HARMONY Book and Lyrics by Bruce Sussman Music by Barry Manilow Directed and Choreographed by Wayne Carlyle National Yiddish Folksbeine at Edmond J. Safra Hall in Museum of Jewish Heritage Reviewed by David Spencer The Comedian Harmonists were a German, all-male singing group of six. They performed between 1928 and 1934. Their stock-in-trade was, the name …
THE MINUTES by Tracy Letts Directed by Anna D. Shapiro Studio 54 Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Because I’ve spent so much of my career adapting, writing and writing about genre stories, I’m over-sensitive about spoilers, and to my way of thinking, it is literally impossible to review Tracy Letts’ new play, The Minutes, …
BIRTHDAY CANDLES by Noah Haidle Directed by Vivienne Benesch Starring Debra Messing A Production of the Roundabout Theatre Company American Airlines Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer In Birthday Candles, playwright Noah Haidle gives us a life that progresses in birthdays. The setting is a kitchen in a very nice house, which could be anywhere (literally; in …
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary Louise Parker, David Morse and Johanna Day A Production of Manhattan Theatre Club Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer Quite remarkably, How I Learned to Drive is even more effective and unsettling in 2022 than it was upon its …
TO MY GIRLS by J.C. Lee Directed by Stephen Brackett A Production of 2nd Stage Tony Kiser Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer In 1968, there was The Boys in the Band. In the great tradition of American plays that conflate one from each column gathering with liquor flows, truth revealed plays, it was the primer …
