Actor and comedian John Leguizamo makes his playwrighting debut at The Public Theater with “The Other Americans”, which may certainly be billed as a new American Tragedy. Although it may draw some similarities to “Death of a Salesman”, featuring a dominant patriarch and the disintegration of the American Dream, the comparison ends there. The head of the Latino family that…
“You could be dead tomorrow,” young Dave (Daniel Marconi) tells his army buddy Bobby (Harrison Tipping) during a night out in 1979 Belfast, justifying their reckless behavior. “Live in the moment.” Thirty-five years later, after Bobby’s murder, that moment has become the only moment that matters—an endless present tense of guilt, rage, and impossible choices. Leo McGann’s “The Honey Trap,”…
The new musical “Saturday Church” which is now playing at NYTW, is based on the 2017 film written and directed by Damon Cardasis, who also co-wrote the book for this production alongside James Ijames. This quasi-jukebox musical attempts to weave the music of Sia into the storyline, but it is also only quasi-successful in this endeavor. Too often the music…
They are just three men in modern-day Louisiana – Ogun Size (André Holland), a mechanic; his ex-con brother Oshoosi Size (Alani iLongwe); and a charismatic drifter, Elegba (Malcolm Mays). But in playwright Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s hands, they are also gods wrestling with eternal questions about duty versus freedom, protection versus possession, and the price of keeping those we love safely…
Loving Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner is easy. Making an audience care about them theatrically? That is the challenge “Gene & Gilda” never manages to meet. Any play about such strong and well-known characters must earn that emotional investment through good writing, strong performances, and compelling staging, regardless of how much audiences might adore Gene and Gilda in real life….
Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox musical “Rolling Thunder” which is currently playing at New World Stages – Stage 3. With book by Bruce Hallett and directed by Kenneth Ferrone, “Rolling Thunder” describes itself as “raw…
“Exorcistic: The Rock Musical” is set to make its triumphant return Off Broadway at The Asylum NYC for a limited engagement beginning August 25th, 2025. This bold, high-octane horror-comedy has already garnered accolades, including the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Music and Lyrics in 2023 and the Broadway World NYC Award for Best New Musical Off-Off Broadway in…
The producers of “Duke & Roya” have announced the unexpected closure of Charles Randolph-Wright’s engaging dramatic examination of how the ravages of war affect the lives of two disparate characters caught in making choices that profoundly affect their futures and the futures of those close to them. Sandwiched between thirty-something hip hop star Duke’s 2025 interview “on an unplugged type of…
The inaugural production of Seaview Studio, the newly renovated Off-Broadway theater (formerly known as the Tony Kiser), is titled “Angry Alan,” penned by playwright Penelope Skinner and starring John Krasinski. Mr. Krasinski is not Alan, he is Roger, an insecure, confused, gullible “everyman” who quickly falls down a rabbit hole on the internet, where he learns how to place blame…
Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play “Sulfur Bottom,” set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center located at 210 West 50th Street. The play will have previews on Wednesday, August 13th and Sunday, August 16th with an opening date of August 20th, The schedule will play Wednesdays at 7:30 PM…