Off-Broadway Preview: Classic Stage Company and Transport Group Present Tennessee Williams’ “Summer and Smoke”

March 6, 2018 | days of rage broadway, Off-Broadway | Tags: , , ,

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Doyle and Executive Producer Jeff Griffin, and Transport Group, under the leadership of Jack Cummings III (Artistic Director) and Lori Fineman (Executive Director), present a new production of Tennessee Williams’ SUMMER AND SMOKE, directed by Jack Cummings III, Artistic Director of The Transport Group, beginning performances Friday, April 13 at…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Amateurs” at Vineyard Theatre

March 4, 2018 | Off-Broadway, tim j ryan off broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Whether medieval or modern, no plague is comfortable. The first part of “The Amateurs,” currently playing at Vineyard Theatre, is uncomfortable in a different way and the audience wonders, “Can this play be as amateurish as it appears. What is the Vineyard thinking?” As it turns out, the iconic Off-Broadway theatre is thinking outside-the-box and out with the fourth wall,…

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Off-Broadway Review: “An Ordinary Muslim” at New York Theatre Workshop

March 2, 2018 | Off-Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“It won’t stay this – go back to Richard, make amends, sort your life out – but things will get better, easier, with time, people such as yourself ‘n your family start integrating more.” – David to Azeem What does it mean to be an ordinary Muslim? What does it mean to be an ordinary Christian? What does it mean…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Disco Pigs” at Irish Repertory Theatre

February 26, 2018 | evan ross broadway, evan ross off-broadway, girlfriend, irish repertory, Off-Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“It will take a Captain Hook like my very own bes pal ta sniff it out, hey! What a treasure you bot are. Dis is really it, Pig!” – Runt The 20th Anniversary Production of “Disco Pigs,” currently running at Irish Repertory Theatre, is a soul-ripping exploration of the psychological process of separation and individuation and the sometimes-painful experience of…

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Off-Broadway Review: “A Walk with Mr. Heifetz” at Primary Stages at Cherry Lane Theatre

February 21, 2018 | harmony, Off-Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In two thirty-five-minute acts, playwright James Inverne attempts to convince the audience that “music helped Israel find its cultural identity during its formative years.” In the first short act that takes place in 1926, Yehuda Sharett (Yuval Boim), a “kibbutznik from the Ukraine” and advocate for a Jewish homeland, takes a walk with Jascha Heifetz (Adam Green) and engages the…

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Broadway Review: “John Lithgow: Stories by Heart” at Roundabout Theatre Company at American Airlines Theatre

February 19, 2018 | Broadway, mother night | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Currently in its Broadway debut, John Lithgow’s “Stories By Heart” first took shape in 2008 at Lincoln Center Theater in a special repertory presentation directed by Jack O’Brien. Then, Mr. Lithgow told one story on each of two nights. Since then he has evolved the play in theaters around the country, produced by Staci Levine, on evenings away from his…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Party Face” at New York City Center Stage II

February 17, 2018 | asi wind, Off-Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There is yet another theatrical party occurring on stage at City Center developed by Isobel Mahon and billed as the new comedy entitled “Party Face.” This soiree is celebrating the newly designed kitchen by the absentee husband of Mollie Mae (played with distinct dismal despair by Gina Costigan), who has just been released from the psychiatric ward after having a…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Until the Flood” at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

February 15, 2018 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, trapped | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” – Matthew 34:28-29 “Soon and very soon,/We are going to see…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” at SoHo Playhouse

February 8, 2018 | house that will, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, the house | Tags: , , , , , , ,

The production currently playing at SoHo Playhouse entitled “Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” is a self- absorbed, ostentatious, and highly opinionated rant penned by Drew Droege who also holds court on stage for the eighty-minute overwrought outburst. The premise for the tirade is receiving an invitation to his friend’s gay wedding that states guests should eschew from wearing bright colors…

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Broadway Review: “The Children” at Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

January 26, 2018 | back the future, Broadway | Tags: , , , , , , ,

“Yes exactly. I would’ve felt like a traitor. Besides, retired people are like nuclear power stations. We like to live by the sea.” – Hazel to Rose The success of “The Children,” currently playing at Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, is primarily the result of playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s effective and judicious use of tropes, particularly the…

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