196 stories by "Holli Harms"
Baker took the desperation, the trauma of the lives of the blue collar, and transported them to the stage with hardcore precision and fierce reality. His plays are actor-driven and push the …
The bare down minimalist of set, the lighting, all art-filled and gorgeous! The performances - beautifully tragic!
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anyone who wants to watch actors create these wonderful characters, these specific wheelers and dealers of the small business world, is worth the night out. And O'Connor, the daughter of a f…
JEFF HARNAR is singing THE 1959 BROADWAY SONGBOOK at Birdland Jazz Club was a night of perfection. This is a night where "Everything IS coming up roses," where "Love isn't love till you give…
This was an incredible evening, an energetic, dynamic, soulful blend of jazz, R&B, and funk! Ephraim, with his backup band and singers, takes to the stage with a vigorous, intentional en…
Pen Pals, now playing at the lovely, intimate stage of the Daryl Roth (DR2) Theater on East 15th, opened in December of 2024 and is still going strong. Part due to the play and its unfolding…
MEXODUS is one of the most amazing pieces of theater I have ever attended.
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The story is a fast tumble into chaos, into anger, torment, and torture. The actors dive just as deep. They are a superb ensemble. They embody the delicate innocence of their in-between worl…
We laughed and cheered one another on for two hours in the quiet room downstairs at Town Hall. And we left with canvases of OUR art.
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Exquisite! Stunning!
A triumphant theatrical revival of Ibsen's The Wild Duck.
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Ava: The Secret Conversations, for all who are mesmerized by the world of old Hollywood, is an engaging evening with one of our most glamorous and mysterious motion picture icons. McGovern h…
This is a musical for NOW, when we need to be here for one another. NOW with the divisions and labels and separations going on all around us. And, it is a musical for ALWAYS, because always …
Being in the audience at the delightful 54 Below watching Mother Knows Best, starring the mother and daughter team Linda and Laura Benanti, you are so damn lucky as the gods have blessed you…
I could go on and on about the beauty of this piece, on and on, but instead, Go and let this performance lift you, let the magic embrace you, fall into it.
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While Melina and Alessandra work to sort out our discarded pieces, they work to support their friendship. A friendship fraught with summits of pain and discomfort, abuse, and neglect. Both w…
The performance I saw felt as if it was a rehearsal with everyone still working to find character and chemistry.
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The Hot Sardines have created an almost cult following of tweens, teens, millennials, and boomers. All drawn to their slide style of jazz that had the audience tapping their feet, swaying to…
The play reaches back in time and asks those who fought, "What is your story?" It is riveting. The actors are all living their characters. We are caught up in the battle, in the mundane of d…
This was an astonishing evening created by Colin Harte and Dana Monteiro with their fusion of Irish and Brazilian Samba. Here was proof of the power of music, the instrumental and the vocal,…
Celia Berk and her wonderful accompanying artists traveling back into the time when jazz ruled the airwaves and voices like Berk's with its range and depth created a beautiful melodic tapest…
Mingus Big Band is a not-to-be-missed piece of history and a contemporary musical language that speaks to all. They are some of the grandest, best darn musicians we have. They are playing at…
Meneses' beautiful, heart-endearing poetic prose is the story of this tsunami pain, the deepest pain humans experience, and how we manage it, or don't. It is a poetic fable of human resilien…
Dan Jr. is embodied by the actor Aonghus Og McAnally, and I say "embodied" because it feels like it's not an actor on a stage telling us this story, but a man telling his story. How do men c…
Broadway has got it! A hit musical to stand the test of time! Stand back, because BOOP! The Musical book by Bob Martin, music by David Foster, with lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, is the real de…
"In the Unlikely Event of an Actual Emergency" is seventy-five minutes of a touching reminder to not beat ourselves up to the point that we slink away from our true possibilities.
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