by JK Clarke   To label Classic Stage Company’s new production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It “Marxist” might be at first off-putting to some. But, no. Despite the social equality of the Forest of Arden, the Marx that comes into play in this...

  A robust, sensual take on our favorite patriotic musical.           By Joel Benjamin     “So, sue me, sue me, what can you do me,” *I prefer 1776 to the theatrical juggernaut Hamilton. If the recent robust and inspiring performance of a trimmed down...

      By Elizabeth Ahlfors   Those of us who remember going to a Broadway musical back in the good old days know that singers like John Raitt and Patricia Morison performed without amplification.  Their pure voices reached the back of the house.  Scott Siegel’s annual...

    by Brian Scott Lipton   For veteran theatergoers considering seeing City Center Encores’ current production of “Big River,” the question on their minds may be: can the third time be as charming? After all, they most likely saw the original Broadway production in 1985 (which...

A rare opportunity to hear glorious unamplified voices in a Broadway-sized theater     By Joel Benjamin   For the past few decades only opera goers have experienced the wonder of hearing live voices, unamplified and glorious—“Sound design by God,” quips Scott Siegel who has...

  An old fashioned, vintage salute to our troops will take place at Feinstein’s/54 Below on May 30 at 9:30 pm in a Stage Door Canteen, swanky style. Paying tribute to our armed forces in song and dance will be Kyle Scatliffe (The Color Purple), John Kemp-Edwards (Jersey Boys) and...

      by Jordan Cohen   Last night, the New York Pops, conducted by the brilliant and playful Steven Reineke, celebrated its Thirty Third birthday at Carnegie Hall with a concert dedicated to the music of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the evening’s musical...