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2017

“Prince of Broadway” remembers great musicals but forgets the politicsoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2017
“For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday” flies into a tempest of clichíésoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2017
“1984” describes the chilling past and future of the American superstateoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2017
Dance Forms showcases performers from classical to avant gardeoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2017
Brecht‘s “The Good Person of Sichuan” gets cool jazzy staging by Italia Conti Ensembleoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2017
“Women at War” depicts sexism endured by female troops U.S. sent to Afghanistanoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2017
“Action at a Distance” is a Swiftian tale of how to profit from military murderoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2017
George Mann‘s “Odyssey” is a dazzling masterclass in actingoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2017
“Todd and God” is quirky comic satire about man and God (who is a woman)original ↗
18 Aug 2017
“Borders” a gripping drama of Syria’s liberal opposition and often feckless western pressoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2017
“Woman on Fire” tells thrilling story of militant British suffragistsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2017
“Part of the Picture” are paintings of oil rig disaster victims Occidental Petroleum tried to suppressoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2017
“Foreign Radical” asks audience to profile selves in era of enhanced interrogationoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2017
“Ramy: in the Frontline” dramatic true story by singer-activist in Egypt‘s Arab Springoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2017
Public‘s “A Midsummer Night‘s Dream” trendy take on Bard’s 16th-century comedyoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2017
In “Seeing You” experience U.S. military‘s dark mindset in great ‘patriotic’ WWIIoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2017
In Alessandrini‘s “Spamilton” you understand and love every wordoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2017
“Hello Dolly” and Bette Midler outdated on feminism and talentoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2017
“Bandstand” great 40s music & dance about veterans tricked by US corporatesoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2017
In “War Paint,” cosmetics titans Rubenstein and Arden must deal with male execs as well as the marketoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2017
“Miss Saigon” a hokey not very political take on America‘s war against the Vietnameseoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2017
The Public‘s “Julius Caesar” brilliantly trolls Donald Trump, and masses “resist”original ↗
12 Jun 2017
Most everything is right about “The Play That Goes Wrong”original ↗
20 May 2017
Andy Karl gives charismatic appeal to quirky musical “Groundhog Day”original ↗
16 May 2017
“Anastasia” a fine colorful big-musical Russian Romanov princess fantasyoriginal ↗
15 May 2017
“A Doll‘s House, Part 2” takes 19th-century play to funny, clever feminist presentoriginal ↗
15 May 2017
“The Little Foxes” are the capitalist killers of Hellman‘s riveting family conflictoriginal ↗
14 May 2017
“Present Laughter” stars sublime Kevin Kline in delicious Noí«l Coward farceoriginal ↗
11 May 2017
“How to Transcend a Happy Marriage” satirizes couples‘ attempts to be cooloriginal ↗
3 May 2017
“Angel” & “Echoes” on machismo underlying Islamic and colonial repressionoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
Trump, tax evasion and what Americans really need to do: #abolishtaxhavensoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2017
O‘Neill‘s radical “The Hairy Ape” enthrallsoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2017
How German pastors collected church bells for Hitleroriginal ↗
24 Mar 2017
Robert Silvers, NY Review of Books editor, just died; he printed fake newsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2017
“Come From Away” a Canadian charmer with a subtle message to the red statesoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2017
Favorite Key West Museums: Butterfly Conservancy and Customs House Art & Historyoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2017
Sunset Key‘s Latitudes is a magical place for lunch in Key Westoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2017
Watch Key West sunset from historic schooner or catamaranoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2017
Sel et Poivre a favorite unpretentious NY East Side French bistrooriginal ↗
26 Feb 2017
“Sunset Boulevard” is too campy story of has-been star and desperate screenwriteroriginal ↗
20 Feb 2017
“Life According to Saki” is dark, whimsical satire that aims at British upper classoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2017
“Jitney” follows working men struggling to surviveoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2017

2016

“A Bronx Tale” is musical coming of age with a twist: kid grows up among hoodlumsoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2016
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” flashes across Broadwayoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2016
“The Front Page” an engaging politically advanced 90-year-old noirish comedyoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2016
“The Band‘s Visit” is a charming gem about human connections across political dividesoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2016
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” is a hokey Sex in the City in 18th century Franceoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2016
“Irving Berlin‘s Holiday Inn” is charming fluff highlighting great songs of the 40soriginal ↗
11 Dec 2016
“The Encounter” is a hokey gimmicky pretentious conceitoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2016
Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton bans Lucy Komisar from Wm Browder speechoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2016
“Fiddler on the Roof” still brilliant political musical theateroriginal ↗
27 Nov 2016
Mayor and Greenwich Villagers organize against Trumporiginal ↗
21 Nov 2016
“The Cherry Orchard” is brought up to date in Simon Godwin‘s engaging productionoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2016
Post-War would bring peace and “Plenty;” David Hare‘s disappointing play suggests why it didn‘t.original ↗
5 Nov 2016
“Underground Railroad Game” is a stunning, biting, compelling satire on what white Americans learn about slaveryoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2016
“Sense & Sensibility” a funny hokey caricature of Jane Austin‘s genteel 19th-century Englandoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2016
Best of New York‘s cabaret singers, new talents and veteran stars, featured at festivaloriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
“Battlefield,” inspired by Brook‘s Mahabarata, an elegant parable of justice and waroriginal ↗
6 Oct 2016
Tony Blair, Bush’s partner in Iraq disaster, reinvents himself as a humanitarianoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2016
Bordeaux from medieval to modern, discover a gorgeous city of wineoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
Lisbon: gorgeous history, art, culture, food, wine in a southern Europe jeweloriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
Discover port & Portugal‘s Douro Valley, on UNESCO World Heritage listoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2016
“Phaedra(s)” director turns Greek goddess‘s love for stepson into tedious over-the-top modern sex-obsessionoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: Bonita Brisker channels Billie Holidayoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: the struggle for justiceoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: the people the system chews uporiginal ↗
9 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: dance is classical, jazzy, sometimes almost like sculptureoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: plays on the system‘s corruptionoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2016
Edinburgh Fringe: plays about war and its falloutoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2016
“Oslo” is riveting story of back-channel negotiations that led to 1993 Israeli-Palestinian accordoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2016
“Hadestown” powerful, political, jazzy retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice mythoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2016
“Shuffle Along” a charming, hokey, jazzy, hot dance show with sparkling Audra McDonaldoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2016
“The Crucible” a stunning parable of McCarthyism‘s attack on Americaoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2016
Laura Benanti is luminous as smart shop clerk in “She Loves Me”original ↗
3 Jul 2016
“Radiant Vermin” a biting bloody fable about the rich and the poororiginal ↗
27 Jun 2016
In Ayckbourn‘s funny “Confusions,” small interactions show human vulnerabilitiesoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2016
Jessica Lange’s despairing woman‘s “Long Day‘s Journey Into Night” is tour de forceoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2016
“Bright Star” a charming southern fairy tale and bluegrass operettaoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2016
Frank Langella in “The Father” brilliantly creates confusion of man with dementiaoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2016
“Skeleton Crew” shows worker solidarity at time of corporate uber-poweroriginal ↗
13 Jun 2016
“Eclipsed” is stunning, surreal look at the horrors women suffered in Liberian civil waroriginal ↗
10 Jun 2016
“The Judas Kiss,” about Oscar Wilde and the aristocrat who was true to his classoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2016
Ban offshore banks with account secrecy from US correspondent accounts: Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitzoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2016
Tax Evasion Nation: Will the U.S. be Branded a Tax Haven?original ↗
27 May 2016
“Blackbird” raises questions about a man‘s sexual abuse of a young girloriginal ↗
26 May 2016
“Toast” depicts working-class camaraderie in the face of tough livesoriginal ↗
16 May 2016
Tax Evasion Nation: Ending Tax Haven Abuse (what Obama gets wrong)original ↗
12 May 2016
Philippe Chow brings NY sophistication to Beijing cuisineoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2016
Compelling “Echoes” shows how Caliphate follows on British empireoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2016
Exclusive: Yanis Varoufakis reveals how European powers’ Troika abolished Greek anti-tax evasion unitoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2016
Aquila Company‘s “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” still mystifies and enchantsoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2016
Bernie Sanders comes to the Village, speaking truth to power, which wasn’t thereoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2016
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker finesses truth about TPPoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2016
“The Robber Bridegroom” is hokey country music play with a dark sideoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2016
“Widowers‘ Houses” a Shaw satire of ‘moral’ folks who profit from exploiting the poororiginal ↗
26 Mar 2016
“L‘Amant Anonyme” is 18th French century opera composed by son of a slaveoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2016
“Ideation” shows unnerving connection between corporate sleaze and designs for mass killingoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2016
1938 Irish play “Women Without Men” depicts women without solidarityoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2016
“Prodigal Son” – John Patrick Shanley‘s engrossing memoir of rebel Catholic youthoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2016
Betty Friedan would vote for Bernie: Gloria Steinem and other feminists need to hear thisoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2016
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