Reviews and comprehensive listings of theatre in New York City http://www.nytheatre.com Copyright (c) 2009 by The New York Theatre Experience, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.nytheatre.com http://www.nytheatre.com/images/logo_web_feed.gif Reviews and comprehensive listings of theatre in New York City 25 88 en-us listings@nytheatre.com (Martin Denton) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:07 EST Agamemnon, for which Harrington serves as director and translator. Embracing Aristotle's insistence that tragic dialogue play in iambic trimester, Harrington has crafted a production intended to be severely faithful to Aeschylus's original linguistic intent. Openly acknowledged as "an experiment in what adhering to the meters will yield," this adaptation suffers from a largely unintelligible presentation.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=agam8641 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST My Wonderful Day, isn't so much of a convention bender as it is a different look at the world. Specifically, it's a look at a single day from the perspective of a nine-year-old African-Caribbean British girl named Winnie, who has accompanied her pregnant single mother Laverne, a house-cleaner, to work.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=mywo9049 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Peter and the Wolf along with a new untitled prequel to the New Victory. The emphasis in this performance is on the visual, with music one of many design and storytelling elements, rather than the central focus.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=pete8665 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Sholem Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears is an amalgamation of tales by the famed Yiddish storyteller with some incidental material about Aleichem's history and Bikel's as well, along with nine Yiddish songs. The theme of the show seems to be about preservation of the past--of traditional Jewish ways and values and of the Yiddish language. I'm not sure that Aleichem or Bikel finally make a very compelling case for this position, however.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=shol8954 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST The Brother/Sister Plays proves that this young writer is a significant artist of ample talent, scope, and expressivity. His main strength is his ability to create uniquely colorful and rich worlds that capture present day social realities while providing a strong mythic foundation, spiced up with dreams and poetry, and wrapped up in compelling storytelling.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=brot8688 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Loaded is that Patrick is in his late 40s and Jude is in his mid 20s, and that this generational difference will make it difficult, if not impossible, for them to develop a loving and respectful relationship. While the inherent differences between gay men born in the 1960s and gay men born in the 1980s (mostly surrounding the AIDS epidemic) are certainly touched upon ad nauseam in Loaded, I concluded that the reason Patrick and Jude's affair is doomed is because both of these men are selfish, small-minded, intolerant, and, on some level, self-loathing.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=load9240 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Circumcise Me, the hilarious one-man show written by Yisrael Campbell, charts Campbell's passage from alcohol abuse and a Catholic upbringing to familial salvation and (multiple) religious conversions, Circumcise Me is at once steeped in Jewish culture and laced with Yiddish nuance, yet immediately accessible to even the most goyische of audience members.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=circ8909 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST The Lesser Seductions of History promises a dramatic snapshot of the time, with the benefit of 2009 hindsight. However, with an excessive cast and overly ambitious historical scope, the project takes on more than it can deliver, despite clocking in at over two hours.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=less9281 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Mine, Bekah Brunstetter, an up-and-coming playwright with an exciting original voice, delves only partially into the original in discussing the subject of unrequited love.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=mine9184 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST The Common Air, and the majority of them are presented in the first five minutes by the Iraqi cab driver--billed as "The Immigrant"--who opens the show. Waste is one of them: "It is obscene wasta-ful-ness. An uttarh disregard of abundancy, and it is my favorite tink about America." So is Choice: "We have in this country, the most choices. So many, we trow some to the garbazh! But no regrets! Forgive yourself sir. It is easy." ]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=comm9273 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST On The Town before I was simply enchanted by the production now playing at Paper Mill Playhouse. Wow! What an astonishingly nostalgic (for us) dance-centric, musically comedic theatrical extravaganza! It was such a pleasure to hear the magnificent full orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein's lush musical score and such a tremendous joy to see these talented energetic dancers take over the stage and the evening's 17 scenes and 22 musical numbers.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=onth8174 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST She Turned on the Light is a one-woman show, written and directed by Wendy Woodson and performed by Marina Libel. Presented at La MaMa E.T.C., the piece explores themes of memory, loss, love, and reconciliation. We are confronted with the question: Do strangers share memories? Composed mainly as a dialogue between Lila, a young American woman, and Noon, an "Old World" refugee, She Turned on the Light evokes the potency of storytelling and its evolution through the generations that separate these two women.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=shet9005 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Savannah Black & Blue. Born in NYC to a hard-working single mother and a mostly absent dad who earns his living by running numbers, Savannah grows up parked in front of the TV set, where her favorite shows are the ones about cops. So it's not really that surprising when, after a few false starts, Savannah settles upon joining the police force as her career path.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=sava9285 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Wintuk gives us an array of incredibly gifted acrobats, contortionists, and jugglers against a lavish backdrop of jovial lampposts and colossal feathered cranes.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=wint8698 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Twelfth Night is currently being presented by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater as part of La MaMa's Puppet Series. The cast consists of 16 eight-inch toy marionettes controlled by three live performers, but with the help of the talented artists, the entire cast seems "alive."]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=twel8986 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST Penang is nytheatre.com's Pick of the Week: This new play by James L. Larocca is about a young naval officer who slashes his wrists just before he is about to return home from a tour of duty in Vietnam. Gripping, honest, and compassionate drama.]]> http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/the_list.php Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/voices.php?t=hutchinson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 EST http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/coupon.php?t=9345 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:15:04 EST http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/coupon.php?t=9346 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:15:04 EST http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/new.php Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:07 EST http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/coming.php Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:07 EST