The son of Phineas Fenn – a skinny Hitchcock presenter – invites the audience to share in his father’s covert history, and everybody’s off to summer camp, as it were. Drop Dead Perfect by Erasmus Fenn (funny about the names, eh?) then reveals the twi …Read more
No show should be allowed to be as fun as Mark LaPierre’s Zombie Strippers. Set in the graveyard of an unnamed city, the show plays out like a Scooby-Doo episode imagined by the people behind Porky’s. Tiffany (Elle Bensinger) and Jinx (Sariah) are tw …Read more
Imagine that Sally Field had played Norma Rae using Carol Channing’s Dolly Levi as inspiration, and you can only begin to conceive the way in which Lynne Wintersteller takes hold of the stage as the title character in Mother Jones and the Children’s …Read more
It’s 1793 and Madame Marie Tussaud, 32, has just been commissioned by revolutionaries to make Queen Marie Antoinette’s death mask; the infamous Madame Deficit, as she was called in pamphlets, who had been guillotined a few weeks before her 38th birth …Read more
Looking for a play that you’ll not only enjoy but will also give you insight into the human condition? Love and Human Remains, now playing at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, is a twisted, edgy ride that might leave you feeling a little queasy. Written …Read more
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a cult 1998 punk rock musical written by and starring John Cameron Mitchell, with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, is back onstage. The gritty rock musical has softened its edges a bit for Broadway, but Hedwig, the transg …Read more
Christopher Anselmo’s and H.S. Kaufman’s Fable is, in a word, tricky. The musical is set at a high school graduation party and, if you’re thinking maybe a Breakfast Club with songs, you’re not far off. You will also be in the ballpark if you conjure …Read more
We sat down with the cast of the hit off-Broadway phenomenon Heathers the Musical at a recent Barnes and Noble CD signing of their soundtrack, and asked the question on the mind of every true Heathers fan (or “Corn Nut”): “You inherit five million do …Read more
Welcome to 1952 New York City, where men wear hats, commies are red and the only way to get dirt on your favorite celebrity is to overhear a private conversation on the subway. Until Big Bob Harrison comes along. When we first meet Harrison (Kevin Sp …Read more
Today, Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth celebrates her 46th birthday. The 4’11 songstress is easily one of the most easily identifiable stars of the Broadway stage both for her height, her infectious personality and her soprano voice. We’re esp …Read more