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Off-Broadway Review: “Hundred Days” Transforms Love’s Limits at New York Theatre Workshop

With their recent collaboration with Sarah Gancher and Anne Kauffman, Abigail and Shaun Bengson (“The Bengsons”) have redefined the meaning of the theatrical convention of the musical. Without elaborate sets, costumes, large ensembles of singers and dancers, and multi-million-dollar budgets, The Bengsons have successfully mounted a stunning musical with a believable story and a brilliantly executed score. “Hundred Days,” currently…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Pity in History” at PTP/NYC at Atlantic Stage 2

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere/The ceremony of innocence is drowned;/The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” – “The Second Coming,” W.B. Yeats “Pity in History,” currently running at PTP/NYC 2016…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead” at the Pershing Square Signature Center

November 23, 2016 | Best Bet, evan ross broadway, evan ross off-broadway, history, last stand city center, Off-Broadway, on the head of a pin, slave play, tim j ryan off broadway, watermelon > | Pershing Square Signature Center

“Yesterday today next summer tomorrow just uh moment uhgoh in 1317 dieded thuh last black man in thuh whole entire world. Uh! Oh. Dont be uhlarmed. Do not be afeared. It was painless. Uh painless passin. He falls twenty-three floors to his death. 23 floors from uh passin ship from space tuh splat on thuh pavement. He have uh head…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Annotated History of the American Muskrat” Stays Underwater Too Long at Ice Factory 2016 at the New Ohio Theatre

July 14, 2016 | black no, history, Off-Broadway, review of fren hill, water for > | Ice Factory, New Ohio Theater

“I want us to start over. I don’t want to fight any more. I don’t want to be angry, all the time. I just want us to be happy, just you and me. No one else.” – Patsy to Trevor, Part 3 “And a garden [for our two dogs] to play in.” – Trevor to Patsy, Part 3 There are…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Oslo” Enacts History on Stage at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

July 12, 2016 | fire flies, history, house that will, mitzi newhouse theater, Off-Broadway, on the head of a pin, the house > | Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

If I told you—and I will —the components of the new show at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, my guess is you might not run out to see it. It is three hours long. There are two intermissions. There is no music and no dancing. There are no stars. It’s basically twelve people talking about peace in the Mideast. And…

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Broadway Review: “The Crucible” at the Walter Kerr Theatre Relives a Horrific Time in History

April 1, 2016 | Broadway, crucible, history, ivo van hove, the crucible > | Walter Kerr Theatre

There are certain productions that you know – even before the curtain comes up – whether they will grab you or not. The latest revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is probably one of those. First, let me say that the curtain goes up – and down – an odd number of times throughout the almost three-hour show, which just…

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