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Accept if you can, even if you can't forgive. Forgive if you can, even if you can't forget. That's the idea behind restorative justice, a systematic supportive approach to seeking healing fo…
So, Eric Krebs, who runs a theater on far West 42nd, treks to work one morning and is greeted by a large manila envelope resting by the door. Intrigued, he opens it to find a script and a no…
As a playwright and performer, John Leguizamo is best known for offering up sharp-eyed and thought-provoking takes on Latino identity and culture. Given the current state of affairs with res…
The 2017 indie film Saturday Church is a musical, of sorts. But all of the songs are happening in the head of its protagonist, Ulysses, a troubled Black teen in some vaguely defined New York…
On the morning of January 13, 2018, Hawaii's Emergency Alert System issued a warning of an impending ballistic missile attack, widely believed to have emanated from North Korea and plunging …
At the top of Mexodus, the new, two-person musical produced by Audible Theater, audiences are given permission"indeed, are encouraged"to "yell, dance, and shake your asses." Typically, I cri…
"Black women, you know how you have had to show and prove. Your authenticity has been challenged if you don't hit that Jennifer Holliday or Jennifer Hudson note just right. That Aretha note.…
When Yasmina Reza's Art kicked off its initial Broadway run in 1998, New York Times critic Ben Brantley gave it a genial pat on the head, calling it a "sleek, pleasant comedy of manners." No…
Floyd Collins and Elmer McCurdy were true-life figures (and, in the latter case, a true-death figure), born several years apart and both dying in their 30s. They captured public attention in…
Unbridled joy has returned to a special corner of Manhattan with the unveiling and reopening of the newly refurbished Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where the Public Theater is serving u…
"The Midwestern urge to keep a friendly conversation going by any means possible is a powerful motivator," explains Wisconsin-raised New York playwright Sophie McIntosh in the press script p…
Let's begin with a recording of a compelling concert presenting low profile/high quality songs of Peter Foley. Moving from Peter to Peterson, it was Jon J Peterson who portrayed a Broadway a…
How best to describe the comedic stylings of Jeff Ross, best known by the sobriquet of "Roastmaster General" for his celebrity roasts at the Friars Club or as captured in Comedy Central and …
The new musical Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo, which is having its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre Company, is a joyful and heartfelt tribute to the resilience and spiri…
"We're Back," reads the sign hanging from the marquee of the Winter Garden Theatre, a kind of "honey, I'm home" salute to the Broadway return of the musically infectious if skimpily plotted …
"I made my New York debut on this very stage, in a play where I portrayed a boy who wanted to become a woman," explains playwright/actor Darwin Del Fabro in the Author's Note included in the…
New cast recording reviews.
Irish Repertory Theatre really loves The Weir. They've done Conor McPherson's drama three times since 2013, most recently a digital staging during early pandemic days. Their affection for th…
Aficionados of musical theatre continue to revere composer/lyricist Cole Porter (1891-1964) as a force for wit and romantic passion in show songs. And rightly so. Porter wrote"in whole or in…
It's a raucous and thoroughly smashing homecoming for the old Westerberg High School gang as the nerds, jocks, clueless staff, and a trio of very mean girls gather for a top-notch revival of…
Following her sharp staging of Kimberly Bellflower's John Proctor Is the Villain, Tony-winning director Danya Taymor dives into the relentless crucible of elite prep-school culture with Emma…
Breaking, pioneered by African American and Puerto Rican youth, emerged in the Bronx in the early 1970s. Some fifty years later, the urban dance form is a worldwide phenomenon and was includ…
It hasn't even opened as I write this, but Prince F*ggot, a joint production of Soho Rep and Playwrights Horizons, has already generated plenty of social media vitriol, mostly of the "how da…
Call Me Izzy, opening tonight at Studio 54 as the first Broadway show of the 2025-26 theater season, is likely to divide its audience into two camps. For some, Jamie Wax's one-act play about…
Once Upon a Mattress, Dot and the Kangaroo cast recordings reviewed.
