During a Broadway season that has been so praised for its diversity in terms of racial equality, Bright Star, sticks out like the sorest of thumbs, as it presents a portrait of utter whiteness that is almost blindingly bright to behold. Set in the No …Read more
New Yorkers might find it odd to think that there is a huge celebration of Los Angeles going on right in the heart of Times Square, and yet that is precisely what is happening in Figaro! (90210) playing at The Duke on 42nd Street. The show, first pre …Read more
Walking into the T. Schreiber Theatre for Natural Life, a new play by Eduardo Ivan Lopez, I’m immediately struck by the simple yet powerful set. Even before the show begins, the austere, off-angle columns with television panels mounted within, an ova …Read more
“Don’t worry. I may have my quirks but I’m not an animal. …or am I?” Martin McDonagh’s first new play in five years, Hangmen, is currently enjoying a very successful run in London’s West End. The hallmarks of McDonagh’s work — violence, gallows humo …Read more
I don’t know about you, but lately my social media feed has been exceptionally hostile. Peppered in amongst the usual think pieces and cat videos are comment exchanges that an outside observer might assume were between mortal enemies, but are ostensi …Read more
Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth has become something of a New York theater staple in the past few decades. It is never too long until another revival is ready; this is surely due in part to the fact that its subject of spoiled, reckless, rich Ma …Read more
The Improbable Fall, Rise & Fall of John Law: A New Play About Money, is a long title indeed, but then a shorter one wouldn’t do the real John Law’s improbable life justice. At over two hours long, it is but part one, as in the fall and rise. The …Read more
The Little Opera Theatre of NY’s production of Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ L’amant Anonyme is an exercise in restrained beauty that should inspire other opera companies to remember that the power of the artform isn’t bound by the size of the venue wh …Read more
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell deliver the brilliant gift that is Bright Star to audiences this spring, a new musical about how we choose to tell our stories. Set in the southern part of the United States in the middle of the 20th century, Bright Sta …Read more
The 2015-2016 theatre season saw us witnessing the fifth Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. This means it is now proceeded by Show Boat, The Threepenny Opera and Porgy & Bess as the musicals most revived on Broadway. There have been many mo …Read more
