Kevin Vavasseur

A PRAYER GRANTED FOR THE THEATER “Exquisite” is probably a devalued and over-used descriptive at this point is our society. However, Manhattan Theatre Club’s current production of Prayer for the French Republic deserves this particular adjective. Painstakingly written by Joshua Harmon, this three-hour exploration of Jewish identity and human cruelty via multiple generations of a…

A GREAT CREW OF ACTORS BRING THIS SKELETON TO LIFE There is a family onstage in Dominique Morisseau’s expertly crafted new play Skeleton Crew, which had its Broadway opening at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater last night. There’s a focused, worried Father figure — Reggie. There’s an experienced, solid Mother or maybe Grandmother or maybe…

A PLAY TO MAKE YOU KVELL AND KVETCH Crazy Meshugga Hurricane Earthquake by Amy Coleman is a play about parallels. Parallel religious practices. Parallel childhoods. Parallel abuses. Parallel fathers. Parallel lives. And Ms. Coleman’s attempt to bring all these parallel situations together is both the strength and weakness of her play. While Ms. Coleman has…

A MUST-SEE MARVEL OF MAGIC Harry Potter, named “The Boy Who Lived” by the wizarding world, is alive and well and back on Broadway at the Lyric after having been shuttered by the evil world of COVID. But behind the scenes, someone’s wand has been reworking the epic two-part play (which had required separate admissions)…