When “I’m Every Woman” rings out triumphantly over Marys Seacole, an astonishing, history-exploding new play by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Whitney Houston … [Read more...] about Inherited Histories Explode in Dynamite ‘Marys Seacole’ Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Why ‘RENT: Live’ Should Have Aired The Actual Live Broadcast
Rent: Live didn’t just throw viewers back to the ‘90s. It took us all the way back to the previous night’s dress rehearsal, most of which aired on Fox … [Read more...] about Why ‘RENT: Live’ Should Have Aired The Actual Live Broadcast
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Play Men Behaving Badly in ‘True West’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Ethan Hawke is bashing a typewriter with a golf club. Paul Dano is maniacally slotting bread into nearly a dozen pop-up toasters littered across every … [Read more...] about Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Play Men Behaving Badly in ‘True West’ on Broadway: REVIEW
In ‘Bleach,’ Confessions of a Rent Boy in a Brooklyn Basement: REVIEW
A hustler is filling his childhood backpack for a night on the job — Viagra, lube, and a pencil case to keep his money dry, among other essentials. … [Read more...] about In ‘Bleach,’ Confessions of a Rent Boy in a Brooklyn Basement: REVIEW
Black, Gay, and Striving to be Heard in ‘Choir Boy’ on Broadway: REVIEW
A new play above 42nd Street that allows young Black men the rich, messy humanity of any other character, rather casting them as unseen statistics or … [Read more...] about Black, Gay, and Striving to be Heard in ‘Choir Boy’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Towleroad’s Top 10 Plays and Musicals of 2018
The best plays on New York stages this year took full advantage of sharing the air with audiences at their wits’ end. Whether we went to the theatre … [Read more...] about Towleroad’s Top 10 Plays and Musicals of 2018
The Most Interesting Part of Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Already Happened Off Stage: REVIEW
The real-life courtroom drama that marked To Kill a Mockingbird’s hotly contested journey to the stage was always in danger of out-performing the play … [Read more...] about The Most Interesting Part of Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Already Happened Off Stage: REVIEW
‘Clueless, the Musical’ Can’t Capture the Movie’s Bite Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Amy Heckerling balanced satire on a razor-sharp edge in her 1995 film Clueless. The absurdity of its Beverly Hills excess is signaled from the very … [Read more...] about ‘Clueless, the Musical’ Can’t Capture the Movie’s Bite Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Bryan Cranston Headlines a Bold but Bloodless ‘Network’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Proselytizing on the evening news has come a long way since anchorman Howard Beale went raving mad in Network. Over the near half century since the … [Read more...] about Bryan Cranston Headlines a Bold but Bloodless ‘Network’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Broadway’s ‘The Cher Show’ Is a Feast for Fans and an Assertion of Legacy: REVIEW
It’s a paradox of the biomusical that reducing an iconic life story into a tidy two acts necessarily flattens its subject. When that subject is a … [Read more...] about Broadway’s ‘The Cher Show’ Is a Feast for Fans and an Assertion of Legacy: REVIEW