If Captain America had any musical talent and loved talking about sex, he would be in The Vaudevillians; like the famous superhero, the team of Dr. Dan Von Dandy (Major Scales) and his wife Ms. Kitty Witless (the terrific Jinkx Monsoon) were also cau …Read more
Theater has been pretty good to such biblical personae as Jesus (the superstar), Mary (who had her 2013 Testament), Joseph (of dreamcoat finery), Noah (who musicalized Two By Two), Adam and Eve (under The Apple Tree), and even Queen Esther (of The Ha …Read more
York Theatre Company’s production of the new musical Cagney, directed by Bill Castellino, is a wonderfully compelling biographical piece of theatre. Choreographer Joshua Bergasse works magic with the actors’ tap shoes, throwing the audience back to t …Read more
With a cast of six and a small orchestra, Tokio Confidential probably never intends to be more than a simple chamber musical; albeit, a chamber musical with a dense plot. The musical premiered in 2012 Off-Broadway directed by Johanna McKeon, with mus …Read more
When Lauren Worsham sings, you simply have to listen. Whether she’s doing The Turn of the Screw at the Met, or singing with her band Sky-Pony, she has one of those voices that demand your attention; her delivery is pristine without being fussy, and t …Read more
The Glass Menagerie, the semi-autobiographical “memory play” that launched the career of Tennessee Williams, takes place in a fragile space, presided over by an omniscient family photo and a narrator, Tom Wingfield (Richard Prioleau), who admits to t …Read more
B is for Broadway and Betty Buckley, and that may be no coincidence. One of the grande dames of the Great White Way, Miss Buckley has played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Margaret White in Carrie (she also appeared in the Brian de Palma film ver …Read more
Ever since making her debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Liz Callaway has made a name for herself as one of Broadway’s very best. From Evita to Cats, she has starred in some of the most iconic musical theatre productions and has also …Read more
Ever since making her debut, Jessica Molaskey has made audiences swoon with her unique voice and commanding stage presence. From great Broadway spectacles like Chess, Cats and Sunday in the Park with George, to the intimacy of her shows at Cafe Carly …Read more
As a theater critic for more than 25 years, I’m used to getting free tickets to the plays I see, be they off-off-Broadway showcases or the latest multi-million dollar blockbusters in Times Square. It’s part of a long-standing tradeoff between produce …Read more
