SEE or SKIP: Violet SEE because: Sutton Foster is as lovable and emotive a musical actress as you’ll find on any stage anywhere. Naysayers can grouse that her toothy smile and fountain of youthfulness make her seem relentlessly chipper and lightweigh …Read more

SEE or SKIP: Rocky SEE because: The sheer, massive design of the show (by Chris Barreca and lighting designer Christopher Akerlind) is sensational. Not just the logistics involved in pushing a giant, raised ring into the orchestra section at the fina …Read more

If you type “Cynthia Nixon” into Google, you’ll find that she’s been acting since she was 12, making her Broadway debut in 1980 in “The Philadelphia Story”.  If you ask New Yorkers who Cynthia Nixon is, most will say she played Miranda in HBO’s “Sex …Read more

50 years ago, playwright Amiri Baraka (then LeRoi Jones) captured the essence of the black/white relations of the time with “Dutchman”, performed at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The play, which won an Obie Award and was turned into a film only three year …Read more

“Bridges of Madison County,” Jason Robert Brown’s latest work, is up for a Tony award for best original score, and rightfully so: with Brown’s rich melodies and a star performance by Kelli O’Hara as Francesca, an Italian-Iowan housewife who longs for …Read more

At the midpoint of “Family Play”, the latest in the line of CollaborationTown’s hive-minded theatrical creations, two teens flip tarot cards. The first is for the past, the second for the present, and the third and final for the future.  This triptyc …Read more

d cake, and children were being raised by grandparents or foster care, wouldn’t there be complaints? Wouldn’t people get up and do something, Mr. Jack?” Gardley’s script takes hard-to-stomach ideas — like the strong resemblance the prison system bea …Read more

Last night, Freedom to Marry celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a gala event hosted by the the Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Cynthia Nixon.  A huge supporter and advocate for marriage equality, Nixon was the perfect emcee for the celebration.   …Read more

In “Jamaica Farewell”, the story of one women’s journey to the United States from her native Jamaica, actress/playwright Debra Ehrhardt tells the true and unbelievable story of accomplishing her dream to come to America against all odds.  It’s story …Read more

Inspired by true events, “Casa Valentina”, a new play by Harvey Fierstein, follows a group of heterosexual men who escape to the Catskills to live their weekends as pearl-donned ladies.  Mr. Fierstein, a longtime devotee of the cross-dressing narrati …Read more