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Off-Broadway Review: ROLLING THUNDER (New World Stages)
PATCHWORK PATRIOTISM, POWERED BY A KILLER SETLIST With a book credited to Bryce Hallett, one may expect Rolling Thunder to be a new Off-Broadway musical. Despite the presence of a librettist, however, the show—now playing at New World Stages—functions far more as a rock concert than a traditional book musical. Of its 2-hour runtime, only…
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Off-Broadway Review: GENE & GILDA (Penguin Rep at 59E59)
Hollywood is full of iconic love stories but none is quite as brilliantly weird and tragically sweet as the romance between Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, two comedy legends who fell madly in love somewhere between a silly goof and a punch line. And it is hard to think of somebody wanting to put their…
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Cabaret Review: FROM BROADWAY, WITH LOVE (Melba Moore at 54 Below)
THE SHOW MUST GO ON, MOORE OR LESS She’s a singer, certainly a star, and a survivor. Melba Moore has had a decades-long career that includes musical theatre, film, TV, and recordings covering such genres as R&B, dance music, and pop, and disco. Her stage work began with a role in the legendary rock musical…
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Cabaret Review: TESSA SOUTER (“Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project” Album Release at Joe’s Pub)
SOUTER SATISFIES WITH SATIE & SINCERITY In a presentation that featured many self-penned, self-revealing lyrics – an album release show by singer Tessa Souter and her band made for an evening that was intimate, intense, intriguing, and involved to the Nth degree. The concert at Joe’s Pub on the first night of July was, first…
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Dance Review: LADY WHITE SNAKE (Lincoln Center)
A Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery Presented in the Year of the Snake, Lady White Snake offers a contemporary interpretation of one of China’s great folktales—long retold in theatre, film, and television, and now reimagined as a two-act dance drama. The story follows a wife’s awakening consciousness and her struggle for freedom against the forces that…
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Off-Broadway Review: GINGER TWINSIES (Orpheum Theatre)
TWO GINGER SNAPS UP FOR THIS PARENT TRAP PARODY The subtitle for Ginger Twinsies, the new Off-Broadway comedy which opened last night at the Orpheum Theatre, reads: “The Parent Trap parody (legally speaking).” Having never seen Nancy Myer’s 1998 Disney film starring Lindsay Lohan, it gave me pause; I wondered if I’d spend the evening…
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Dance Review: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP (45th Anniversary Season Kick-Off at The Joyce; Program “B”)
THE MORRIS, THE MERRIER The Mark Morris Dance Group celebrates its 45th anniversary with a dynamic return to The Joyce Theater. Program B showcases a wide-ranging display of the company’s hallmarks: musicality, wit, and structural clarity. Each act features two contrasting works, performed by a company of seasoned dancers and accompanied—often live—by musicians of equal…
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Off-Broadway Review: JOY: A NEW TRUE MUSICAL (Laura Pels Theatre
JOY TO THE WHIRL For every inventive soul who’s ever heard “no,” “pass,” or “next,” Joy is for you. Based on the life of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano, this briskly staged musical delivers an energetic blend of domestic chaos, entrepreneurial grit, and interior musical theater gold to keep it well fueled for its two-hour…
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Cabaret Review: THE ANDERSON BROTHERS PLAY ARTIE SHAW (Peter & Will Anderson at Birdland)
REED ALL ABOUT IT! SHAW BIZ WITH THE ANDERSON TWINS When jazz musicians of the current generation explore and embrace the repertoire of stars of the past, it can be an enjoyably educational experience. Such was the case when, along with four fine colleagues, Peter and Will Anderson turned their attention to bandleader Artie Shaw…
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Theater Obituary: RICHARD GREENBERG (1958-2025)
A CHRONICLER OF PRIVILEGED ANXIETY In the peculiar ecosystem of American theatre—where earnestness often trumps elegance and message supersedes craft—Richard Greenberg, who passed on July 4, 2025 at 67, occupied a singular niche. His characters were the sort of people who attended the right universities, read the correct books, and still found themselves paralyzed by…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: PEN PALS (Encore Run at DR2 Theatre Begins August 15, 2025)
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED: PEN PALS GETS AN ENCORE RUN Casting has been revealed for Michael Griffo’s play Pen Pals, which is headed back Off-Broadway at DR2 Theatre with a rotating cast of actors beginning August 15, 2025. Stage and Cinema‘s rave review for the original production is republished below. See you at the theater!…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE WEIR (Irish Repertory Theatre)
GHOSTS POURED NEAT Conor McPherson’s The Weir, a beloved staple for Irish Rep, returns for its fourth production under the intimate, finely tuned direction of Ciarán O’Reilly. This unusual and deeply human play walks you into a small, wind-battered pub in rural County Donegal for “just a quick pint,” only to watch you stumble out…
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Dance Review: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP (The Joyce)
PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME MORRIS Mark Morris Dance Group kicks off its 45th anniversary season with a two-week sprint at the Joyce Theater. I caught Program A in which the eclectic choreographer revisits three of his works, The Muir (2010), Silhouettes (1999), and Mosaic and United (1993), and then presents a world premiere: You’ve…
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Cabaret Review: ASHLEY PEZZOTTI (Birdland, NYC)
IN THE TRADITION OF THE GREAT JAZZ SINGERS When Ashley Pezzotti sings, it will only take a few notes for listeners new to her manner to gratefully discover that their ears will be caressed, rather than assaulted, by her timbre and talents. Some vocalists whose main asset is being long on loveliness and legato lines…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS (Little Island)
BIG GOSPEL ON LITTLE ISLAND Greek religion and Christianity had very different views on the nature of God and salvation, but the current revival of The Gospel at Colonus still manages to turn Little Island into a Pentecostal revival meeting. The show is based on an adaptation of Robert Fitgerald’s version of Sophocles’ Oedipus at…
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Art | Theater Review: BLOOMING WONDERS (ARTECHOUSE NYC at Chelsea Market)
BLOOM WITH A VIEW In the heart of New York’s Meatpacking District, beneath the High Line and Chelsea Market, ARTECHOUSE’s latest immersive installation, Blooming Wonders, invites visitors into an artful reimagining of the natural world rendered in digital art, light, sound, and interactivity. Created by ARTECHOUSE Studio, an interdisciplinary collective of artists, it features an…
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Theater Review: HEATHERS THE MUSICAL (New World Stages)
A DARKLY HILARIOUS REVIVAL The 1989 cult classic film, Heathers (if you haven’t seen it, it’s a friggin’ must) preceeded the film Mean Girls (2004) by fifteen years. Later, it was adapted into a stage musical in 2014, four years before the Plastics sang their way onto Broadway. Now, eleven years later, Heathers the Musical…
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Off-Off-Broadway Review: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (The Gene Frankel Theatre)
A WESTERN WORTH REVISITING The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company, in collaboration with the Gene Frankel Theatre, brings back The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in a compelling and timely revival. Presented in two acts and running 110 minutes, the production benefits from the intimacy of a theater that seats fewer than 50. The result is a…
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Off-Broadway Review: BEAR GREASE (St. Luke’s Theatre)
JOYFUL, JERKY, AND JUST WHAT OFF-BROADWAY NEEDS There are two powerful reasons to see Bear Grease. First: The deeply felt curtain speech by Henry Cloud Andrade, co-writer/co-creator—with Crystle Lightning—of Bear Grease. With warmth and candor, he begins by gently thanking the audience for not expecting a full Grease revival. More importantly, he shares the staggering context…
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Off-Broadway Review: LOWCOUNTRY (Atlantic Theater)
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? Lowcountry, Abby Rosebrock’s new play premiering at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, arrives with the promise of plunging into the “messy, tangled web of love and identity in the digital age,” but not even a ripple disturbs the surface. Though entrusted to the direction of Jo Bonney, the play…
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