Playing Around Archives

John McKinney’s play is ½ Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, ¼ Woody Allen’s Play It Again Sam and ¼ that of the playwright. Still, [...]

February 9, 2018

Every now and then I see a production where everything hums. Sylvia Khoury’s riveting, highly topical play is given an accomplished debut [...]

February 8, 2018

Background Adela and Larry Elow, long banner-carrying supporters of American Songbook in the put-your-money-where-your-heart-is vein *, [...]

February 6, 2018

This literate, seemingly classical play has been incubating a long time. Author Brandon Cole first conceived of writing about the [...]

February 5, 2018

Ferenc Molnár ‘s 1909 Hungarian play Lilliom has appeared in many incarnations on stage (The English translation reached Broadway in [...]

February 1, 2018

I saw a production of Jimmy Titanic with this actor and director in 2012 at a tiny walk-up theater on the Upper West Side. Apparently [...]

January 31, 2018

Marissa Mulder likes a challenge. This brave, iconoclastic show shows off nurtured acting ability, onstage presence, the ability to [...]

January 31, 2018

York Theatre’s 108th Musicals in Mufti, Hallelujah Baby!, was an attempt by its four liberal authors to put salve on race torn America. [...]

January 30, 2018