Jane Lynch does her comedic song-and-dance shtick in See Jane Sing, a musical jukebox comedy cabaret that hearkens back to the bygone days of Lynch’s 1970s midwestern adolescence. Joe’s Pub provides the perfect setting for Lynch and her tremendous ba …Read more
Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone pairs marvelously with the intensely passionate art form known as flamenco in Noche Flamenca’s production of Antigona, starring the enormously talented Soledad Barrio. Playing at the West Park Presbyterian Church, an inter …Read more
Meta-theater shows are a dime a dozen these days. Plays about trying to write a show, trying to put on a show, or trying to be in a show are having a meta moment in the sun, often breaking down the fourth wall to bring the audience in on the joke. Cu …Read more
Audiences have the opportunity to become voyeurs at The Qualms, an uproarious one-act comedy at Playwrights Horizons. Written by Bruce Norris, author of the Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize winning Clybourne Park, The Qualms is a compelling, thought …Read more
My interview with the lovely Edward Petherbridge was a refreshing reminder that age and illness are no limitations when one is passionate about one’s art. The 78-year-old, Tony Award-nominated actor has played such memorable roles as Newman Noggs in …Read more
The Public Theater continues its long-standing commitment to present Shakespeare to as wide an audience as possible with its Mobile Shakespeare Unit. This company performs in prisons, shelters, and other venues in underserved communities. Now they’ve …Read more
Having just had the pleasure of seeing Fiasco Theatre’s brilliant production of Into the Woods with Roundabout Theatre Company, I was very much looking forward to their take on The Two Gentlemen of Verona with Theatre for a New Audience at the Polons …Read more
There is no rest for the pious, especially when your church is empty of worshippers. When he opens up his small, provincial church one Sunday, a priest is tormented by a faulty alarm system, he can’t get his keys to work and, as if that weren’t enoug …Read more
Prepare to watch in awe as the fearless members of Montreal-based company Les 7 Doigts de la Main (7 Fingers) perform gravity defying feats of acrobatics in their show, Séquence 8, at New York City Center. Directed and choreographed by married co-fou …Read more
Sitting down to talk with Eve Wolf, writer and pianist of Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon is a fascinating lesson in history, music and film. The story of this theatrical concert comes from a brief meeting between the famed French auth …Read more