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Theatre Now New York in association with Team HAB will present a concert of songs from the new musical  Pompeii Rising  August 30th at 7:00 PM at Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square Park, Thompson Street entrance. The evening will also be live streamed. The concert will feature the talents of Heath Saunders (Company), Kristyn Michele (The  Civility  of  Albert  Cashier),…

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….

I HAVE A HUNCH YOU’LL LOVE THIS Victor Hugo published The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Notre Dame de Paris in French, in 1831. Since that time the novel about Quasimodo, the hunchback and the much-loved Romani dancer, Esmeralda, has been adapted into silent films, talkies, animated films, television miniseries, plays and operas. In 1998,…

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…

REDNECKS IN MANHATTAN Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of  Poor Yella Rednecks,  written by Qui Nguyen (Revenge Song) and directed by May Adrales (who also directed Nguyen’s  Vietgone  at MTC in 2016). Previews will begin October 10, 2023 ahead of a November 1 opening at New York City Center – Stage I….

TO BE FOR FREE IS A BEAUTY There may be something rotten in the state of Denmark, but there’s something enthralling on the stage at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In The Public Theater’s latest Free Shakespeare In the Park offering of Hamlet, director Kenny Leon and his superb cast have delivered a riveting…

YES, ONE MORE TIME IS ONE MORE TIME ONE MORE TIME, BUT YOU’LL HAVE A GREAT TIME It well may be that there are no new plots left in the world of theater. But does that mean we have to keep seeing playwrights rewriting and directors reworking what other minds have created? In the past…

A NOT-SO-DEMON BARBER ON INCOHESIVE STREET Annaleigh Ashford’s thoroughly delightful and sympathetic portrayal of Mrs. Lovett, the good-humored but sinister piemaker is, unfortunately, one of the few compelling elements in Thomas Kail’s lackluster revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the 1979 Stephen Sondheim musical, with book by Hugh Wheeler based on…

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE In the vernacular of showbiz, the appellation “triple threat” refers to a performer who equally excels at acting, singing and dancing. That Broadway veteran James T. Lane, currently starring in his aptly named solo show Triple Threat, is deserving of this moniker is certainly not news. Mr. Lane has performed…