‘Julius Caesar’ Shakespeare in the Park

Posted June 19, 2017 I wish I could have seen The Public Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar twice, once without all the external political drama and one with it. As such, the performance I attended featured an extra ‘sideshow’ — performers, both outside the theater shouting protest slogans and others inside on stage interrupting Shakespeare’s 400-year-old […]

Puffs

Posted July 6, 2017 The show offers lessons about acceptance, friendship and bravery and those of us who weren’t the “bravest, smartest or prettiest” at school can identify with the Puffs.” Students who attend Hogwarts School, the school that the famous Harry Potter attended, must be assigned to one of four houses by the sorting hat. […]

“The Honeymooners”

  For those who were weaned on Jackie Gleason’s sitcom The Honeymooners, there’s cause to rejoice. There’s a new musical based upon the 1950s classic characters, directed by award-winning John Rando (Urinetown, On The Town) premiering at The Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ. The musical, with music by Stephen Weiner, lyrics by Peter Mills and book […]

For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday

When did you finally grow up? When you got married? When you graduated from college? After the birth of your child? Yet aren’t there times when you wish you were a kid again? Despite some darker themes, James Barrie’s classic character Peter Pan is the epitome of perpetual youth. Playwright Sarah Ruhl uses the boy […]

Paul McCartney -One on One Tour

“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”   That love was evident throughout Paul McCartney’s One on One Tour.  Many in the sold-out audience announced their affection through their Beatle T-shirts and handmade signs (“116 concerts”. Playing a set list that included crowd-favorite Beatle songs, along with music […]

Santana’s Transmogrify Tour 2017

At the Borgata Events Center, in Atlantic City, on the last stop of the Transmogrify Tour 2017, master guitarist Carlos Santana reminded the sold-out audience, “What’s in here is real. Outside the intention is to sell you fear.” Despite the lone cry of “no politics,” the Mexican-American musician gently finished his plea for peace and […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

What better way to spend a glorious, moonlit mid-summer’s evening than at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park watching one of Shakespeare’s lightest comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the story of magic, fairies, love, weddings and amateur theatricals. It begins in the days leading up to the wedding of the […]

1984

Even reviewers are influenced by reviews. So upon hearing about some of the reactions to the recent British import of George Orwell’s “1984,” I must admit that I had some misgivings about seeing the show. Yet I was intrigued at the same time. The story describes a dystopian society where the totalitarian government controls all […]

Amerike: The Golden Land

America is a nation of immigrants. All ethnic groups and nationalities can trace their pathway and contributions to this country. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene is presenting the musical “Amerike: The Golden Land,” a 90-minute story of the Jews in America, beginning with the waves of immigrants from Russia […]