Theatre
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Daisy Press Sings Hildegard Von Bingen
Angel's Share and Green-Wood Present
By: - Sep 12th, 2022Death of Classical keeps classical music alive in unusual and inviting locations and attracts the curious who often are unfamiliar with this form of music. Collaborating with the Green-Wood Cemetery in the Angel’s Share series, the audience walked through the beautiful Brooklyn graveyard to its Catacombs for a mesmerizing presentation of songs by a twelfth century composer, herbalist and politician, Hildegard Von Bingen.
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Presented by BroadwaySF
By: - Sep 12th, 2022The appeal of the show draws on the naughty titillation of the fin de siècle cabarets that emerged in the steamy Montmartre district of Paris, where the working set, bohemians, and the demi-monde (the upper class who go slumming), sat side-by-side. The Moulin Rouge marked the spiritual epicenter, where the can-can was originated and danced by courtesans.
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This Much I Know
Produced by Aurora Theatre Company
By: - Sep 10th, 2022Some observers of Jonathan Spector’s brilliant new play on cognitive illusion will unconsciously tap into the allegory of the persistence of Trumpism. Kudos to Director Josh Costello for the masterful orchestration of the many moving parts of this complex production. It is remarkable that a world premiere night could go off so smoothly with such a multitude of ways it could go wrong.
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Ancram Opera House in Ancram, NY.
2022 Fall Season
By: - Sep 07th, 2022Co-Directors Jeffrey Mousseau and Paul Ricciardi are proud to announce the 2022 fall season at the Ancram Opera House in Ancram, NY. “We are excited to welcome audiences back to the Opera House for our fall season which includes a highly anticipated revival of Emily Mann’s Obie Award-winning documentary play, Still Life,” says Paul Ricciardi; with Jeffrey Mousseau adding, “the project extends an examination of war and its impact on all of us which we initiated last season with our acclaimed production of An Iliad.”
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Bent
Co-production of Controversial Play in South Florida
By: - Sep 06th, 2022The historical drama, "Bent" has stirred controversy for suggesting that Jewish people received less harsh treatment than homosexuals at the Dachau concentration camp. A solid co-production between Empire Stage and ArtBuzz Theatrics is playing in South Florida.
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Deutsche Oper Presents Turnage
Greek Outdoors in KoolAide Colors
By: - Sep 06th, 2022Mark Anthony Turnage was very young when composer Hans Werner Henze asked him to create an opera for the first Munich Biennale Summer Festival. Turnage, already attracting attention for his musical language which draws on Miles Davis, Janácek and Stravinsky, had caught Henze’s ear. Henze’s own work ranges in reference from serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition.
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Xanadu the Musical
Produced by San Jose Playhouse
By: - Sep 01st, 2022What makes “Xanadu” fun is its light-heartedness and tongue-in-cheek humor based on ridiculously unrealistic happenings. It’s camp. It’s kitschy. It’ll make you smile a lot and laugh out loud
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4000 Miles by Amy Herzog
Westport Country Playhouse
By: - Sep 01st, 2022The play by Amy Herzog focuses on the relationship between a nonagenarian grandmother and her adult grandson. Neither fits the stereotypical mold. Then director David Kennedy selected Mia Dillon to play the grandmother and Clay Singer, the grandson. Almost perfect.
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Chopin in Paris by Hershey Felder
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
By: - Aug 27th, 2022Hershey Felder currently plays “Chopin in Paris.” The great 19th century Romantic composer and pianist may hold special significance to the current imitator, as the living one is also of Polish extraction, though via Canada. The presentation holds to Felder’s usual high standards and wins praise from audiences.
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Oklahoma
At the Golden Gate Theatre,
By: - Aug 25th, 2022Broadway saw this musical revitalized in an edgy form in 2019. That production, directed by Daniel Fish, won a Tony for “Best Revival of a Musical” and is currently touring. The production is noted for other departures from the past. In keeping with the edginess of the new look, Act 2 opens like an acid rock concert. With a thick manufactured fog covering the stage, an instrumental medley blasts with deafening, dissonant distortion leading into the famous dream sequence dance.
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Waiting for Godot at Barrington Stage
Waiting and Waiting and Waiting
By: - Aug 25th, 2022We waited for two and a half hours but Godot never showed up. Barrington Stage has gamely taken on an avant-garde masterpiece with mixed success.
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Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
Santa Fe Opera
By: - Aug 22nd, 2022The invariable element of this opera is its formidable music. Premiered in 1865, Wagner's heroic love story presented difficulty in orchestration and near insurmountable vocal challenges. The composer led the musical world to the brink of atonalism with uncommon chord structures and harmonies never heard before, that were largely unappreciated at the time.
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Anne of Green Gables at Goodspeed
A Work in Progress
By: - Aug 21st, 2022Overall, the performances are good. Juliette Redden as Anne has a strong voice and a winning personality. What is best is this Anne is a great role model – she’s creative, strong-minded, determined, optimistic and cheerful. If she has any doubts, they are well hidden. Though we do know she is seeking a family and acceptance.
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Georges Bizet’s Carmen
Santa Fe Opera
By: - Aug 19th, 2022As the title character, Isabel Leonard's voice is well suited - a warm, throaty, and resonant melodiousness. She excels in all of Carmen's famous arias like the Habañera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Love is a rebellious bird) and the equally memorable Seguidilla “Près des ramparts de Sévilla” (Near the walls of Seville).
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Secondo by Jacques Lamarre
Theatre Works World Premiere
By: - Aug 17th, 2022Secondo is a sequel to playwright Jacques Lamarre’s adaptation of the book I Loved, I Laughed, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci. In the original book, Melucci told of her many romantic adventures with disastrously wrong men for whom she often cooked Italian food or for herself after a breakup.
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One in Two
An Island City Stage production
By: - Aug 17th, 2022"One in Two" is an absurdist comedy-drama about an HIV-positive person. A touching and funny production runs through Sept. 4 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors, near Ft. Lauderdale.
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Dracula at the Colonial in Pittsfield
You're So Vein
By: - Aug 14th, 2022We happened to be in Dublin for Halloween. In the library of Trinity College there was a special exhibition in honor of Bram Stoker the author of Dracula. The story of the vampire is so familiar that there are no surprises in the hilarious and outrageous production by Berkshire Theatre Group at its Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. It was a great evening of summer fun.
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Guys & Dolls
Sharon Playhouse Returns to Live Theatre
By: - Aug 11th, 2022Guys & Dolls is one of the classics (and I’d say masterpieces) of the Broadway musical. Words and lyrics by Frank Loesser and roster of songs that have become standards. But it isn’t an easy show to put on. I’ve seen at least one poor production on Broadway. That this rather small theater in a relatively remote area has produced such a fine show it is a reason for applause
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Sondeim's A Little Night Music
Julianne Boyd's Last Waltz at Barrington Stage
By: - Aug 11th, 2022For her last production, founding artistic director, Julianne Boyd again directed her favorite musical A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim for Barrington Stage Company. Yet again the theatrical magic evoked smiles on a summer's night.
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The Anarchy Quartet by Stuart Bousel
The Exit Theatre
By: - Aug 10th, 2022Mid-Twelfth Century England was a period of turmoil. The triggering event leading to the instability was the infamous White Ship Disaster of 1120, in which a large number of nobles perished when the boat, carrying 300 passengers, sank after hitting a reef in the English Channel. Included in that number was Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England. Thus, when the king died in 1135, the battle for his throne, the so-called Anarchy, began.
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Educating Asher
World Premiere Production by Empire Stage
By: - Aug 09th, 2022Empire Stage in Ft. Lauderdale is giving the new comedy-drama "Educating Asher" a solid world premiere production. The play is about, among other things, coming to terms with loss.
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The Lion KIng
Broadway San Jose
By: - Aug 07th, 2022The character Rafiki, a mandrill, sings the goosebump-producing “Circle of Life / Nants Ingonyama” that introduces African voice, thought, music, motion, and rhythm. Meanwhile, the parade of absolutely stunning human-puppets-as-animals walks the aisles and fills the stage, becoming the most remarkable anthropomorphic array imaginable. At the opening number’s end, the applause at this performance was deafening.
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Into the Woods on Broadway
Extended to October 16
By: - Aug 07th, 2022By the end of the show, when we hear “No One Is Alone” and then the reprise of “Children Will Listen,” I challenge anyone to not be moved. The day I saw it, the audience was primed to adore it, with wild applause throughout the show. In many ways, this production deserved it.
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We Are Continuous by Harrison David Rivers
World Premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Aug 05th, 2022We Are Continuous by Harrison David Rivers is a "semi-autobiograhical" play having its world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival. It conveys the strong relationship between mother and son as he deals with coming out, choosing a life in theatre, marriage, and dealing with HIV. It has been given a stunning production.
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Alan Paul to Lead Barrington Stage Company
Succeeds Founder Julianne Boyd
By: - Aug 03rd, 2022“It is my great honor to be the next Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company. I am deeply inspired by the incredible staff and artists who have made BSC such a vibrant hub for both classics and new work,” said Alan Paul. “I am excited to build on BSC’s legacy as an incubator for new plays and musicals from a broad variety of voices. Musicals are my first love, and I plan to make the advancement of musical theater a cornerstone of my vision. The Berkshires are a magical place for theater, and I look forward to becoming an active member of the community.
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