There’s something missing in the salmon-colored living room of Pete (Mark Blum) and Mary (Mare Winningham), somewhere in the American sunbelt. And it’s not just the old sneakers that Pete may or may not have accidentally stuffed beneath the big secti …Read more
Joey Merlo’s The Witch of St. Elmora Street centers on Michelangelo (Chris Dunlop) and his twin sister, Graziella (Caitlin Zoz), and it is introduced by a talking tomato plant invested with the spirit of their father, an Italian immigrant who credits …Read more
The holiday season is upon us, and what could be better than taking a break from the crowds and to-do lists and creating new family memories with a special outing to the theater? It is one gift that will keep on giving as it’ll allow your loved ones …Read more
No matter how high your expectations are for Isaac Mizrahi’s conception of Prokofiev’s classic Peter & The Wolf, they will be exceeded, and you will be delighted. Set in New York, Mizrahi’s Peter & the Wolf tells of how young Peter, against h …Read more
Hot off a successful run in Montreal, the original cast recording of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz tells the fascinating story of an ambitious young man who would seemingly stop at nothing to achieve his dreams. Perhaps even more winding than i …Read more
Holy cow, run, don’t walk, to the New Victory Theater on 42nd Street to see Mother Africa: My Home. This “circus spectacular” production has been brought back to New York by the Circus der Sinne group from South Africa and features performers from al …Read more
The holidays are sure to be filled with joyous music as The New York Pops prepare for their Christmas special Make the Season Bright (December 16 and 17 at Carnegie Hall), which this year features two pairs of incredibly talented siblings; the Callaw …Read more
I recently spoke with dancer and aerialist Allison Ulrich, who plays Marie-Claire in Company XIV’s latest baroque-burlesque confection, Nutcracker Rouge, currently on stage at the Irondale Theater in Brooklyn. Ulrich, a graduate of Juilliard where sh …Read more
Moving down Christopher Street toward the New Ohio Theater with my partner, our moods lifted as we watched young people scurry excitedly into Stonewall. For those who fall somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum, Christopher Street is more than a place to gr …Read more
Tulis McCall’s one-woman show Are You Serious? — A Woman of a Certain Age Inquires is one of those rare gems you come across in theatre. Her show is a 50-minute look at the inevitable passing of time and how she found herself unprepared to be a woma …Read more
