Atlantic Theater Company’s Production of “Between Riverside and Crazy”

I attended a performance this afternoon of Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s new play, “Between Riverside and Crazy.”  It was not clear to me whether this was a preview or whether the production has actually opened, but everything went very smoothly and the cast and technical crew certainly have everything under control.

I was very entertained and impressed by this story of an elderly African-American former NYC police officer, retired on a … <Read More>


Cultural Diary – January 27 2014 through February 9 2014: From Marc Andre Hamelin to Bill Finn

Didn’t expect to see those two names in the same headline? Well, I’m multicultural…. I’ve been so consumed with writing about legal developments that I now have a backlog of cultural events upon which to comment, so here goes:

On January 27, I attended a recital by the Canadian-American pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, the recital auditorium under the main stage. Hamelin likes to play unusual repertory, so the biggest single piece … <Read More>


Current Theater: Metropolitan Opera’s “Rigoletto”; Atlantic Theater Company’s “The Night Alive”; Lincoln Center Theater’s “MacBeth”

Over the past several days I’ve had three intense, but very different, theatrical experiences.  On Saturday night, I finally caught up with the Metropolitan Opera’s “new” production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which was introduced last season.  Then on Sunday afternoon I attended Atlantic Theater Company’s presentation of the Donmar Warehouse production of Conor McPherson’s “The Night Alive.”  Finally, last night, I was at a performance of Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” presented by Lincoln Center Theater.   All were … <Read More>


Ethan Coen’s “Women or Nothing” at Atlantic Theater Company in NYC – warning plot spoilers!

Warning: Plot Spoilers!

Ethan Coen’s new play, “Women or Nothing,” has a limited run at Atlantic Theater Company’s West 20th Street theater space in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood.  I attended the September 18 evening performance.  The play officially opened a few days earlier.  Maybe I was a bit prejudiced by having read the NY Times review, but then again I didn’t agree with everything that critic said.

The show raises ethical/moral issues about an interesting situation: … <Read More>


“Good Television” at Atlantic Theater Company

I have a big stack of theater and opera programs stretching back over the spring, waiting to be written up as a diary entry, but I want to jump the line because I just got home from seeing a terrific new play off-Broadway that deserves attention and, since in the nature of things such plays presented by repertory companies have limited runs, I want to do my part and get the word out.  The play … <Read More>