The Met hadn't staged this excellent example of Parisian grand opera in 113 years.
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Theater Review (Buffalo, NY): Macbeth at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park
A cozy and violent tragedy and a fine dose of Shakespeare.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): A Voluminous Evening of Brevity at The Red Room Theatre
What a voice you have! How it echoes!
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Alice in Slasherland
This flashy, good-natured send-up of everything geeky and gory and youthful and fun is a knockout.
Read More »Theater Review (Boston): Adding Machine: A Musical at Speakeasy Stage
Schmidt and Loewith have crafted the words of Elmer Rice's 1923 play into melodies and meters that pulse and rise and fall with the rhythm of thought.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Cherry Orchard at The T. Schreiber Studio
"Why go to the theatre to see a play! Better to see yourselves more often."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Happy in the Poorhouse
The Amoralists shift the action from the Lower East Side to Coney Island, with mixed results.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Glee Club by Matthew Freeman
At least there's a good song.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Forgotten by Pat Kinevane at the Irish Arts Center
A strange blend of Irish character studies and Japanese Kabuki theater, this is more than a play, it's an immersive poetic experience.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Charles L. Mee’s Fêtes de la Nuit
Almost magically, these characters whom we only glimpse come brightly alive, exuding sorrow, angst, joy in turn.
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