Waiting For Lefty Score 95%

Waiting For Lefty

by | Nov 2, 2026 | 0

WAITING FOR LEFTY This production of “Waiting For Lefty” is captivating.  It uncovers a play whose roots run deep and invites us along for the ride.  Of course we accept. When it’s over you don’t want to leave the room.

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COPPERFIELD! THE NEW MUSICAL Score 75%

COPPERFIELD! THE NEW MUSICAL

by | Oct 30, 2026 | 0

Copperfield! The New Musical,  is a mostly delightful evening. For those less familiar with the novel (like myself), it provides a broad overview of the major plot points through an endearing ensemble performance and impressive musical (instrumental and vocal both) chops. The performances are strong and the ensemble is entertaining, but the piece overall doesn’t leave a lasting impression.

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Legerdemain at The Tank: Lynn Rosen’s Sleight-of-Heart Comedy Score 98%

Legerdemain at The Tank: Lynn Rosen’s Sleight-of-Heart Comedy

by | Oct 30, 2026 | 0

Some shows dazzle; Legerdemain enchants. Lynn Rosen’s sparkling comedy turns a restaurant’s back alley into a palace of wonder, where three marvelous actors trade laughs, secrets, and sleight of hand until even grief learns a new trick. Julie Kramer’s staging is crisp, tender, and perfectly timed. Performances continue at The Tank through November 22, and seats are scarce in this intimate house. Book now, bring someone you love, and prepare to believe in magic again.

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I Became We Score 90%

I Became We

by | Oct 27, 2026 | 0

Mona Pirnot presents us with another form-bending, auto fiction production–a play, I Became We–with its entirety sang by a 16-person classical choir. This intimate, humorous, and familiar narrative explores decisions and expectations of women and couples. Pirnot has this deftness in making me cry over the most common, collective happenings. She carries these experiences which are just as personal as they are universal. 

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A Ghost in Your Ear at Audible Theater Score 68%

A Ghost in Your Ear at Audible Theater

by | Oct 26, 2026 | 0

Though A Ghost in Your Ear doesn’t meet expectations, its approach is undeniably inventive. The show points us to an exciting possibility for what can be done at the Audible’s Minetta Lane, and is certain to inspire the audio and sound aficionados among us.

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Other Desert Cities Score 70%

Other Desert Cities

by | Oct 25, 2026 | 0

The upshot here is that for this writer the production never achieves its goal.  I was never pulled in to the story.  I was never fully immersed.  Which is what I always want to be.  

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Enlightenment by the American Classical Orchestra Score 98%

Enlightenment by the American Classical Orchestra

by | Oct 22, 2026 | 0

Enlightenment proved that reason and rapture can share a single stage. Under Thomas Crawford’s genial guidance, the American Classical Orchestra’s period-instrument artists made Mozart sigh and Haydn laugh, and Elise Bonhivert’s handmade basset clarinet sang like a voice from 1789. Season 42 now beckons, from Berwald’s American premiere and Beethoven at Alice Tully Hall to Bach at Old St. Patrick’s and Jefferson’s own songbook. Dare to know. Dare to listen. Join them this season.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Score 87%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

by | Oct 21, 2026 | 0

Transformed from Fitzgerald’s 1860 Baltimore setting to the docks of Cornwall, England, circa 1918, its themes are more in line with what one might expect from a traditional, full-length musical drama: shame, desire, and the love of a good woman.

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