@BroadwayCrit

Theater critic for TheFrontRowCenter and OffOffOnline. @TheDramaDesk member. Stan stans welcomed.

 New York, NY
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Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Transformed to the docks of Cornwall, England, circa 1918, its themes are more in line with what one might expect from a traditional, full-length musical drama: shame, desire, and the love of a good woman. thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/1…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Front Row Center

Transformed from Fitzgerald’s 1860 Baltimore setting to the docks of Cornwall, England, circa 1918, its themes are more in line with what one might expect from a traditional, full-length musical...

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Review: A Ghost in Your Ear. Is an audience still an audience if everyone is wearing headphones? offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

A Ghost in Your Ear — Off Off Online

For the past eight years, Audible, the audiobook behemoth, has joined forces with the Minetta Lane Theatre to produce staged plays that are recorded and eventually made available as streaming audio...

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Review: Soon.  Amid global warming, a young woman risks drowning in her own emotional meltdown. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Soon — Off Off Online

Warnings about the consequences of global warming come early and often in the Off-Broadway premiere of Nick Blaemire’s 2015 pop musical, Soon . But they are a false flag. This is no treatise on the...

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Review: Lean-To. A lonely bartender, a chatty lawyer and a conflicted therapist walk into the woods. thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

Lean-To - The Front Row Center

A lonely bartender, a chatty lawyer and a conflicted therapist walk into the woods and, by the time they walk out, mistakes have been made, relationships have pivoted and nature has taken its unruly...

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Review: The Vessel. Who hasn’t thought about jumping? thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

The Vessel - The Front Row Center

THE VESSEL - Four suicides occurred at The Vessel from 2020 to 2021. Across three scenes, George’s play weaves itself throughout this fatal period, time-jumping between casualties, its characters...

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Review: Disruption. In the most contemporary of circumstances there dwells the oldest of pacts, a deal with the devil. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Disruption — Off Off Online

Enter a complex query into an AI chatbot, and the computer program will ruminate. Employing a proprietary algorithm, actions will be taken, decisions will be explained, and the sometimes unexpected...

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Open Call for Spring Awakening dancers this morning at the Seaview with the line running the length of 43rd St., from 8th to far around the corner on 9th. The dream is alive.
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Review: A Walk on the Moon - A housewife's voyage of self-discovery, one short hike away from Woodstock, one giant leap from her earthbound life. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

A Walk on the Moon — Off Off Online

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Less than a month later, the Woodstock festival rocked America’s psyche. The run-up to these landmark events provides the symbolic dissonance for...

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Review: Birthright - 18 years in 3.5 hours, with lightning-fast pacing, engaging characters, and fearlessness in exploring big ideas. thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

Birthright - The Front Row Center

The play’s title operates on several levels, but at its most basic it is a reference to the free ten-day trip to Israel, financed largely by individual donors with an assist from the Israeli govern...

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Review:  Girl, Interrupted - There are techniques one can get away with in a 168 p. memoir that are trickier to pull off in a 2-hour musical. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Girl, Interrupted — Off Off Online

Girl, Interrupted comes in a choice of formats. Susanna Kaysen’s 1993 memoir is a flippant quick read with an irresistible neurotic edge. The 1999 movie version features Angelina Jolie chewing the...

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Review: Jerome - A ménage à trois heals all wounds. thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

Jerome - The Front Row Center

This sad, scary, but ultimately heartfelt tale tracks a trio of gay men as they bond together while trying to cope with their own personal problems, each man more damaged than the next.

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Kitty Bruce, daughter of Lenny Bruce and Honey Harlow, passed away yesterday; coincidentally opening night of "The People Versus Lenny Bruce" Off-Broadway.
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Review:  "The People Versus Lenny Bruce"  Disorder in the court. thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

The People Versus Lenny Bruce - The Front Row Center

The production struggles to balance its two separate and very unequal protagonists but Johnny Anthony effectively embodies Lenny Bruce, bringing his swagger and nervous energy to the fore.

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Review: Specimen. In space, no one can hear you scream. But with this cast it's not for lack of trying. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Specimen — Off Off Online

Randall Sharp has been writing and directing plays for her Axis Theatre Company for more than 30 years. Radiating from the basement of One Sheridan Square, the sacred and profane locale that once...

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Review: Calf Scramble. The animalism of humans jumbled with the humanity of animals. If, at times, Carr lays on the symbolism with a heavy hoof, one must remember that the play is set in Texas, where everything is bigger, including the metaphors. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Calf Scramble — Off Off Online

Calf Scramble , the title of Libby Carr’s dynamic new work, is a double entendre. On one hand, it is an event, familiar to many a rodeo goer, that features teens chasing and roping calves to take...

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Review: Spare Parts - Finally, a play about parabiosis. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Spare Parts — Off Off Online

Playwright David J. Glass also happens to be a biomedical scientist with an expertise in age-related loss of muscle mass. So it is not a shock that his new work of science fiction, Spare Parts , is...

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Review: You Got Older is a comedy of many colors. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

You Got Older — Off Off Online

Clare Barron’s 2014 You Got Older is a comedy of many colors. In this revival at the handsomely renovated Cherry Lane Theatre, Freudian fantasy shares the stage with elements of a traditional...

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Review: BLACKOUT SONGS - a loss-of-memory play  thefrontrowcenter.com/2026/0…

Blackout Songs - The Front Row Center

The American premiere of this 2022 British drama features two blackout drunks who are as addicted to each other as they are to the bottle.

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Review: DIVERSION - A quiet and absorbing think piece on the hardship of opioid addiction and the post-traumatic stress of COVID. offoffonline.com/offoffonlin…

Diversion — Off Off Online

Playwright Scott Organ excels at creating characters whose mistakes in their jobs and relationships lead to agonizing consequences. His 2020 drama, 17 Minutes , was a harrowing tale of a sheriff’s...

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