Scott Fitzgerald located the dark night of the soul at three o’clock in the morning, but Sarah Kane was more precise: it is a seventy-two minute window of lucidity that begins at 4:48 a.m. and ends at six – the darkest hour before a dawn that never comes. [Read more...]
4.48 Psychosis – TOP PICK!
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Scott Fitzgerald located the dark night of the soul at three o’clock in the morning, but Sarah Kane was more precise: it is a seventy-two minute window of lucidity that begins at 4:48 a.m. and ends at six – the darkest hour before a dawn that never comes. [Read more...]
Tyler Perry’s Laugh to Keep from Crying
October 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
It’s been said that a Tyler Perry production, without Tyler Perry, is a wasteland full of high octane vocals, soulful gospel renditions, zinger lines, and a wise-cracking fool or two, but a theatrical nonevent. That prediction is unfortunately true for Laugh to Keep from Crying [Read more...]
The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later
October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Upon finding his seat, a young man at Monday’s reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, an Epilogue was already holding off tears. The house lights in the Lincoln Theatre had yet to dim, and much of the programming was still a mystery. But I watched him try to relax, visibly shaken, [Read more...]
The Alchemist
October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nothing brightens the holidays like a costume pageant. Fresh from the kids’ dress-up bin, wrapped in silk and polyester, the tiniest thespians can guide us into imagined worlds of mad scientists and fairy queens. As loving parents, [Read more...]
The Night Watcher, Vigil and The Royal Family
October 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
I blush to admit that I knew little about Charlayne Woodard before I caught a preview of her one-woman play The Night Watcher. Ms. Woodard has written several solo plays, starting with Pretty Fire, [Read more...]
Landless gets ready to soak you with Evil Dead
October 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
I attended a midnight performance of Evil Dead The Musical at New World Stages in NYC in February 2007, sat in the Splash Zone, and was soaked by fake blood, even through the plastic poncho. I didn’t care – I had a blast! [Read more...]
A Flea in Her Ear
October 14, 2009 By 5 Comments
Mistaken identity, mad cap antics, slamming doors, sexual intrigue and infamous bouts of skirt chasing lust. A Flea in Her Ear, packed with all of the above, is an exhilarating time with a fun-loving cast hell-bent on smack-down delivery. [Read more...]
Blood, Sweat & Fears II: Guilty Pleasures
October 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To be successful, a scary story has two requirements. It must have a buildup, in which we in the audience can see the horrible end hurtling toward the characters, even though the characters cannot. And it must have a payoff, a resolution which leaves us weak with surprise or laughter. [Read more...]
Jersey Boys
October 7, 2009 By 9 Comments
“Oh what a night”, indeed! I’m almost embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed the National Tour of Jersey Boys. This fantastic musical production charts the decades-long career of Frankie Valli and his band mates in the platinum-selling group “The Four Seasons” [Read more...]
Night Must Fall
October 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
It’s easy to appreciate this Grand Daddy of psychological murder mysteries with its stellar casting, early glimpses into emotional deviant behavior, and case study portrayal of misplaced affection, all delivered in the parlor of a spectacularly designed set ( James Wolk). [Read more...]
