Consider it the miracle on 59th Street. The hysterically funny British trio, Fascinating Aïda, is back in New York with a new show. The brilliantly satiric musical revue lives up to its name.
Fern Siegel | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
How are things in Glocca Morra? That question is asked nightly at the St. James, where the revival of Finian's Rainbow offers songs, a love story, a leprechaun and a dollop of politics.
Ruth Sherman | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
I just saw a sweet, funny, Off-Broadway play entitled "Santa Claus Is Coming Out" that entertains exactly this question. We learn that Santa Claus is afraid; he is actually a closeted gay man.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.26.2009 | New York
Ragtime is a sweeping, ambitious revival that, with the election of Barack Obama, carries added resonance. The musical, an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel, is not to be missed.
Cara Joy David | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York
It remains to be seen whether Fela! can survive its producers' blunders and triumph on Broadway. Hopefully it will--it's something different.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Ten Saki short stories are adapted for the stage in the piercingly funny Wolves at the Window. Smartly rendered and acted, Wolves, running through Dec. 6, is a gem.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.
James Sims | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
The Marvelous Wonderettes has been playing to enthusiastic crowds since it settled in New York City following a run in Los Angeles -- where I first saw the show and fell in love.
Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment
We had the opportunity to chat with off-Broadway star, Chantal Nchako. She's definitely someone to watch in the coming years as her career is heating...
Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.01.2009 | Entertainment
There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, watching them on seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese.
AP | JENNIFER FARRAR | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Being "The Lady With All the Answers" was an enjoyable yet serious responsibility for Ann Landers. It's also the title of a one-woma...
Fern Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
Three shows on and off Broadway showcase friendships, street life and New York's forgotten era of Jewish and Irish songwriters.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment
Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance lets Dickinson speak for herself; this deeply moving production sites historic record, but captures the essence of the artist via her work.
Brad Balfour | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York
Jonathan Groff has starred in Hair on Broadway, played Dionysus in The Public Theater, and will play impresario Michael Lang in Taking Woodstock.
Ryan J. Davis | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York
I'd be shocked if Ruined doesn't get a shot at Broadway soon.
Fern Siegel | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment
Thanks to Jim Petosa's sharp direction, this thoughtful production successfully captures the hallucinatory world of guilt.
Fern Siegel | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment
Now playing at the Bleecker Street Theater, Sleepwalk With Me stars Mike Birbiglia, who delivers a hilarious stand-up routine in just over an hour.
Fern Siegel | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment
The Footage, now playing at the Flea Theater, will leave you mad -- at how manipulative people can be with technology.
Fern Siegel | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment
The young, romance-seeker asks: "Don't you believe in love?" Her more jaded friend snaps back: "I believe in Lehman Bros." In 1922, when Edith Wharton wrote those lines, everyone laughed.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment
The Disneyfication of Broadway, coupled with the proliferation of movies turned musicals, is enough to send any serious theater fan screaming into the night.
Fern Siegel | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York