraying Roald Dahl in the Olivier award- winning play Giant, recently transplanted to Broadway. Lithgow portrays children’s a …Read more
The play Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Anna Ziegler is not the play you and I read in high school. Although the major characters are the same, the play, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, feels modern because of a major change to the storyline …Read more
In my role as a critic, I see a lot of shows. While I enjoy many of them, I rarely leave planning to buy tickets for my family. However, by the end of Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel Radcliffe (yes-the Harry Potter guy), I wanted to stop at the …Read more
We’ve all heard of the mythical Bigfoot. He’s a huge creature covered in fur and a popular figure in American and Canadian folklore. Now we can see and hear him at New York City Center Stage I in the new musical comedy by Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmo …Read more
Four Asian women gather in a Chinese restaurant for what Ellen (Jennifer Ikeda) calls an affinity meeting. All work together in the same financial company. In essence, they are a work support group. Although each woman has her own agenda with a diffe …Read more
How do you spell – enjoyable. Definition, please -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The revival of the musical at New World Stages, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tony award-winning show is an enjoyable treat for the audience. Six …Read more
