Saturday, November 9, 2019
There has always been a curiosity and appreciation for bold attempts at new interpretations or the reimagining of the classics and it seems there have been endless attempts on putting a new …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:31AMThursday, November 7, 2019
There are two major elements that undeniably contribute to the success of the entrancing new Broadway Show “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” now playing at the Lunt- Fontanne Theatre. T…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00PMWednesday, October 30, 2019
Following in the footsteps of Maureen Stapleton in the original and first revival and Mercedes Ruehl featured in the second revival on Broadway comes Marisa Tomei as Serafina Delle Rose in t…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:38PMSince its premiere at The Public in 1976 and its subsequent transfer to Broadway later that year, much has happened to continue to impact the lives of the women of color celebrated by Ntozak…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:16PMTuesday, October 29, 2019
“Soft Power” – the culture-bending, plot-twisting musical within a play currently running at The Public’s Newman Theater – challenges the notion that the only effective parameters …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:37AMMonday, October 28, 2019
Over the past several weeks, The Circle Series has brought the theatre community together on Monday evenings to explore developing works and celebrate the classics in a new way. Concluding t…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:00AMSunday, October 27, 2019
“The Great Society,” the second installment of playwright Robert Schenkkan’s biographical account of the years Lyndon B. Johnson spent as president in the White House, is less a drama …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:35PMFriday, October 25, 2019
This is a frightening group of devotees hell bent on prying open the gates of hell to usher in all who would disagree with their conservative polemic. In “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:27PMThursday, October 24, 2019
Bloody, gory, horror films certainly have been around for quite a while and have been successful in creating a cult audience that supports the genre. Transforming one of these for the stage …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:46AMWednesday, October 23, 2019
The sharp and witty dialogue of the latest dramedy penned by playwright Tracy Letts is foreshadowed by the title “Linda Vista” which means “pretty view” in Spanish. The midlife crisi…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:45PMThursday, October 17, 2019
The most recent revival of “Little Shop of Horrors” by the musical theatre team Howard Ashman and Alan Menken surely proves to be timeless and timely. The musical numbers still seem to l…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:00PMTuesday, October 8, 2019
That said, under Kent Paul’s judicious direction, Haskell King and Sean Gormley faithfully explore the underbelly of moral absolutes and moral ambiguity with consummate performances. Mr. K…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:47PMSunday, October 6, 2019
“Slave Play,” currently running on Broadway at the Golden Theatre, reiterates the events on the fourth day of the Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy being held at MacGregor Plantation…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 08:30PMFriday, October 4, 2019
Jack Thorne’s “Sunday,” currently running at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, seems to elicit one of two responses: disappointment or robust enthusiasm. A group of Gen…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:03PMThursday, October 3, 2019
David Staller’s direction is both evenhanded and refreshing, successfully bring this adaptation to an authentic and innovative staging of this Shaw classic that has not been produced in Ne…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:20AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Undertaker John Plunkett (Jeffrey Bean) and his intern Mark (Cillian Hegarty) enter the office of a funeral home on the Northside of Dublin where John works. They have just finished a servic…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PMSunday, September 29, 2019
Florian Zeller’s complex “The Height of the Storm” is a must see this Broadway season. Enjoy the opportunity to witness Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins – two of the greatest actors …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:55PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
As a result of playwright Mfoniso Udofia’s profound interest in the African Diaspora, perhaps no fictional couple in the recent history of Off-Broadway theatre have had their histories mor…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PMThursday, September 19, 2019
Part group therapy, part intervention, part Doctors Phil and Ruth, “Fern Hill,” currently running at 59E59 Theaters through Sunday October 20, 2019, rehearses the events at Sunny’s (Ji…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PMMonday, September 16, 2019
Playwrights Roy and Webb never lose site of the significance of the young Richard’s crime. The “Guide” is not about claiming innocence. It is about Richard’s sense of entitlement. Hi…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:26PMThursday, September 12, 2019
Writing a play about two iconic figures like Paul McCartney and John Lennon is risky business. Detailed information about their lives, their work, and their relationships is abundant and rea…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:15PMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day,” currently running at Walkerspace through Saturday September 21, is a complex and thoughtful trope for the upside and downside of such moral ambiguity a…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:36PMSunday, September 8, 2019
Keith Hamilton Cobb has been on an urgent mission, crisscrossing the United States since 2013 performing his “American Moor.” Mr. Cobb’s almost-one-man-show is a trope, here an extende…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:00PMThursday, September 5, 2019
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s groundbreaking “On Death and Dying” was first published in 1969. The Grief Cycle outlined in this book remains the standard for understanding the “stages” …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:30PMWednesday, September 4, 2019
Chatillion Stage Company’s “Tech Support,” currently running at 59E59 Theaters, begins with the play’s protagonist Pamela Stark (Margot White) frantically pacing around in her West V…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:30PMAfter a successful run at the Public’s Newman Theater earlier this year, “Sea Wall / A Life” by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne opened at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre on August 8th, 2019.…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:20PMTuesday, September 3, 2019
Currently running at Theatre Row, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s “Felix Starro” launches the Company’s 30th Anniversary Season. The musical is based on Filipino-American writer Lysley Tenor…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PMFriday, August 30, 2019
In the first forty minutes of “Make Believe,” under Michael Greif’s careful direction, the young cast of four successfully provides the needed exposition for the success of the final 4…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:18PMWednesday, August 21, 2019
In her somewhat autobiographical play “Rinse, Repeat” which will end its extended successful run at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center on Saturd…
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:51PMThe producers of the Off-Broadway return of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s landmark musical “Little Shop of Horrors” have announced that Tony Award nominee Gideon Glick (“To Kill A …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:19PMMonday, August 12, 2019
David: Lenore, your new off-Broadway show “The Exes” officially opens on Thursday August 15th at Theatre Row. That’s getting close! What are your thoughts and feelings as the opening a…
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