One half of an Audible Theater double billing, Creditors presents a unique theatre three-hander thriller with bite. The minimalist cast includes Liev Schreiber, Justice Smith, and Maggie Siff, all of whom only share the stage in the final few minutes. The single-setting premise gives way to tensions and manipulations, revelations and arguments, tears and embraces. … Continue reading Theater Review: Creditors
Theater Review: A Streetcar Named Desire
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club revival director Rebecca Frecknall turns her attention to the biting prose of Tennessee Williams in a phenomenal West End import. Playing a limited five-week run at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre, A Streetcar Named Desire arrives in a crowded landscape of reboots and revivals. However, what sets it … Continue reading Theater Review: A Streetcar Named Desire
Theater Review: Redwood
Based strictly on the pure performative power of Broadway megastar Idina Menzel, dark dramedy Redwood feels like the ultimate conundrum. It is a high budget spectacle with low budget indie roots, overcomplicating complex subject matter and ultimately botching the delivery of its absolutely beautiful message. Yet, despite being messy, the beauty peeks out just beyond … Continue reading Theater Review: Redwood
Theater Review: Urinetown
Sporting a premise kooky enough to be downright ridiculous campy theatre, Encores! Urinetown returns to the stage after its original Broadway run over two decades ago. What once felt prescient in 2001 has now evolved into relevancy once more. While the entire show is fiercely satirical in nature, the deeper messages about respecting the homeless community, … Continue reading Theater Review: Urinetown
Theater Review: Maybe Happy Ending
Back in 2015, nearly a decade ago at this point, Glee's Darren Criss replaced Neil Patrick Harris in Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Belasco Theater. My mom surprised me with some wonderfully close orchestra tickets, and the rest, as they say, is history. Being a big fan of the movie and its … Continue reading Theater Review: Maybe Happy Ending
Theater Review: Once Upon a Mattress
Sutton Foster soars in Broadway’s snazzy new update of Once Upon a Mattress, on the Great White Way for the first time since 1996. One’s familiarity with the classic fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” should not impede upon their enjoyment of this hilariously off-kilter throwback musical. Despite being weary of checking out another … Continue reading Theater Review: Once Upon a Mattress
Theater Review: The Great Gatsby, The Musical
Everyone knows the story of Gatsby, the wealthy dreamer, don’t they? Partially coming of age in Long Island, New York, it was impossible to escape the omnipresence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Between the extensive English classroom dissections of the text to the impressive mansions my family and I would glimpse each time … Continue reading Theater Review: The Great Gatsby, The Musical
Theater Review: How to Dance in Ohio
(Written by Allison Brown) Opening with a brief intro of the nature of the show, available cool down spaces, and sensory bags, the ensemble of new musical How to Dance in Ohio makes a better effort than any traditional production to get the audience ready for what is to come. A welcome change I am … Continue reading Theater Review: How to Dance in Ohio
Theater Review: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Perhaps you know the story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, at least as us mortals have told it for over a century. Just as the company does in the opening minutes of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, prepare to quite literally throw the book aside to embrace a sharper, queer-friendly take on everyone’s favorite blood-sucking fiend. … Continue reading Theater Review: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Theater Review: SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw
Everyone’s favorite serial killer is back for more in campy, outrageously queer spoof, Saw The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw! From the second you set foot in New York’s AMT Theater, the red-tinged lighting emulates the eerie atmosphere of the movies. The sparse but detailed bathroom set, one of the most iconic pieces of … Continue reading Theater Review: SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw