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2016

Poitras exhibit at Whitney turns U.S. govt threat to liberty into political artoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2016
Fed Co-chair Fischer deflects call for numbers on wagesoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2016
A “China Doll” is Al Pacino character‘s prize for life of corrupt dealingoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2016
Key West: Bobby Nesbitt brings panache and glitter to celebration of Las Vegas iconsoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2016
Eerie surprising “Marjorie Prime” shows future when avatars of the dead comfort the livingoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2016

2015

“The Color Purple” is feminist musical soap opera about blacks in pre-1950s Georgiaoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2015
“A View From the Bridge” is strong minimalist depiction of honor vs. betrayaloriginal ↗
23 Dec 2015
“The Count Meets The Duke: The Andersons Play Basie And Ellington.”original ↗
19 Dec 2015
In “Shadowland,” Pilobolus invents a form of silhouetted kinetic posesoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2015
Nature and politics in Sohooriginal ↗
20 Nov 2015
“Sylvia” a shaggy dog story that raises feminist questionsoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2015
“King Charles III” is riveting and surprising critique of British elitesoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2015
“Cuckooed” a riveting true story by British comic and activist of how arms company spied on himoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2015
Pinter‘s “Old Times” teases and fascinates with memory and fantasyoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2015
“Texts&beheadings/ElizabethR” is Coonrod‘s brilliant feminist take on Elizabethoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2015
Cabaret greats glitter in jazzy accents at Town Halloriginal ↗
22 Oct 2015
“Cloud Nine” cleverly skewers British imperialism, falls flat a century lateroriginal ↗
16 Oct 2015
“Desire” has strong moments channeling Tennessee Williams’ riffs on sexoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2015
At a Berlin refugee centeroriginal ↗
21 Sept 2015
Julie Reyburn mixes kids songs and sophistication at Metropolitan Roomoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2015
“The King and I” – gorgeous spectacle of 1860s British governess & Asian despotoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2015
“An Act of God” is Jim Parsons‘ very witty take on religious hokumoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2015
“An American in Paris” is a stairway to dance paradiseoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2015
“On The 20th Century” is a Kristin Chenoweth musical tour de force  original ↗
4 Jul 2015
In “The Tempest,” Caliban’s 16th-century slave cry for freedom is more powerful than conflicts  between ruling noblesoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2015
Nathalie Schmidt‘s “Forgotten Lovers” are characters in a comic-dramatic cabaret storyoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2015
“Clinton: The Musical” better than political commentary from the mainstream mediaoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2015
“Gigi” revival airbrushes the dark story of young girls raised to be courtesansoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2015
“Wolf Hall” a riveting drama of tough 16th-century politicsoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2015
“The Visit” is stunning dark musical where Chita Rivera shinesoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2015
Hare‘s “Skylight” a sharp look at young woman-older guy affair and (political) moralityoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2015
“The Two Gentlemen of Verona” is another Fiasco Theater Shakespearean hitoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2015
“An American in Paris” and “On the Town” take Fred and Adele Astaire Awardsoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2015
Charlotte Patton‘s “Celebrating Men” impeccable collection of upbeat songs about loveoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2015
In “Forever” a brutal growing up is turned around by the artsoriginal ↗
18 May 2015
“Street Singer” is  dramatic story of French icon Edith Piaf in song and modern danceoriginal ↗
17 May 2015
German Finance Minister Schäuble spins why Greeks have to pay back loans and Germany doesn‘toriginal ↗
18 Apr 2015
Feminists lose in Wasserstein‘s “The Heidi Chronicles”original ↗
9 Apr 2015
“The Tallest Tree in the Forest” is a towering musical historyoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2015
Afghanistan’s president favors offshore transparency, Robert Rubin not so much?original ↗
30 Mar 2015
“The Audience” — Queen’s meetings reveal class lines of Britain’s prime ministersoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2015
“The Nether” is a surprising, provocative look at immorality via avataroriginal ↗
18 Mar 2015
CIA Director John Brennan dodges question about offshoreoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2015
Rosemary Loar at the Metropolitan Room: great voice, too many sexist  selectionsoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2015
“Abundance” a fine feminist take on mail order brides in the 1800s Westoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2015
“An Octoroon” is smart hokey-serious comedy about slaveryoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2015
“Lives of the Saints” is David Ives‘ funny surreal take on the human conditionoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2015
Ronald Keaton‘s “Churchill” aristocratic hero of wartime Britain & no friend of workersoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2015
“Kill Me Like You Mean It” smartly spoofs film noiroriginal ↗
16 Feb 2015
“The Bullpen” is a prisoner‘s surreal comic riff on the justice systemoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2015
“Into the Woods” enormously clever deconstructed Grimm’s fairy tales for adultsoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2015
In “A Delicate Balance” Albee skewers womenoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2015
Janet Napolitano evades issue of U.S. weakening cybersecurityoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2015
“The Last Night of Ballyhoo” criticizes assimilated Jews in 1930s Atlantaoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2015
Pico and Chown bring rich vocals and jazz piano to Key Westoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2015
 “Noises Off” gets rousing comic staging at Key West‘s Waterfront Playhouseoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2015
NY Review of Books reports this comment, but won’t print itoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2015

2014

In “The Last Ship,” Sting‘s worker rebellion opts for symbolism instead of changeoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2014
“The Elephant Man” a stunning play about cruelty and morality in 19th-century Englandoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2014
“On The Town” a gorgeous 40s fable revived with sexist veneeroriginal ↗
23 Dec 2014
“Disgraced” a confused play about conflict between Muslims and Jewsoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2014
“Café Society Swing” is glorious jazz and troubling historyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2014
“The Invisible Hand”: Islamic militants turn West‘s capital markets into their weaponoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2014
Cabaret artists salute “Singer/Songwriters of the Seventies”original ↗
15 Dec 2014
“Side Show” an extraordinary musical about conjoined twins who made it in vaudevilleoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2014
“Tail! Spin!” a funny sick joke about some jerks who served in Congressoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2014
“Tamburlaine” by Marlowe is exciting 16th-century take on modern military stateoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2014
“The Real Thing” is Stoppard‘s cynical take on the disaster of modern marriageoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2014
“Father Comes Home From the Wars” a powerful feminist take on black liberationoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2014
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” glows in reclusive brilliant mindoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2014
“You Can‘t Take it With You” is a near-80-year-old sitcomoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2014
Khodorkovsky‘s Contradictionsoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2014
Kathleen Chalfant in “A Walk in the Woods” explains permanent arms race with Russiansoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2014
Wit gets erased from Tom Stoppard‘s “Indian Ink”original ↗
2 Oct 2014
U.S. uses the Metropolitan Museum of Art for propagandaoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2014
“Love Letters” has luminous Mia Farrow as neurotic female confronting perfect maleoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2014
Peter Brook‘s “The Valley of Astonishment” is good science, bad theateroriginal ↗
25 Sept 2014
“Embers” is deadly vision of Beckett playoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2014
A soundscape/vision of “Finnegan‘s Wake”original ↗
18 Sept 2014
Homeland Security Secretary Johnson shows his contemptoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2014
“A Gentleman‘s Guide to Love and Murder” is a smashing way to deal with aristocratsoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2014
“Cabaret” still an intense, chilling lesson about how ordinary people deal with eviloriginal ↗
9 Sept 2014
“Lady Day at Emerson‘s Bar & Grill” is stunning jazz cabaret by Audra McDonaldoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2014
Edinburgh Fringe political plays: Party Politicsoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2014
Edinburgh Fringe political plays: Waroriginal ↗
28 Aug 2014
Edinburgh Fringe political plays: Repressionoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2014
Sutton Foster is eloquent in “Violet,” a southern country-gospel musicaloriginal ↗
31 Jul 2014
The Corruption of Gov. Andrew Cuomooriginal ↗
25 Jul 2014
“Of Mice and Men” is Steinbeck‘s searing tale of working class desperation & lonelinessoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2014
“Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging” another riotous Alessandrini productionoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2014
“The Cripple of Inishmaan” a dark comic drama about cruelty and caring in barren seaside Irelandoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2014
Public Theater’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is a feminist charmer for a summer eveoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2014
“Ayckbourn Ensemble” is clever plumbing of the human condition by a masteroriginal ↗
25 Jun 2014
“If/Then” runs into traffic jam in life‘s “fork-in-the-road” problemoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2014
“Satchmo at the Waldorf” is moving history of American jazz greatoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2014
Russian Sanctions Highlight Role of Western Enablersoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2014
Ionesco‘s “The Killer” is surreal dark commentary on a public that welcomed Naziismoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2014
Denzel Washington is a powerful desperate man in “A Raisin in the Sun”original ↗
6 Jun 2014
“The City of Conversation” is great fun for politics junkiesoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2014
Justice Department lets U.S. tax evaders escape Credit Suisse netoriginal ↗
20 May 2014
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