Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater)

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By Harry Forbes “The Comedy of Errors” may not be in the exalted category of Shakespeare’s later comedies, like “Twelfth Night” or “As You...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Cornelius (Brits Off Broadway)

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By Harry Forbes Kudos to London’s Finborough Theatre for resurrecting this 1935 rarity by J.B. Priestley as part of their “rediscoveries”...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Here Lies Love (The Public Theater)

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By Harry Forbes The specter of “Evita” will surely be top of mind to anyone watching this musical based, as it is, on the rise of Philipp...
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Pippin (Music Box Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes This is a superbly imaginative remounting of Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 hit about the son of Charlemagne and his quest for f...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Sweethearts (Light Opera of New York)

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Photo: Williams Reynolds By Harry Forbes LOONY’s two-night revival of Victor Herbert’s extravagantly tuneful “Sweethearts” rates as on...
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I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers (Booth Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes Bette Midler scores another career high in John Logan’s enormously entertaining one-act play about Hollywood superagent S...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Buyer & Cellar (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)

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Photo: © Sandra Coudert By Harry Forbes Inspired by Barbra Streisand’s own account -- in her 2010 book “My Passion for Design“ -- of th...