Tennessee Williams told stories about forced migration: Blanche DuBois finds her way to New Orleans only after she’s evicted from “Belle Reve”, Brick is forced into heterosexuality by societal constraints and Maggie “the Cat”’s libido, and Baby Doll …Read more
Imagined by the same creators as Full House! The Musical! and The Saved by the Bell musical Bayside! The Musical!, comes a musical on the prowl: Katdashians! Break the Musical! Marrying two very unlikely concepts–felines and the Kardashian family–t …Read more
Last time I saw the incomparable three-time Tony Award nominee Brian Murray was as the imperious Lady Bracknell a few years ago in Roundabout Theater’s The Importance of Being Earnest. In Simon Says, a new play written by Mat Schaffer and playing Off …Read more
One of Greek drama’s most powerful developments was the agon, or contest. Typically this means a contest of wills, a battle between two strong individuals, both of whom are justified, either morally or legally. Sometimes the agon intensifies with nei …Read more
The Forest Hills Stadium may have been rained on earlier in the day (audience members were asked to relinquish their umbrellas at the door) but it stayed dry for a concert featuring the New York Pops, the city’s only symphonic orchestra that speciali …Read more
In Liberty (presented at 42West), the Statue of Liberty sails from France to America in 1885. There she lingers in a sort of limbo as Americans finish raising money for the pedestal on which she will stand. Onstage the statue is a moving, breathing h …Read more
Recent Cutbacks have certainly not cut back on the fun and hilarity in their latest endeavor, Fly, You Fools!, a scene-by-scene reenactment of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Performed by Kyle Schaefer, Nick Abeel, Matt Zambrano an …Read more
The Healing, presented by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, is a play about the aftermath of a life devoted to faith. Zoe, a woman who spent her life in the Christian Science Church mentoring children with disabilities, has suddenly died alone in he …Read more
The multi-media puppet show The Paper Hat Game, now playing at the 3LD Art and Technology Center, is an unexpected delight. Created and directed by Torry Bend, this beguiling theatrical experience portrays the semi-true story of Scotty Iseri, a subwa …Read more
What is Talent? That is the question asked of the audience at the hilarious show, “Ruthless, the Musical”. A wonderful, irreverent romp that tells the tale of little Tina Denmark and her family, who prove that they are willing to do whatever it tak …Read more