The excellent Christian Thom plays the title role of Alfo Idello in Vincent Amelio’s romantic comedy How Alfo Learned to Love (at 59E59 Theaters, directed by Daisy Walker). But the real star of this production may be its casting director, Judy Bowman …Read more
Buster Poindexter quietly stepped onto the stage. Butler, Bernstein, & The Hot 9, the musical collaboration featured for the 3rd annual holiday variety show at Town Hall, was already in full swing. Poindexter, the evening’s host, lingered in the …Read more
In Marjorie Prime, a Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Jordan Harrison, pixelated holographic robots called “Primes” help humans navigate and renew their memories, some sweet, some grief-laden. Constructed sparely, with deep rivers of emotion under …Read more
Pavarotti once said, “It’s like an injection of hormones to work with a great conductor,” which is certainly the experience of working or training with David Dabbon. He has an unusually charismatic and profoundly inspiring energy that shoots right in …Read more
In 2013, 24-year-old James More appeared in Britain’s Got Talent, where he made judge Simon Cowell’s eyes roll as far as his corneas would allow, when he explained he was doing magic as a full time job. Dressed in black, except for a grey blaz …Read more
On Saturday, December 12th at the Japan Society, the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company proved that humor knows no bounds of time or place. Mansaku Nomura brought his company to New York City for a three night exhibition of Kyogen, one of the four classic …Read more
Modern times call for endless options, and what could be more thrilling than arriving at your favorite holiday store and realizing you can have your picture taken with the Santa Claus of your choice? Event producers Psycho Clan are hoping to make you …Read more
When Pier Paolo Pasolini died, he left behind a legacy of artistic provocation unlike anything else seen in the twentieth century. His most famous films had been incendiary reinterpretations of classic novels and stories (his Medea even had Maria Cal …Read more
Few people can make coming out of a cake look as sexy, and effortless, as Jakob Karr, and yet the talented performer pretty much steals the show in the already wonderful Nutcracker Rouge, playing one of the vibrant beings that populate Austin McCorma …Read more
Hir, Taylor Mac’s new play, now extended again at Playwrights Horizons, is sending critics and audiences into a frenzy, and it isn’t hard to understand why. With crackling humor, razor wit, trainwreck voyeurism and over-the-top physical performances, …Read more