“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival
Two embarrassing conditions unsettled me at the top of Ellen West, the new opera by Ricky Ian...
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New York
Dollhouse: Innovative New Plays for A Traditional Set Piece
An oddity of this theatrical season to ponder as we bid farewell to 2019: In two current New York...
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Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival
What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...
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Rachel Pickup on Her Role in “London Assurance” at NYC’s Irish Repertory Theatre
Rachel Pickup is currently playing Lady Gay Spanker in London Assurance, written by Dion...
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“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life
A thread of life and blood, unconditional love and death, incest and destiny all interconnect in...
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Sven Ratzke In “Where Are We Now?” At La MaMa
The ghost of David Bowie is alive and well and residing in the basement of La MaMa’s...
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Who? Whoo! “Other Than We:”Karen Malpede’s Latest Eco-Feminist Play at La MaMa
Karen Malpede’s plays scream “Pay Attention.” Thus I titled my 2001 New York Times article on I...
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Cosmos, Without Us
I’m a thirty-four-year-old straight woman who grew up in the suburbs with an older brother. That...
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Krysta Rodriguez on Her Latest Stage Role in “Seared” and Her Collaboration with Theresa Rebeck
If you’re a culture vulture and are interested in TV and theater, most likely, you know a...
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“History of Violence” and How Your iPhone is a Culprit
First of all, don’t be put off by the pompous, academic title. Thomas Ostermeier’s...
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Vampire-Hunting Hijinks: “Police Cops: Badass Be Thy Name” at Soho Playhouse
If you love theatre, namely the experimental kind, I highly recommend a trip to the Edinburgh...
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The Great Tamer – A Greek Choreographer’s Bam Debut
Since Dimitris Papaioannou is a relatively unknown creator to the American audience, I feel...
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“All Hallows Eve” The Musical
Composer Paul Rudolph accompanies the cast through a score that is perfectly in sync with the story line. Delightfully, it is a musical score that reminds it’s listener that this is how Musical Theatre “really works.” Both Haley and Lott keep up the musical pace with Barnhart.
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“Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at Playwrights Horizons
We live in a time, especially in America, of increasing political divide. Many politicians and...
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“Reparations” at the Billie
James Sheldon’s Reparations is a new play about racial grievance, guilt, and retribution in...
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“The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America”
The Black History Museum….According to the United States of America, Smoke & Mirrors...
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New Rapp: “The Sound Inside”
Adam Rapp is a polarizing playwright. After bursting onto the scene in 2001 with Nocturne — a...
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“Dr. Ride’s American Beach House:” Ready for Orbit
It’s June 18, 1983. You’re a waitress in St. Louis who’s all but given up her dreams of achieving...
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Murray Mednick’s “Mayakovsky and Stalin” At The Cherry Lane Theatre: Men With Bloody Hands
In Murray Mednick’s “Mayakovsky and Stalin”, which made its New York premiere at the Cherry Lane...
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