The immensely entertaining Gotta Dance! , a creation of American Dance Machine presented by the York Theatre , includes some 17 dance numbe...

New York Magazine 's annual "Reasons to Love New York" issue came out at just the right time for this review. After three succ...

In this sad time of theatres' laying off staff, shortening seasons, and disappearing altogether, there is at least one bright spot: the ...

The York Theatre Company's production of  Vanities , running through April 22, has many strong points. The main strength is the cast. Th...

I was excited to see the York Theatre Company's new musical  Penelope, Or How the Odyssey Was Really Written (book and lyrics by Peter ...

I was going to do a "best-of" for 2019 plus a "looking forward" for 2020, when I realized that their focus would be much...

Panama Hattie , the third show in the York Theatre Company's Cole Porter-a-thon, is a mixed bag that is ultimately great fun. Simon ...

I bought my first Ben Bagley record, Irving Berlin Revisited,  for 69 cents at a flea market in New Jersey a million years ago. Albums those...

I am frequently blown away by the depth and quality of the New York acting community. Brilliant performances are everywhere . (I've li...

In 2018, I saw 74 shows. Only nine of them were on Broadway; those prices, even when discounted, keep scaring me away. However, I've l...

Akin Babatundé, with the outstanding support of guitarist David Weiss, is giving a heck of a concert in Lonesome Blues  at the York Theatre ...

I love meaningful musical theatre. I adore Sondheim. Caroline, Or Change is one of my favorite shows. But sometimes an old-fashioned, well-...

No doubt: the York Theatre Company is on a roll. Its last show, Desperate Measures,  received a bouquet of nominations for best musical (Dra...

By the time you read this, the York Theatre Company production of Dear World  will be over. Part of the York's Musicals in Mufti series ...

Have you noticed that whenever someone announces a "re-imagining" of a musical, the show gets smaller? Why does no show ever get b...

Osceola Mays was the daughter of sharecroppers and the granddaughter of slaves. She sang for the love of singing, her family, and Jesus. Joh...