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New York Opera Review: DON GIOVANNI (Metropolitan Opera)
EXHAUSTING BUT ENJOYABLE LUST You’ll have to suspend disbelief, endure belaboring, and excuse doltish behavior to enjoy the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Don Giovanni, but once you disengage from...
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Broadway Theater Review: THE ANARCHIST (John Golden Theatre)
UNFULFILLED WANTS David Mamet’s latest dramatic work, The Anarchist, begins as abruptly as it ends, but despite the jarring effects, there is a good reason for the sharpness of these moments. Jeff...
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: 13 THINGS ABOUT ED CARPOLOTTI (59E59 Theaters)
A PENNY’S WORTH In the mood for some light-hearted, endearing entertainment that will make your face and heart smile? Then get yourself a ticket to Barry Kleinbort’s (direction, book, music and...
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New York Opera Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Metropolitan Opera)
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION MAY LACK RHYTHM, BUT THIS IS ONE HILARIOUS AND UPLIFTING BARBER If you’re looking to usher in the Holiday season with some good entertainment, then look no further than the...
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Second Stage)
A POWERFUL WATER BY THE SPOONFUL CONTAINS CONFUSION BY THE CUPFUL Quiara Alegria Hudes’ 2012 Pulitzer-Prize winning Water by the Spoonful is a bold and provocative drama that uses cyber technology to...
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Off-Off-Broadway/Regional Theater Review: SOMETHING’S GOT AHOLD OF MY HEART...
THE MANY FACES OF LOVE Even before you walk into the First Floor Theatre at La Mama to attend Something’s Got Ahold of My Heart, creators Hand2Mouth ensemble are already selling you a good time and –...
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: SOLDIER SONGS (Schimmel Center for the Arts)
ASSAULTED If you’re looking to experience the shell shock and the trauma that soldiers undergo during wartime and its aftermath, then head on down to the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace...
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New York Opera Review: RIGOLETTO (Metropolitan Opera)
A GAMBLE WHICH DOESN’T ALWAYS PAY OFF Flashing, fluorescent lights, glitzy blazers, showgirls galore, and an immodest display of drama and decadence are the background for… wait… is that Dean Martin?...
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Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: EASTER (August Strindberg Repertory Theatre)
NO RESURRECTION HERE While the snow is thawing and the flowers are getting ready to shoot out of the soil, the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre, a newly-formed company that’s dedicated to bringing...
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New York Opera Review: OTELLO (Metropolitan Opera)
AN OPERATIC DEATH IN VENICE A storm blackens the skies, casting a shadow on the land. The citizens and soldiers of Venice sway with anticipation, waiting for their mighty general to triumphantly...
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