On Wednesday at 7:45pm, Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights in honor of one of the great legends of modern theater, actress Julie Harris, who passed away at age 87. A five-time Tony Award winner (plus a sixth for lifetime achievement), Ha …Read more
How did the personal life of Shakespeare have an effect on his writing? Using his Sonnets, a Swedish team has explored the Bard’s early life. In order to create a musical they needed to first translate everything in Swedish and bringing it to the Sta …Read more
“Slaughterhouse-Five,” a play based on the novel by seminal author Kurt Vonnegut, played several dates in August at The C.O.W. (21 Clinton Street). The play was part of the NY International Fringe Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North Am …Read more
Just days after Robert Mugabe won yet another rigged election in Zimbabwe, “Breakfast with Mugabe” made its New York City premiere on August 7th, presenting a moving fictional portrayal of the country’s volatile political state. The screenplay by Fra …Read more
“Strange Rain”, a mysterious noir, thriller, and love story, is a multifaceted roller coaster playing at the NY International Fringe Festival. The play revolves around a impossibly long streak of rain that is plaguing NYC, and who or what may be resp …Read more
Billed as “a new madcap musical for revolutionaries of all ages,” and directed by Julie Arenal and Jay Binder, “Timmy the Great” is a fun, if slightly muddled, good time — especially if you’re a contemporary of the 9-year-old protagonist. Running n …Read more
“Soul Doctor,” the new musical about the life and music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, had a bumpy ride to Broadway, including poor pre-Broadway reviews on the road and promising but not quite “money” notices when the show played off-Broadway. But the pr …Read more
“Why You Beasting?” is definitely one of the most enjoyable shows in this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. Mr. Donovan (Shane Zeigler) steps into a high school practically begging to be hired, little does he know the degree of difficult …Read more
“I Am a Moon,” is a dark comedy about the difficulty of interacting with each other and ourselves. Through a small, disparate cast, director Marios Theocharous uses writer Zhu Yi’s long and powerful monologues and sparing dialogues to focus on the de …Read more
There’s an innocuous little moment in the iconic New York film “Moonstruck” that sticks with me every time I see it: Cher’s character, Loretta, asks “Where’s the Met?” It’s silly, I know, but as a long-time opera-lover, it makes me sad: how does thi …Read more
