I was a bit too young in the mid- to late-1960s to have attended a “happening.” But Nassim Soleimanpour’s White Rabbit Red Rabbit, performed Monday nights at Manhattan’s Westside Theatre, is much like what I’ve imagined such attention-grabbing events …Read more

Written in 1779, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s verse drama Nathan the Wise was not performed until 1783, two years after the German playwright’s death. British translator Edward Kemp, who fashioned the 2003 prose version used for this Classic Stage Comp …Read more

Prospect Theater Company’s musical Death for Five Voices tells the story of the double murder committed by Italian prince (and madrigal composer) Carlo Gesualdo in Naples in 1590. According to a program note, the poet Torquato Tasso was among the fir …Read more

George Bernard Shaw’s seldom-seen Widowers’ Houses—produced by The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) and Gingold Theatrical Group at the Beckett Theatre—was first performed in 1892, although a preliminary version of the play was drafted much earlier. The …Read more

The best reason to see Abingdon Theatre Company’s production of Charles Messina’s late-1970s New York City family dramedy A Room of My Own is a character known as Uncle Jackie, portrayed by Mario Cantone. On the surface, Jackie is an overly familiar …Read more

When she takes the cabaret stage, Liliane Montevecchi is not just regal. She’s an entire royal court. At center is the monarch herself, with her imposing demeanor and effortless power to keep all eyes on her person. But she’s also her own jester—thro …Read more

Traveling to Britain in winter months is an economical way to experience the varied pleasures of London theatre, especially if you purchase your flight and lodging months in advance. Earlier this month I spent a week in London, checking in on a range …Read more

Brendan Gall’s Wide Awake Hearts (at 59E59 Theaters—directed by Stefan Dzeparoski for Birdland Theatre) is one of those plays in which life imitates art, hell is other people, and you always kill the thing you love. It’s the sort of play where the cl …Read more

You might think that John Epperson, having been for decades in the employ of the glamorous and imposing stage sensation Lypsinka, would have picked up some of his mistress’s grand manner. But that’s clearly not the case. The eponymous star of “John ‘ …Read more

As much as we may love them, the julep-drenched eccentricities of Tennessee Williams’ plays have always cried out to be burlesqued. I have fond memories of a hilarious parody called Swan, presented decades ago on the campus of San Francisco State Uni …Read more