In 1933, Charlie, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to America a decade earlier, returns to his hometown of Rovno in search of a bride. There Charlie meets Chava, who works at a hat shop and hopes to become a scholar. However, Chava’s ambitions for the future and the growing clouds of European anti-Semitism and...
NEWS & REVIEWS: The Oscar Micheaux Project
June 14 – 21, 2025Workshop Production – 6 performances only!BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER55 Lexington Ave. More information available at Prospect Musicals Music by ALPHONSO HORNECo-Book & Co-Lyrics by JESSE L. KEARNEY, JR.Co-Lyrics and additional Music by PETER MILLSCo-Book by CARA REICHEL Directed by KIMILLE HOWARDChoreographed by CHLOE DAVISMusic Directed by ALPHONSO HORNE & ANDY RONINSON...
NEWS & REVIEWS: Katie Forgette’s MRS. LOMAN IS LEAVING
Article by Alisa Soloman for AmericanTheatre.org 4/8/2025 They are among the most famous words spoken by a woman in a canonical American play: “Attention must be paid.” It’s Linda Loman, of course, in the last scene of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, admonishing her oldest son, Biff, to show his late father some...
NEWS & REVIEWS: THE HELLO GIRLS at Syracuse Stage
Article by Molly Higgins for Playbill.com 4/2/2025 Syracuse Stage has announced the lineup of productions for its 2025–2026 season. The season will kick off with The Hello Girls, running September 10-28. With music and lyrics by Peter Mills and a book by Mills and Cara Reichel, the musical tells the story of the first women soldiers...
NEWS & REVIEWS: Hudson Valley 2025 Shakespeare Festival
THE COMEDY OF ERRORSBy William ShakespeareDirected By Ryan Quinn “I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop.” ONE OF SHAKESPEARE’S MOST MADCAP COMEDIES, the play follows two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, who unknowingly cross paths many years later. Their encounters spark a...