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By Alix Cohen… To the great Sammy Davis, Jr. and his multitude of talents

Review by Ron Fassler . . . I must admit that the genre of an actor’s confessional, one-person...

By Stuart Miller … Jeanie is sitting at her kitchen table in a San Antonio suburb, working...

By Stuart Miller… A chilling ghost story comes to life in this inventive theatrical thriller that uses immersive sound to keep audiences on edge.

By Eyal Solomon, Publisher and Editor, Theater Pizzazz… “Slam Frank” is a clever, frequently hilarious satire of identity politics that ultimately falls victim to the very prejudices it sets out to mock.

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book...

By Alix Cohen… Unadulterated fun! Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you—and then does.

By Stuart Miller . . . Karya is a typical seventeen-year-old girl: mortified by her mother,...

By Alix Cohen… Leslee Warren’s re-entrance into the cabaret community is terrific. Book the Urban Stages repeat! show!

By Alix Cohen… The production is captivating, moving, visually arresting. It respectfully and unflinchingly tells its story.

By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Oskar Eustis, renowned artistic director of the Public Theater, has a...

By Alix CohenTonight impresario Michael Lavine treats us to a comprehensive look back at the...

By Alix Cohen… The American Songbook Association 2026 Gala honoring Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire- a lovefest to legacy

By Alix Cohen… Beautiful and Dynamic- Even when abstract, these dances tend to feel psychologically or emotionally charged. Performers surge through space, turning weight and momentum into state of mind.

By Alix Cohen… The show is smart, funny, well written, and moving, a thorny subject attacked with heart and flair.

By Alix Cohen… As AI takes over, we’re increasingly aware of dehumanization from a new, potentially devastating source. Irish Rep’s innovative production approaches on a visceral level.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a career that began on Broadway in 1973, Patti LuPone continues to...

Review by Stuart Miller . . . C-Span is not known for its dynamic dialogue. Even the most...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The internationally famed author and teacher Phillipe...

Review by Stuart Miller. In Mfoniso Udofia’s new play creation stories and all the important...

By Alix Cohen… Jane Scheckter has been singing her entire life and she’s learned a few things. A well crafted, engaging and seemingly unstudied show.

By Alix Cohen… A skillful balance of humor with issues. The piece has a big heart and effervescent buoyancy, but its message is clear.

By Eyal Solomon, Publisher & Editor, Theater Pizzazz… Bram Stoker meets happy hour as drunk Dracula and four fearless actors turn the vampire classic into 90 minutes of theatrical chaos.

By Alix Cohen… a fisheye glimpse into behavior of pathological identification, the fantasy of love

By Alix Cohen… The play is riveting- smart, imaginative and provocative- decisions that need to be made by homo sapiens

By Andrew Poretz… Gunhild Carling turns a night of traditional jazz at City Winery into a wild vaudeville romp, with dazzling musicianship and surprises at every turn.

Review by Ron Fassler. The headline above referencing Thomas Ellenson’s new three-character...

By Walter Murphy… Shelter Inn Place mixes hurricane havoc, family dysfunction, and serious themes of loneliness and suicide in a relentlessly broad comedy.

By Alix Cohen… Imagination is off the charts; manifestation virtuosic. Not to be missed.

By Walter Murphy… A tense psychological drama about power, ambition, buried truths, and the lasting wounds of the past.

By Alix Cohen… Joy: the queer maximalist performance tradition established by Taylor Mac, Matt Ray, and Machine Dazzle.

By Alix Cohen… Unrequited Love (and Scholarship)

Review by Ron Fassler I have no master list of the shows I’ve attended in a lifetime of theater...

By Alix Cohen… A fascinating conversation between Hannah Arendt and her captor

By Alix Cohen… Michael Ceveris folk singer bears no resemblance to the his persona as a musical theater performer

If you are as yet unaware of the talents of this writer/actress/activist, you owe it to yourself to take a trip to Brooklyn and revel in her presence.