Sunday, April 27, 2025

Real Women Have Verve by Mason Pilevsky

Real Women Have Curves – 25 April 2025 Real Women Have Curves was speaking my language from the moment I entered the theatre and saw the gorgeous mural that set the tone for story that, l…

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Friday, April 25, 2025

The Very Model of a Modern Major Musical by Mason Pilevsky

Pirates! The Penzance Musical – 09 April 2025 Roundabout Theater Company’s swashbuckling re-setting of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance in New Orleans, Louisiana is the…

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

BOOK REVIEW: Manhattan Mayhem by Mason Pilevsky

Manhatten Mayhem by David Rothenberg, review written 25 April 2025 David Rothenberg’s new memoir, Manhattan Mayhem, is an intelligent, beautiful look at a lifetime of memories (and fictio…

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Person Centered Heartbreak Still Hurts by Mason Pilevsky

Hold Me in the Water – 17 April 2025 Since I first saw Ryan J. Haddad present a preliminary reading of Dark Disabled Stories in Damrosch Park (and waited around afterwards to shake his h…

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Who Tells Your Story? by Mason Pilevsky

minor.ity – 19 April 2025 minor.ity begins with a Senegalese storyteller (Ato Essanndoh) inviting the audience into a tale he’s going to tell. He pulls back the curtain to a modern-day s…

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Breaking Down Breaking Down by Mason Pilevsky

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. – 12 April 2025 The Public Theater’s presentation of four of Caryl Churchill’s short works carefully curated into one production baring all of their …

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Op-Ed: Do Movie Stars Belong on Broadway? by Mason Pilevsky

Featured Production: Othello – 6 April 2025 Stunt casting has been a part of Broadway for generations, and this 2024-2025 season is no exception. On the surface, it seems like a good idea.…

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The Sondheim Review by Mason Pilevsky

Old Friends – 10 April 2025 As theatre revues go, Old Friends is absolutely unique in a number of ways. The most distinct (and most amazing) is that it’s not just a couple of talented …

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

A (Trans) Critic Says by Mason Pilevsky

He Said, She Says – 07 April 2025 Many transgender people, especially those who transition later in life, like to glamorize their medical transitions as a way of finding peace and comfort …

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Monday, April 7, 2025

Transforming Traditions by Mason Pilevsky

Becoming Eve – 05 April 2025 The degree to which I saw myself in Becoming Eve was overwhelming. The powerful weight of Jewish tradition that seemingly hindered Chava (Tommy Dorfman)’s ab…

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Sunday, April 6, 2025

It’s Where it Needs to Be by Mason Pilevsky

Boop! The Musical – 29 March 2025 The most interesting and exciting thing about Boop! The Musical is the devotion and commitment to creating a black-and-white cartoon world that is just as…

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Saturday, April 5, 2025

We Live Only a Short Time by Mason Pilevsky

The Threepenny Opera – 03 April 2025 Twenty-first century theatre, especially of late, primarily comes in two forms: safe and edgy. But it’s a very specific definition of “edgy”, whi…

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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Unprecedented Creative Commitment by Mason Pilevsky

The Picture of Dorian Gray – 28 March 2025 The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook as all 26 roles appearing in this production makes brilliant use of a combination of live and pre…

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

All American’t by Mason Pilevsky

Amerikin – 27 March 2025 There’s a strong push from civil rights advocates to acknowledge that everyone is human and therefore equal. Right from the get-go, Amerikin challenges this noti…

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Hocus POTUS by Mason Pilevsky

POTUS – 22 March 2025 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive at City Gate Productions utilized a talented cast of diverse women to shatter the glas…

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For Leegrid! For Leegrid! For Leegrid! by Mason Pilevsky

The Trojans – 20 March 2025 The Trojan horse of The Trojans by Leegrid Stevens as produced by Loading Dock Theatre was hiding a very dark and depressing reality inside a fun, enjoyable exp…

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

BASHEVIS'S DEMONS – 21 December 2024 by Mason Pilevsky

I have a deep admiration and respect for BASHEVIS'S DEMONS for not only bridging gaps between spoken Yiddish and the modern world, but also for reaching back into the theatre canon to bridge…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre