Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Richard Rodgers Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes First things first. This production, which hailed from the American Repertory Theater, is no desecration of DuBose Dorothy H...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Close Up Space (Manhattan Theatre Club)

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By Harry Forbes David Hyde Pierce is a highly adept stage actor and it’s a pleasure to watch him at full throttle in the opening moments of ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Neighborhood Watch (Brits Off Broadway)

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By Harry Forbes In his 75th play, Alan Ayckbourn shows that he is still very much at the top of his game (though when has that not been the ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Seminar (Golden Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes If “Seminar” offered nothing more than a chance to see Alan Rickman at his most sneeringly, witheringly sarcastic, that woul...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Private Lives (The Music Box)

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By Harry Forbes Kim Cattrall proves the real deal in Noel Coward’s classic “Private Lives.” As the mercurial, witty Amanda, there’s nary a t...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Grand Duke (New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players)

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By Harry Forbes For its annual one-night-only event – often a G&S or Sullivan-only rarity – NYGASP, under the direction of Albert Berger...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Venus in Fur (Manhattan Theatre Club)

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By Harry Forbes I missed Nina Arianda in her much praised performance in this play last year Off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company. But ...