by Richard Seff Seff Goes to the Movies I’ve always loved the movies, but this column is supposed to stick to the buzz about theatre. Today I’m going to ask your indulgence because I was lucky enough to be invited to a premiere screening of Last Chance Harvey, and as that rarely happens to me, […]
Archives for November 2008
Isn’t It Romantic?
Isn’t it Romantic? Written and directed by David Hunter Koch Music Direction by William Knowles Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson No one this side of the Blue Note or the Algonquin Hotel delivers a silver-plated lyric like Jimi Ray Malary. Just as in prior MetroStage hits, Ellington: The Life and Music of […]
Faith Prince and Richard Thomas
The two actors talk about Terrence McNally’s new play Unusual Acts of Devotion by Joel Markowitz It was closing weekend of a play which Broadway stars Faith Prince and Richard Thomas have both opened and continued working on during its five week premiere at the Philadelphia Theatre Company. You can feel their deep friendship for […]
Forbidden Broadway and The Seagull
by Richard Seff Gerard Alessandrini, creator, writer and director of the Forbidden Broadway series of small revues designed to skewer the Broadway of its current season, has announced that the series will end. The latest, called Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, will be the last. If this turns out to be true, it’s good to […]
Closet Land
Closet Land By Rhada Bharadwaj Directed by Lucas Maloney Produced by the Molotov Theatre Group Reviewed by Steven McKnight Something about this season of holiday cheer and good will makes me seek out edgier fare. Closet Land, an intense psychological drama involving a government operative’s harsh interrogation of an author whose children’s books allegedly contain […]
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson Is Missing! Based on the book by Harry Allard Book, music, & lyrics by Joan Cushing Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer Produced by Imagination Stage Reviewed by Steven McKnight Miss Nelson Is Missing!, a hit children’s musical that made its world premiere at Imagination Stage in 2001, has returned to delight a new […]
The Violet Hour
I want to talk to you about something very serious. But because you have engaged me here to review theater, and not to discuss cultural problems generally, I must save these remarks until later, and first tell you about what I have just seen. What I have just seen is very good – a sizzling, […]
Kimberly Gilbert on being the last woman on earth in Boom
An interview with actress Kimberly Gilbert appearing in Woolly Mammoth’s production of Boom Boom, the three actor Peter Sinn Nochtrieb comedy, shifts into high gear with the performance of Kimberly Gilbert. Here she takes us into the world of her character Jo – an angry woman who would definitely not be a good candidate for […]
Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens Book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie Based on the documentary by David and Albert Maysles Directed by Serge Seiden Produced by Studio Theatre Reviewed by Gary McMillan Studio Theatre’s Grey Gardens is a beautifully rendered and wonderfully off-kilter production of this Off Broadway-to-Broadway cult musical. Wealth and […]
Dublin Carol
Dublin Carol By Conor McPherson Directed by Jack Sbarbori Produced by Quotidian Theatre Company Reviewed by Steven McKnight Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol consists of three scenes set in the office of assistant funeral director John Plunkett (John Decker) in Dublin on Christmas Eve. The office is a nice creation by set designer Jack Sbarbori, just […]
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon By Peter Morgan Directed by Michael Grandage A touring production presented by The Kennedy Center Reviewed by Tim Treanor Richard M. Nixon, the disgraced former President who resigned thirty-four years ago, was well known as an equivocator and a liar, so let us not compound his felonies with anything but complete honesty. This show […]
Andrew Baughman as President Harding
an interview with the star of President Harding Is a Rock Star – Andrew Baughman By Joel Markowitz
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