Am I the only one getting tired of jukebox musicals? Yet despite a series of mediocre attempts, I still find myself hoping for another Jersey Boys or Movin' Out. Sadly the new Off-Broadway show, Trip …
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10/30/15
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Reviewed by Elyse Trevers
The best advertisement for aging gracefully is not to move to Florida, but to re-locate to Broadway. The revival of The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn stars 90-year-old …
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10/28/15
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When we think of choreography, we generally envision the movement of dance. The exhilarating revival of Spring Awakening adds a special dimension to the definition, the hand motions of American Sign …
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10/14/15
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It doesn't matter if the ending of Daddy Longlegs, the new Off-Broadway musical at the Davenport Theatre, is inevitable; it only matters that it's entertaining. Based on the 1912 book by Jean …
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10/8/15
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I believe that children should be exposed to theater early and often. However, much good theater is prohibitively expensive and some theaters even have placed an age requirement on their audience. …
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9/25/15
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Not only does Alan Hruska's new play, Laugh It Up, Stare It Down, have a title that is inexplicably hard to remember, it is in search of a tone. At times light and flirtatious, it becomes …
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9/11/15
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If you could learn your future, would you want to know? In the insightful Off-Broadway play, Informed Consent, by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Jillian, a genetic anthropologist, takes a genome test to …
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9/4/15
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You know how you cringe when people scrape their nails on a blackboard? That’s how I felt watching the Off-Broadway show, “Ruthless! The Musical.” The show is a satire with …
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8/21/15
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Even if you’ve never seen it, Cymbeline, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays, will feel familiar. However, I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to the three-hour evening …
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8/14/15
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Courtesy Mike RussoHempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino, left, congratulated the students of Dutch Broadway Elementary School on moving up and on a job well done.
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8/6/15
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