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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Birthright by Elyse Trevers

For 25 years, Birthright Israel has sent young Jewish adults to Israel to experience the culture and values of the country from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and places in between. For ten days at n…

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Whoopi Monologues by Elyse Trevers

In 1984, years before she became a one-name star, Whoopi Goldberg wrote and starred in a one-woman show called The Whoopi Monologues. The show and her unique name garnered lots of attention …

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

A Walk on the Moon by Elyse Trevers

photo by joan Marcus While the war in Vietnam raged on, the summer of ‘69 distracted Americans with the Apollo 11 moon landing and walk by Neil Armstrong and later, the joyous gathering of…

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Friday, June 19, 2026

Romeo and Juliet by Elyse Trevers

No place lends itself better to see Shakespeare’s story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet than Central Park on a starry night. When Juliet stands on her balcony and the two young lov…

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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Saleman by Elyse Trevers

At the final curtain of the revival of Arthur Miller’s classic play Death of a Salesman, Nathan Lane comes out to take a bow. He looks exhausted after giving the 3 hour award-winning perfo…

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by Elyse Trevers

In Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the second of August Wilson’s 10 play Century Cycle, all the action occurs in a boarding house run by Seth Holly (Cedric the entertainer) and his wife Bert…

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

KENREX by Elyse Trevers

Shows can have ornate settings and special effects like those in this season’s The Lost Boys; now playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village, KENREX only uses an open door …

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The Balusters by Elyse Trevers

Y You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your neighbors, that is unless you are Elliot Emerson (impressive Richard Thomas,) real estate agent and president of the Vernon Point Homeo…

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Friday, May 8, 2026

The Rocky Horror Show by Elyse Trevers

From show to movie and back to show. The cult 1975 movie Rocky Horror Picture Show is on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54. Directed by Jim Sharman, the film found its …

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Becky Shaw by Elyse Trevers

It takes a while for the title character to appear in the revival of Gina Gionfriddo’s play Becky Shaw. When Becky does appear, she changes the dynamics of the play. Becky is a catalyst wh…

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Proof by Elyse Trevers

Is madness inherited? Is genius inherited? Are the two connected? These are some of the questions posed in Proof, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning play in 2001. When an aging…

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Schmigadoon by Elyse Trevers

I’m a musical theater nerd and love classic Broadway musicals. Even though they may be dated now, I still have an affection for them. So when the television show called Schmigadoon aired i…

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Fallen Angels by Elyse Trevers

What is comedy? Countless books have been written describing, explaining, analyzing and dissecting the genre. Yet we know it when we see it and Fallen Angels, the Noel Coward 1952 comedy of …

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Friday, April 24, 2026

Beaches by Elyse Trevers

Young girls often have BFFs (best friends) with whom they share everything. They swear to be besties forever, and sometimes they actually remain friends over the years. Through school, jobs,…

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Fear of 13 by Elyse Trevers

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 and one of the vocabulary words prison inmate Nick Yarris learned during the years he was on Death Row. It is also the name of his memoir – T…

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Titanique by Elyse Trevers

From Off-Broadway to the West End to Broadway, the ship Titanique has traveled a long way. The musical parody of James Cameron's epic movie Titanic has delighted its audiences so much that i…

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Friday, April 17, 2026

CATS: The Jellicle Ball by Elyse Trevers

"Cats:The Jellicle Ball" at the Broadhurst Theatre is not your mother's "Cats," the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. In the origina…

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon by Elyse Trevers

In Dog Day Afternoon, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis has adapted a play from a movie based on an actual event. I knew nothing about the movie except that it starred Al Pacino, and nothing a…

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Friday, April 3, 2026

Giant by Elyse Trevers

Sometimes an actor gives such a commanding performance that he will always be that character. So it was with John Lithgow portraying Roald Dahl in the Olivier award- winning play Giant, rece…

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Elyse Trevers

The play Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Anna Ziegler is not the play you and I read in high school. Although the major characters are the same, the play, directed by Tyne Rafa…

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Every Brilliant Thing by Elyse Trevers

In my role as a critic, I see a lot of shows. While I enjoy many of them, I rarely leave planning to buy tickets for my family. However, by the end of Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel R…

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Friday, March 6, 2026

Bigfoot by Elyse Trevers

We've all heard of the mythical Bigfoot. He's a huge creature covered in fur and a popular figure in American and Canadian folklore. Now we can see and hear him at New York City Center Stage…

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Chinese Republicans by Elyse Trevers

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Monday, February 23, 2026

The 25th Annual Putman Country Spelling Bee by Elyse Trevers

How do you spell " enjoyable. Definition, please -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The revival of the musical at New World Stages, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tony awa…

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Bug by Elyse Trevers

The intimacy of Bug makes the revival of Tracy Lett's play moving and powerful. Waitress Agnes White (Carrie Coon) lives in a seedy Oklahoma motel. Except for a certain amount of clutter, th…

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Tartuffe by Elyse Trevers

Tartuffe, the womanizing fraud in the eponymous comedy by Molire, is like the man who came to dinner. It's next to impossible to get him to leave. In Moliere's play, Orgon, a wealthy man, is…

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Marjorie Prime by Elyse Trevers

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, just think about June Squibb, the 96 year old actress onstage each night performing 8 shows a week in Marjorie Prime at The Hayes The…

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Oedipus by Elyse Trevers

In Sophocles' classic play, Oedipus tries to circumvent the fate the gods have ordained for him. He will kill his father and marry his mother. Tragically, he can't because he has already ful…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Chess by Elyse Trevers

The musical Chess premiered in London in 1986 and then on Broadway two years later. Despite its gorgeous score with music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim R…

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Two Strangers( Carry a Cake Across New York) by Elyse Trevers

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) He's the son of the groom he has never met. She's the sister of the much-younger bride. Together they are the main characters in Two Strangers (C…

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

The Queen of Versailles by Elyse Trevers

Picture a small blonde tornado " bursting with energy and dressed in hot pink wearing high heels. That's Kristen Chenoweth portraying the real-life Jackie Siegel in The Queen of Versailles. …

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