What the Constitution Means to Me
Written by and starring Heidi Schreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
New York Theatre Workshop
October 26, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
Great things come in the most unexpected of places.I am not sure what attracted me to spend a night in New York watching a one woman show about the U.S. Constitution – but that is how I chose to spend the night and boy, was I grateful for the choice.It is a mighty odd show to put down in simple terms.Essentially it is set in the meeting room of every American Legion in the middleof anywhere America as they are holding one of their annual oratorical contests for high school students to compete with their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.Continue reading What the Constitution Means to Me→
The Boys in the Band
Written by Mart Crowley
Directed by Joe Mantello
BoothTheatre
August 1, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
I have always had a morbid fascination with cutters.Who in their right mind would pick up a sharp object and stab themself in the arm or leg over and over?Crazy.I mean seriously crazy.As best I can tell the cutter wants to FEEL something and to be the one in charge as to why and when it will be felt.The ORIGINAL Boys in the Band that I saw decades ago felt like that.Why would gay men put themself in such places of self-hatred and why would they continue to remind themselves how ugly and unloved they are- – – or at least were in this revival of the classic from the gay theatre of the 1970’s. Continue reading The Boys in the Band→
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Bill Buckhurst
Barrow Street Theatre
June 9, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
And I will take a pie with that!Tonight I brought my group to the immersive production of Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre.I love the perspective of environmental theatre that puts the audience in the center of the equation; it is just to nice to be PART of the story.We began with the quite good but quite small portioned pies that were served as a pre-show event to get you in the mood for the “real meat” pies that are served in the course of the story. It was fun.It got you into the environment. Continue reading Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street→
Cyprus Avenue
Written by David Ireland
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
The Public Theatre
June 9, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
The baby is going to die.Don’t treat this as a spoiler to the play.From the very first moment when the baby is handled a bit too objectively – – you KNOW it doesn’t stand a chance – – – and for ninety terrible – beautiful and outrageously acted moments – we play out the inevitable tragedy. What made this play a bit brutal from the start was how close it plays through mental illness, depression and even suicide.Just days ago we lost Kate Spade and Andrew Bourdain.The world has just become too dangerous, too private, and too painful to take personal tragedy this casually!Continue reading Cyprus Avenue→
Kinky Boots
Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell
Composer and Lyricist – Cyndi Lauper
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Al Hirchfeld Theatre
March 24, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5
Kinky Boots lived up to everything I expected! It was fun and silly and didn’t pretend to be anything that it couldn’t deliver. I felt like a was watching a bit of Billy Elliot, Hairspray, and La Cage, Kinky Boots shared the same themes of individuality, love, and fierceness that connect all the shows above – but I did NOT get bored. Never once did I look at my watch. It kept me involved the entire time. Speaking of fierceness, Wayne Brady rocks. Continue reading Kinky Boots→
What the Constitution Means to Me
