A 14-year-old Chinese girl chronicles her career as a 19th century exotic U.S. museum attraction in this shimmering, finely performed and theatrical play.
Category: Reviews
The Unamerican
Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and Hedda Hopper are wonderfully recreated in this historical fantasia about the 1950’s Hollywood Blacklist.
This Beautiful Future
A German soldier and a French woman’s teenage romance in Occupied France is depicted in this haunting play that’s been given an entrancing production.
Sugar Ray
Reginald L. Wilson delivers a powerhouse performance as the great American Black fighter in this accomplished solo play that’s performed in a boxing ring.
Ziel Dance Theater: “Freedom ≠ Britney”
The Britney Spears conservatorship case is the clever source material for this exhilarating dance piece performed by a charismatic mixed-gender trio.
Ziel Dance Theater: “And There it Was”
Croatian dancer Tomislav Nevistic’s self-choreographed beautiful piece is a mediation on the pandemic, it was performed in NYC and is now on YouTube.
The Last Theater Shows
Here are accounts of shows I attended just before live performances traumatically ceased in NYC due to COVID-19, one review was not published before.
PackRat
Dazzling puppets depicting animals on an odyssey for a new home after a forest fire wow in this enthralling performance piece for children and adults.
Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie
The powerful and seasoned vocalist Raquel Cion is supported by a smashing band during her wrenching autobiographical tribute concert to the cultural icon.
Virgo Star
An engaging multimedia performance piece presenting a queer perspective on the American Old West film genre through song, dance, video and spoken word.