294 stories by "Elysa Gardner"
★★★★☆ A new revue features top-tier singers and musicians in an homage to one of the last century's greatest, grooviest composers.
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★★★☆☆ Keanu Reeves, in his Broadway bow, and Alex Winter reunite in Jamie Lloyd's latest, a predictably flashy take on the Beckett classic
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Returning to 54 Below, the veteran singer and actress looks back on her achievements onstage and off.
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Returning to the venue for her third holiday residency, the Broadway and cabaret veteran is in the mood for love
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★★★☆☆ New York City Center's Encores! series brings the 2001 musical back with a cast of Broadway and TV vets
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★★★★☆ Ciarán O'Reilly's charming production returns with a new cast, and delicious food and drink
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In his "second annual residency" at the cabaret venue, the Broadway star waxes reflective
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The Broadway star and her talented mom reunite for an evening of vocal and comedic virtuosity
The post Laura and Linda Benanti: Mothers Know Best"Gifted By Nature, and Nurture appeared first…
★★★★★ Director Anne Kauffman and a starry, supple cast breathe new life into the '90s musical epic
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The reality TV alumna once again brings her oversized talent, wit and warmth to a live stage.
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The stage and screen veteran brings her age-defying vocal power and charm to 54 Below.
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★★★☆☆ Transgender actress Jesse James Keitel and cabaret veteran Mark Nadler co-star in a new play with music about the groundbreaking star
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The musical theater star, currently appearing in "Hell's Kitchen," offered a set that matched the glorious range of his voice
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It's a question that prospective leading ladies have been asking themselves for two decades now: Are you an Elphaba or a Glinda? The two witches " neither wicked, but both accessibly imperfe…
Wicked opened on Broadway on Halloween Eve 2003, just a few years into my tenure as music and theater critic at USA Today. I arrived at a press preview filled with hopeful anticipation, havi…
It was back in the late 1990s that pop icon Barry Manilow and lyricist and librettist Bruce Sussman first began work on a musical tracing the rise and fall of the Comedian Harmonists, a Germ…
The Tony Award-winning star brings his effortless appeal to a smaller stage
The post Santino Fontana at 54 Below: Guy-Next-Door Charm, Leading Man Chops appeared first on New York Stage Revi…
A cabaret stalwart looks back, honoring icons from Joni Mitchell to Marvin Hamlisch
The post Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the '70s: The Way We Were, Joyfully Remembered appeared first on New Y…
★★☆☆☆ An adaptation of the hit film offers all the noise and flash of a theme park ride
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★★★★☆ The second-generation star buoyantly celebrates Berlin, Herman, Hamlisch, her parents and others in a return to 54 Below
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★★★☆☆ Playwright Deirdre Kinahan draws on dark history for new play at Irish Rep
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★★★★☆ Director Robert Icke and a cast led by Juliet Stevenson offer strong medicine in this adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler play
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★★★★☆ "Wolf Play" playwright Hansol Jung offers a piquant new take on Shakespeare's tragedy
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★★★★☆ But playwright Suzie Miller's post-#MeToo legal drama also raises difficult questions
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The midtown venue's owners hope to raise close to 20 percent of an annual budget approaching $10 million from supporters.
