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.
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.
Pandemic Diversions
Like many, I have sought solace through entertainment during these first weeks of shelter-in-place. This is a roundup of the most enriching works to me.
Vincent Price Was Oscar Wilde
There are happy and distracting memories to treasure while the theater is in limbo due to COVID-19. Lauren Bacall also appears in this recollection.
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.
A Life in the Rye
A highly theatrical, well-written and grandly performed biographical fantasia of the life of J.D. Salinger with his younger self as a prominent character.
Belleville
The marriage of a young American couple living in Paris grows strained in this searing revival of Amy Herzog’s unsettling drama that’s intensely performed.
John Burns Is a Sexy Beast
The dynamic cabaret performer offers a grand entertainment mostly comprised of 1970’s and disco classics commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gay Pride.