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.
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.
Trial on the Potomac: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon
Rich Little hilariously, thoughtfully and vigorously portrays Richard Nixon in this wild Watergate fantasia, while accompanied by an expert ensemble.
Edward Morehouse (1924-2021)
He was a longtime acting teacher at HB Studio whom I had a negative opinion of but that recently softened after watching an interview with him.
My Circle in the Square
“Romeo and Juliet” at this unique theater was the first Broadway show I saw. Rex Harrison, George C. Scott and Brian Bedford were also memorable there.
Jules Feiffer’s Grown Ups
This 1980’s obscure and brief-running dark work is among my favorite plays. I later met the author’s wife, which inspired Rupert Pupkin-style delusions.