Aaron Lazar calls me from Los Angeles where he is going on auditions for TV & film, and working on developing other projects; considering what a revelation he was in City Center Encore!’s production of A New Brain, where he starred opposite Jonat …Read more
The mark of a great cabaret performer is that they make their banter seem completely spontaneous, and Linda Lavin’s exquisite show at 54 Below, titled Starting Over, contains moments that were undoubtedly rehearsed many times, but feel natural. That’ …Read more
Whitney Bashor first stole the hearts of Broadway fans with her haunting performance in The Bridges of Madison County where she played Robert Kincaid’s (Steven Pasquale) ex-wife Marian. In the bossa nova infused “Another Life” she evoked precisely an …Read more
The essence of Laugh It Up, Stare It Down is summed up in its opening scene when Joe (Jayce Bartok) and Cleo (Katya Campbell) meet outside her apartment. After awkward flirtation, they end up together, and a mere few scenes later they are married. Bu …Read more
The homeless men in Time Out of Mind feel like no one can see them, and it’s testament to the great talent of the actors playing them that they manage to pull this off, even though their star quality is the kind that inevitably gets people noticed. O …Read more
Elizabeth Stanley plays Claire de Loon in On the Town with the precision of a scientist. She knows this woman inside and out, and you can tell from the way in which each of her moves seems both predisposed and completely natural. But she is not only …Read more
Kill Sister, Kill! A Musical tells the story of avenging angel Lily (Samantha Walkes), a nun who upon witnessing the brutal rape and murder of her sister Kitty (Astrid Atherly) takes it upon herself to seek justice. Deeming itself an “homage” to expl …Read more
In Amazing Grace Erin Mackey plays Mary Catlett, the privileged young lady whose world is turned upside down upon realizing of the brutality involved with slavery. Throughout the show we see her character transform from a naive girl into a woman who …Read more
In Redeemer Marko Zaror plays the title character, a former hitman who strikes a deal with god and becomes a vigilante keen on destroying the men who took his life from him. The action packed film feels refreshing for its clever use of genre c …Read more
The set design in Far From Canterbury is rather simple, prop designer Riw Rakkulchon, relies exclusively on four wooden crates and four flagpoles which are re-purposed throughout to emulate everything from regal thrones, to haunted towers and grand b …Read more
