PTP/NYC’s 2015 production of Scenes from an Execution will most likely be remembered best for being Jan Maxwell’s swan song, as the Tony-nominated actress announced she was retiring from the stage after completing the run. One can’t help but think of …Read more
In Yussef El Guindi’s Threesome, a sexual escapade becomes the window into a world of double standards, faux convictions and misogyny as three people must come to terms with the fact that they’re not as liberal, or liberated, as they thought. When th …Read more
According to the hilarious musical RUTHLESS! people will go to any lengths in order to become famous, as we see in little Tina Denmark (a sensational Tori Murray), a sweet girl who dreams of nothing else but life in the theatre. When she isn’t chosen …Read more
At some point during the 1980s, two-time-Oscar winner Marlon Brando commissioned a digitized 3D version of his head, not only predicting the resurrecting celebrities via hologram craze of the 2010s, but also confirming that Brando’s greatest love aff …Read more
Poor Mrs. Smith (David Hanbury) has lost her dear cat Carlyle and in order to find him she’s put on a show titled Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-tacular in hopes that he will come back to her, and also to recruit some fellow searchers among the audience m …Read more
When Manuel (Gil Perez-Abraham) arrived in the United States as a child, he had no idea that growing up his dreams would seem almost impossible to realize thanks to an issue of bureaucracy. He and his mother (a splendid Tami Dahbura) are undocumented …Read more
Perhaps it’s testament to Pope Francis’ current status as the hip representative of Catholics on earth that we get to see a show as fresh and funny as Pope! An Epic Musical which for all its irreverence and zaniness, dares to see the position of Bish …Read more
The rivalry between Tonya Harding (Tracy McDowell) and Nancy Kerrigan (Jenna Leigh Green) is part of modern lore, and while the word “musical” is the last thing anyone would think about when discussing the tragic nature of their endless competition, …Read more
The Calico Buffalo is an enchanting adaptation of the children’s book by E.J. Stapleton, who adapted his own work into a musical with musics and lyrics co-written by Peter Stopschinski. The story takes place in an ancient land ruled by buffalos, who …Read more
If ambition was all a show needed to succeed, Andrew Sabiston and Timothy Williams’ Napoleon, much like the historical character it’s about, would be a true winner. Instead it’s a show that gets some things right, and some not so well, starting with …Read more