Tag: American Showstoppers

By Stuart Miller… Natalie Palamides plays both sides of a couple in this laugh-a-minute clowning play

By Alix CohenNothing comes close to the rollicking madness of a Joe Iconis & Family...

By Ron Fassler . . . I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Linda Purl, an actress and...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . “This is a play about my mother. For my mother. Who recently . . ....

By Alix Cohen The Big Band Era spanned roughly from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. It was the...

By Alix CohenHannah Senesh – an anglicized Hannah Szenes, (1921-1944) is revered by Jewish people...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oscar Hammerstein II’s words to Jerome Kern’s melody “The Song is...

Pianist-entertainer Chris Autore is marking an extraordinary 75 years in show business with a...

The New York Cabaret Convention Third NightHost K.T. Sullivan, Artistic Director -The Mabel Mercer...

The New York Cabaret Convention – Second NightHosts Klea Blackhurst and Billy StritchBy Alix...

Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Art of Leaving is the unpropitious title of an amateurish new...

By Adam Cohen… “Bull Durham The Musical” gets close but lacks the double romantic poetry necessary to drive both romances for the grand slam the creators want.

By Alix CohenFriends Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch go back a looong time. At the urging of...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Joan Marcus One of the most unique and entertaining theater...

By Alix CohenIf work by Talking Band has escaped your radar, Triplicity is an opportunity to...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The 34-year-old Ari’el Stachel is blessed with charm for days. Anyone...

By Alix Cohen In 1935, New York Times reviewer Brooks Atkinson found Awake and Sing! a story of...

By Alix Cohen“We’re not selling objects—we’re selling ideas, emotions, and the aura of cultural...

By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography www.melissagriegel.zenfolio.com Ava...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Eleven months ago, the City Center Annual Gala...

By Alix CohenChaconne (1942- José Limón) is inspired by a dance originating in Mexico during the...

By Samuel L. Leiter… Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot-off-the presses.

By Alix CohenWith Let’s Love! Ethan Coen gives us a contemporary La Ronde, the French anthology...

By Alex Eichholz . . . ​For a show that opens with the line “Prepare to be GOOPED!”, I was...

By Alix Cohen American Sunset is a concept album written between Election Day November 5, 2024,...

By Alix CohenInspired by the illustrations of Edward Gorey, Victorian reverie, ill-fated romance,...

The American Songbook Gala Celebrating Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyBy Alix CohenLynn Ahrens...

A Contemporary Feminist Look at Pride and Prejudice By Alix Cohen “Oh my God, everyone here...

Review by Carol Rocamora… Director Jamie Lloyd gives us a daring version of Beckett’s classic

Review by Ron Fassler . . . It is with only a fleeting awareness of her media persona that I...

In January 2018, people across Hawaii received an alert that a ballistic missile was headed for them . . . The musical, This Is Not a Drill examines how that moment affected the lives of several locals and tourists

A Panacea for the FlounderingBy Alix CohenThe near? future. Population growth is bleeding earth’s...

A Study of Self RealizationBy Alix CohenBullfighting in Mexico, corrida de toros, was introduced...

By Alix Cohen Belfast today: American oral historian Emily (Molly Ranson) is interviewing...

By Alix CohenEvery play does not have to be life changing. A One-Act with limited production...