Ian McKellen sure knows how to baptize a stage. In 2007tayabet, at the recently opened Times Center in Midtown Manhattan, adhering to what he described as his tradition, he capped an evening of public conversation by kneeling to kiss the spotless ne
To say that a singer blows the roof off a theater, as Joshua Henry does in the revival of “Ragtime” that opened at New York City Center on Wednesday, is to understate what great musical performers do. It’s not a matter of so-called pyrotechnics, as
“Tammy Faye,” the new Broadway musical about the televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, kicks off with a projection of a set of eyes in close-up, mascara running down in a dramatic streak. It’s a visually arresting reference to the real-life Bakker, whose
Riddle me this: When is a piano not merely a piano? Answer: In “The Piano Lessonpera play,” where one piano contains a whole world. A whole family’s world, anyhow. The piano in question is an old upright, carved all over with the faces and figures o
Claire is low on energy, so she pops across the hall to Oliver’s pad for a pick-me-up. But Oliver, a creature of routine, doesn’t like being interrupted while listening to jazz and waiting for mail. She insists, he gives in, and a spark, maybe a lit