Sweat
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Studio 54
June 14, 2017 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Who actually are those people that voted for Trump as the President of the United States? Who are those people? Ironically in the liberal bastion that is New York we are given an answer. Sweat focus on a small union-working collection of people in the heartland of the country. Their jobs are dependent on the manufacturing industry that is being so damaged by the NAFTA agreement that became such a contentious piece of legislation in the recent national election. Continue reading Sweat→
The Play That Goes Wrong
Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
Directed by Mark Bell
Lyceum Theatre
June 10, 2017 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
One of my most favorite guilty pleasures in the theatre is British farce! There is something about such a proper, well-speaking group like the Brits suffer hilariously in front of an audience – – and deliciously suffer they do in this play. In the vain of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off we have the classic comedy about the farce making fun of making farces. It may sound like an inside joke to theatre people, but it was not. EVERYONE sitting around me was laughing from the start to the finish. Continue reading The Play That Goes Wrong→
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Book by Douglas McGrath Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Words and Music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Directed by Marc Bruni Choreography by Josh Prince Stephen Sondheim Theatre March 19, 2017 Production website 💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical was such a warm and satisfying return to seeing shows after an unfortunate 3 month break due to something called “a job”. This was not my first time seeing Beautiful. I was there in the very early days of the show in late October 2013 with the outrageous debut of Jessie Mueller as Carole King. I so remember that first moment the light catches her out on stage at the grand piano simply singing one of many hit songs by Carole King – – my jaw dropped. How could any actress catch that oh, so unique voice of Carole King – – and how could any singer step into all of those high school memories I have with these songs and bring them all to life and let me relive the 1970’s all over again. Jessie Mueller was magical! Simply magical.
The Encounter
Conceived, Directed and Performed by Simon McBurney
Golden Theatre
December 24, 2016 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Performance Art is alive and kicking in New York City – and not is some wonderful, musty back corner of a warehouse but right here in the bright lights of Broadway! What about that!! Who would have “thunk.” Continue reading The Encounter→
A Life
Written by Adam Bock
Directed by Anne Kaurrman
Playwrights Horizons
November 26, 2016 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
There are times I want to use these blogs to become one giant spoiler. This is so true of this play! You think the play is going to stay in this very naturalistic world of “a life in the day.” and then the play and most significantly, the set, does a 180 and another 180 and quite literally another 180. I mean literally! Continue reading A Life→
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