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Off-Broadway Review: “Liberation” Misses the Mark at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Closed Sunday, March 30, 2025)

There is nothing about liberation, nor is there anything liberating in Bess Wohl’s “Liberation” currently running at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. There is gratuitous and unnecessary nudity on stage that requires patrons to relinquish their phones before entering the theater. That nudity is completely unnecessary: the questions raised about the characters’…

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Broadway Review: “Redwood” at the Nederlander Theatre (Closed Sunday, May 18, 2025)

February 22, 2025 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Queer > | "Redwood", BANDALOOP (Vertical Movement/Vertical Choreography), Bradley Dean, Daniel Brackett, De’Adre Aziza, Evan Zimmerman, Haley Bennett (Associate Music Supervision), Hana S. Kim (Video Design), Idena Menzel, Idina Menzel, Jason Ardizzone-West (Scenic Design), Jennifer Weber (Dream Choreography), Jessica Phillips, Jonathan Deans (Sound Design), Joseph Verlezza, Julie McBride, Kate Diaz, Kenneth Ferrone, Khaila Wilcoxon, Matthew Armentrout (Wig Design), Matthew Murphy, Melecio Estrella, Michael Park, New York Theatre Reviews, Patrick Goodman, Scott Zielinski (Lighting Design), Telsey + Company, The Nederlander Theatre, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tina Landau, Tom Kitt (Music Supervision), Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design), Veronica Otim, Zachary Noah Piser

The new musical “Redwood,” which recently opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, certainly lives up to the title, featuring the magnificent giant redwood tree that seamlessly moves on and off-stage as needed. In fact, it may be one of the best characters, given the name Stella, in this long, tedious and banal musical which was conceived by its star…

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Broadway Review: “Cult of Love” at the Helen Hayes (Closed Sunday, February 2, 2025)

The title of Leslye Headland’s “Cult of Love” at the Helen Hayes demands attention. The Dahl family cult began in childhood: Diana (Shailene Woodley), Evie (Rebecca Henderson), Johnny (Christopher Sears), and Mark (Zachary Quinto) attended church faithfully with conservative Christian parents Ginny (Mare Cunningham) and Bill (David Rasche), vacationed annually at Big Meadows Lodge in Shenandoah National Park, never slept…

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Broadway Review: “Eureka Day” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed Sunday, February 16, 2025)

What could go wrong at a private school whose five-member board of directors makes all decisions based on consensus and has what benefitted the community at heart as their guiding principle. A board so committed to inclusion that The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California’s cultural identity drop-down menu for prospective parents offers eleven choices. And if Eli (an oblivious…

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Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Babe” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater (Closed Sunday, December 22, 2024)

Abby (Marisa Tomei) has co-produced records with Gus (Arliss Howard) for thirty-two years. She had been his right hand, but her name never appears on the album as co-producer. She finds talent. Gus takes the credit. Recognition is not the only problem. Gus is a misogynist and a prime example of toxic masculinity in the workplace and elsewhere. Abby colludes…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Blood Quilt” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitze E. Newhouse Theater (Closed on Sunday, December 29, 2024)

Families of any number, age, or culture often meet for special occasions, some more special than others. Depending on the mix of those above descriptors, these get-togethers result in quite different outcomes ranging from collegial to catastrophic. These gatherings can be around any number of holidays or around some specific tradition. Those celebrating a specific tradition are often annual events….

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Off-Broadway Review: “Shit. Meet. Fan.” at MCC Theater’s New Mills Theater (Closed Sunday, December 15, 2024)

As the characters are pressured into having their dirty laundry aired in the new play “Shit. Meet. Fan.” which is now in an extended run at MCC Theater, the list of reasons why the show does not work becomes longer than the clothesline. The cast may be the one reason the show is worth seeing, but that is not enough…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Beacon” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 24, 2024)

In Nancy Harris’s “The Beacon,” currently on at the Irish Repertory Theatre, four characters navigate through life’s rough waters. Three make it. One is still lost at sea. The back wall of Beiv’s (Kate Mulgrew) cottage on an island off the coast of West Cork is made almost entirely of glass and looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean. Angst and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “DRAG: The Musical” at New World Stages (Closed Sunday April 27, 2025)

November 19, 2024 | big gay, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | "DRAG: The Musical", Aaron Rhyne (projection design), Adam Honoré (Lighting Design), Alaska Thunderf*ck as Kitty Galloway (through 1/11/25), Ashley Gordon, Aurora Sexton (makeup design), Cameron Mitchell Bell, Christine Shepard, Domino Couture (wig design), Drew Levy (sound design), Eddie Korbich as Drunk Jerry, J. Elaine Marcos as Gloria Schmidt/Rita LaRitz, Jan Sport as Savannah St. James, Jason Sherwood (scenic design), Joey McIntyre (through 11/24/24) plays the straight man Tom Hutchinson, Joseph Verlezza, Jujubee as The Tigress, Justin Andrew Honard, Kodiak Thompson, Lagoona Bloo as Tuna Turner, Luxx Noir London as Popcorn, Marco Marco (costume design), Matthew Murphy, New World Stages, New York Theatre Reviews, Nicholas Kraft, Nick Adams as Alexis Gillmore, Nick Laughlin as Puss Puss DuBois, Remi Tuckman and Yair Keydar alternate the role of ten-year-old Brendan Hutchinson, Teddy Wilson, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Thomas Constanza

“DRAG: the Musical” which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. The title lives up to its name, providing the audience with a glimpse into the multifaceted world of drag. The show is not a “drag” (excuse…

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Broadway Review: “Tammy Faye” at the Palace Theatre (Closed on Sunday, December 8, 2024)

November 19, 2024 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Music > | "Tammy Faye", Alana Pollard, Allison Guinn, Allysa Shorte, and Andy Taylor, as well as Amanda Clement, Autumn Hurlbert, Aveena Sawyer, Brittany Nicholas, Casting is by C12 Casting/Carrie Gardner and Jillian Cimini, Charl Brown, Christian Borle, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, Dana Wilton, Daniel Torres, David Roberts, Denis Lambert, Elliott Mattox, Elton John, Ian Lassiter, Jake Shears, James Graham, Jonathan Duvelson, Katie Brayben, Keven Quillon, LGBTQ, lighting design by Neil Austin, Lily Kaufmann, Mark Evans, Matthew Murphy, Max Gordon Moore, Michael Cerveris, Michael Di Liberto, New York Theatre Reviews, Nick Bailey, Palace Theatre, Raymond J. Lee, Rupert Goold, scenic design by Bunny Christie, sound design by Nick Lidster for Autograph, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, TJ Tapp, video design by Finn Ross

The main problem with “Tammy Faye,” currently on at the Palace Theatre is not the vapid lyrics by Jake Shears or the bland book by James Graham. Unfortunately, the “New Broadway Musical” has nothing to do with the iconic PTL Club televangelist Tammy Faye. Not even the two-time Laurence Olivier Award winning Katie Brayben’s performance as Tammy Faye, or the…

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