For Theater-Curious Dudes
CATS: The Jellicle Ball is a phantasmagorical pinballing vortex of a human dance party wrapped in a heartbreaking true-life cat fantasy saga and moon drama teeming with Olympic ballroom gymnastics-style…
WARNING: SPOLIERS The Balusters is undeniably hilarious, tragically relevant, and deceptively poignant. It makes me uncomfortable when I identify with the bad guy in any story—especially if that evil persona…
If the origin story for Broadway for Bros were turned into a Broadway show it would be Schmigadoon! I was raised around fishing and football in a conservative household in…
Titanique is a psychological lifeboat for a nation filled with nice people who need a break from the dark and frigid waters of corruption, fascism, and hatred. That alone is…
Broadway has always been a beacon of truth. As mainstream news, traditional media, and our established artforms (don’t get me started on country music) struggle to tell the authentic stories…
In our AI-shellacked world where nothing is real, occasionally we should give ourselves permission to believe that anything is real. A much-needed escape from our inescapable unreal reality. A coping…
There is something New Yorkers love and hate about people who come to the city for the first time. We love them because they remind us of how exciting New…
Bug gave me nightmares. That means this play was so disturbing that it leap-frogged from the back of my subconscious to the front of my tired mind—beating out the spread…
All Out: Comedy About Ambition on Broadway is one of those nights at the theater that feels less like a traditional show and more like a cultural sampler platter. It’s…
There’s a dirty little secret most theater critics rarely admit: mood matters. A lot. Reviews are often presented as objective verdicts handed down from some neutral, enlightened perch, but the…