Chelsea Churchgoing and Theater-hopping by Phyllis Workman

Atlantic Theater Company's season of newness  Greek theater grew out of a religious festival so it's fitting that the Atlantic Theater Company's home in Chelsea uses that former neighborh…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 10:11pm on January 28, 2014[SHARE]

Pop Origami on Broadway by Armond White

Doug McGrath reimagines Broadway's Jukebox Musical  One of the best aspects of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (at the Stephen Sondheim Theater) is seeing book writer Doug McGrath's or…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 12:36am on January 22, 2014[SHARE]

Back to the Basics of the Bard by Armond White

Rylance re-invents Shakespeare at the Belasco  It is fitting that the Globe Shakespeare company's new repertory event appear at New York City's most dramatically beautiful venue, The Bela…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 1:53am on December 30, 2013[SHARE]

Two by Four on the Boards by Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Film stars take on two stage modern classics on Broadway   Why another Waiting for Godot, just four years after the Roundabout's seemingly definitive 2009 pairing of Bill Irwin and Nath…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 11:12pm on December 17, 2013[SHARE]

Mac and Mandy Get Apocalyptic by Valerie Gladstone

Star power comes to Henry Street Settlement   A Biblical-size flood has swept away almost everything on earth, leaving two lone survivors who have lost the ability to speak an…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 6:54am on December 11, 2013[SHARE]

Why The Glass Menagerie Persists  by Armond White

New Tennessee Williams production misunderstands a classic Zachary Quinto wants to be the Tom Wingfield for his era. In the new Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' 1945 play The Glass…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 8:51pm on November 5, 2013[SHARE]

Dee Dee Sharp by Armond White

Bridgewater returns to Broadway in Billie Holiday triumph  At first Dee Dee Bridgewater's impersonation of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at the Little Shubert Theater seems an odd misuse of …

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 12:37pm on October 16, 2013[SHARE]

Armory's Forces by Valerie Gladstone

Season's greetings at the Park Avenue Armory No more thrilling space has opened up for unconventional performances and installations in recent years than the Park Avenue Armory in 2007. Buil…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 10:11am on October 9, 2013[SHARE]

Out of the Past, Out of the Vestpocket by Joel Lobenthal

Revivals of Crothers and Kelly in two local theaters Rachel Crothers and George Kelly were two of the 20th century's most important American playwrights; today, however, their work exi…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 8:02pm on October 1, 2013[SHARE]

Uptown, Downtown Stages by Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Summer theater remains in the city  Can't get away to the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor or the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Berkshires this Summer? Well sweat not (or as little…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 5:44pm on August 20, 2013[SHARE]

Shakespeare Comes to Harlem by Valerie Gladstone

Classic Theater of Harlem's new season When Puck casts his magic spell over love besotted royalty and fairies in Shakespeare's joyful A Midsummer Night's Dream in the splendid new Richard Ro…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 6:39pm on July 9, 2013[SHARE]

A Comedy with NO Errors! by Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Shakespeare shines in the Park  Shakespeare presented outdoors–whether on a lawn, in a parking lot or at Central Park's Delacorte Theater–is a sure sign that Summer has truly …

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 1:04am on July 3, 2013[SHARE]