Saturday, November 28, 2015
RECOMMENDED If run-of-the-mill holiday fare has got you down, perhaps what you need is a bit of a pick-me-up courtesy of Dr. Seuss. If that’s the case, you’re in luck: Marriott …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMFriday, November 27, 2015
RECOMMENDED Once again, Larry Yando takes the stage as Scrooge in the Goodman Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol.” It is the eighth year in a row he’s played the part. It�…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMMonday, November 23, 2015
RECOMMENDED I can happily report that this play is nothing like what I expected. A one-man show about a member of the Nazi party who aspires to become the Third Reich’s Minister of the Oc…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:30PMSaturday, November 21, 2015
RECOMMENDED What’s not to like about a holiday show that ushers you to your seat with a freshly made cookie in hand? The spirit that whisks you through the door into the Box Theatre at Sta…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMRECOMMENDED There is something wonderful about watching a musical revue that doesn’t pretend to be more than it is. The folks over at Porchlight know when to let a good thing stand on its …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 13, 2015
The first show of American Theater Company’s thirty-first season is a rapid-fire tale of one man’s spiraling descent toward largely self-inflicted ruin. Thomas Bradshaw’s “Fulfillmen…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:30PMThursday, November 12, 2015
Inconsistency is an inherent part of historical analysis. Not only can the same event be interpreted differently by various parties but much of history goes unrecorded. It is left up to us t…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMThe strategy most theatres employ during this festive time of year usually follows one of two paths. Either they produce a sentimental, nostalgic, light piece of holiday fare that gets peopl…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AMMonday, November 9, 2015
RECOMMENDED Going into a show entitled “The Thanksgiving Circumcision” gives one a certain set of expectations. Most of those are that the show will be comprised primarily of cheap, one-…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:15PMTheatre Momentum has launched a troika of forty-five-minute productions which all stem from their goal of creating improvised theatrical events that are more like plays than games. While all…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMFriday, November 6, 2015
RECOMMENDED Alternative histories are a fun subset of speculative fiction made up of asking the question “What if…?” Bill Daniel’s play “Holmes vs. Holmes” is one of those litera…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:15PMMonday, November 2, 2015
Stuart Bousel’s vampire hunting opus “Gone Dark” is appropriate fare for staging within the walls of a gothic church. Director Tiffany Keane takes this play about an annual reunion of …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:36PMRECOMMENDED Neil Simon writes plays that are very thinly veiled retellings of the events of his own life. “Chapter Two” is his rendition of the events that led to his second marriage. …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMFriday, October 30, 2015
RECOMMENDED One of the best things about theater is that it can carry you away to an unusual or even bizarre world and immerse you within its wild environs. I am a big fan of shows that crea…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:45PMMonday, October 26, 2015
RECOMMENDED Clear vision and attention to detail can be seen throughout Pride Films & Plays’ newest production, “Design for Living” by Noël Coward. Once the biggest hit on Broadwa…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
RECOMMENDED If you take the events surrounding Virginia Woolf’s suicide, turn them into an art installation, and then plummet her updated self into a “No Exit”-like Hell, then you have…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:30PMSaturday, October 17, 2015
RECOMMENDED In a world where “Serial” became one of the most highly consumed pieces of media last year, a play that tackles investigative podcasting seems a natural target for a theater …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:16PMWednesday, October 14, 2015
“Unspeakable” by James Murray Jackson, Jr. can be summed up in one word: inexplicable. Sure, the play is loosely based on the life story of Richard Pryor. Sure, Jackson’s portrayal of …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:45PMMonday, October 12, 2015
Depression is a difficult thing to bring to the stage. Not only is it a topic that is wrapped in denial and stigma, it is also deeply internal, and therefore difficult to embody in an outwar…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:55PMSaturday, October 10, 2015
RECOMMENDED The Savoyaires celebrated their fiftieth anniversary last year. They’ve been doing Gilbert & Sullivan operettas for a long time, and that half century of practice has ensur…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:20PMWhen I attend a sketch comedy show, I want to walk away having enjoyed myself. I also want to be able to tell people about the sketches that I just saw. You know, in that same sort of way th…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:11PMMonday, October 5, 2015
With a title like “The Black White Love Play,” it’s not surprising that a song entitled “No Matter What Race” is featured, gets a reprise, and also gets sung during the bows. What …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:30PMHoneybees throughout the world are disappearing. Entire hives lose their populations almost instantly, and beekeepers’ careers, not to mention our food supply, are threatened. Seemingly, p…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:45AMFriday, October 2, 2015
RECOMMENDED Cantastoria is not a terribly familiar theatrical form, but it is a legitimate one, and one that is appropriately suited to bringing the poetry of Charles Baudelaire to those of …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:35PMTuesday, September 29, 2015
RECOMMENDED When you review a show, you have to take into account what the producing company is shooting for. “Scream, Queen, Scream!” – three vignettes by playwright David Cerda, …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:30PMMonday, September 28, 2015
RECOMMENDED There are a lot of things about “Direct from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys (An Evening of Vaudeville and Sorrow)” that are huge in scope, aside from its title. The play …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:45PMThursday, September 24, 2015
RECOMMENDED With only three months left in 2015, I am pretty sure that I can safely dub “Miss Buncle’s Book” at Lifeline Theatre one of my favorite plays of the year. I cannot be sure …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:15PMWednesday, September 23, 2015
RECOMMENDED There is something pleasing about attending a solid production of a modern warhorse of a musical. There is something comfortable and enjoyable about laughing along at jokes that …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:30PMThursday, September 17, 2015
RECOMMENDED Parenting is not an easy road to travel, generally. Throw into the mix a child who believes himself (or herself) to be of the sex that they weren’t born as, and the road is sud…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMWednesday, September 16, 2015
RECOMMENDED As a critic, I get to see a lot of good shows. I also get to see a lot of bad shows. It just about evens out in the end. Every once in a while I see a show that stands out above …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PMMonday, September 14, 2015
RECOMMENDED Exploring classic works by revisiting them in new forms can be exceptionally enlightening, and this is especially true with The House Theatre’s newest offering, “The Revel.�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:45PM 
