Thursday, October 1, 2026
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I don’t like knowing the end of a play before it begins. I don’t want to know that Steve (played by Paul Rudd) will brandish a gun at his wife and shoot Sam, half of whose face is covered by a …
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Elyse Trevers
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11/6/12
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For the first 30 minutes of David Hirson’s La Bete, Valere (Mark Rylance) delivers an hysterical monologue in rhymed couplets. Although not alone, Rylance, playing a braggart, boorish …
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11/5/10
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Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard is a sublimely written, but complex play. It’s filled with intelligent humor and complicated mathematics. The viewer must be prepared to listen intently, think deeply and …
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Elyse Trevers
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4/5/11
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The York Theater Company at St. Peter’s Church is an unprepossessing little theater that offers small new musicals as well as revivals of older musicals. The shows have short runs; many are …
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Elyse Trevers
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2/11/11
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Good theater must be well acted, have a compelling story and be well written. Once in a while an outstanding show boasts all three elements and provides it is a uniquely thrilling experience.
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Elyse Trevers
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12/8/11
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There’s a story behind the story, and sometimes the ‘prequel’ is even better than the original. (See: Wicked the story leading up to The Wizard of Oz.) Peter and the Starcatcher, based on a …
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Elyse Trevers
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4/7/11
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Eight white-faced aliens have landed Off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre! They need to energize their space-craft so they can return to their world. Their power source is music. “Life is musica; …
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Elyse Trevers
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9/8/11
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In "The Importance of Being Earnest," two shallow young women are so enamored with the name Earnest that their suitors arrange to be re-baptized. Yet in the latest revival of the play presented by …
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Elyse Trevers
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1/17/11
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Imagine a world where there is no death or dying. Where fading flowers revive and aging people regain their failing faculties. For a brief weekend, that’s what happens in the new musical “Death Takes A Holiday” at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.
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Elyse Trevers
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7/20/11
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The last time Daniel Craig was on Broadway, he starred opposite Hugh Jackman in A Steady Rain. Although Jackman's character was more emotional, Craig's performance was more impressive. Now he’s …
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Elyse Trevers
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11/8/13
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