To the Moon — 1812 Productions at Christ Church Neighborhood House
Interweaving biography, especially of someone who has an indelible image and millions of extant fans, with a fictional work that borrows from the famous person’s oeuvre but is unique enough … Continue reading
This Is The Week That Is — 1812 Productions at Plays & Players
What a difference a season makes! Last spring, 1812 Productions moved its annual “This Is The Week That Is” from the holiday slot to April. The show had zing to … Continue reading
Intimate Exchanges — 1812 Productions — at the Arden
Alan Ayckbourn loves combinations and permutations as much as a mathematician does. The playwright is constantly coming up with different ways a single play can include multiple variations of a … Continue reading
This Is the Week That Is — 1812 Productions at Plays & Players
Realizing that a $2.5 million fine may be chump change, or something akin to minimum wage for disgraced billionaire Donald Sterling, the cast of “This Is the Week That Is,” … Continue reading
Cirkopolis and Odds and Ends — 1812, Dance Celebration, Macbeth, and Porgy and Bess
“Cirkopolis” is unique among shows that bring circus skills to the theater. The piece, produced by Cirque Éloize and directed by Dave St. Pierre and Jeannot Painchaud, has an actual … Continue reading
The Big Time — 1812 Productions at Plays & Players Theatre
Pre-talkies and way before the advent of television, New York had more than a hundred vaudeville houses that ranged in rank from the Palace to break-in joints in Canarsie and … Continue reading