Bertolt Brecht was an acclaimed German playwright, poet, director, Marxist and Lothario, among many other credits. He was born just before the start of the 20th century, and passed on in 1956. He is credited as having reinvented the modern theater. A …Read more
“The Ballad of Rodrigo”, written by Jason S. Grossman and directed by Amber Gallery, is a large cast production with film noir style, intrigue, lust, and passions, all wrapped up in a classic storyline of underworld bad guys who have heart, and coppe …Read more
Tongue in Cheek Production’s “Buffalo Heights” is a mostly funny look at what can happen in small town Buffalo, NY when a new French teacher is brought in to take over the high school class that a Congress woman’s daughter thinks she controls. Heads …Read more
A musical puppet show, “The Cat that Went to Heaven” is based on the award winning 1930 book of the same name by Elizabeth Coatsworth. This staged rendition of the story was created by Nancy Harrow, who wrote the music and lyrics, and directed by Wil …Read more
The totally enjoyable “Greed” opened last night at the slightly-off-Broadway New World Stages. Billed as a musical, “Greed” is really more of a musical revue; there is no story, and little dialogue to speak of. The small ensemble cast features four p …Read more
Not everything translates well when delivered nearly a century after its creation. Certainly, making a stylistically dated piece play well—however avant-garde and progressive the piece may have been in its day—is a task for a nuanced touch. Mounting …Read more
When Peter Michael Marino gets up on stage, his comfort and casual demeanor make the audience feel as if we were in his apartment for an intimate gathering. This feeling of intimacy, as it turns out, is appropriate: it’s not long before he starts sha …Read more
Laugh-out-loud funny, Primary Stages’ “The Tribute Artist” is an update on the classic drawing room comedy featuring a talented ensemble cast. Written by and starring Charles Busch and directed by Carl Andress, the play follows Jimmy (Busch), a man i …Read more
After all these years, it still rings true that many of the best films and plays are adaptations from books. This may be particularly true of the best children’s plays and films: “The Wizard of Oz”, “Mary Poppins”, “Willy Wonka”, and so on. In 1950, …Read more
“If You Can Get To Buffalo”, a cleverly splashy and quirky multimedia play, is a personal reflection loosely based on real events. The time was 1994, and the place was both nowhere and everywhere: a new world we now call the internet. This is a stor …Read more
