In 1934, renowned documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty set out to the Aran Islands, just off the Irish coast, to shoot his docudrama “Man of Aran” in which he shows fishermen and farmers performing mundane routines. Yet few filmmakers were as sly …Read more

Lyndon B. Johnson (Bryan Cranston) calls himself an “accidental President” several times during the first act of Robert Schenkkan’s “All The Way”, and it seems as if his only purpose, and that of the play, is to justify his unexpected ascent into pow …Read more

Michelle Williams, of “Dawson’s Creek” fame and a three-time Oscar nominee (“Brokeback Mountain”, “Blue Valentine”, “My Week with Marilyn”), made her Broadway debut last night, April 24, in the Roundabout Theater’s revival of “Cabaret”. Kander & Ebb’ …Read more

“The World is Round”, Ripe Time’s new show at BAM, is a giant kaleidoscope of childhood longing and fun.  Though the production itself is strong, the play lacks bite and insight. The story follows Rose, a young girl, as she strives to cut a place for …Read more

Two wildly different one-act operas, “The Wanton Sublime” and “The Companion”, premiered at Brooklyn’s Roulette space on Tuesday evening, performed by the American Modern Ensemble and American Opera Projects, and presented by Ear Heart Music. “The Wa …Read more

If you’re looking for a great time in the theater, I highly recommend traveling to The PIT to see “Women”, a raucous 50-minute comedy that adapts Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel “Little Women” to episodic form.  Writer Chiara Atik takes the premise …Read more

Following last season’s Best Musical Tony Award win for “Kinky Boots”, Harvey Fierstein is back on Broadway with a new play, “Casa Valentina”, staged by mainstem veteran Joe Mantello. The show began previews April 1 and opened at Manhattan Theater Cl …Read more

SEE or SKIP: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical SEE because: Jessie Mueller, who plays singer-songwriter King, starts out instantly lovable, and stays that way even as King grows from awkwardly shy performer to finding her voice at the piano. “Beauti …Read more

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