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By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK CITY — You might call them “The Hope Musicals.” The Broadway shows Come From Away and The Band’s Visit offer hope — hope that goodness still exists within humanity during a time when cynicism, division and hate seem rampant. The Band’s Visit is a gem of a heartfelt, emotionally-complex musical which recently […]
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK CITY — If you’re the father of a young boy or young man, you can relate to Lorenzo’s predicament: You want to instill wholesome, moral values in your son, whom you feel is learning from you. Then he meets and becomes fascinated by a man with violent tendencies, but deep down, […]
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK CITY — The Play That Goes Wrong should be titled The Play That Goes Right. Oh, it’s understandable why authors Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields came up with their title. Practically nothing the characters do in this play-within-a-play, now on Broadway, seems to be correct. That’s likely quite […]
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown has won multiple Tony Awards for his brilliant compositions and, most especially, for his tender ballads. First noted for his 1995 production of Songs for a New World, Brown later received critical acclaim for Parade, which told the story of convicted […]
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“) There is no doubt that Neil Simon is one of the great comedic geniuses in American theatre. With an innate understanding of what is funny, steeped in his early days as a writer when he penned classic skits for people like Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca on […]
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK CITY — In a well-rounded, vivid performance, a riveting Jeffrey Roth shines as the supposed JFK killer. The multi-award-winning, renown La MaMa theater company is presenting the staging, in association with GOH Productions along with the Czechoslovak-American Theatre company. For parts of the production, running through Nov. 19, you may […]
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) There is an adage to which many critics adhere that there is only one “i” in review; ergo, critical analysis which employs the first person should be similarly limited. But the current production of Caroline, or Change, co-produced by Loyola University and the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, […]