Tag: New York City Center Encores

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...

By Alix Cohen “Dotty had a mind like a steel trap- and a tongue to match.” Robert...

September 4th, 5th and 6th Interview with Matt de Rogatis Below By Melissa Griegel… Edward...

By Alix CohenIt’s the bee’s”s knees! *An instrumental “After You’ve Gone”...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… Plays About Celebrities: Ava: The Secret Conversations and Gene & Gilda.

Jaime Lozano and The Familia

By Alix Cohen “We were looking for artists who bring something new to the table, not just the...

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

By Alix Cohen “We were looking for artists who bring something new to the table, not just the...

Review by Alix Cohen With this 11” x 17” book, you too can put a Hirschfeld on your wall or gift...

By Alix Cohen “My goal is to capture the evanescent quality of existence.” Tennessee Williams...

By Alix Cohen The Chinese legend The Butterfly Lovers (梁山伯与祝英台, or Liang Zhu) traces its origins...

By Alix Cohen Disguise, mistaken identity, role reversal, breached social boundaries, servants...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Ben Jones has already proven that he’s a singer who is unafraid...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Comedian Jeff Ross is often referred to as “The Roastmaster General”...