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Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at South Shore Theatre Experience
by Sam Desmond - February 09, 2026
With exuberant dramatic tension and ballroom fluidity in blocking, the South Shore Theatre Experience’s production of “And Then There Were None” was filled with tension, retribution, and an impressive number of blood packets....
Review: NEWSIES at The Argyle Theatre
by Sam Desmond - February 04, 2026
A musical forged in ambition of set, stage, and stamina, director Tommy Ranieri’s vision of a world only beginning to stand up for their rights was sprawling and spectacular. Unlike other versions of “Newsies,” Rainieri’s production had a maturity that touched the cast’s characters to trul...
Review: RENT at Cultural Arts Playhouse Merrick
by Sam Desmond - February 02, 2026
Teenaged theater kids of my generation (elder millennial) loved “Rent.” It was youth-culture, it was edgy, and introduced to many of us suburban kids the magic of New York City where gay men, lesbian women, drag queens, and matinee-idol heteros could all be friends and love each other as family....
Review: RING OF FIRE at John W. Engeman Theater
by Sam Desmond - January 28, 2026
The John E. Engeman Theater found not only one, but five such super-talented individuals for their retrospective and introspective production of “Ring of Fire,” a musical based on the life of Johnny Cash....
Review: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Theatre Three
by Sam Desmond - January 23, 2026
The world of late 1930s Brooklyn is brought to life and elucidated in Theatre Three’s triumphant run of the Neil Simon classic,”Brighton Beach Memoirs.”...
Review: ALICE BY HEART at CAP Syosset
by Sam Desmond - January 15, 2026
The ether of war-torn Britain is all-encompassing in “Alice By Heart,” but director Tony Frangipane’s vision overcomes the Nazi raids to create a personal hell of its own that the young characters escape through a British mainstay—literature....
Review: ANNIE at CAP Syosset
by Sam Desmond - January 06, 2026
CAP Syosset had their opening night for this winter’s production of “Annie” on Saturday, January 3 and it was a standout version of the classic rags-to-riches musical with a strong, bonded cast....
Review: HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR ON ICE at The Gateway
by Sam Desmond - December 06, 2025
With the magical notion of having a real ice skating rink on a dramatic stage, the Holiday Spectacular on Ice at the Gateway in Bellport creates wonder in the audience from inception and delivers well beyond expectations in person....
Review: ANNIE at Smithtown Performing Arts Center
by Sam Desmond - December 05, 2025
For some holiday cheer, “Annie” at the Smithtown Performing Arts is the Christmas production to bring families that spirit of generosity and can-do attitude for December....
Review: ANASTASIA at The Lighthouse Repertory Theatre Company
by Sam Desmond - December 03, 2025
In the perennially winter tale of “Anastasia,” a musical about the young Russian woman with claims to be being the lone survivor of the royal Romanov family’s massacre, The Lighthouse Repertory captured the magic and warmth of a Christmas-time story while creating great dramatic tension....
Past Shows
Beauty and The Beast
May 2 – May 31, 2020
A selfish prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful...
OLiver
Mar 14 – Apr 11, 2020
A 9 year old orphan, Oliver Twist, falls in with a group of street-urchin pickpockets led by the artful Dodger and masterminded by the criminal...
On Golden Pond
Feb 1 – Feb 23, 2020
Cantankerous retiree Norman Taylor and his conciliatory wife, Ethel, spend summers at their New England home on the shores of Idyllic, Golden Pond....
Elf Jr
Dec 7 – Jan 4, 2020
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that...
A Christmas Carol
Nov 30 – Dec 29, 2019
A novella by Charles Dickens about Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man who is well-known for his miserly ways. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by...
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]Junie B Jones
Oct 26 – Nov 30, 2019
It's Junie B's first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her. Junie's friend, Lucille, doesn't want to be her...
The Addams Family
Oct 19 – Nov 17, 2019
That lovable family of creepy kooks is alive and well and living in their super-spooky mansion in Central Park. The Addams family, led by the...
Legally Blonde the Musical
Jun 22 – Jul 21, 2019
For stylish Elle Woods looking smart has always meant wearing the right shoes with the right (pink) outfit. But when her hunky college boyfriend becomes...
West Side Story
May 11 – Jun 2, 2019
Transposes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the gang-ridden streets of 1950's Manhattan dominated by the Sharks and The Jets....
The Boys Next Door
Apr 6 – Apr 28, 2019
Focuses on the lives of four mentally disabled men who live in a communal home with their guardian, a sincere but despairing social worker. It...
Ain't Misbehavin
Mar 2 – Mar 24, 2019
A cast of five singers perform the music and celebrate the freewheeling spirit of Harlem musician Thomas "Fats" Waller....
Rabbit Hole
Jan 26 – Feb 17, 2019
Explores the grieving process of a couple who have lost their only child to a senseless car accident....
Into The Woods
Sep 2 – Oct 1, 2017
INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Book by JAMES LAPINE Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick A...
Parade
May 13 – Jun 11, 2017
The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to theatrical life....
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"
Jan 7 – Feb 5, 2017
History professor and his boozy wife, Martha, return late one Saturday night from a cocktail party at the home of the college president, Martha's father....
Madagascar
Oct 29 – Dec 17, 2016
Director Kimberly Senior and internationally recognized playwright J.T. Rogers, the pair who brought you The Overwhelming, team up again to offer audiences another gripping thriller....
Norman Is That You?
Feb 20 – Mar 20, 2016
A Jewish couple arrives in New York to visit their adult son, Norman, after his wife runs off with his own brother. Instead of the...
The Heiress
Sep 5 – Sep 27, 2015
Plain Catherine Sloper, who lives a spinster's life with her unloving father and eccentric aunt, is courted by the dashing Morris Townsend, who her emotionally...
Barefoot in The Park
Jul 18 – Aug 16, 2015
A free spirited bride and her buttoned down groom settle down to some rocky happily ever aftering in a Greenwich Village walk up, occasionally invaded...
Carousel
Jun 5 – Jun 28, 2015
When Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan fall in love, little do they realize that Billy's rebellious ways will result in tragedy. Billy is given a...
Love From a Stranger
Apr 11 – May 10, 2015
Cecily Harrington, struggling alone on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance. A stranger...
I Ought To Be in Pictures
Dec 27 – Jan 18, 2015
A Neil Simon comedy set in Hollywood. A father - daughter relationship develops between an unsuccessful scriptwriter afraid of commitment and his visiting adolescent daughter...
That Championship Season
Oct 11 – Nov 2, 2014
It started as a friendly meeting between four old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The...
"Jerry's Girls"
Sep 6 – Sep 28, 2014
A group of female performers pay tribute to the song catalogue of Jerry Herman with tunes from Hello Dolly, Mame, La Cage aux Folles, Mack...
You Can't Take It With You
Jul 12 – Aug 10, 2014
Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiance, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirby's are a wealthy, stuffy family of great...
LOL Dalmatians
Aug 3 – Aug 24, 2013
The Jungle Book
Jul 6 – Jul 27, 2013
Don't miss one of The Magik Theatre's first shows to tour nationally in over 50 sold out venues around the US! Adapted faithfully from Rudyard...
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Jun 1 – Jun 23, 2013
The final production of Masquerade’s 2010-2011 season is Thoroughly Modern Millie, the zany new 1920's-style musical that has taken Broadway by storm! Taking place in...
Peanuts
Apr 27 – Jun 15, 2013
Songs for a New World
Apr 27 – May 18, 2013
"Doubt"
Jan 5 – Jan 27, 2013
In a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 a popular priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled 12 year old black student is questioned by the school's...
Social Security
Jul 7 – Jul 29, 2012
The story of Barbara and David Kahn, successful Manhattan art dealers whose lives are suddenly disrupted when Barbara's mother moves in. Combine a hip New...
Assassins
May 19 – Jun 17, 2012
This most American of musicals lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States. Stephen...
Twelve Angry Men
Jan 7 – Jan 29, 2012
Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, "Twelve Angry Men" focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury...
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