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Off-Off-Broadway Review: THE WHOLE OF TIME (Torn Page)
THE WHOLE PICTURE Joben Productions presents The Whole of Time by Romina Paula, an Argentinean playwright and multidisciplinary artist. The play was translated by Jean Graham-Jones, a scholar of Argentine theatre and performance, and directed by Tony Torn with a downtown, raw, intimate approach. Part of the fun of attending this 70-minute performance is getting…
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Dance Review: COMMON GROUND(S) / THE RITE OF SPRING (Pina Bausch Tour at Park Avenue Armory)
THE RITE OF BAUSCH As part of an international tour, this outstanding New York premiere which opened last night showcases a double bill: The Rite of Spring features Pina Bausch’s monumental choreography and Common Ground[s] pays tribute to her by partners at the Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells. Germaine Acogny and…
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Interview: JELANI REMY (currently performing in Broadway’s Back to the Future: The Musical)
REMY OH MY Hill Valley has been recreated at the Winter Garden Theatre, where Back to the Future: The Musical opened in September. Speeding up to 88 miles per hour, Marty McFly (Casey Likes) is transported back to 1955 in a time machine, built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown (Roger Bart). The course of history…
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Interview: SANTINO FONTANA (appearing in Classic Stage Company’s ‘I Can Get It For You Wholesale’)
HIS BRILLIANT CAREER…CONTINUED Twelve years ago, Stage and Cinema’s Gregory Fletcher interviewed Santino Fontana for his 2011 performance in Roundabout’s Sons of the Prophet, for which he won a Lucille Lortel, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Award. The New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood raved about Fontana’s “sensitive performance” and introduced him as “one…
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Off-Broadway Dance/Opera Review: WATCH NIGHT (World Premiere at Perelman Performing Arts Center)
AN UNNECESSARILY HEAVY NIGHT COULD HAVE YOU CHECKING YOUR WATCH Bill Rauch, who guided the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2007 to 2019, is now the inaugural artistic director of the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC). The first commissioned production under his watch is Watch Night, a major new work composed by Tamar-kali, with a libretto…
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Broadway Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Hudson Theater)
NO LONGER JUST ROLLING ALONG, MERRILY HAS LANDED WHERE IT BELONGS: BROADWAY It’s fitting that Merrily We Roll Along, which originally opened on Broadway in 1981 to mostly negative reviews, has been refurbished in the equally restored Hudson Theater. Both the theater and production make the perfect classy pair — stunning theater at its best…
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Off-Broadway Review: SWING STATE (Audible Theater at Minetta Lane Theatre)
SWING…AND MISS The Chicago Tribune review of Swing State, as advertised on the production poster, charged me with excitement in seeing Rebecca Gilman’s new play. “Perhaps the first of the great American plays of this decade. It blew me away!” Well, I wish I had that same experience. Mary Beth Fisher and Bubba Weiler The…
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Interview: DREW DROEGE (currently performing in Off-Broadway’s TITANÍQUE)
TITAN OF LAUGHS Drew Droege has stepped into the role of Ruth, Rose’s mother, after Titaníque’s first year of performances at Off-Broadway’s Daryl Roth Theatre. He’s performed two solo shows in New York at the Soho Playhouse: Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, and Happy Birthday Doug. In L.A., he’s done Die Mommie Die!, Bitches, The…
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Off-Broadway Review: INFINITE LIFE (Atlantic Theater Company and National Theatre at the Linda Gross)
INFINITE PLAYWRITING Co-produced by Atlantic Theater Company and National Theatre, the one-hour and 45-minute production (no intermission) is Annie Baker’s best play to date. At least from my past three experiences of the admired Circle Mirror Transformation, The Flick, and John. The play is set two hours north of San Francisco. The set design by…
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Interview: CATHERINE WALLER (currently starring in Off-Broadway’s The Creeps at Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s)
A WALLER OF STRENGTH The Creeps is a one-woman show created by and starring Catherine Waller, a native of Auckland, New Zealand. At Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s, an intimate black box arena configuration that’s only a few rows deep, be prepared for six creeps onstage to speak directly to you. And they’ll expect a…
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Off-Broadway Review: RELAPSE: A NEW MUSICAL (Theatre Row)
AN INTRUSIVE NEW MUSICAL Presented by Howard Alter and Tom Giachetti of Gotta Believe Theater Group, Relapse: A New Musical by J. Giachetti (Book and Lyrics) and Louis Josephson (Music and Additional Lyrics) opened last night at Theatre Row for a limited three week run. Sheryl Liu‘s set has six blue chairs in a semi-circle,…
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Interview: LAURA BELL BUNDY (currently performing in Broadway’s The Cottage)
A COTTAGE BUILT FOR LAURA BELL BUNDY Currently running on Broadway for a limited run is the very funny bedroom farce, The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, directed by Jason Alexander, and with the stellar cast of Laura Bell Bundy, Eric McCormack, Lili Cooper, Nehal Joshi, Alex Moffat, and Dana Steingold. A send-up of the old-fashioned…
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Broadway Review: EL MAGO POP (Ethel Barrymore)
EL MAGO POP CUTS THROUGH THE CHEESE WITH AN ASTOUNDING BROADWAY DEBUT At 37, the celebrity illusionist Antonio Diaz, AKA “El Mago Pop,” may or may not be the youngest illusionist to appear on Broadway (the press says he is, but I saw 27-year-old Doug Henning when The Magic Show opened in 1974, and Paul…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE GREAT GATSBY — THE IMMERSIVE SHOW (Gatsby Mansion in the Park Central Hotel)
GREAT (F.) SCOTT! If you love literature, have fond memories of being read to or of reading to others, and feel, as so many do, that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby — the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire who dreams of turning back time to regain his first love, Daisy Buchanan —…
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Interview: JASMINE FORSBERG (currently performing in Broadway’s HERE LIES LOVE)
JASMINE GRACEFULLY BLOOMS Making her Broadway debut in Here Lies Love, triple-threat Jasmine Forsberg plays Maria Luisa and “Imelda’s Inner Voice.” Prior to this run, she played Jane Seymour in the first national tour of Six. Other credits include Off-Broadway’s Greenwich House Theater where she performed in Broadway Bounty Hunter, and regionally in the world…
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Theater Interview: LISA VROMAN (Appearing at CVRep in “Ingénue… …Ingé-not-so-new!” )
VROMAN AT HOME IN NEW CABARET SHOW Lisa Vroman, celebrated as one of the greatest crossover sopranos of this generation, makes her Coachella Valley Repertory debut Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 7 in CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. Vroman is best known for starring on Broadway, Los Angeles and San Francisco (where she won a…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE DOCTOR (North American Premiere at the Park Avenue Armory)
THE DOCTOR IS IN First and foremost, get your tickets now before this limited run closes on August 19 at the Park Avenue Armory, the preeminent black box theater of NYC. [If you’re not a season ticket holder already, you should be.] Robert Icke writes and directs one of the most relevant plays currently in performance….
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Off-Broadway Review: THE COMEUPPANCE (Signature)
COME UP TO SIGNATURE Arnulfo Maldonado’s scenic design speaks volumes before the play begins. The small front porch of a house is pushed as closed to the audience as possible. Will there even be enough room for a cast of five? The claustrophobia and tension are already mounting. The front walls of the house are…
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Theater Interview: JOEY PANTOLIANO (currently performing in Off-Broadway’s ROCK & ROLL MAN)
AN ACTOR WHO WILL CHARM THE JOEY PANTS OFF YOU Joe Pantoliano, affectionately nicknamed Joey Pants, has a recognizable face and voice from decades of TV and film — too many to mention, but perhaps the most notable include The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, The Fugitive, Bad Boys, Bound, U.S….
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Interview: DAKIN MATTHEWS (currently performing in Lincoln Center Theater’s CAMELOT)
ON THE EVE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Melvin Richard “Dakin” Matthews has had a major theatrical presence on the west coast, the east coast, and at many regional theaters inbetween. He’s also made a multitude of appearances on TV and film — the list is over 250 credits. He’s currently performing at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in…
Theater Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK (Greater Boston Stage Company)
by Lynne Weiss | March 12, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTheater Review: THE ANTIQUITIES (SpeakEasy Stage at Boston Center for the Arts)
by Lynne Weiss | March 12, 2026
in Boston, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: ZACK (Mint Theater Company)
by Paola Bellu | March 11, 2026
in New York, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: BUGHOUSE (Vineyard Theatre on East 15th St)
by Gregory Fletcher | March 11, 2026
in New York, TheaterCabaret & Theater Review: GREY ARIAS (The Flea)
by Paola Bellu | March 10, 2026
in Cabaret, New York, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: MARCEL ON THE TRAIN (Classic Stage Company)
by Paulanne Simmons | March 10, 2026
in New York, Theater
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