Review: DON GIOVANNI a Bel Canto Opera? Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo Proves It
by Richard Sasanow - Jul 19, 2026
To “IL” or not to “IL”—that is the question. According to the program at the other night’s performance by Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo (TN) of Mozart’s great opera about Don Juan, it’s IL DON GIOVANNI, rather than simply the familiar DON GIOVANNI. That’s as it was called by its librettist (the composer’s great collaborator, Lorenzo da Ponte) and the portrayer of the eponymous anti-hero (baritone Manuel Garcia Sr.) on its first visit to New York 200 years ago, when Italian opera arrived here in New York for the first time.
Review: Teatro Nuovo Does It Again with Smashing TURCO IN ITALIA
by Richard Sasanow - Jul 16, 2026
While the US celebrates its 250th anniversary (with not much to cheer about), those bel canto specialists under Will Crutchfield at Teatro Nuovo are reveling in the 200th year since Italian opera (or at least opera in Italian) came to this country. And not a moment too soon.
Teatro Nuovo Unveils 2026 Bel Canto Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2026
Teatro Nuovo will present IL DON GIOVANNI and IL TURCO IN ITALIA in July 2026, marking two centuries of Italian opera in America with performances at Montclair State University and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Extends Its Run at Theater Latté Da
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 11, 2026
Theater Latté Da has extended THE GLASS MENAGERIE at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis. Additional performances have been added through March 8. Tickets start at $39 for the Tennessee Williams classic.
Video: THE SHARK IS BROKEN (Official Trailer)
by Joshua Wright - Apr 30, 2025
Get a a first look at video of The Shark Is Broken, the Olivier Award-nominated play that brings to life the tumultuous making of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, at George Street Playhouse. The production stars Jason Babinsky as Roy Scheider, Jeffrey M. Bender as Robert Shaw, and Max Wolkowitz as Richard Dreyfuss.
THE MESSENGER Opens Next Week at Palm Beach Dramaworks
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2023
Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor (1930-1994) is the inspiration for The Messenger, a world premiere play by Palm Beach Dramaworks Resident Playwright Jenny Connell Davis. A meditation on the connections between past, present, and future, the play interweaves Gabor’s story with that of a young Asian American woman facing racial discrimination in this country in 2020.
Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW messes with the truth at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - Nov 22, 2023
But one thing I promise you, you have never seen it done like this before. And you probably won’t ever get another chance to see something quite this inventive in any given year of Houston theater. This is a thrill to witness, and unlike anything out there. It manages to be THE BLAIR WITCH of stage stories, something you almost can’t explain fully.
Previews: Mixed Media presentation of THE TURN OF THE SCREW at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - Nov 17, 2023
THE TURN OF THE SCREW is an idea that I've been interested in presenting theatrically for quite some time. And I think it is actually very relevant right now, because we're having these huge cultural conversations about truth and alternate versions of truth. And how people create their own truth and the limits of their own truth.