In 'The Statement,' Paul Rudd leads a fine ensemble in a reimagining of a historic multi-disciplinary conference on climate change in 1980.
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Review: Tenor Ben Bliss in Recital with Pianist Christopher Allen
A cabaret vibe at a genre-spanning recital of American songs by a tenor at the height of his powers and a skillful accompanist
Read More »Concert Review: Musica Sacra Chorus – ‘SurRound: The Earth Remembers’
The meditative sound glows like the globe. Flowing melodies in the upper and middle voices cruise atop droning tones in the lower, like satellites passing high above the surface of the Earth.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat’
Roger Guenveur-Smith's 'In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat' at NYTW is a memorable and intimate portrait of his friendship with the artist.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Arias with a Twist’
In a revival in its original home, this fantasy cabaret surrounds legendary avant-garde performance artist Joey Arias with the visual magic of puppetry mastermind Basil Twist.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Invention of Love’ by Tom Stoppard
The life of the poet-scholar A.E. Housman illuminates the social and mental compromises that must be made when society outlaws an essential part of one's very nature.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Crazy Mama: A True Story of Love and Madness’
It's a thing of beauty when a heartrending script meets the perfect actor. That's just what happens in this memoir of mental illness.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Body of Mary: A Play in 3 Acts (of God)’ by Katie Cappiello
Cappiello wields a crossbow of stinging humor to explore in three one-act plays how the Catholic Church treats women's bodies in the context of motherhood.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Very Blue Light’ by Daphne Silbiger
This new play exemplifies the rare talent of mixing mysticism and politics, and the acutely personal and the abstractions of philosophy, in one story and by doing so engaging minds and hearts alike.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Les Enfants Terribles’
Michael Gardner directs his new adaptation of Jean Cocteau's novella, creating a lurid phantasmagoria of mental warping animated by rabid performances.
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