Review - Marty Geiger: Summer Baby
Marty Geiger is one of those colorful theatre junkies I often run into during intermissions or on chat boards.
Off-Broadway Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Off-Broadway.
Review - Paper Dolls: What's In The Daily News? I'll Tell You What's In The Daily News…
Attractive people saying bitchy things while wearing sexy outfits and drinking too much.
Review - Obama: Sondheim Still Musical Theatre's Master
Though earlier in the primaries he admitted to being bored by showtunes like 'Oklahoma' in grade school, this Comedy Central article proves that Barack Obama has since developed quite the savvy taste for musical theatre.
Review - Best Drag Queen Name Evah! (also Cease and Desist 90210)
Thanks to the gang at [title of show] the new parlor game sweeping the nation (or at least Chelsea) is to come up with unusual names for drag queens.
Review - Bound In A Nutshell & Woodhull at The Fringe
Imagine Hamlet infused with a shot or two of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and you'll get an idea of the atmosphere of Moonwork's very clever and entertaining Bound In A Nutshell.
Review - Ummm… Isn't John Lithgow in this?
I'm all for creative non-traditional casting, but is Katie Holmes now playing Joe Keller, the successful businessman accused of selling faulty airplane parts to the U.
Review - Desir: Cute Boys In Their Underpants Go To France
While the creators of Desir may have had La Ronde in mind while dreaming up their sensual fantasia of backstage trysts, the sight of so many buff fellas in period undergarments, which, with all due respect to the sensational athletic skills on display, are certainly a selling point of the evening, r
Review - The Prince and the Jellicle
In this amusing and somewhat bittersweet interview with the BBC, Ruthie Henshall tells of being smuggled into Buckingham Palace regularly after performances of Cats in order to visit her secret boyfriend, Prince Edward.
Review - Andrea McArdle at The Metropolitan Room: Tomorrow Belongs To Her
Yes, she sings it.
Review - Absinthe: Gang Green
I never thought of myself as especially gossipy.
Review - All Singin' All Dancin'
Please forgive my delay, dear readers, in jotting down a few thoughts on the latest Scott Siegel enterprise, the second annual All Singin', All Dancin', which scorched the Town Hall stage last Monday night.
Review - Buffalo Gal: You Oughta Be In Pictures
If the old chestnut about life imitating art doesn't cross your mind a couple of times during A.
Review - The Play's The Thing or Show Me The Money?
An orchestra ticket for Thurgood, with one actor and a modest set, costs nearly as much as one for August: Osage County, which has a large cast and an elaborate design.
Review - Flamingo Court: Love, Boca Raton Style
Playgoers with fond memories of wholesomely sexy television comedies like Love, American Style and The Love Boat may get a kick out of Flamingo Court, Luigi Creatore's trio of one-acts about romance among elderly Florida retirees.
Review - Animals Out Of Paper: Follow The Fold
Early arrivals to the McGinn/Cazale for Second Stage's Theatre Uptown production of Animals Out Of Paper can fill up their spare minutes by folding up a creation or two with the free origami paper made available in the lobby.
Review - Broadway's Rising Stars: Welcome To The Theatre
Although that bountiful cornucopia of high praise, John 'I Loved It!' Simon, chose to heap lavish compliments on those he saw as standouts with his usual critical generosity, I'd rather not review the performances showcased by Scott and Barbara Siegel in their second annual concert of new talent, Br
Review - Some Americans Abroad: They'd None of Them Be Missed
Though idiots like the academic assortment of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad, his 1989 satire of Yankee cultural self-loathing, may be high on Gilbert and Sullivan's Lord High Executioner's little list of those whose loss would be a distinct gain to society at large, this verbose crew would
Review - Those Were The Good Old Gays
This New York Observer feature on 'New Old Gays' confuses me.
Review - Around The World In 80 Days: Racing With The Clock
First things first; there is no hot air ballooning in Mark Brown's stage adaptation of Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days, just in case your only familiarity with the plot comes from Michael Todd's not exactly faithful 1956 movie version.
Review - Prince Trevor Amongst The Elephants: Respect For Ridiculousness
The word 'ridiculous' carries a certain reverence in theatre circles and when Duncan Pflaster calls his new play, Prince Trevor Amongst The Elephants, 'a big epic naked ridiculous Shakespearean fairy tale play for adults,' those in the know catch it as a bow to the late, great Charles Ludlum.
Review - Kicking a Dead Horse: Ramblin' Man
The title character - well, actually the title prop - of Sam Shepard's new entry, Kicking a Dead Horse, doesn't have to lift a hoof to make an impressive star entrance.
Review - Damn Yankees & East 14th
Perched above the stage in their private bleacher section, just beyond an outfield fence graffitied with the musical's title, conductor Rob Berman and his 25 piece Encores! Summer Stars orchestra might be mistaken for the conservatory cousins of Brooklyn's legendary Dodger Sym-Phony.
Review - Booth & Pat: Slow Children Playing
The last time I reviewed the cabaret antics of singing comedians Booth Daniels and Patrick Frankfort, a/k/a Booth & Pat, the description, 'The Smothers Brothers on crystal meth,' entered the picture.
Review - Thoughts on Jesse Helms & The Wisdom of Crowds
I don't take pleasure in anybody's death; not even the death of someone who trampled on the rights of free speech in order to prevent funding for art that he considered to be obscene.
A Brief Appreciation For John Dickinson
While the rest of the country celebrates Independence Day with barbeques and fireworks, musical theatre lovers like me will gather around their television sets for the traditional viewing of what I and many others call the finest film ever made from a Broadway musical, 1776.
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UNMOORED | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist University Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/12-7/12) |
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TRIP AROUND THE SUN | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist University Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/26-7/26) |
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THE DEATH CHRONICLES (portraits)|S&F Summer Season at Marist Marist University Symphonic Hall (8/01-8/01) |
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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND | Stage & Film Summer Season at the Bardavon Bardavon 1869 Opera House (8/01-8/02) |
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PAPER MENAGERIE | Stage & Film Summer Season at the Bardavon Bardavon 1869 Opera House (7/19-7/19) |
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LA GRINGA Repertorio (2/08-12/31) |
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Hadid 59E59 Theatres (7/10-7/21) |
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LAGNIAPPE | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist University Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/11-7/11) |
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MENAFEE | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist University Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/25-7/25) |
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