Tag: the Essentials

By Alix CohenLove and Lunacy; Erroneous Conclusion, Blackmail, and Marriage or Not By Alix Cohen...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel… Best Performances of the Year – So Far

Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust...

By Alix Cohen Under the leadership of Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, an Ailey dancer and...

By Alix CohenAmong dozens of holiday shows, Ann Kittredge’s holiday album release proved...

By Abbe Sparks… Gotta Dance! is more than a showcase—it’s a living archive of Broadway’s choreographic brilliance.

By Carol Rocamora… The current reincarnation of The Baker’s Wife is a musical gem, the fruit of decades of collaborative labor.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Friends who have been performing together in tandem for almost...

By Alix CohenActor, singer, dancer, choreographer, director, and risqué Scheherazade, Lee Roy...

By Abbe Sparks… Supporters of The Sanctuary at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church gathered Monday night for a star-studded, staged LIVE reading of “All About Eve”.

Review by Carol Rocamora… Wilder gets wilder in this update of his classic at the Public Theater

By Andrew Poretz . . . . “A playwright confuses her opening night and is faced with an audience...

Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust...

By Carol Rocamora… Icke’s modern-day version of Oedipus is even more horrific than the original, written millennia ago

By Alix CohenTaylor Mac is a groundbreaking playwright, songwriter, and performer whose work...

Review by Samuel L. Leiter. In 1959, Elmer Rice wrote Cue for Passion, a Broadway play that...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Sometimes a play begins and within minutes you can tell that you’re in...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography David Sabella, best-known for...

By Walter Murphy … Celtic Christmas – A Taste of Ireland, which ran earlier this month at...

By Alix CohenUnequivocally star of the production, Kristin Chenoweth was the moving force behind...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Giegel Photography The new musical revue The Beat of a...

By Alix CohenPart I: Downton Abby era London. Harry Sims (Bryan Fenkart) is about to achieve the...

By Alix CohenSixty five years in, the Paul Taylor Company continues to reflect and innovate....

By Alix CohenArchduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia by...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography In her 54 Below debut, Laurie Roldan...

By Stuart Miller… As Sarah she sneers and snarks her commentary on life but her actions reveal a hidden heart.

By Alix CohenBetween Acts I and II of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice the production is shut...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Now in its 55th year, the 92NY Lyrics & Lyricists Series is as...

By Alix CohenThis is, or will be, the third revue in a trilogy of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David...

By Andrew Poretz Performer Kay Kostopolous is a highly accomplished Bay Area jazz singer for whom...

By Abbe Sparks… The Consummate Musician Continues to Push the Boundaries to New Heights

Theater Pizzazz’s Eyal Solomon in conversation with Casey Holloway and Catie Hogan, creators of “Vape! The Grease Parody”

By Alix Cohen Though Queens takes place from 2001 to 2017, the phenomenon of immigrant women...