There is something to be said for two guys - Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro - aided in no small part by their musical director Henry Koperski - having fun. Â Just plain fun. Â Serious fun.…
At 95, Maye is an explosion of joy tempered with a touch of sarcasm and voice that is like velvet and knows where to lead us.
It's not that I feel precious about original scripts. Â I recently saw "A Doll's House" and thought Amy Herzog did a masterful job of doing just enough to mold the script into a new incarn…
The human elements of alcoholism and its control of life can be harsh, and many of us have experienced interactions with those who abuse. Man breaks into an angry rant about society in Ameri…
When Nora finally stands up on her own two feet, when she gives the final final, it feels as if we have all ben given permission to breathe, and, if we choose, permission to walk out into th…
So yes - if you want your spirits lifted by music and a band of mighty performers - get thee to this show. Â The story may be sad but somehow you will se through it to the glory.
The production is directed by three people: Liliana Padilla, Rachel Chavkin and Steph Paul.  Their separate contributions are never made clear.  What was made clear in the progra…
Smith knew 90 years ago that one should not mess with a woman whose mind has been made up. In the middle of the Depression, with nothing to her name and only her brain and daring to guide he…
I congratulate those people who could look past the tepid writing and direction.  They got something out of this play and thought of their own parents' journeys. I am not so patie…
By David Walters There's a wonderful modern apartment set on the stage at the Audible Theater for the play Lucy. Modern whites and shades of gray, a little blonde wood and some chrome on the…
Morrison's selection of songs covers everyone from Taylor Swift (Snow On The Beach)to Stephen Sondheim (Losing My Mind) to Lizzo (Soulmate) to Harry Warren and Al Dublin (I Only Have Eyes fo…
With "Small Talk," there is no obvious trajectory as there was in Quinn's previous shows Perhaps it is because the very notion of small talk becomes like a snake eating its own tail. Â …
Mendez is a standout for so many reasons - mainly because although this story is featured as being about Frank and Charlie, it is Mary who provides the catalyst, the spark. Â She keeps the…
 Listening to Maye you are obliged to open your heart and let the sun shine in.  She has been crafting these songs for more than 70 years.  Her performance is so dazzling that, when…
This is a story executed in exquisite detail and delicacy that pierces you like a scalpel. It is the story of Suzanne Alexander, a student and unwed mother, caught in the racism of the 1950'…
Here's the thing about Deirdre O'Connell: she commits to every role she plays with such ferocity that you buy into whatever it is she is selling. Â She could be doing a play about automati…
Seems as though most of Diamond's songs are biographical ad universal at the same time. Â Hearing them again makes us remember that theses songs are woven into the fabric of our lives - be…
I realized early on that Mike Birbiglia reminded me of my cousin, Tim. Tim could start a story about Grammy Gracie making breakfast at midnight to sober up the people playing cards in th…
In this Christmas tale, Scrooge stand at the very center of lights, sound and action. Â It is theatrical magic, and Mays never lets us down for a minute. Â He is astonishing in his preci…
The second the curtain went up and the quartet began to sing I relaxed, knowing I was going to hear performances of extremely high quality. Victoria Clark, who walks on water in my opinion, …
This is the story of how Sayet has become a magnet for Native American stories and is now a walking compendium of this knowledge. Â She is spreading the word as fast as she can. Â This i…
"A Man of No Importance" is a musical where you can sit back, relax, and as the saying goes "let them entertain you."
This play is titled Chester Bailey, but it should be titled Philip Cotton.Â
"Walking With Ghosts" is a meandering piece that wanders about like a lost child at a carnival. Â It samples food and rides and when the parents are not found it settles down and goes to s…
I am at a loss here. I cannot figure out what Robert O'Hara had in mind when directing "Raisin In The Sun" now at the Public Theater. Something more than what is on the page perhaps,…