The thing with great plays, and Shakespeare in particular, is that they seem to have been written about the time when they’re being produced, and sometimes eerily, about the people witnessing said productions. Romeo and Juliet never aches more than w …Read more
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be making his solo debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below with a series of concerts from June 13-24. The charismatic leading man will do songs from fan favorites like Ragtime and Man of la Mancha, but like he explained a …Read more
“History is just a tall tale,” sings the chorus in Bella: An American Tall Tale – a new musical from Kirsten Childs (directed by Robert O’Hara at Playwrights Horizons). It’s a point that’s been made before: the version of history we learn in school i …Read more
Ensemble Studio Theatre has been holding their marathon of one-act plays since 1977. Now in the third series of their 36th year, they’re offering a myriad of exciting and innovative work by playwrights Zakiyyah Alexander, Edith Freni, Amy Fox, Donald …Read more
If you haven’t yet made plans to see Woody Sez at the Irish Repertory Theatre, do. The show is two hours of pure string-plucking, chord-strumming, foot-stomping, storytelling delight. Through a combination of music and narration, a cast of four music …Read more
STREEPSHOW! is the sorta true story of nine Meryl Streep characters, picked to live in a house, work together…and you know the drill. Jay Stull’s ingenious four part play is fodder for fans of the Meryl who get to bask in famous moments from her fi …Read more
Given the set décor displayed onstage as the audience takes their seats, a glistening line of colorful bottles on a shelf, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s new play Cost of Living hints at a festive opening scene. But though the setting, a hipster-y Will …Read more
While most of us are lucky if we find something other than moldy cheese and half-full water bottles in our refrigerators, musician Kat (Valerie Vigoda) makes the discovery of a lifetime when she meets famous antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (Wade …Read more
In The Boy Who Danced on Air Jonathan Raviv and Troy Iwata play unlikely lovers, given their characters are bound by an ancient tradition that combines slavery, dance and pedophilia. Raviv plays Jahandar, an Afghan man who practices bacha bazi, which …Read more
A miraculous event in theater occurred when I attended the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Radio Drama Nework’s presentation of their 36th Marathon of One-Act Plays Series B: Each and every one of the five plays presented was outstanding. Their high …Read more
