Can mediums truly speak with the dead, or are they con artists preying on the grieving at their most vulnerable?
Paranormal Activity brings bone-chilling terror to Broadway, and a new scream queen has entered the chat.
Broadway’s Hadestown breathes new life into the theater with an all-star cast featuring legendary Broadway performers and acclaimed big-screen talent.
Last week, we had the pleasure of seeing the brand new ‘Catch Me If You Can’ at the Colony Theater in Burbank, where the mayor and other members of the community joined opening night to watch it all unfold.
The end of the world is no obstacle to a good argument. From Medea to Macbeth to Maybe Happy Ending, plays have long distilled large ideas into memorable warnings: a discarded wife may seek revenge, witches make disastrous career advisers, and even helper robots have feelings.
Spades: the Play, the 76-show national tour of Marcus Callender’s debut show as playwright and director, concluded its Washington, DC run at Culture House on September 20.
Frank Sinatra was far more than the swaggering leader of the “Rat Pack” or the unmistakable voice behind “New York, New York.” He helped elevate popular music into an art form. As Eric Comstock, co-creator and performer of Our Sinatra: a Musical Celebration, observes, “No one did more to make pop music an art form.” This lively production proves his point.
Burt Bacharach made sophistication sound effortless. Songs such as “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” invite an easy singalong, yet their unusual time signatures, surprising chord changes, and demanding vocal ranges can expose an unprepared performer. In ‘Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon,’ the singers and musicians meet those challenges with style, precision, and control.
If you want a clear plot, conventional heroes and villains, or an evening free of disturbing material, ‘Les Enfants Terribles’ at East Village Basement is not the play for you.
How can an actor make an audience care about a character who speaks with a ghost, is consumed by his mother’s remarriage, helps drive the woman he loves toward suicide, and kills three men—two of them unarmed? ‘Becoming Hamlet’ answers this by removing the distance between spectator and prince: the audience does not merely observe Hamlet’s turmoil but assumes its many dimensions.
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