Known for her dazzling performances in James Joyce’s The Dead, Billy Elliot, The Full Monty and her Tony-nominated work in Side Show, Emily Skinner has had one of the most impressive stage careers in recent times; unafraid to tackle characters quirky …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
The acting in The Good Girl is often frustratingly projected slightly away from the audience and the staging is slightly unbalanced at times. It is worth making that the first line of this review, and getting it out of the way, elsewise it would be a …Read more
The term that most aptly defines Defendant Maurice Chevalier, Alexis Chevalier’s play about his great-granduncle, is structure; structure with regards to both the play itself and with regards to what this play represents. Regarding the play, it is th …Read more
Tony-winner Len Cariou is the rare actor who has mastered both Shakespeare and Sondheim, his love for musical theatre and the Bard coming together in a delightful show titled Broadway and the Bard, which sees Cariou pair his favorite soliloquies from …Read more
Polished. That’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of the New Broadway Recording of The Color Purple, which opened in theatres a few weeks ago. This revival holds an interesting place in 21st-century theatre musical history, being the fi …Read more
Matt Doyle will release his first album Uncontrolled on February 26, featuring music and lyrics by Doyle, and composer Will Van Dyke, the album is a compilation of new material, and covers of songs he loves including tunes performed originally by Jan …Read more
Does the fact that there is a $55 billion-a-year beauty industry bother you? Do you ever wonder if you are wearing that lipstick because you chose it or if you’re just being controlled by a patriarchal consumer-driven society? Non-profit social theat …Read more
The decade characterized by its counter culture, rock and roll hedonism and civil rights movement would take a good few years from its onset to fully take shape. The early sixties, in many ways a covetous extension of the previous decade, were shaped …Read more
A set-piece in miniature, a school boarding house, emanates little glimmers of warmth as the window lights switch on one by one. The bare trees of Santo Loquasto’s set design suggest a cool, lonesome atmosphere by contrast. In Prodigal Son, presented …Read more