DIRTY BOOKS Created and Directed by Mara Lieberman A Production of Bated Breath Theatre Company Venue location: 39 W 14th Street #301 Play Website Reviewed by David Spencer It takes place on the third floor of a commercial office building, in a loft space that has the ambience of a repurposed living room in a […]
MARJORIE PRIME by Jordan Harrison Directed by Anne Kaufman With Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb A Production of 2nd Stage (Play Website) Helen Hayes Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer The Broadway revival of Jordan Harrison’s 2014 play, Marjorie Prime presents a very decent narrative positing what may be an aspect of life
ARCHDUKE by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Darko Tresnjak Laura Pels Theatre Roundabout’s Archduke Website Reviewed by David Spencer This continues from my review of Gruesome Playground Injuries. If you haven’t read that one first, click here. …which doesn’t “complete its mission” either but seems clearer about its purpose. In it, three young Bosnian men have
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Neil Pepe Starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young Lucille Lortel Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer For me, Rajiv Joseph is a compelling, distinctive, yet hit-and-miss playwright. The good news: mostly hit, never dull. The flip side: his style palate is narrower than his story range.
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Lindsay Ferrentino Based on Lauren Greenfield’s documentary film The Queen Of Versailles and the life stories of Jackie and David Siegel Directed by Michael Arden Starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham St James Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer I’m not
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THE BAKER’S WIFE Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Joseph Stein Based on the film La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol adapted from a vignette in the novel Jean le Bleu by Jean Giono Starring Scott Bakula and Ariana DeBose Directed by Gordon Greenberg Classic Stage Company (CSC’s show website) Reviewed by
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