Theatre
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Yet Another Guys and Dolls
ACT-CT in Ridgefield
By: - Nov 07th, 2022Within three months Connecticut theatergoers have seen two excellent productions. In the summer it was produced at Sharon Playhouse. Now ACT-CT in Ridgefield has opened its season with another fine production which runs through Sunday, Nov. 20. Each is well cast, well sung and well directed.
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Chekhov's First Play at the Irish Arts Center
Chehkov's Methods Revealed in a Romp
By: - Nov 06th, 2022Dead Center: Chekhov’s First Play has had a jam-packed audience in its run at the Irish Arts Center in New York. To be sure the city is crammed with actors who play Chekov roles. This play is a tip to fathoming their secrets. It is also pure fun for any theater goer.
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Mousetrap at Hartford Stage
Where's the Beef
By: - Nov 06th, 2022When the murderer reveals himself and points the gun at his next victim, I expect to feel some fear. Unfortunately, in the stylish but misguided Hartford Stage production of The Mousetrap (running through Sunday, Nov. 6), not only didn’t I feel fear, I had no sense that the intended victim felt fear.
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Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Schedule of School Performances
By: - Nov 06th, 2022Now in its 34th year, the Fall Festival of Shakespeare leads students at 11 high schools in Massachusetts and New York through a language-based exploration of Shakespeare's plays. This work culminates in full-scale productions at their own schools as well as the Main Stage at the Tina Packer Playhouse during a raucous, four-day celebration.
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We, the Innumerable at National Sawdust
Niloufar Nourbakhsh Captures Iranian Protests
By: - Nov 03rd, 2022We The Innumerable is an opera created by the Iranian/American composer Niloufar Nourbakhash with libretto by Lisa Flanagan. Sara Jobin, who is committed to works which bring about peace and global understanding, conducted. National Sawdust staged. The opera tells the story of a woman who protects the truth at all costs It is set during protests in Iran after a contested election in 2009. It echoes today’s protests.
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Tony Winner Fun Home
At TheatreWorks Hartford
By: - Nov 03rd, 2022This is a big show for TheaterWorks Hartford with a cast of nine and a band of seven. Under Rob Ruggiero’s sure hand, it comes together to create a thought-provoking and moving play.
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Clue
The Theatrical Version of the Board Game and Movie
By: - Nov 03rd, 2022Murder! Mystery! Mayhem! are the order of the day (er – night) as Center Rep takes on the classic trapped-in-a-scary-mansion who-dunnit? Did the butler do it? In a play that relies on style rather than gravitas, Director Nancy Carlin pulls all the right strings to make for a fluffy and entertaining ninety minutes.
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'62 Center at Williams College
Theatre and Dance
By: - Nov 02nd, 2022Upcoming at the Williams College '62 Center are theater and dance performances. THEATRE: A LOVE STORY By Caridad Svichm directed by Emmanuelle Delpech and Pachedu (F)ALL Ensembles.
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Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Shakespeare & Company
By: - Nov 01st, 2022Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is presented in honor of Shakespeare & Company Costume Director Govane Lohbauer, and in memory of actor, teacher, and weapons master Bob Lohbauer,who passed away in September 2022.
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Hamlet at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
A Romp Directed by Thomas Ostenmeier
By: - Oct 29th, 2022If you think spending an evening with Hamlet at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is not your best choice for a fun experience, think again. This production is a hoot. Pure pleasure.
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James Carson at The Crypt
What to Expect from the Unexpected
By: - Oct 28th, 2022The impresario Andrew Ousley is deeply in touch with audience needs in the 21st century. In selecting dramatic and unusual settings for concerts which range from the most formal performances of classical music’s iconic and ineffably beautiful Goldberg Variations to a completely improvised concert, he helps a new audience open their ears and hearts, and more traditional concert goers to hear works anew.
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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
West Bay Opera
By: - Oct 26th, 2022As usual, General Director and Conductor José-Luis Moskovich marshals a fine orchestra and production. Of course, the party scenes in particular require special attention, and director Igor Vieira ensures their grandeur.
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
At Yale Rep
By: - Oct 26th, 2022Director Bundy and René Augesen and Dan Donohue as Martha and George, manage to convey that these two people – as dysfunctional as their relationship may be – truly and deeply love each other. In other productions this often gets lost in the fighting, obscenities, insults and lies that they hurl at each other. Because of this, the play in this production ends on a more optimistic note.
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Milk and Honey
The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, Florida
By: - Oct 25th, 2022The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton has mounted an impressive production of the rarely-produced musical, "Milk and Honey." The production runs through Nov. 6. "Milk and Honey" takes place in early 1960's Israel. The plot focuses on a lover affair, set against the backdrop of Israel trying to gain recognition as an independent nation.
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We, the Innumerable at National Sawdust
Nilofar Nourbakash Captures Iranian Protests
By: - Oct 25th, 2022We The Innumerable is an opera created by the Iranian/American composer Niloufar Nourbakash with libretto by Australian aborigine Lisa Flanigan. Sara Jobin, who is committed to works which bring about peace and global understanding, conducted. National Sawdust staged. The opera tells the story of a woman who protects the truth at all costs It is set during protests in Iran after a contested election in 2009. It echoes in today’s protests.
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Anthony Davis X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Record Released
By: - Oct 25th, 2022Known as the nation’s foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music, Grammy Award-winning BMOP/sound announced the world premiere recording of the revised version of Anthony Davis’s seminal opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
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A Nice Family Gathering by Phil Olson
Produced by Altarena Playhouse
By: - Oct 23rd, 2022We can often overlook any deeper meaning when seeing a comedic play, but this one actually has a lot to say. It honors selfless mothers; urges the courage to say and do the right things before it is too late; advocates following our dreams; pillories slavish devotion to status symbols; and asks us to better understand those who are near to us.
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42nd Street at Goodspeed
A Timeless Musical
By: - Oct 22nd, 2022The projections and the equipment used – which I’m told were very expensive – by Shawn Duan really helped to create the setting and the locations without taking up room on the stage. I wanted to “ooh” and “aah” at them
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4000 Miles
Palm Beach Dramaworks in Southeast Florida
By: - Oct 21st, 20224000 Miles is a comedy-drama that nourishes the soul and makes you think. Palm Beach Dramaworks in Southeast Florida is presenting Amy Herzog's dramedy through Oct. 30.
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Critic Jack Lyons at 91
Covered California Theatre and Film
By: - Oct 19th, 2022We met in Chicago in 2012 as new members of American Theatre Critics Association. Since then critic Jack Lyons and I have shared a decade of theatre. He generously reposted to this site reviews first appearing in Desert Weekly News in Palm Springs, California. At the ripe age of 91 he passed recently. With credits in writing, producing and directing, he was a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild.
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Sex With Strangers by Laura Eason
Produced by San Jose Stage
By: - Oct 18th, 2022Laura Eason’s “Sex With Strangers” explores the concept of public versus private behavior and much more. At first, it seems that this may simply be an amusing story, but the longer it plays, the deeper it gets, exposing many provocative layers, peppered with humor and conflict. San Jose Stage presents a sensationally acted and directed production of this powerhouse two hander.
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6th Berkshire Theatre Awards
Nominees Announced
By: - Oct 17th, 2022The purpose of the BTCA and the Berkshire Theatre Awards is to promote and celebrate the quality and diversity of theatre in the region. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the evening of November 14 at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield.
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Death of Classical Presents Nico Muhly's The Street
Live Artists Parker Ramsey, Monica Wyche and Hannah Spierman
By: - Oct 16th, 2022The Street is a triptych of tones and textures created by composer Nico Muhly and writer Alice Goodman. Goodman points out that this is not a libretto. It is a meditation on Christ’s walk up the stations of the cross in Jerusalem on the day he would be crucified by his fellow Jews. Its take is a street scene, and on the streets where we live.
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Jennifer Koh and Davone Tines at BAM
Outsider Voices in an Alien Culture
By: - Oct 14th, 2022Across a crowded room at the Paris Opera, Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines looked at each other and realized they had something in common, something that was different from everyone else in the room: their color. They have joined forces to bring ther unique stories to a culture they find alien. Everything Rises is presented as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
At Ivoryton Playhouse
By: - Oct 14th, 2022The play by Simon Levy (who has also adapted two other Fitzgerald novels to play form) follows the book. While there have been other stage versions, this one, written in 2006 seems now to be the standard.
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