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In January 2018, people across Hawaii received an alert that a ballistic missile was headed for them . . . The musical, This Is Not a Drill examines how that moment affected the lives of several locals and tourists

A Panacea for the FlounderingBy Alix CohenThe near? future. Population growth is bleeding earth’s...

A Study of Self RealizationBy Alix CohenBullfighting in Mexico, corrida de toros, was introduced...

By Alix Cohen Belfast today: American oral historian Emily (Molly Ranson) is interviewing...

By Alix CohenEvery play does not have to be life changing. A One-Act with limited production...

By Alix CohenReasoning and logic are the backbone of clear thinking and decision-making. Drawing...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography www.griegelphoto.zenfolio.com The...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the lights go up on Preston Max Allen’s new play Caroline,...

By Alix CohenJacob (Will Harrison) is growing up in what Americans would call the projects- a...

By Stuart Miller… Tim Blake Nelson’s play is a glimpse at where AI may be taking us.

Review by Carol Rocamora… A riveting revival of this devastating melodrama shakes the rafters of TFANA

A Roller Coaster Ride through the Life of Rupert Murdoch By Alix Cohen In 1996, Primary Colors was...

By Stuart Miller… John Leguizamo’s family drama tackles too many issues with too much exposition

Identical triplets in formidable harmonyBy Alix CohenIdentical triplets from Nairobi, Kenya, Mary,...

By Staurt Miller… Mike Bartlett’s play shows two colleague gleefully goring the office’s weak link.

By Adam Cohen… The Underground Railroad, hip-hop, looped musical offers sick beats to history (recent and past)

By Stuart Miller… Julia McDermott generates heat in Brian Watkin’s one-woman show about a woman falling apart… and a planet doing the same.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The one time I attended Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival was forty...

By Samuel L. Leiter… Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses.

Review by Alex Eichholz . . . Whether you’re in the front pew every Sunday or you’ve never set...

Great authentic folk music and a timely, touching playBy Alix CohenMira (Tora Nogami Alexander), a...

By Samuel L. Leiter… New York has a number of institutions part of whose function is to...

Songs by James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, and Clint Holmes performed with brioBy Alix CohenThere are...

A confirmed Francophile lyrically shares her love of The City of LightBy Alix CohenKaren Akers may...

A Preview of The Metropolitan Opera’s Imaginative, Upcoming Production By Alix...

France’s welcome to American jazz – Edifying and Entertaining By Alix CohenAfter World War...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The last time I attended a production of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild...

One more performance at 54 Below – September 14, 2025By Alix CohenBilly Stritch and Nicolas...

Review by Stuart Miller . . . The Brothers Size is a transportive meditation on siblings, the way...

By Ron Fassler . . .  Although Avery Sommers is coming to town doesn’t quite scan the same as...

By Alix CohenA well researched, little known, true Civil War story featuring three formidable...

By Alix Cohen “Give me time and I’ll give you a revolution.” Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) Though...

By Alix Cohen Without other similarity to the character Baby June from Gypsy, Rachel Matz Hunter...

By Alix CohenLisa Viggiano puts her whole self into a song. You can practically see the music...

By Ron Fassler . . . “Hirschfeld drew from life. He was drawing from personal experience. He was...