January is possibly the dreariest month of the year. Christmas is over, the New Year has begun, and the first few weeks are full of overly optimistic and newly broken resolutions. However, there is one last chance to recapture that holiday cheer and warm, comforting nostalgia, and that is Recent Cutbacks’ KEVIN!!!!!, an on-stage shot-for-shot re-enactment of Home Alone.
I saw The Portal on December 3 – its opening night – at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Part-concert, part-movie, and part-interpretive dance, this is not a typical night out at the theatre. The Portal combines live performers and video projection to tell the story of Dante, a man dissatisfied with his modern upper-class life. He…
I’ve been a fan of Company XIV ever since seeing their spectacular Rococo Rouge two years ago. Company XIV’s blend of live music, comedy, and burlesque offers a different kind of dance show, and their latest production is no exception.
Last Saturday, I had the privilege of seeing the matinee of Waitress at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. It is a wonderful show, and it is the perfect show to see with a girl friend or two. I had a longtime friend visiting from out of town. This was her first Broadway musical, and she loved…
Rhinbecca, NY, playing at The Brick through March 19, is the latest production from Theater Reconstruction Ensemble. My first experience with Theater Reconstruction Ensemble was 2015’s You On The Moors Now, which was a theatrical deconstruction of Elizabeth Bennett, Jane Eyre, and other favorite literary heroines. It was my kind of downtown theater insanity, tackling…
This summer, Jurassic World broke box office records and to date, it has earned over $1.5 billion worldwide. Is it the best movie of the summer? Absolutely not, but the public clearly wanted more big, scary dinos and more Jurassic Park. To that end, might I suggest a far superior alternative to Jurassic World, which…
Rady & Bloom’s The Upper Room, now playing at the New Ohio Theatre, is described as a unique music-theatrical event inspired by the back-to-the-land movement that explores spirituality and environmental issues. While that is an accurate description of what the show is, it doesn’t really prepare an audience member for the experience of seeing The…
On April 18, I went to see a marathon performance of Kapow-i GoGo at the PIT (Peoples Improv Theater), and if you saw my Twitter feed that night, you would know that my life was changed forever:
Six Rounds of Vengeance, the newest show from the Vampire Cowboys now playing at the New Ohio Theatre, was one of my most anticipated shows this spring. I have been a fan of the Vampire Cowboys since seeing Alice in Slasherland back in 2010. They combine two things I love, theater and geek culture, and…
I’ve Been to Sea Before, a cabaret-drag show inspired by Joni Mitchell’s Blue, is a show with something for everyone. Joni Mitchell fan or not, it is a wonderful evening with everything expected from a good cabaret-drag show (great music, fabulous costumes, audience participation) and a few unexpected surprises (adopted manatees, obscure Disney movies, Red Lobster…
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