The lead character, Jordan, is beautifully rendered in a heartfelt, high-energy turn by John Carlos Lefkowitz, who delivers Joshua Harmon's stream-of-consciousness monologues in a lilting voice that is almost musical.
When a play is rooted strictly in powerful monologues that are written by a master of the form like Mr.
For that verite vibe to work its magic requires a high order of acting, and veteran director Lisa Spielman has cast Elmwood’s production with that requisite caliber of talent.
The real-life director of Stage Kiss, Anthony Valbiro, has brought his reliably effective stagecraft instincts to this polished production
For this perennially popular, bittersweet stage piece, plot really isn’t the point any more than it is on the daytime TV soaps.
A keyboard operator, known as a captioner, seated in the audience, manually enters exactly what is said, when it is said.
One play asks the very timely question, 'Do your elected representatives really live the values they trumpet on the campaign trail??
The Elmwood cast, directed with the requisite command of comic timing and savvy stagecraft by Director and Choreographer Jason Sommers, is comprised of an impressive array of skilled performers who seem to be enjoying their over-the-top antics as much as the audience does.
At the center of the orbit of mashed-up relationships is the consummate performance of Sam Guncler.
The great playwrights find imaginative and diverting ways to prick our conscience and provoke our curiosity about the mysteries of life.
It is on the wings of wit and pleasantly wacky characterizations that the operative message of tolerance is delivered, in one case with the revival meeting fervor of “Love Thy Neighbor,” led by the fun and funny antics of Michael Valinoti as genially goofy Trent Oliver.
Produced by State of Play Productions in partnership with the League of Women Voters of New Castle, the staged reading of POTUS will take place 7 p.
The Reading is Produced under the banner of Axiial's Safehouse Playwrights Series.
With 'Dear Jack, Dear Louise,' Mr.
In virtually all of its production values, Musicals at Richter's Beauty and the Beast meets the demands that define the Disney gold standard.
The play follows the journey of three men who discover a stranger trapped on a half-frozen lake.
Mike Labbadia creates a larger-than-life Vincent whose slow burns, emotional outbursts, and comically hapless attempts at romance reminded me of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in seminal sitcom The Honeymooners.
One of the several surprises I encountered as Desperate Measures got underway with a bang at North Castle Library’s Whippoorwill Theater in Armonk, N.
Tony winner Karen Ziemba (for 'Contact') leads a stellar cast directed cannily, as usual, by iconic theater maven Austin Pendleton
