Since full, operatic productions of Porgy and Bess materialize relatively infrequently, it’s tempting to recommend to newbies the current Broadway incarnation, now retitled The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, but that would be a mistake. continue reading »
It’s hard to imagine a more dreadful piece of theater than Him. continue reading »
When I first heard that director Michael Mayer and writer Peter Parnell, both of whom are gay, were tinkering with On a Clear Day You Can See Forever by making the show’s lead a gay man, I thought they might be on to something. continue reading »
Classic Stage Co’s current revival of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is miscast, badly directed and frequently jaw dropping. continue reading »
Do Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow really have to sing? continue reading »
Out Broadway hunk Cheyenne Jackson stepped up his career last month with a spectacular concert at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops. continue reading »
The Blue Flower, the head-scratching multimedia musical about Dada artists and World War I by husband-and-wife team Jim and Ruth Bauer, is proof that tenacity and patronage can result in a high-profile production for even the messiest piece of writing. continue reading »
David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish, a charming play about cultural differences that arise when an American businessman in China must rely on translators to communicate, has been given an opulent production in its transfer to Broadway from the Goodman Theater in Chicago where it debuted this spring. continue reading »
First seen this past spring at the Huntington in Boston, out playwright Stephen Karam’s latest work, Sons of the Prophet, has already been hailed as one of the best plays of the new theater season—and deservedly so. continue reading »