Skintight
Written by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Daniel Aukin
Roundabout: Laura Pels Theatre
June 12, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
What could ever draw Idina Menzel to the stages of NYC without giving her single song to sing?Skintight was the show that did it!I worried that the show was going to somehow ride off of her notoriety with Rent, Wicket or even Frozen, but blessedly I was wrong.This show was rough, crude and certainly a puzzle.Idina’s character has a father who is massively successful in the fashion industry and has recently taken in a 20 year old man as his partner – as she calls him his “boy toy”.This is even more disturbing in that she has a son the same age.And to make it even more, more disturbing she is recently divorced from a husband who decided himself to marry a woman in her twenties.Everyone in the show wants someone in their twenties!Everyone wants someone hot! Continue reading Skintight→
Travesties
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Patrick Marber
Roundabout: American Airlines Theatre
June 13, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
You are going to get an awful lot when you attend an Wednesday evening seeing Travesties (especially when you see it as your second show of the day).You are going to see a history lesson, farce, educational seminar, musical mixed with some highbrow intellectualism and some lowbrow silly fun and games.It really does become a bit overwhelming.l wished there was a remote on this show, and that I could pause and rewind many moments to figure out exactly what is happening and how exactly I am to feel about it – but forget that!It is more like a roller coaster that, once out of the gate, stops for no one. Continue reading Travesties→
Once on This Island
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Choreographed by Camille A. Brown
Directed by Michael Arden
Circle in the Square
June 11, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Romeo and Juliet lands on a tropical island complete with sand and water, roosters and trucks, trees and a diapered goat.It was a lush and sensual evening in the theatre– one has almost gotten their ticket’s worth of entertainment before the show starts – – its like being invited to a living set that breathes and trickles, bubbles and lives!Continue reading Once on This Island→
Amy and the Orphans
Written by Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by Scott Ellis
Roundabout: Laura Pels Theatre
March 20, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Amy and the Orphans was damn near the best show I have seen in a long time. I know there are those who do not value the comedy and would only say that ratings of 💉💉💉💉 ro 💉💉💉💉💉 must go to a drama – because of their profundity, but I disagree! A great night in the theatre is a great night in the theatre!
I have to admit that part of my reason in going to see Amy and the Orphans was to see how a woman with Down Syndrome would actually work out in a full theatrical production. My very limited experience with those living with Down Syndrome convinced me that this was impossible. But I was wrong! Continue reading Amy and the Orphans→
Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
Signature Theatre
March 21, 2018 Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5
It is so great to back in New York and back in the theatre. After a break of a few months it was so wonderful to curl up on a snowy Tuesday evening to watch essentially two characters tear through some language to create some beautiful Albee-esque existentialism. The play was a combination of two one acts – the later being the classic “Zoo Story” that EVERYONE reads in college and debates for hours and EVERY young male actor gnashes their teeth (literally) to tell the infamous “dog story”. What was new for me – was to see the play, “At Home” that was written as a precursor to the “Zoo Story” and gives us a bit of character background to the rather flat and enigmatic Peter. Continue reading Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo→
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