James Fenton

Off-Broadway Review: “Small World” at 59E59 Theaters

September 25, 2017 | harmony, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, the nap > | "Fantasia", "The Rite of Spring", “Small World”, 59E59, 59E59 Theaters, Carol Rosegg, Christine Watanabe, Frederick Stroppel, Igor Stravinsky, James Fenton, Joe Brancato, Mark Shanahan, Michael Palmer, Patricia Doherty, Penguin Rep, Stephen D'Ambrose, Walt Disney, William Neal

“See, this is the crux of the matter. We have different aesthetic touchstones. I am drawn to characters like Apollo, Persephone, Oedipus Rex. You prefer Jiminy Cricket – Bambi – Goofy. My Pluto lives in Hades, yours lives in a doghouse. You are living in some silly parallel universe, of which I want no part.” – Igor If the theme…

Off-Broadway Review: “Matthew McConaughey Vs. The Devil” at the New York Musical Festival at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row

“Matthew McConaughey vs The Devil: An American Myth” is yet another version of the story based on the fictional character “Faust” here set in Hollywood and dealing with an unsuccessful actor who makes a deal with Satan’s agent to sell his soul in return for winning an Oscar. It is assumed that this musical was created as a parody, lampooning…