The fact that I found myself thinking about Celebrity Rehab after Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet as performed by David Carl ended with thunderous applause at 59E59 Theaters, where it is part of the series East to Edinburg featuring previews of shows he …Read more
Financial Slavery: The College Debt Sentence, produced by Strength Out of Shadows and directed by Jennifer Little and Michael Pinnix, has developed from the painful, often traumatic and all-too-familiar tales of people who have to cope with the risin …Read more
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” That voice. Those eyes. The impenetrable stare. Bette Davis was much more than a talented actress with a memorable on-screen presence. During a time when female casting meant measuring little m …Read more
When Penn & Teller arrived on the scene in the early 1980s they quickly earned a reputation as magical vandals. It wasn’t just the brash attitude, the violence and the sick sense of humor they employed (remember the thousands of cockroaches skitt …Read more
Clifford Odets’ Depression-era classic, Awake and Sing!, now playing at the Public Theater, is about the Bergers, a lower middle class Jewish family living in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. The conceit in this production, put on by the National A …Read more
The Weir – Conor McPherson’s most popular play – is generally billed as a ghost story. It has the creeping, ominous tone of horror, and it has a few tale-by-the-campfire-style monologues as well. And even though the Irish Repertory theatre advertises …Read more
Beautiful voices, catchy little tunes and lots of sweet science geekiness abound in Black Hole Wedding by Katherine Brann Fredericks and Paul Edward Nelson. This big, fun ambitious musical comedy has everything from a black hole trash compactor to th …Read more
In its nearly twenty year lifespan, Ballet NY has managed to create a truly spectacular experience for dance-goers, choreographers, designers and its crème de la crop dancers. The whole spirit of Ballet NY is one of inspiration, innovation and artist …Read more
One talks, the other doesn’t, but both speak volumes by debunking magic while, at the same time, showing how dazzling honest trickery can be. They’re Penn and Teller, together for four decades, during which time they morphed from off-Broadway enfants …Read more
One can tell by the packed house in the Downstairs Theatre at Paradise Factory — on a Monday evening, no less — that Sitting Regal by the Window is one of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity’s great finds. The festival, dedicated to invoking the p …Read more
