The Painted Bird Ten minutes into this film, I was convinced I would never make it to the end. It was brutal, unremittingly grim, and utterly cringeworthy. [...] February 10, 2020
Pedrito Martinez at Ginny’s Supper Club Ginny’s Supper Club, beneath Red Rooster Restaurant in Harlem, is a perfect place to cheer up and let music carry you. The venue has some [...] February 9, 2020
Paradise Lost – Dramatized with Some Bible, Much Humor and a Dash of New Insight On stage is a wall-sized, textured reproduction of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam – God’s hand reaching out to that of the first [...] February 7, 2020
For Sama – Living Through the War in Syria For over nine years, Syria has been a war zone. More than 400,000 have died, over five million have fled and sought asylum around the [...] February 7, 2020
André De Shields:Old Dawg; New Tricks – Marvelous! Actor/director/choreographer André De Shields began his performing life in the cast of the 1969 Chicago production of Hair. Most recently, [...] February 7, 2020
The Traitor – No One Leaves the Mafia Allegiance to La Cosa Nostra is for life. Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino) tried to leave, taking his third wife, Cristina (Maria [...] February 7, 2020
Grand Horizons – A Welcome Comedy (with Pathos) Many of us aren’t offered press tickets until after a play has opened and been reviewed by major papers. I, for one, don’t read [...] February 6, 2020
Cowboy Junkies The 30 year-old grassroots band, Cowboy Junkies, mixes blues, country, folk and rock in a way that makes it perpetually sound like the late [...] February 6, 2020