1,037 stories by "Jk Clarke"
Elizabeth I - In Her Own Words is a solo performance of the "Virgin Queen" remembering significant events of her long reign, brilliantly played by Tammy Meneghini
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In January 2018, people across Hawaii received an alert that a ballistic missile was headed for them . . . The musical, This Is Not a Drill examines how that moment affected the lives of sev…
"The United States vs Ulysses" details how the James Joyce masterpiece, Ulysses, came to be published in the U.S. despite a high profile and precedent setting obscenity trial.
In Granny Jackson's Dead, "Granny" has died and her family receives guests at her home, where she lies in state.
Returning to the land of her father, Siobhan (Hannah Victoria Collins) goes to his house and finds a family secret that sets the story in motion
Although Exiles has been seldom produced, this production gives it a respectable turn.
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Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Parodies require broad knowledge of their source materials. So, not all works are good sources. They need to be well-established and well-known. Wha…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Tony Award winner Enda Walsh's Safe House, now playing at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, is a sung-through musical about where safety and security …
In Doc Dougherty's solo show, Godzilla's Prince, Dougherty tells of his king of the monsters, his father
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Wouldn't it be fun, and a lovely escape, to return to the happier times of childhood? The answer is to escape to Emilio's A Million Chameleons
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In "The Day I Accidentally Went to War," comic Bill Posley recounts how he served 15 months in Iraq as part of his National Guard duty.
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Speaking in a syrupy Southern accent, Ms Chris's monologue recalls the body counts of Nannie Doss's husbands
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In "My Mother's Funeral: The Show" Abigail, a budding playwright, learns in short order of her mother's death, cancellation of a commissioned work, and funeral sticker shock.
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Songs From India finds three talented storytellers sharing their desire to get on with their lives and find themselves happy with their choices. Using spoken word and poetry to recount their…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . I have a feeling that no American holiday, not even Thanksgiving, brings families together as much as Christmas. It may have religious significan…
By Carol Rocamora. This hilarious, scathing satire on American liberalism will take you by surprise.
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Cabaret Review by Myra Chanin . . . When I consider all the things in my life I'm thankful for, Ricky Ritzel is always high on my list. He's musically and comedically gifted, has an unca…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 40th Edition. [Please note that, unless something unexpect…
Cabaret Review by JK Clarke . . . If it's the holiday season, it must be time for a seasonal spectacle from Michael Colby. As part of Urban Stages' annual Winter Rhythms festival, libret…
A powerful portrayal of an overlooked artist at 59e59 Theaters. Once you see this play, you'll rush to the Met to see her paintings (next stop, Rome). An arresting new play AND a stunning ar…
This brilliant version of Shakespeare's classic will shock and shake
you to the core.
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Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 39th Edition. Shauna Vey. Childhood and Nineteenth-Century…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . When an audience explodes in a spontaneous standing ovation at the end of a show, it's a pretty good indication that the show is a hit. That's exact…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 38th Edition. Ken Bloom. Show & Tell: The New Book of …
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 37th Edition. Richard Nelson. A Diary of War & Theatre…
