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Theater Review: CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (PAC/NYC)
A PUUUURFECT REVIVAL IS SERVED “Get your life!” says the pre-show announcement as the lights dim in the Perelman Performing Arts Center before last night’s opening of this much talked-about revival of Cats. The Cast of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL That phrase might sound out-of-place in a Broadway musical’s pre-show announcement; however, when you step…
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Theater Opening: MESSY WHITE GAYS (38th Powerhouse Theater Season at Vassar College)
LET THE GAYS BEGIN! Sunday morning. Hell’s Kitchen. Brecken and Caden have just murdered their throuple-mate and stuffed him into a Jonathan Adler credenza. Unfortunately, they’ve invited friends over for brunch. Feel bad for them! They’re Messy White Gays! This new play written by Drew Droege and directed by Mike Donahue, will receive a workshop and presentation as…
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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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Off-Broadway Review: TITANIC (Encores! at City Center)
IT DOESN’T JUST FLOAT, IT SOARS New York City Center’s Encores! describes itself, “This series of concert stagings revisits the archives of American musical theater. Centered around The Encores! Orchestra, these revivals are produced with limited runs and rehearsal schedules, spotlighting the vocal talents of star-studded ensembles.” And, boy, does it ever in its current…
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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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Off-Broadway Closing: SLEEP NO MORE (Punchdrunk at McKittrick Hotel; Final Performance January 5, 2025)
SOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES When this megahit closed during COVID, and then came roaring back, I wrote “No plague can kill a great show.” Now, having welcomed over two million visitors in thirteen years, Sleep No More, the site-specific, immersive experience that introduced an entirely new art form to — and forever changed —…
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Off-Broadway Review: DAVID – A NEW MUSICAL (AMT Theatre)
A SLINGSHOT IN THE DARK Poor King David. What a life. If the blonde-haired King of Israel isn’t being duped by the local townspeople to fight Goliath, he’s embarrassing himself at a cocktail party at King Saul’s palace. If he isn’t making war against other desert people, he’s cutting backroom deals with the enemy of…
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Cabaret Review: NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS (12th Annual Benefit at Joe’s Pub for The Ali Forney Center)
JUSTIN, JUDY, JUSTIN, & JAMMING AT JOE’S At the start of the 12th Annual Night of a Thousand Judys benefit for The Ali Forney Center, the excited audience was addressed by the Center’s President and Executive Director Alex Roque. In his brief time at the mic, Mr. Roque thanked everyone for their support but also…
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Broadway Announcement: GYPSY (Starring Audra McDonald at the Majestic Theatre)
AUDRA’S TURN AS ROSE Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway this fall, 2024, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in Gypsy. This upcoming revival will be directed by the legendary five-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe with choreography by four-time Tony Award nominated Camille A….
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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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Theater Announcement: HELLO, I’M DOLLY (Dolly Parton on Broadway in A New Musical Inspired By Her Life)
SHE’S THE ONLY ONE. HERE SHE COMES AGAIN. THIS TIME ON BROADWAY. Beloved icon Dolly Parton is partnering with ATG Productions to bring a new musical inspired by her life and trailblazing career titled Hello, I’m Dolly to Broadway in 2026. The great Bartlett Sher has been signed to direct. Produced by Parton, Adam Speers for ATG Productions, and Danny Nozell for…
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Broadway Review: HOME (Roundabout at Todd Haimes Theatre)
COME HOME In the lovely Broadway revival of writer Samm-Art Williams’ Tony-nominated play Home, an African-American man named Cephus Miles contemplates life or, more to the point, his life. Sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of his farmhouse, with an expanse of cornfields reaching to the North Carolina sky just behind him,…
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Theater Announcement: SUGAR DADDY (Sam Morrison at The Wallis in Beverly Hills and Broadway)
Sugar Daddy, a new production of comedian and actor Sam Morrison’s hilariously funny, unexpectedly moving one-man show, will play the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills September 20-October 13, 2024 prior to Broadway in 2025. The production will be directed by Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Stephen Brackett (Broadway: A Strange Loop). One…
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Highly Recommended Music: WORLD ORCHESTRA WEEK [WOW!] (Carnegie Hall)
HOT CLASSICAL AUGUST NIGHTS AT CARNEGIE HALL WITH YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Sick of hearing nothing but bad news about our world? Wanna be inspired? Well, there is good news out there in the world, and it’s coming to Carnegie Hall when hundreds of teen instrumentalists from around the globe come together in…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit Touring the Five Boroughs)
LA COMEDIA DE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Full disclosure, I don’t speak Spanish. Oh, I’ve picked up a few phrases over the years and still remember a bit of what Mr. Sanchez taught us in high school but for all intents and purposes, I am not bilingual. Luckily, that proved to not be much of…
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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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Highly Recommended Art Exhibit: HIRSCHFELD’S DRAG SHOW (The Al Hirschfeld Foundation)
DRAGTIME With June upon us, The Al Hirschfeld Foundation celebrates Pride Month with its latest online exhibition, Hirschfeld’s Drag Show, now live at Al Hirschfeld Foundation through August 15, 2024. The special guest curator for the exhibition is Tony-nominated playwright, actor, director, novelist and drag legend, Charles Busch. “Through Hirschfeld’s remarkable catalogue, we’re able to…
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