What is perhaps most compelling about Jerry Ford’s story in the play “Hope” is that he lived to tell the tale. In this one-person show based on the writer/actor’s life growing up in Detroit, the audience witnesses a constant transformation — Ford no …Read more

In theory, everything about promising new playwright Nathan Wright’s “Peninsula” should work: strong plot, great direction, wonderful ensemble, solid writing, and a small horde of ethnically diverse and really attractive people. However, this second …Read more

Theater icon Chita Rivera will celebrate her 80th birthday with a benefit performance produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, October 7th. At the celebration Rivera will be joined onstage by nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune, the icon …Read more

Broadway previews begin today, Sept. 28, at the John Golden Theater for the courtroom drama, “A Time to Kill.” Veteran actor Tom Skerritt, who won an Emmy for his years on “Picket Fences” and whose credits range from “Ice Castles” to “Alien” to “Top …Read more

“Locombia,” a timely and entertaining hard-hitting political theatre piece by J. Anthony Roman, is everything political theatre should be and then some.  In addition to being good experimental work, “Locombia” (which by the way is an anagram for Colo …Read more

Apart from mostly welcoming reviews for the return of “Forever Tango” this summer, the Broadway season has gotten off to a tepid start, with disappointing box office grosses and middling reviews for “Soul Doctor”, “First Date” and the Bloom-Rashad “R …Read more

She’s played Lady Barbara, Mrs. Warren, Josie Hogan, a Mormon in “Angels in America”, a naïve “Heiress” and a “Doubt”ful nun. Now it’s time for Cherry Jones to take on one of the pillar roles in the American theater: Amanda Wingfield in “The Glass Me …Read more

How many times does 1 go into 120? The answer may be found at this year’s United Solo Theater Festival, where more than 120 one-person shows from 23 countries will be performed on Theater Row, Oct. 3-Nov. 24. Already, 25 shows are sold out, and this …Read more

“Shoot the Freak” is a new play written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by Andrew Neisler. It’s part of the “(not just) 3 New Plays” month-long theatrical event at Paradise Factory (64 E. 4th St.). It’s the story of a group of friends who try to recr …Read more

Last night I had the opportunity to speak with Jerry Ford, whose one-man show “HOPE” opens this evening at the Producers Club following a successful run at Lincoln Center. We spoke about planting seeds, discipline, martial arts, and his upcoming book …Read more