What’s more destructive to the human race – the threat of AI, or the reality of marriage? On the one hand, artificial intelligence seems fairly close to replacing the charmingly antiquated notion of “thinking for ourselves.” But marriage has been i …Read more
Before I review this play, I just want to say that the Democratic Socialists of America are totally valid, I really hear what they’re saying, I appreciate their perspective, and the work they do in our community is so, so important. I don’ …Read more
For 25 years, Birthright Israel has sent young Jewish adults to Israel to experience the culture and values of the country from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and places in between. For ten days at no cost, the participants, ages 18-26, tour Israel. It is 200 …Read more
An aging man and woman, both alone in the world, meet in a nursing home and strike up a friendship over a series of games of gin. It might seem like the premise for a sentimental theatrical valentine about how two elderly people, who have been forgot …Read more
In 1984, years before she became a one-name star, Whoopi Goldberg wrote and starred in a one-woman show called The Whoopi Monologues. The show and her unique name garnered lots of attention and praise. She went on to star in movies and television and …Read more
Imagine an essay on camp and performance disguised as a play. No, don’t imagine that – the play is too entertaining. Imagine instead a theatrical commentary on camp, with two drag performers enacting numerous roles as observers and actors. No, don’t …Read more
photo by joan Marcus While the war in Vietnam raged on, the summer of ‘69 distracted Americans with the Apollo 11 moon landing and walk by Neil Armstrong and later, the joyous gathering of an estimated 500,000 peace – loving music- loving young peopl …Read more
On Monday, June 22nd, an audience of people showed up at 11:00am at the Circle in the Square Theater at 50th St. They, and I, were planning to sit there for twelve hours until past 11:00 at night in order to watch five plays by the actor and playwrig …Read more
Camping is the most I’ve ever cried during a play that’s set outdoors. Based on the title, I thought the show might have something to do with nature – you know, the wonderment of seeing the stars in the firmament, all that hippie-dippie, woods …Read more
No place lends itself better to see Shakespeare’s story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet than Central Park on a starry night. When Juliet stands on her balcony and the two young lovers profess their love, the moonlit sky behind her creates an …Read more
