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Britt Genelin, Spencer Aste, Jon McCormick, Katy Frame in Axis Theatre Company’s Twelfth Night. Photo by Pavel Antonov. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Axis Company‘s Twelfth Night By Dennis W. You hear it from people all of the time, “I don’t like William Shakespeare. His plays are too hard to understand.” They are probably more familiar with his tragedies...

Conrad Ricamora and Cole Escola in “Oh, Mary!” Photo by Emilio Madrid. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Oh, Mary! By Ross Billed as “The Greatest Play of the Generation!“, I walked into the off-Broadway production of Oh, Mary! with high hopes. Not actually because of what the flyer stated, quite brazenly, but from all the word of mouth from...

6496 Ronnie Larsen, far left, Allen Lewis Rickman, Jeni Hacker, Gabriell Salgado and Jason Guy, far right, in The Actors, a Plays of Wilton production now making its Off-Broadway launch in Theatre Four at Theatre Row in New York City. Photo courtesy Ronnie Larsen By Oline H. Cogdill NEW YORK CITY—Families start in myriad ways—biological origins, adoptions or...

The company of Broadway’s Illinoise. Photo by Liz Lauren. The Broadway Theatre Review: Illinoise By Ross “I never know how to start things,” reads the graphic journal that is stuffed inside the program of Broadway’s last-minute entry into the Tony Awards race, Illinoise. This dance show musical is meticulously based on Sufjan Stevens’2005 indie folk concept album “Illinois,” an...

The cast of Ars Nova’s (pray). Photo by Marc J. Franklin. 39TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED “(pray),” produced by Ars Nova and National Black Theatre, leads the pack with 3 awards, including Outstanding Musical Signature Theatre’s “The Comeuppance” was awarded Outstanding Play New York, NY (May 5, 2024) – The 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding...

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Lipstick Project’s In Memory Of By Dennis W. Dealing with mental illness is difficult in even the most supportive environments. The Memory Of, written by Rachel Schulte (Author, “Thicker Than Blood,”), is an interesting exploration of one woman’s battle to regain her life after trauma has made it impossible for her to distinguish...

Jeremy Strong in An Enemy of the People – Photo by Emilio Madrid. The Broadway Theatre Review: Enemy of the People By Ross A hush comes over the crowd before the strumming float in, singing a sweet tune that takes us back, as the stage is slowly illuminated by warm subtle candlelight. She sits, sewing, I believe, as...

Elena Maria Garcia delivers a tsunami of comedy in Cuban Chicken Soup: When There’s No More Café from Zoetic Stage at the Arsht Center (Photos by Morgan Sophia ) By Raquel V. Reyes Cuban Chicken Soup: When There’s No More Café is a ‘Grand Slam with yuca’ thanks to the sparkling performance of Elena Maria Garcia. The one-woman...

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jessica Lange in 2ST Broadway’s Mother Play. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Broadway Theatre Review: 2ST’s Mother Play By Ross ‘A play in five evictions’, reads the subtitle of the new Broadway star-filled gem of a play, Mother Play, unpacking heartache, disappointment, and complicated attachments, literally, at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater. Its one compelling treasure...

Steve Carell and Alison Pill in LCT’s Uncle Vanya. Photo by Marc J. Franklin. The Broadway Theatre Review: LCT’s Uncle Vanya By Ross Wide and deep, sits the Vivian Beaumont stage at the Lincoln Center Theater, with set-ups of seated spaces for Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya to play itself forward. A cluttered table, littered with fragments from a meal...