By AARON KRAUSE, Special to Theatrecriticism.com (SARASOTA, FL.) — Five-time Tony Award recipient Terrence McNally, the world-renowned playwright who also received the Tony Awards’ Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre honor last year, died March 24 in Sarasota. He was 81 . McNally succumbed to complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. He was […]
(NEW YORK) – Tony Award Productions announced the postponement of the 74th Annual Tony Awards on March 25. The show slated to be presented live on the CBS Television Network has been scheduled for Sunday, June 7. Prepared on behalf of the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League, the statement announced the event set for […]
BOCA RATON, FL. — Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Coronavirus will disappear. Then, the media may choose to highlight “unsung heroes” in the battle against the virus. Specifically, these are people who, as part of their jobs, had to potentially expose themselves to the bug in order to protect the public’s health. However, these folks […]
By EDWARD RUBIN Surprise of all surprises, the 1969 movie “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” thanks to The New Group and Pershing Square Signature Center, is back in the news again—this time, not as a film but as a play with music. Cleverly directed by Scott Elliott, from a book by Jonathan Marc […]
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When Jersey Boys opened on Broadway in 2005, it presented the public with a jukebox musical significantly different from many of the others that preceded it. This was the the true story of the formation of the group of four New Jersey male singers who had achieved […]
By EDWARD RUBIN, Special to Theatrecriticism.com For the past 14 years, David Kaplan, the curator and co-founder of the annual Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Provincetown, has had the daunting and, as he might say, blessed task of mounting a high-wattage festival that shines an incandescent light onto Williams’ fantastical multi-storied life and works. Guided […]
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Most audience members who attended the recent Broadway in New Orleans production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory didn’t know what they were missing. It was like sampling a chocolate bar with a smidgen of cacoa as opposed to one chocked full of rich and dark flavor. Unless […]
By EDWARD RUBIN After performing around the world Bonobo, the internationally acclaimed Chilean experimental theater company, finally made its way to New York City’s Baryshnikov Arts Center, with Tú Amarás (You Shall Love), a social-political offering with a surreal touch that examines what is an enemy, how do we create one and how do we […]
By JACK LYONS, Special from Desert Local News.com (PALM SPRINGS, CA.) – Coyote StageWorks, of Palm Springs, presents playwright Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 as the debut production in their new permanent home at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, formerly known as the Camelot Theatres. It was an inspired choice that sets the performing […]
By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — A man with much physical difficulty tries to reach the love of his life. Naturally, she seems overjoyed that hubby is approaching. And so, she cheers him on. Surely, he wants to make love to her. Or, at the very least, share a long, passionate kiss. And so, with […]