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Highly Recommended Theater Series: WORKS IN PROGRESS: FEARLESSLY MADE IN NEW YORK! (Vineyard Theatre)
THE VINEYARD: WHERE NEW PLAYS GROW INTO HITS Vineyard Theatre has transferred 11 shows to Broadway, seven directly after their acclaimed Vineyard premieres [highlights are links to Stage and Cinema‘s reviews] Lucas Hnath’s Dana H. and Tina Satter’s Is This A Room (both NYT Best Theatre of 2021); Paula Vogel’s Indecent; Nicky Silver’s The Lyons; Kander, Ebb and Thompson’s The Scottsboro…
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Cabaret Review: MAX RAABE & PALAST ORCHESTER (“Dream a Little Dream” Tour at Symphony Hall, Boston & Carnegie Hall NY)
SMOOTH AS SILK Max Raabe & Palast Orchester brought its “Dream a Little Dream” tour to Boston last night, transporting the Symphony Hall audience to an era of Big Band swing and “hot jazz” in the Berlin and beyond of the 1920s and 1930s. (The show hits Carnegie Hall on March 21.) Bandleader Raabe, who…
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Recommended Screenings: FILMS OF PATRICIA ROZEMA – A RETROSPECTIVE (Toronto, NYC, L.A.)
Considered part of the informally defined collection of independent filmmakers to make up the Toronto New Wave in the 1980s and early 1990s, filmmaker, television director, artist, and educator Patricia Rozema (b. 1958) found breakout success at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival when her first feature, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, nabbed the Prix de la…
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Off-Broadway Review: CORRUPTION (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center)
TAKING STOCK OF THE MURDOCH AFTERSHOCK: HACK. LIE. INTIMIDATE. CORRUPT. BEGIN AGAIN. Welcome to Rupert Murdoch’s wicked, treacherous media empire where everybody is under surveillance and can be potentially blackmailed. It’s the oldest trick in the book of dirty politics; knowing other people’s private secrets is essential to wielding corrupt power. Adapted by J.T. Rogers…
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Dance Review: DONGPO: LIFE IN POEMS (International Tour)
A LIFE IN DANCE Dongpo (Su Shi’s art name) is a beloved and revered Chinese poet, writer, politician, calligrapher, and painter who was born during the Song dynasty, in the year 1,037. His life and art have inspired great minds; among them is an artist of broad talents, Shen Wei, the award-winning Chinese-American director, choreographer,…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR AS TOLD BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (BEDLAM at West End Theater)
THE IDES HAVE IT It’s 44 BCE, March 15, and Julius Caesar walks toward his death, changing the course of Western history. Exactly 2,067 years later, at the West End Theater in New York, a commendable, ambitious experiment, adapted and directed by Bedlam Artistic Director Eric Tucker, tackles the scorching subject, and leaves us with mixed…
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Cabaret Review: ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE (Tour; Cumming to Broadway on March 25)
CUMMING OR GOING, YOU’LL WANT TO SEE THIS ONE Man of many parts, Alan Cumming discusses life’s big issues: death, love, and, yes, the size of his scrotum in Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, a cabaret that started on the West End and will soon be returning to Broadway’s Studio 54. Accompanied by…
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Cabaret Review: IT’S DE-LOVELY: JEFF HARNAR SINGS COLE PORTER (Birdland and on Tour)
IT’S DELIGHTFUL, IT’S DE-LOVELY, IT’S DE-HARNAR It was as a 16-year-old boy in a suburb of Chicago that Jeff Harnar fell in love with the songs of Cole Porter. He encountered these songs not through his parents’ huge record collection or by attending local concerts, but rather through the old films he watched on television….
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Highly Recommended Off-Off-Broadway: LOST SOCK LAUNDRY (UP Theater Company in Washington Heights)
IMMIGRANT WOMEN IRON OUT DIFFERENCES In Lost Sock Laundry by Ivan Faute, presented by Northern Manhattan’s UP Theater Company April 10-27, 2024, there are rules and expectations about how you use the Maytag, how long you can use the dryer before you get looks, and who gets to save a machine for a friend. Irene, a…
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Broadway Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE (Todd Haimes Theatre)
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. ’• Voltaire The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines parable as, “…a usually short, fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle”. This same resource defines doubt as, “…to call into question the truth of; to be uncertain”. So celebrated playwright John Patrick Shanley certainly…
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Event: JOE’S PUB GALA (April 8, Joe’s Pub at The Public)
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF JOE’S PUB! Since 1998, Joe’s Pub has been a home for artists at all levels of development — from early-career artists to those at a critical stage in their careers (like the members of the Joe’s Pub Working Group) to international superstars like Adele and Alicia Keys, whose astounding show Hell’s…
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Highly Recommended Event: KRISTIN: AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS FOR TODD (One-Night-Only Concert for Roundabout)
CELEBRATING GENIE TODD Monday, April 15, 2024 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 W 43rd Street), Kristin Chenoweth — last seen on Roundabout’s stage in the superb On the Twentieth Century — will be joined by a remarkable roster of Roundabout favorites for a once-in-a-lifetime special benefit concert celebrating longtime leader Todd Haimes (1956-2023), a major force…
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Off-Broadway Readings: DO MORE: NEW PLAYS (Bedlam)
Now in its fourth year, Bedlam’s DO MORE: NEW PLAYS readings series returns with five thrilling new pieces of theater. All performances for the series will take place at the West End Theatre (263 W 86th St). All five readings are free with RSVP, and as always there is great stuff here. Curated by Associate Artistic…
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Highly Recommended Jazz Music: BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB AND THEATER (March, 2024)
WHERE THE RHYTHM SWOOPS AND SWIRLS, THIS REALLY IS THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD From bands like The Hot Sardines, Hot Club of Cowtown and Maria Schneider Orchestra to cabaret stalwarts such as Karen Mason and Tedd Firth, there is nothing but excitement this month, March 2024, at Birdland Jazz Club — named after…
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Theater Review: MY MOTHER HAD TWO FACES (The Rockwell in Somerville, MA; then touring)
HER MOTHER, HERSELF It’s a truism that many women fear “becoming their mother,” and that’s certainly the implied starting point of Karin Trachtenberg’s one-woman show, My Mother Had Two Faces. The performance opens with a recording of Marlene Dietrich singing “Mutter, Kannst Du Mich Vergeben” (“Mother, Can you Forgive Me”) — an interesting choice in…
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Upcoming Theater: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (A Dance-Forward Production, Axelrod Performing Arts Center, NJ)
Grind Arts Company presents a bold reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park With George March 8-24, 2024, at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center (100 Grant Avenue, Deal, NJ). Official opening night is Saturday, March 9 at 8 PM. For tickets, visit Axelrod Arts Center. Eamon Foley brings a bold,…
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Theater Film Release: HERE WE ARE (Stephen Sondheim’s final musical at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S FINAL MUSICAL NOW AVAILABLE AT THE NEW YORK LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ THEATRE ON FILM AND TAPE ARCHIVE The world premiere production of Here We Are, the new musical from David Ives and Stephen Sondheim that debuted at The Shed’s Griffin Theater in 2023, was filmed by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT)…
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Highly Recommended Album: SONDHEIM IN THE CITY (Melissa Errico on Concord Theatricals)
Sondheim In The City, a new album by Tony-nominated actress, singer and author Melissa Errico, is now available to buy, DL, or stream HERE. Errico has also announced a special Sondheim In The City vinyl release celebration concert on May 7-9, 2024 at 54 Below. “Emotional, authentic, stirring, and gracious with sophisticated interpretations,” is what I called Errico’s…
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Theater Recommendation: GUN & POWDER (New Musical at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey)
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCESFULL CAST & CREATIVE TEAM FORGUN & POWDER The full cast and creative team has been announced for the new musical Gun & Powder, which — with book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri and music by Ross Baum.– explodes onto the stage at Paper Mill Playhouse April 4 – May 5, 2024, with opening…
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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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