'The True' succeeds on many levels: the fascinating characters, the acting, the directing. Though the individuals are factual, White teases out the emotional tenor between and among these Albany political operators.
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The True’ by Sharr White, with Edie Falco and Michael McKean
Edie Falco is an unstoppable force as a political operator in this vivid dissection of nitty-gritty party politics.
Read More »Theater Review (Brookfield, CT): Andrew Lippa’s ‘Wild Party’ at Brookfield Theatre for the Arts
Brace yourself. Andrew Lippa’s dark and lurid, award-winning musical 'Wild Party' is now showing at Brookfield Theatre for the Arts.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): A Spectacular ‘Disney’s Newsies’ at the Public Theater
This is a professional, Broadway-quality production in every respect.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Chorus Line’ at the Gallery Players
The Gallery Players' sterling new production reminds us that 'A Chorus Line' is not only loaded with some of the greatest show music ever, but one of the best pieces of meta-theater ever devised.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Agnes’ by Catya McMullen (AMC’s ‘Dietland’)
Through his stilted, abrupt, truth-blurting observations, it's the character with Asperger's who reveals the deepest truths about human relationships in this tour-de-force play by 'Dietland' writer Catya McMullen.
Read More »Theater Review (New Haven, CT): ‘The Guys’ by Anne Nelson – Commemorating September 11
Anne Nelson's 'The Guys' at Southern Connecticut State University commemorates the September 11 attacks and stars alumnus Dan Lauria and Wendie Malick.
Read More »Theater Spotlight/Interview: Fairfield Center Stage Presents a Daring New Concept for Connecticut Audiences
What does it take to create a brand-new theater company? For Fairfield Center Stage, the new nonprofit theater company in Fairfield, Connecticut, it takes resilience, creative thinking, a strong sense of community, and a little bit of luck.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Worse Than Tigers’ by Mark Chrisler
Intermittently funny and unevenly powerful, Mark Chrisler's play 'Worse Than Tigers' is amusingly absurdist and patently symbolist yet on another level grittily real.
Read More »The Andersons in ‘Songbook Summit’ Play Hoagy Carmichael at Symphony Space
If you enjoy the Andersons, do not miss their presentation of Hoagy Carmichael's music and life.
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