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Off-Broadway Review: MINDPLAY (Greenwich House Theater)
MIND FOR GOLD Vinny DePonto, the Brooklyn-based mentalist, is undeniably a master showman—and a strikingly handsome one at that (I’ll draw a comparison to Jake Gyllenhaal). Like all magicians, the heart of his one-man show lies not in the tricks themselves (though they are breathtaking) but in his thought-provoking interaction with the audience. With Mindplay,…
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Broadway Review: EUREKA DAY (Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
WAKING US UP TO WOKENESS Playwright Jonathan Spector makes an impressive Broadway debut with Eureka Day, a strikingly relevant and well-crafted production that convincingly captures the complexities and contradictions of contemporary cultural debates. His ability to balance humor and drama to address divisive issues such as political correctness resonate strongly well after the 100-minutes are…
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Broadway Review: DEATH BECOMES HER (Lunt-Fontanne)
DEATH BECOMES HER BECOMES BROADWAY I had opposite opinions this week between the opening of the film version of Wicked and the new Broadway musical comedy Death Becomes Her. Wicked outsoared the Broadway version; the movie gave me more heart, warmth, and laughs than I ever got from the original (still running since October of…
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Broadway Review: MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (Belasco Theatre)
THERE’S NO ‘MAYBE’ ABOUT IT HAPPINESS HAS LANDED AT THE BELASCO When Avenue Q ran against Wicked at the Tonys for Best Musical, it was often compared to the American folktale The Little Engine That Could vs. the big corporate multi-million-dollar musical. One was a small contender with lots of heart; the other a huge…
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Broadway Review: A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (Studio 54)
HELLO, SATCHMO! THANK GOODNESS LOUIS IS BACK IN TOWN; WE NEED HIM MORE THAN EVER There’s a new jukebox musical in town. But don’t run in the other direction. A Wonderful World, which opened at Studio 54 tonight, November 11, is the bio-musical of Louis Armstrong, aka the Ambassador of Blues, the King of Jazz,…
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Book Review: LOVE IN COUNTRY (Richard Gayton)
The film Love in Country tells the story of two gay Vietnam Army Sergeants who fall in love while keeping their squad unified and alive despite a new officer’s tactics to sacrifice them all. Richard Gayton, who co-directed and co-wrote with Kurt Braun, has now penned the novel based on his film. Published by Northampton…
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Interview: RICCARDO HERNíNDEZ (Scenic Designer for Broadway’s LEMPICKA [Tony Nomination] and SUFFS)
DESIGNING THE FUTURE Tony-nominated set designer for this season’s Lempicka, Riccardo Hernández also designed Suffs. Other Broadway productions have included The Thanksgiving Play, Jagged Little Pill, Indecent, Porgy and Bess, Caroline, or Change, Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk, and the original Parade. An international designer of operas, plays, and musicals, he’s also the co-chair…
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Theater Interview: ALEXI MELVIN (Producer of Broadway’s ILLINOISE & THE NOTEBOOK)
Alexi Melvin has found a new home in the New York theater scene, striving to champion innovative storytelling and artists within marginalized communities. In less than one year’s time, she has co-produced Here Lies Love, and the currently running productions of The Notebook and Illinoise. Born in Redwood City, California but primarily raised in Scottsdale, Arizona,…
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Off-Broadway Review: DARK NOON (St. Ann’s Warehouse)
THE NOT-SO-GOOD, THE BAD AND THE REALLY REALLY UGLY What better way to get a fresh perspective of our American West than by attending a 300-year history reenactment in 100 minutes? Written and directed by the acclaimed Danish director Tue Biering, with Nhlanhla Mahlangu as his co-director and choreographer, and performed by seven South African…
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Theater Interview: JOEY MERLO (Playwright, Off-Off-Broadway’s “Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!!”)
HOLY QUEER HORROR! IT’S JOEY MERLO Joey Merlo may be best known (so far) for his On Set with Theda Bara, a “haunting and refreshingly funny fever dream” (Vulture), a one-man play starring David Greenspan — who also stars in the third play of the trilogy Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!! Currently the…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: HYPNOTIQUE (Extension at The Club Car at McKittrick Hotel)
THE McKITTRICK HOTEL, HOME OF SLEEP NO MORE, EXTENDS LATE NIGHT SULTRY SPECTACLE HYPNOTIQUE ALL-NEW NOCTURNAL EXPERIENCE EXTENDED Performances have been extended again on Friday and Saturday nights at 10:30 ’” with tickets on sale through June 29, 2024 ’” for Hypnotique – A Late Night Sultry Spectacle. The all-new Hypnotique revue offers a unique after-dark experience that envelops you. I was captivated by…
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Theater Interview: DANNY GARDNER (Now Appearing Off-Off-Broadway in The Opposite of Love)
AVANT-GARDNER NewYorkRep is currently presenting the world premiere of The Opposite of Love by Ashley Griffin, which runs through June 15, 2024 at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, the second Episcopal Church on West 46th Street to house and support a dedicated space for live theater —…
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Highly Recommended Theater: BEN PLATT LIVE AT THE PALACE (Broadway’s Palace Theater)
PLATT’S WHERE IT’S AT AT THE PALACE As if opening the newly refurbished Palace Theater (after a 4 year hiatus) isn’t exciting enough, why not add Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt as the star to christen it? For his opening performance last night, the surprise guest was the great Kacey Musgraves. Platt…
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Opera Review: CARMEN (Metropolitan Opera House)
MOVING TO AMERICA’S HEARTLAND, CARRIE CARCKNELL FINDS THE HEART OF CARMEN Carmen is one of the most popular operas worldwide and has been part of the Metropolitan Opera’s repertoire since its first season in 1884. 102 years later, I first experienced the Met Opera as a grad student when I attended the opening night of…
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Theater Interview: ETHAN JOSEPH (Now appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in “Fire Shut up in My Bones”)
A CHAMPION RETURNS In my first interview with Ethan Joseph a year ago, I wondered how a 12-year old boy would be able to top performing at the Met in Terence Blanchard’s Champion. On one of the biggest stages in New York and with the largest pit orchestra, onstage chorus, and production budgets, as well…
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Off-Broadway Review: GRENFELL: IN THE WORDS OF SURVIVORS (National Theatre at St. Ann’s Warehouse)
THE FLAMES OF INJUSTICE Documentary theatre, a.k.a. docudrama, uses existing nonfiction sources to create works of performance that reenact historical events. My earliest recollection of docudrama was Twilight, Los Angeles 1992, written by performer Anna Deavere Smith from interviews with people involved in the L.A. Riots that followed the acquittal of the police who brutally…
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Broadway Review: THE OUTSIDERS (Bernard Jacobs Theater)
THE OUTSIDERS IS PURE THEATRICAL GOLD Neither a rehash of S.E. Hinton’s classic 1967 novel nor of the iconic 1983 film by Frances Ford Coppola, the stunning new musical The Outsiders, which opened tonight at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is recommended not just for the adaptation by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine but for…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE ALLY (Public Theater)
“In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.” ’• William Penn Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) is a playwright we should all be listening to. His new play The Ally, which opened tonight at the Public Theater, is so timely and relevant, it acts as a master class in fully…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE HUNT (St. Ann’s Warehouse)
THE HUNT IS ON, BRUTAL AND UNMISSABLE The Jungle. Volcano. Life & Times of Michael K. In the last year alone, the venerable St. Ann’s Warehouse has hosted stunning theater from around the world. But last night came the most powerful, provocative theater imaginable. Not to be missed, the U.S. premiere of London’s Almeida Theatre…
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Off-Broadway Review: FIVE, THE PARODY MUSICAL (Five Musical LLC at Theater 555)
FUNNY FIVE SENDS-UP SIX To the worldwide fanbase of the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s Six, fear not — the new Off-Broadway parody Five pays loving homage to the girl-power musical sensation that brings the six wives of Henry VIII together for a competition to decide which one had it worse. In Six, each queen…
Theater Review: RHINOCEROS (American Repertory Theater / Cambridge, MA)
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