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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: WARRIOR SISTERS OF WU (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre; Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York) by Paola Bellu

WARRIOR THEATER It's the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, and one of the best ways to celebrate it is seeing a classic Chinese epic. The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre is pre…

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: EDDIE IZZARD'S HAMLET (Greenwich House Theater) by Paola Bellu

THIS TOO TOO SOLID HAMLET RESOLVES ITSELF INTO A HIT It must be the Season of different takes on the Bard in New York; Greg Mullavey is appearing in a shortened King Lear, and Patrick Page's…

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: JONAH (Roundabout at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center) by Paola Bellu

A mysterious coming-of-age story that focuses on women's sexuality, written and directed by two talented artists like Rachel Bonds and Danya Taymor, was unquestionably the reason I wan…

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: THE FOLLOWING EVENING (PAC NYC) by Paola Bellu

ALIVE AND KICKING: MADDOW AND ZIMET AT PAC/NYC New York City, 1947: Julian Beck and Judith Molina found The Living Theatre, the oldest experimental group in the United States, giving life, w…

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Saturday, February 3, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: ARISTOCRATS (Irish Repertory Theater) by Paola Bellu

IRELAND'S GENTRY IS DISINTEGRATING IN FRIEL'S ARISTOCRATS, BUT SO IS THE DRAMA The mid-19th century, with its changing class dynamics, marked the decline of the power of aristocracy in Europ…

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Monday, January 29, 2024

Broadway Review: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (Studio 54) by Paola Bellu

LET'S RAISE OUR GLASSES AND CHEER DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES There is an old Irish proverb that goes "A man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man." Based on a JP Miller…

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble at the Gural Theatre) by Paola Bellu

THIS SHOW ISN'T A CRIME, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PUNISHMENT Following his return from a decade in exile in Siberia as a dissenter against the Romanov order, Fyodor Dostoevsky intended hi…

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Friday, January 19, 2024

Cabaret Review: PIECES: NEW MUSICAL SELECTIONS (Richard C. Walter at Chelsea Table + Stage) by Paola Bellu

It's hard to compose for modern musicals and not fall for pop-tunes or Sondheim's classic songs to be safe; Theatre is made of trials and errors, you keep reworking ingredients until you get…

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: HOW SHAKESPEARE INVENTED THE VILLAIN (Patrick Page at DR2) by Paola Bellu

WICKED GOOD THEATER Patrick Page was exposed to Shakespeare as a toddler in the mid-sixties; since then he seems to have been deeply feeling, researching, analyzing and performing every word…

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Dance Review: MONSTER MOURNING (Weena Pauly and Katie Workum at Kestrel's in Brooklyn) by Paola Bellu

MONSTER MOURNING, HOME OF FRIENDSHIP Weena Pauly and Katie Workum aim to highlight the essence of their friendship in a minimalistic form of postmodern dance-theatre. Like children fol…

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Broadway Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (Manhattan Theater Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) by Paola Bellu

"ARE WE SAFE?" In a world that foolishly brought back authoritarian regimes and fascist rhetoric, as if they didn't do enough damage to humanity in the past, it is always wise to keep histor…

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: VOLCANO (St. Anne's Warehouse) by Paola Bellu

Written, directed and choreographed by Luke Murphy from Ireland, Volcano " at St. Anne's Warehouse as part of Under the Radar Festival " is a dance/theatre production you will not forget. No…

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Off-Broadway Review: MANAHATTA (The Public Theater) by Paola Bellu

THE CONSEQUENCES OF GREED: MANAHATTA IN MANHATTAN Before getting into the play, it is important to know that Manahatta is written by playwright, activist and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle, who…

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Off-Broadway Review: SABBATH'S THEATER (The New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center) by Paola Bellu

TERRIFIC TURTURRO, MARVELOUS MARVEL, CUNNING KRAVITS AND RIOTOUS ROTH: DON'T MISS SABBATH'S THEATER The New Group's production of Sabbath's Theater is a perfect adaptation of Philip Roth's e…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off