Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
EMPATH: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
December 10th, 2018
After a sold-out run this April, Theaterlab brought back EMPATH, a one-man show about emotional superpowers, written by and starring David Sauvage, that just wrapped its brief return run this month. The show follows its creator’s path from self-proclaimed “typical Jewish cynic” from LA through the discovery of his gift for ...
NATURAL SHOCKS: Show Review by Jennie Yuen
November 23rd, 2018
We meet Angela, played by Pascale Armand, as she prepares to hunker down in her basement (set design by Lee Savage) as a tornado nears. She is an expert in the insurance industry and professes her love for probability. Angela gets very anxious as the storm approaches and reveals that ...
“The Other Josh Cohen” Show Review by Andrea Santo Felcone
November 21st, 2018
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you could meet your future self? This concept is at the core of a brilliant musical comedy, “The Other Josh Cohen,” now playing Off-Broadway. When the show begins, we meet the two Josh Cohens: Present-day Josh (Steve Rosen) and Future Josh/The Narrator ...
Show Review: Layer the Walls
November 17th, 2018
[caption id="attachment_27964" align="alignleft" width="300"] Layer The Walls[/caption] By Amy Wall Lerman Ages: 7+ If rats could live forever, oh the tales they would tell. And what tales they do tell in the production of Layer the Walls at the 14th Street YMCA on Manhattan’s east side. The show opens with two rats in a ...
“BYOB Acting Crash Course” at the Sedgwick Russell Acting Studio: Review by Andrea Santo Felcone
November 8th, 2018
“We don’t need to be good at everything. We are already good at the things in our lives that matter. Let’s just have fun with this.” These were the wise words of a good friend, right before we took to the stage in a “BYOB Acting Crash Course” offered by the ...
Ordinary Days: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 5th, 2018
Adam Gwon's charmingly understated and heartfelt chamber musical, Ordinary Days, strikes some chords, literally, on various levels. In the Keen Company revival of the show, well directed by Jonathan Silverstein, we meet four characters, each searching for connection in the busy city that is NY. It effectively touches on the subjects ...
Renascence: Show Review by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
November 4th, 2018
All I could see from where I stood Were three long mountains and a wood; These lines begin Renascence, the poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay when she was just eighteen, still living in rural Maine, and declaring she will find the perfect lines, meter, and content to win the 1921 contest, ...
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG: Ticket Giveaway & Discount
November 1st, 2018
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Big Apple Circus: Show Review by Amy Wall Lerman
October 30th, 2018
I have never been a fan of the circus. Not because there’s anything wrong with acrobats, clowns or the flying trapeze. It’s always been because of the animals. I don’t enjoy seeing trained wild animals doing tricks. It looks, and feels, unnatural. And, frankly, that’s because it is unnatural. Well, I ...
THE EVOLUTION OF MANN: Musical Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 10th, 2018
The subject of dating never gets old, especially in today's complex and often overwhelming social technology age. THE EVOLUTION OF MANN (love the title) doesn't delve into the online scene but rather addresses the age-old quandry of making the right dating choices, whether via fate or a fix-up. [caption id="attachment_27831" align="alignleft" ...
