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By David Sheward
November 9, 2025: I was looking forward to Anne Washburn's The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire, a co-production of The Vineyard Theatre and the Civilians playing at the form…
By David Sheward
November 5, 2025: "I did the best I could," cries the intense Marin Ireland as Renia, a Polish immigrant struggling to justify her questionable actions in abandoning her …
By David Sheward
November 5, 2025: Two fantasy-based productions are currently running Off-Broadway, one darkly satirical, the other raucous yet reverential. The campy comedy is Bat Boy, N…
"TIRED, POOR, AND HUDDLED IN A QUEENS BASEMENT"
By Samuel L. Leiter
November 5, 2025: The topically seasoned plays of Martyna Majok reveal a deep connection to people struggling under tryi…
A TOUR DE FORCE!
By Alix Cohen
A Woman Silenced and Maddened
November 5, 2025: Written in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper was published as a series of diary entries by an unnamed woman suffer…
Master of Illusions Rob Lake on Broadway with Guests the Muppets to Ring in the Holidays
By Ellis Nassour
November 4. 2025: Named "The World's Greatest Illusionist" by NBC, magician…
By Paulanne Simmons
November 4, 2025: Once again, A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland is paving the way for the holiday season with a production featuring an all-Star Lineup of dancers…
Meet the Queen as Ruler and Woman
By Alix Cohen
November 3, 2025: Elizabeth, "by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" never expected to assume the…
By Paulanne Simmons
November 2, 2025: Ann Kittredge's newest show is called When in Love, and with such a title, most people might think the Bistro Award-winning singer would have chosen a …
By David Sheward
October 31, 2025: You would think Samuel D. Hunter would run out of ideas. Every one of his plays takes place in his native Idaho and usually features a gay man struggling…
By Paulanne Simmons
October 31, 2025: Ethan Coen, most famous for the films he has made with brother Joel (Fargo, O, Brother Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski), …
"I come but stand as 10,000" - Maya Angelou
By Alix Cohen
October 31, 2025: Hannah Senesh " an anglicized Hannah Szenes, (1921-1944) is revered by Jewish people as a symbol of courage, res…
By David Sheward
October 30, 2025: Quirky, silly fun can be had at Romy & Michele: The Musical, based on the 1997 cult film comedy Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Yes, this is y…
By David Sheward
October 27, 2025: Love is a battlefield in Let's Love!, Ethan Coen's trio of darkly funny one-acts at Atlantic Theater Company. Sex can be a weapon, a bargaining chip or a …
By Isa Goldberg
October 24, 2025: On the "language of love," Zoe Kim's Did You Eat? at The Public Theater is a poetic solo piece about growing up as a woman, and while Kim's Korean upbringi…
By David Sheward
October 24, 2025: John Leguizamo has carved out a unique position for himself in the American theater with a series of riotously funny solo plays, including Freak, Spic-O-…
By Paulanne Simmons
October 24, 2025: When Vayle stepped onto the stage of Don't Tell Mama on October 15, the room was filled. It seemed many people in the audience had already heard the ca…
Unstoppable Cabaret Queen Marilyn Maye Returns to 54 Below Sunday Through November 6 " Then, Again, To Launch the Holiday Season
By Ellis Nassour
October 24 2025: Marilyn Maye is an artis…
Gingold Theatrical Group Continues Its Shaw Repertory With A Star-Studded Pygmalion on Theatre Row
By Ellis Nassour
October 22, 2025: Saluting its 20th Anniversary, Gingold Theatrical Gro…
By Paulanne Simmons
October 22, 2025: In Deborah Stone's cabaret show, String Theory, she tells the audience her interest in music began when she was 13, and her mother, who was a classical…
By Ellis Nassour
October 22, 2025: John Lloyd Young, the multi-award winning Frankie Valli from Broadway's Jersey Boys, the star of Clint Eastwood's movie adaptation, and, the only A…
UNIQUELY CAPTIVATING
By Alix Cohen
October 20, 2025: If work by Talking Band has escaped your radar, Triplicity is an opportunity to rectify its notable absence. The genre-defying collabo…
By David Sheward
October 19, 2025: For an intimate and raucous evening with a slightly modern twist, you can't do much better than the current revival of Tartuffe, Moliere's classic comedy …
The Emperor's New Clothes?
By Alix Cohen
October 19, 2025: "We're not selling objects"we're selling ideas, emotions, and the aura of cultural relevance." Larry Gagosian (Gagosian Gallery)
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By Isa Goldberg
October 16, 2025: The greatest romance in history, as told in this revival of Ragtime at Lincoln Center, is based on the records of the immigrants who helped build our natio…
