Back in 1998, when “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” opened at off-Broadway’s grotty Jane Sreet Theater, it was easy to be excited about the music, the comedy and author/star John Cameron Mitchell’s performance. But the idea of the show moving beyond even …Read more

It’s epic. It’s bold. It’s lavish and exuberant. It’s a party on stage, it’s a red hot mess. It’s “The Mysteries”. Ed Sylvanus Iskandar and The Flea Theater have somehow pulled off the unimaginable: the salvation of humanity in a single evening. Rete …Read more

Last season, audiences thrilled to the sight of Cicely Tyson making her final visit to Broadway in “The Trip to Bountiful”. Since the actress is somewhere between her late 70s and early 90s (depending on the source), the very fact that she was doing …Read more

One of Martin McDonagh’s best plays, “The Cripple of Inishmaan” has already had two productions off Broadway, but only now is the pitch-dark comedy receiving its Broadway debut, courtesy of director Michael Grandage at the Cort Theater. The reason fo …Read more

How did Moss Hart go from being a poor immigrant to the toast of Broadway? By collaborating with comic playwright George S. Kaufman, by directing the legendary “My Fair Lady”, by penning the screenplay for “A Star is Born”, and by writing a memoir of …Read more

Lennie and George have been the subjects of a novel, an opera, radio and film adaptations, telefilms and even a Bugs Bunny parody, but it’s been since 1974 since Broadway has seen the iconic laborers that John Steinbeck so tragically limned in his Of …Read more

A musical puppet show, “The Cat that Went to Heaven” is based on the award winning 1930 book of the same name by Elizabeth Coatsworth. This staged rendition of the story was created by Nancy Harrow, who wrote the music and lyrics, and directed by Wil …Read more

In the game of baseball, signals rule the field: there is a call for safe, a call for an out, calling a player off a fly ball, a sign for a pitch, and face-touching from the coaches. In “The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy”, presented by the New York Deaf …Read more

SEE because: Think “Sweeney Todd” by way of Gilbert & Sullivan.  “Guide” is lighter and not in the same league, but still oodles of fun. Unlike so many movies-into-musicals, this takes a great comedy (the Ealing classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets” …Read more

What happens when you have a talented group of thriving actors living in a home in Brooklyn with an empty backyard? Their ambition and creativity takes over and they all decide to put on a play. With the aid of some old classmates from conservatory, …Read more