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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Preview: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” (Closed Sunday, August 6, 2023)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is proud to present Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, written by acclaimed playwright Lanie Robertson with musical arrangements by Danny Holgate. Philadelphia award-winning artists Amina Robinson and Ebony Pullum reunite to stage the production which previews July 19 and 20, opens Friday, July 21 and runs through August 6 in the Schubert Theatre at…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Triple Threat” at Theatre Row (Closed Sunday, July 30, 2023)

July 17, 2023 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, triple > | "Triple Threat", Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, David Roberts, James T. Lane, Jeremy Daniel, Jeremy Daniel Photography, Kenny Ingram, lighting design by Emmanuel Delgado, lighting design by T’ij D’oyen, set design is by Teresa L. Williams, sound design by DJ Potts, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Theatre Row, Traverse32

James T. Lane portrayed choreographer Paul Williams in the American tour of “Ain’t Too Proud” and his many Broadway roles have included “Chicago” (Billy Flynn), “Kiss Me Kate” (Paul), “King Kong,” “The Scottsboro Boys” (Ozie Powell and Ruby Bates), and “A Chorus Line” (Richie Walters). Lane’s movie and television credits are equally impressive including his recurring role on Peacock’s “The…

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Broadway Review: “Grey House” at the Lyceum Theatre (Through Sunday, July 30, 2023)

June 23, 2023 | Broadway > | "Grey House", Alyssa Emily Marvin, Andrew Morrill (Director of Artistic Sign Language), Christina Grant (Makeup Design), Claire Karpen, Colby Kipnes, Cyndi Coyne, Daniel Reece, David Caparelliotis (Casting), David Roberts, Eamon Patrick O’Connell, Ellenore Scott (Movement Consultant), Emma Safiyah Haeri, Erin Rosenfeld, Joe Mantello, Katie Gell and Robert Pickens (Wig and Hair Design), Laurie Metcalf, Levi Holloway, Luca Thomas, Lyceum Theatre, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Millicent Simmonds, MurphyMade, Natasha Katz pable(Lighting Design), Or Matias (Music Supervisor and A Cappella Arranger), Paul Sparks, Rudy Mance (Costume Design), Scott Pask (scenic design), Sophia Anne Caruso, Tatiana Maslany, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Gibbons (Sound Design), Winsome Brown

Years (decades, centuries, eons) of interminable suffering hang over the gables of Grey House. And while there is no forgiveness or redemption within, the walls of the house encase unrelenting guilt where it remains hidden tapping out its own somber language of confession. Things do more than go bump in the night in “Grey House” Levi Holloway’s tale of horror…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground” at Theatre at St. Clements (Extended through Wednesday, August 30, 2023)

It was only one day after Father’s Day. It was Juneteenth. As we walked to The Theatre at St. Clements to see “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” we anticipated Richard Hellesen’s one-man show starring the incomparable John Rubinstein. We – as orphans – reflected on the lives of our fathers and, particularly, on their service in the United Stated Army…

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Broadway Review: “A Doll’s House” at the Hudson Theatre (Closed Saturday, June 10, 2023)

May 17, 2023 | Broadway, do this one thing for me > | "A Doll's House", 101 Productions (general management), Amy Herzog, Arian Moayed, Ben and Max Ringham (sound design, Brandon Allmon-Jackson (stage manager), Carey Rebecca Brown, Chris Cronin (associate sound design), CSA (casting directors), CSA and Alexandre Bleau, David Roberts, Domino Mannheim (associate lighting design), Enver Chakartash (costume co-design), Frank Lombardi (production stage manager), Franklin Bongjio, Henrik Ibsen, Jamie Lloyd, Jennifer Rias (choreographer), Jesmille Darbouze, Jessica Chastain, Jim Carnahan Casting, Jon Clark (lighting design), Jonathan Glew (associate director), Jose Joaquin Perez, Melisa Soledad Pereyra, Michael Carnahan and Wilson Chin (associate scenic design), Michael Patrick Thornton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Ricky Lurie (associate costume design), Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, Soutra Gilmour (scenic design and costume co-design), Tasha Lawrence, Theatre Reviews Limited

Amy Herzog’s compelling new version of “A Doll’s House,” Jamie Lloyd’s transcendent direction (2023 Tony Nominee), and Soutra Gilmour’s carnal scenic design create the landscape necessary to bring Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 brain-scape play to a new audience who want to deep dive into the Norwegian playwright’s treasure trove. Currently playing at the Hudson Theatre, this “A Doll’s House” gives 2023…

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The Outer Critics Circle (OCC) Announces the Winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Commemorating the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway Season

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony honoring the winners will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 3:00PM in the Bruno Walter…

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Dance/Book News: “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance” One Night Only at the Joyce Theater Celebrates Release of Mark Mann’s New Book “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance” (Monday, April 10, 2023)

April 2, 2023 | a man of, chester, Dance, News, on that day, public theater, this land is made, water for > | “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance”, “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance”, American Ballet Theatre, and Curtis Holland, Argentine Tango dancers Dardo Galletto and Alonso Guzman, ballet, Barack Obama, Bradley Cooper, Broadway, Broadway’s Skye Mattox, choreographer and Princess Grace Award recipient Rena Butler, contemporary, David Guzman, David Roberts, former Merce Cunningham dancer Gus Solomons Jr., Gibney Company’s Artistic Associate Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Hip-Hop, Jennifer Anniston, Joseph Verlezza, Karla Garcia, Margot Robbie, Martha Graham Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company principal’s Lloyd Knight and Xin Ying and former principal and Artistic Director Terese Capucilli, Megan LeCrone and Georgina Pazcoguin, modern, Morgan Marcell, musical theater, New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, Rhianna, Ricardo Zayas, Ryan Vandenboom, tango, tap, Tap artist Evan Ruggiero, The Joyce Theater, the legendary dancer and actress Carmen de Lavallade, Theatre Reviews Limited, vogue dancers Amadeo "Remy" Mangano and Ousmane “Omari” Wiles, York City Ballet

World-renowned celebrity portrait photographer Mark Mann celebrates the release of his new coffee table book Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance with a one night only star-studded evening of dance at the Joyce Theater, Monday, April 10, 2023. Celebrating the power of expression, in movement and stillness, Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational program of…

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Broadway Review: “Life of Pi” Teases Mind, Body, and Spirit at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Currently On)

Yann Martel’s 2001 novel “Life of Pi” is a coming-of-age story, the story of “one boy, one boat, one tiger.” Walker/Canongate published Martel’s Booker Prize novel in 2010 as a young adult novel which found its way onto school bookshelves across the United States (and beyond). It was a popular read in the high school where I taught. My colleagues…

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Broadway Review: “Bad Cinderella” at the Imperial Theatre (Currently On)

March 28, 2023 | bad cinder, bad cinderella, Broadway, Dance, LGBTQ+ > | Aléna Watters, Alyssa Carol, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angel Lozada, Ben Lanham, Cameron Loyal, Carolee Carmello, Chloe Nadon-Enriquez, Christian Probst, Christina Acosta Robinson, Dave Schoonover, David Roberts, David Zippel, Emerald Fennel, Evan Zimmerman, Gabriela Tylesova (Scenic and Costume Design), Gary Cooper, Grace McLean, J Savage, Jordan Dobson, Josh Drake, Julio Rey, Kaleigh Cronin, Larkin Reilly, Lauren Boyd, Laurence Connor, Lily Rose, Linedy Genao, Luc Verschueren (Hair and Wig Design), Lucas Thompson, Mariah Lyttle, Michael Baerga, Michael Milkanin, Morgan Higgins, Paige Smallwood, Raymond Baynard, Robin Masella, Sami Gayle, Sarah Meahl, Savy Jackson, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tony Award nominee Bruno Poet (Lighting Design), Tony Award-winner Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Tregoney Shepherd, Tristen Buettel

Most, if not all, of my colleagues did not like “Bad Cinderella.” However, the performance I recently attended was sold out and that often undervalued pundit known as “the audience” could not have been more appreciative of what they experienced on the stage of the Imperial Theatre. It is important for us theatre critics to remember that often unheralded phenomenon…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Harder They Come” at the Public’s Newman Theater (Closed Sunday, April 9, 2023)

March 23, 2023 | a man of, days of, do this one thing for me, Off-Broadway, on that day, public theater > | "The Harder They Come", Alysha Morgan, Andrew Clarke, Carla Woods, Chelsea-Ann Jones, Christopher Henry Young, Costume Design by Emilio Sosa, Dana Marie Ingraham, David Roberts, Denver Andre Taylor, Dominique Johnson, Dudney Joseph Jr, Dwight Xaveir Leslie, Garfield Hammonds, Hair, Housso Semon, J. Bernard Calloway, Jacob Ming-Trent, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Jeannette Bayardelle Shawn Bowers, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Marcus, John Bronston, Ken Robinson, Kenny Seymour, Make-up Design by Earon Nealy, Meecah, Morgan McGhee, Natey Jones, Perry Henzell, Projection Design by Hana S Kim, Scenic Design by Clint Ramos and Diggle, Sergio Trujillo, Sir Brock Warren, Sound Design by Walter Trarbach, Suzan-Lori Parks, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tiffany Francès, Tony Taccone, Trevor Rhone, Tyla Collier, Wig

Currently running at the Public’s Newman Theater, “The Harder They Come” is based on the 1972 film by the same name produced and directed by Perry Henzell and co-written with Trevor Rhone. The first paragraph of David Katz’s guest essay added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 2020 summarizes the film perfectly. “The Harder They Come” is a landmark of Caribbean…

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