Here's an alphabetical listing of every play/opera/live event/concert/happening I've seen, begun far too late to be comprehensive. It's followed by a year by year list of the shows I've seen in order, when available. All reviews on a four star scale.
THEATER CONCERTS LIVE EVENTS HAPPENINGS -- THE MASTER LIST
Adding Machine (2008) ** 1/2
Adrift in Macao (w Will Swenson 2007) **
After Midnight (w Fantasia) ***
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Josh Ritter, Nellie McKay, etc in 2007 *** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
Alexandria (reading in 2011) ***
All-American **
All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59) ***
All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe w Janie Dee, Ellie Piercy, Sam Crane 2011) ****
All's Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare In The Park Tonya Pinkins, John Cullum 2011) ** 1/2
All That Fall (Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, dreadful audience 2013) ***/
All That I Will Ever Be (by Alan Ball 2007) * 1/2
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 1 *
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 4 at Public *
All Things Considered (London by Ben Brown w Christopher Godwin) 1997) *** 1/2
Amadou and Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel in 2011 ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise (by Yael Farber 2000) ***
Amy's View (London at NT w **** Judi Dench, Samantha Bond 1997) ***
The Anarchist (Bway Mamet w Patti Lupone, Debra Winger 2012) *
And Away We Go (at Pearl w Sean McNall, Terrence McNally play)
And God Created Whales (Rinde Eckert 2000) ** 1/2
And The World Goes 'Round (Bob Cuccioli,Karen Mason, Karen Ziemba April 1991) *** 1/2
Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America: Perestroika (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America (revival at Signature w Zachary Quinto 2010) ***
Ann (w Holland Taylor) ** 1/2
Ann Hampton Callaway at Blue Note in 2007 ***
Annie (Bway w Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford 2012) ** 1/2
Another American: Asking and Telling **
Antony Gormley: Blind Light (art exhibit at Hayward in London 2007) *** 1/2
Anything Goes (West End w John Barrowman 2005) ***
Anything Goes (Bway w Sutton Foster 2011) ** 1/2
Araby (FF 2011) *
The Araneidae Show And Other Pieces (Public Puppetry Festival w Basil Twist 1996) *** 1/2
Arcadia (Bway w Blair Brown, Victor Garber, Billy Crudup, Robert Sean Leonard 1995) ****
Arcadia (Bway revival w Billy Crudup, Grace Gummer, Raul Esparza 2011) *** 1/2
Arguendo (ERS at Public) **
As Is (Hippodrome in Gainvesville Florida 1988) **
As It Is In Heaven (by Arlene Hutton 2001) ** 1/2
Assassins (Bway w Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare 2004) *** 1/2
The Assembled Parties ** 1/2
Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl at BAM w Adrian Lester 1994) ****
As You Like It: Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
As You Like It (BAM w Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance) ** 1/2
As You Like It (Shakespeare in Park w Lily Rabe, Stephen Spinella, David Furr, 2012) ****
The Atheist (w Campbell Scott) **
The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) 1/2 *
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
Avenue Q (Vineyard w John Tartaglia 2003) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2003 w John Tartaglia) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2004 w John Tartaglia) ***
Avow (Christopher Sieber, Jane Powell, Scott Ferrara 2000) **
Baby Case (NYMF 2012) ***
Baby It's You (Bway 2011) *
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2008 *** 1/2
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
Un Ballo In Maschera (Met w Dmitri Hvorostovsky) *** 1/2 singing * production so ** 1/2
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
Bare **
The Barksdale Confession (2004) **
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed w Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Harelik 2003) ****
Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **
Beckett/Albee (w Marian Seldes, Brian Murray 2003) ** 1/2
Being Harold Pinter (at La MaMa 2011) ** 1/2
La Belle Et La Bete (BAM w Philip Glass, Cocteau film 1994) *** 1/2
Belleville (at NYTW) **
Bell X-1 at Bowery in 2008 ** 1/2
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Bway w Robin Williams) **
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
The Bert Fershners in Color (at Here 1997) ***
The Best Man (Bway w James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury) ** 1/2
The Best Man (Bway, cast changes, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepard) ***
La Bete (revival w Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley 2010) ** 1/2
Between Worlds/Entre Mundos (w Siudy) * 1/2
Big Fish (w Bobby Steggert on Bway) **
The Big Knife (Bobby Cannavale at Roundabout, 2013) *
Billboards (BAM Gerald Arpino to Prince songs 1993) **
Bill Maher at Carnegie Hall (2004) ** 1/2
Billy Elliot (London 2005) *** 1/2
Billy Elliot (Bway 2008) *** 1/2
Birdy (2004 w Adam Rothenberg 2004) ***
The Birthday Party (London West End w Eileen Atkins, Henry Goodman 2005) **
The Black Rider (Tom Waits 1993) *** 1/2
Black Watch (at St. Ann’s w discussion 2007) ***
Blade To The Heat (Public boxing dir George C. Wolfe 1994) **
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF 2011) *** 1/2
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Blind Boys Of Alabama at Cutting Room in 2008 ***
Blood From A Stone (w Ethan Hawke 2011) ** 1/2
Blood Knot (at Signature dir by Athol Fugard, 2012) **
Blood Play (Under The Radar Festival at Public) ** 1/2
Blood Ties (NYMF 2010) ***
Blood Wedding (London Almeida w Gael Garcia Bernal 2005) * 1/2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (at Public 2010) ** but Benjamin Walker *** 1/2
Blue Heart (BAM by Caryl Churchill 1999) *** 1/2
Blue Man Group: Tubes (Astor Place Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink 1992) ***
The Blue Martini (FF 2006) *
Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (Bway at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack 2008) ***
La Boheme (Bway Baz Luhrmann 2003) *** 1/2
Bombsheltered (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Bonnie And Clyde (Bway w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Book Of Longing (Philip Glass w Leonard Cohen poems in 2007) ***
The Book Of Mormon (Bway 2011) *** 1/2
Books On Tape (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Border/Clash: A Litany Of Desires (Staceyann Chin 2005) ** 1/2
Boris Godunov (at the Met w Rene Pape 2010) ** 1/2
Born Yesterday (Bway revival w Jim Belushi 2011) ***
Bounce/Road Show (Sondheim musical at Public w Michael Cerveris 2008) ***
The Boy From Oz (Bway w Hugh Jackman 2003) **1/2
Boz Scaggs at Blue Note in 2008 ***
The Brain From Planet X (NYMF 2006) * ½
Brand (London w Ralph Fiennes 2003) **
Breakfast At Tiffany's (2013 w Emilia Clarke, the mother of dragons) * 1/2
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
Bring It On: The Musical **
Broadway By The Year 1950 (w Bobby Steggert) ** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall 2011) ** 1/2
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
Bronx Bombers (Off Bway 2013) * 1/2
Brooklyn The Musical (Bway w Manoel Felciano, Cleavant Derricks 2004) *
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part III: Marcus, Or The Secret Of Sweet ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen at Orange Bowl in Miami, sixth row center 2005) ****
Bruce Springsteen at MSG in 2007 ***
Bruce Springsteen (at Giant's Stadium in 2008; had to leave before encores) ** 1/2
Bullet For Adolf *
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
Bus Stop (Bway Mary Louise-Parker, Billy Crudup 1996) ** 1/2
Can Cheez Doodles Do You Harm? and other one acts (by Jack Slattery 2008) ***
Cactus Flower (revival with Maxwell Caulfield 2011) *
Canary (London Jonathan Harvey play w Philip Voss 2010) **
The Capeman (Bway Paul Simon musical w Marc Anthony 1998) * 1/2
Caroline, Or Change (Off at Public w Tonya Pinkins 2003) ***
Caroline, Or Change (Bway w Tonya Pinkins 2004) ***
Carousel (Lincoln Center w Audra McDonald, Michael Hayden 1994) *** 1/2
Carousel (Lincoln Center w Audra McDonald, Michael Hayden, Sally Murphy 1994) *** 1/2
Carousel (in concert at Lincoln Center w Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn, 2013) ***
Carrie (w Marin Mazzie, 2012) ** 1/2
Carson McCullers Talks About Love (w Suzanne Vega) * 1/2
Cassandra Wilson at Blue Note in 2007 *** ½
Castle Walk (NYMF 2013) ***
Catalpa (at Irish Arts Center w Donal O'Kelly 2008) ** 1/2
Catch Me If You Can (Bway w Aaron Tveit 2011) *** 1/2 production of ** 1/2 musical
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (w Scarlett Johansson, 2013 ) * 1/2
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Public Puppetry w Eric Bass, Neil Maffin 1996) **
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (at CSC w Mary Testa, 2013) **
The Cave (BAM Steve Reich 1993) **
Celia (Off Bway Celia Cruz musical w Xiomara Laugart) *** 1/2 (music) but ** (show)
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2012) ***
Chamber Magic Show **
The Changeling (London Cheek By Jowl w Tom Hiddleston 2007) **
Chaplin The Musical (Bway, 2012) * 1/2
The Cheaters Club *
Checkers (w Anthony LaPaglia) ** 1/2
Chemistry Lab (by Ben Alexander 2003) **
The Cherry Orchard (at BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Ethan Hawke 2009) ***
The Cherry Orchard (London at National w Zoe Wannamker 2011) ** 1/2
The Cherry Orchard (CSC w Diane Wiest and John Turturro 2011) **
Chicago (Bway w Charlotte d'Amboise, Taye Diggs 2002) ***
Chimichangas and Zoloft *
Chinglish (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bway) **
A Chorus Line (Florida Theatre 1986) ***
A Chorus Line (at Papermill w curtain call of all actors, 2012) ***
Chris Rock (at MSG's WAMU w Joe in 2008) ***
Christina Courtin at Bowery in 2007 ***
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1992) ****
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1995) *** 1/2
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 2001) *** 1/2
Christmas In July (London 2000) **
A Christmas Story: The Musical (Bway 2012) **
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London w Michael Ball, Brian Blessed 2002) *
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold (Graciela Daniele w Tonya Pinkins 1995) **
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works in 2007 ***
Cinderella (R and H's at Gainvesville Comm Playhouse 1987) ** 1/2
Cinderella (R and H's w Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, 2013) ***
Cirque Dreams (at Broadway Theatre, not Cirque Du Soleil 2008) no stars
Cirque Du Soleil's Totem ***
Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana (at Radio City Music Hall 2011) **
City Of Shadows (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Civilian (FF 2011) **
The Civilians: Gone Missing (2007) ***
The Civilians: Be The Death Of Me ***
The Civilians: Let Me Ascertain You (work in progress at Joe's Pub 2011) ***
A Civil War Christmas (Alice Ripley 2012) ** 1/2
Closer (Bway Natasha Richardson, Rupert Graves, Anna Friel, Ciarin Hinds 1999) **
Closer Than Ever (York Theatre revival w Jenn Colella, 2012) ***
Closer To Heaven (London w Frances Barber Pet Shop Boys musical 2001) * 1/2
Close Up Space *
Cloudstreet (BAM 2001) **
Clybourne Park (Bway, 2012) *** 1/2
The Coast of Utopia (London NT Stephen Dillane, Eve Best 2002) ****
The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center Ethan Hawke 2007) *** ½
Cock ** 1/2
Colin Quinn, Unconstitutional ** 1/2
The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park w Hamish Linklater, 2013) ***
Come Fly Away (Sinatra revue by Twyla Tharp) **
The Common Pursuit (at Chocolate Factory in UK 2008) **
Company (Bway dir John Doyle w Raul Esparza 2007) ***
The Compleat Works Of Wllm Shkspr Abridged 1995) **
Cool Jerks at Don Hills in 2007 ***
Copenhagen (London NT 1999) ****
Copenhagen (Bway w Blair Brown, Philip Bosco, Michael Cumpsty 2000) ****
Coriolanus (London at Globe w Jonathan Cake 2006) **
Craig Ferguson standup in Nashville in 2010 ***
Crane Story **
Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF 2011) ***
Crossing Swords (NYMF 2013) ***
The Crucible (Open Air in Regent's Park, London 2010) **
Cry-Baby The Musical (Bway 2008) * 1/2
The Cryptogram (Mamet w Ed Begley Jr Felicity Huffman 1995) **
Curtains (Bway w David Hyde Pierce 2007) * ½
Cyclops: A Rock Opera (NYMF 2011) *
Cymbeline (SitP w Liev Schreiber, Michael C. Hall, Herb Foster 1998) ** 1/2
Cymbeline (at Barrow St. Theatre 2011) ***
Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout w Douglas Hodge 2012) **
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Damn Yankees (at Papermill, 2012) **
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) ***
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Dark Hollow: An Appalachian "Woyzeck" (FringeNYC 2012) * 1/2
Darlene Love at Lincoln Center (arrived late) in 2007 **
Darren Hayes at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Das Barbecu (Minetta Lane Carolee Carmello, J.K. Simmons 1994) **
Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure (NYC 2005) ** 1/2
David Byrne -- Playing The Building art exhibit at Governor's Island Ferry waiting room ***
Dawn Landes at Joe's Pub in 2008 * 1/2
The Day I Stood Still (London at NY Kevin Elyot) **
Dead Accounts (Bway w Norbert Leo Butz, Katie Holmes) **
The Dead Eye Boy (Lili Taylor, Joseph Murphy, Aaron Himelstein 2001) **
Death and the King's Horseman (London revival at National 2009) *** 1/2
Death Of A Salesman (Bway w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield) ***
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Deceit * 1/2
Dedication Or The Stuff Of Dreams (Terrence McNally w Nathan Lane, Marian Seldes 2005) **
The Deep Blue Sea (Bway w Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann 1998) **
Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans 2008) ***
Democracy (London Michael Frayn in West End 2004) *** 1/2
Democracy (Bway w Richard Thomas, Michael Cumpsty, James Noughton 2004) ***
Design For Living (Bway Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West 2001) **
Detroit (w Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer) ** 1/2
Devil Boys From Beyond * 1/2
The Diary Of A Madman (BAM w Geoffrey Rush 2011) ***
The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC 2012) **
Disfarmer (at St. Ann's 2009) **
Disgraced (w Aasif Mandvi) **
The Diva Is Dismissed (Public w Jenifer Lewis 1994) ***
The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch 2011) *** 1/2
Dolly West's Kitchen (London Old Vic 2000) ** 1/2
Don Carlos (London RSC 2000) **
Don Juan in Chicago (David Ives w J. Smith-Cameron 1995) **
Double Falsehood (Shakespeare play) **
Doubt (Bway w Cherry Jones, Brian F. O Byrne 2005) *** 1/2
The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
Driving Miss Daisy (w Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones 2010) **
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Caryl Churchill play at Public 2008) ***
The Duchess of Malfi (BAM Cheek By Jowl Angus Macfadyen 1995) **
Eddie Izzard: Circle (Town Hall 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard rough draft of new show in 2008 ***
Edward The Second (dir Will Nolan w Michael Laurence 1997) **
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 1992) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 2012, seen twice) ****
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Bway 2002) ***
Elektra (Met Deborah Voigt, Penelope Daner 1994) ***
Elf The Musical (Bway 2010) *
Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Mercury Lounge in 2008 ***
Elisa Monte Dance at Joyce 1995 ** 1/2
Elling (London at Bush Theatre w John Simm 2007) *** ½
Elling (Bway w Denis O'Hare, Brendan Fraser 2010) **
Embedded (Public by Tim Robbins 2004) **
Emperor Jones (w John Douglas Thompson Off bway revival 2009) ***
Empire City Men's Chorus (w Andy McLain) in 2007 ***
End Of The Rainbow (Bway w Tracie Bennett) *
Enemies (London Almdeida Gorky/David Hare w Amanda Root 2006) ** 1/2
An Enemy Of The People (MTC w Richard Thomas, Boyd Gaines 2012) ** 1/2
Les Enfants Terribles (BAM Philip Glass 1996) ***
England (two-hander in art museum 2010) ** 1/2
England People Very Nice (at National 2009) ***
Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon (New York Musical Festival 2011) ** 1/2
Entertaining Mr. Sloan (CSC Brian Murray, Neil Maffin 1996) **
Equus (London w Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths 2007) **
Ernani (at Met w Angela Meade, 2012) *** 1/2
Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. in 2011 ***
An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC 2012) *
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Evita (Bway w Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris, Ricky Martin, 2012) * 1/2
Evolution (by Jonathan Marc Sherman w Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton 2002) **
Exits and Entrances (Athol Fugard play at 59E59 in 2007) * ½
A Family For All Occasions *
La Fanciulla del West (at Met w Deborah Voight 2010) ** 1/2
Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) **
Faust (Bohemian Hall 2007) **
Fela! (Bway w standby lead 2009) ** 1/2
Fellowship! (NYMF 2010) **
Fences (rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson w Denzel Washington, weak son, 2010) ***
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
Fiddler On The Roof (Bway w Alfred Molina, Barbara Barrie, Lea Michelle 2004) **
Fifth Of July (Signature w Michael Cerveris, Parker Posey 2003) **
Fifty Words (Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Marvel 2008) **
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) ***
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature w Leslie Uggams) ** 1/2
Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom 2011 ***
Five Flights (by Adam Bock w Alice Ripley 2004) ** 1/2
Five Guys Named Moe (Bway 1992) ** 1/2
Flambe Dreams (NYMF 2012) **
The Flick ***
Follies (Bway w Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, Judith Ivey 2001) ** 1/2
Follies (Bway w Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Jan Maxwell 2011) *** 1/2
The Food Chain (Nicky Silver w Hope Davis 1995) ***
Fool Moon (Bway w Bill Irwin, David Shiner 1993) *** 1/2
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forever Dusty (2012) **
Foreverman (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Forever Tango (revival w Gilberto Santa Rosa, 2013) ***
Fortune's Fool (Bway w Alan Bates, Frank Langella 2002) **
45 Seconds From Broadway (Bway Lewis J. Stadlen, Marian Seldes 2001) *
Forty Part Motet: Janet Cardiff at PS1 *** 1/2
42nd Street (Bway Christine Ebersole, Michael Cumpsty, Mary Testa 2001) *** 1/2
Fosse (Bway Richard Maltby Jr, Anne Reinking 2000) ***
4000 Miles ***
Fragments (Beckett plays w Kathryn Hunter 2011) ***
Fram (London at National w Mark Addy 2008) * 1/2
A Free Man Of Color (w Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def) ** 1/2
Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Frost/Nixon (Bway w Frank Langella, Michael Sheen 2007) ***
Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
Fucking Men (London 2008) **
Fun Home **
Galileo (at CSC w F. Murray Abraham, 2012) **
Galileo Galilei (London opera Philip Glass Mary Zimmerman 2002) **
Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Gatz (The Great Gatsby by ERS at Public 2010) ***/
Gaudeamus (BAM w Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg 1994) **
Gay Valentine (Town Hall special event 2005) **
Gem Of The Ocean (reading at Greene Space w Phylicia Rashad) *** 1/2
A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (w Jefferson Mays) *** 1/2
George Gershwin Alone (Hershey Felder 2001) *
Gertrude And Alice: A Likeness To Loving (dir Anne Bogart 1999) **
Ghetto Klown (John Leguizamo show Bway 2011) ** 1/2
Ghostlight (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
The Ghosts Of Versailles (Met Teresa Stratas, Renee Fleming, Marilyn Horne 1991) ** 1/2
The Ghost Sonata (Roman Paska 1994) ** 1/2
Ghost: The Musical (Bway 2012) * 1/2
Giant (at the Public w Bobby Steggert, Kate Baldwin 2012) *** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Julie Harris, Calista Flockhart Zeljko Ivanek 1994) ** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto Bway, 2013) ** 1/2
Glengarry Glen Ross (Bway w Al Pacino 2012) **
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (London Albee w Jonathan Pryce, Eddie Redmayne 2005) ***
The God Of Carnage (London at Gielgud w Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer 2008) ***
Godspell (Bway w Hunter Parrish 2011) ** 1/2
Golda's Balcony (Bway w Tovah Feldshuh 2004) **
Golden Boy (Bway w Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub 2012) **
Golden Child (at Signature, 2012) ** 1/2
Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Village Vanguard in 2008 ***
Goodbar (at Public) * 1/2
The Good Body (Bway Eve Ensler 2004) no stars
The Good Negro (at Public) ***
Good People (w Frances McDormand 2011) **
The Good Soup (adapted by Garson Kanin 2004) **
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009 ****
Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2
Grace (w Paul Rudd) * 1/2
The Grand Manner (by AR Gurney w Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton at Lincoln Center 2010) **
La Gran Scena Opera Co 200th NYC Show (Town Hall w Vera Galupe -Borszkh 1999) ** 1/2
Grease! (Bway w Brooke Shields, Billy Porter, Sherie Rene Scott 1994) **
Grease (Bway revival w Max Crumm, Laura Osnes 2007) *
Greater Messapia (by Andy Bragen 2004) **
The Great Game: Afghanistan ***
The Great God Pan (Amy Herzog play at Playwrights Horizon 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Unknown (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
Grey Gardens (Bway w Christine Ebersole Mary Louise Wilson 2006) ***/
Gruesome Playground Injuries (w Jennifer Carpenter, Pablo Schreiber) ***
Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Kathleen Chalfant 2004) ** 1/2
Guys And Dolls (London w Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski 2005) ***
Guys And Dolls (Bway w Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt 2009) **
Gypsy (Bway w Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard 2003) ** 1/2
Gypsy (Bway w Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines 2008) ***
The Habit Of Art (London NT Alan Bennett w Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour 2009) ** 1/2
Haile To America (Evans Haile 1997) ***
Hair (Shakespeare in the Park w Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson 2008) ** 1/2
Hair (Bway summer revival of tour in 2011) ***
Hairspray (Bway w Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison 2003) ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamlet (Bway Ralph Fiennes, Damian Lewis, Francesca Annis 1995) ***
Hamlet: A Monologue (LC Robert Wilson performed directed designed 1995) ** 1/2
Hamlet (London RSC w Alex Jennings, Susannah York next to Zoe Wannamaker 1997) ***
Hamlet (BAM RSC w Alex Jennings, Susannah York, Edward Petherbridge 1998) ***
Hamlet (Public w Liev Schrieber, Hamish Linklater, Christian Camargo, Colm Feore 1999) **
Hamlet (London w Ben Whishaw 2004) ***
Hamlet (w Michael Stuhlbarg Lauren Ambrose Shakespeare in Park 2008) ** 1/2
Hamlet (w Christian Camargo; TFANA off bway 2009) ***
Hamlet (Bway with Jude Law 2009) ** 1/2
Hands On A Hardbody (Bway musical w Keith Carradine) *
Hand To God (Ensemble Studio Theatre w Steven Boyer 2011) ***
Hank Williams: Lost Highway (w Jason Petty 2003) ** 1/2
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 1/2
Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF 2011) ***
Harold and Maude The Musical (Paper Mill w Eric Millegan, Estelle Parsons 2005) **
Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote (w Hallie Foote, 2012) ***
Harvey (Bway w Jim Parsons, 2012) *
Heartless (Sam Shepard play w Lois Smith at Signature, 2012) **
Heart Of The Earth: A Popol Vuh Story (puppeteer Ralph Lee 1995) ***/
Hedda Gabler (BAM w Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving 2006) ** 1/2
Hedda Gabler (Bway w Mary Louise Parker, Michael Cerveris 2009) no stars
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (w Michael Cerveris 1999) ***
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (w Ally Sheedy 1999) ***
The Heiress (Bway w Cherry Jones, Michael Cumpsty, Frances Sternhagen 1995) ****
The Heiress (Bway w Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey 2012) **
Helen and Edgar ***
Hello, Dolly! (Bway w Carol Channing, Jay Garner 1995) ***
Henry IV (LC Kevin Kline Michael Hayden Ethan Hawke Richard Easton 2004) *** 1/2
Henry IV Part I and II (London NT w Angus Macfadyen, Michael Gambon 2005) ***
Henry V (SitP w Andre Braugher, Michael C Hall, Christian Camargo 1996) **
Henry V (London at Globe w Mark Rylance, Christian Camargo 1997) ***
Henry V (London at NT w Adrian Lester 2003) **
Henry V (Shakespeare in the Park w Liev Schieber 2003) ** 1/2
Hero: The Musical * 1/2
High Dive (Leslie Ayvazian 2001) * 1/2
Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
The History Boys (London at National w orig cast 2004) *** 1/2
The History Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Hit The Wall *
H.M.S. Pinafore (London D'Oyly Carte 2000) ***
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1986) ** 1/2
Home (at Signature) ** 1/2
Homo The Musical (NYMF 2013) no stars
Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
Honk! The Ugly Duckling (London NT 2000) ***
The Hooters (at BB King's, murky sound, had to leave after an hour in 2008) **
House Arrest (Public Anna Deavere Smith 2000) ** 1/2
The House Of Blue Leaves (Bway w Edie Falco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Stiller 2011) * 1/2
How Deep Is The Ocean? (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
How I Learned To Drive (Tongue In Cheek, 2013) **
Howling Hilda reading * (Mary Testa ***)
How The World Began * 1/2
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Bway w Matthew Broderick 1995) *** 1/2
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Bway w Daniel Radcliffe 2011) *** 1/2
A Huey P. Newton Story (Public Roger Guenveur Smith 1997) ***
Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway (2011) ***
Hurlyburly (Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Cannavale, Parker Posey,Wallace Shawn 2005) ***
The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival (FF 2010) *** 1/2
Hurt Village (at Sig, 2012) ***
I Am My Own Wife (Playwrights Horizon Jefferson Mays 2003) ****
I Am My Own Wife (Bway Jefferson Mays 2003) *** 1/2
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) **
If Love Were All (Bway w Twiggy, Harry Groener 1999) **
I'll Eat You Last (w Bette Midler) ** 1/2
The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature 2011) *
The Imaginary Cuckold (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The Importance Of Being Earnest (London Kaos 2000?) ***/
The Importance of Being Earnest (Bway w Brian Bedford, Santino Fontana 2011) ** 1/2
In A Dark Place (Neil LaBute Ron Livingston, Frederick Weller 2007) **
An Inspector Calls (Bway Rosemary Harris but Philip Bosco out 1994) ***
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
Independents (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles) (Bway Roger Rees, Eileen Atkins, Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Jude Law 1995) ** 1/2
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson at St Ann's 2011) *** 1/2
An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC 2012) ***
In The Wings (w Peter Scolari 2005) *
Into The Woods (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1995) ***
Into The Woods (Bway Vanessa Williams, Adam Wylie, Laura Benanti out 2002) ***
Into The Woods (Bway Vanessa Williams out, new Cinderella, John McMartin 2002) ***
Into The Woods (Shakespeare in Park w Donna Murphy, 2012) ** 1/2
The Invention Of Love (London at NT w John Wood 1997) ***
Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature 2007) ***
Isaac's Eyes (by Lucas Hnath) ***
It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues (Bway w Ron Taylor, Gretha Boston 1999) ***/
It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later (Daniel Kitson at St. Ann's) *** 1/2
It's An Art: The Music Of Stephen Schwartz (Karen Mack, Ryan Perry 2001) **
Ivanov (CSC w Ethan Hawke, 2012) ***
Ivan The Terrible: Symphonic Cinema, Scenes From w NY Philharmonic 1995) *** 1/2
I've Got The Shakes (dir writer Richard Foreman 1995) ***
Jack Farnstein Ph.D: The Secret Behind The Success (by Joseph Rovner) * 1/2
Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris (Constantine Maroulis 2007) *** ½
James Hand at Hill Country BBQ in 2007 ***
James Hunter at Madison Square Park in 2007 ***
James Joyce's The Dead (Bway musical w Blair Brown, Christopher Walken, Alice Ripley 2000) ***/
The Jammer (Roller derby w Jeanine Serralles) ***
Jay Brannan of Shortbus in 2008 ***
Jekyll And Hyde (w Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis on Bway, 2013) * 1/2
Jerry Springer The Opera (London at NT 2003) ***
Jersey Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Jerusalem (Bway w Mark Rylance 2011) ***
Jesse Harris at Housing Works in 2007 *
Jesus Christ Superstar (Bway w Josh Young, 2012) * 1/2
Jim White in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Wrong Eyed Jesus in 2007 ***
Jitney (Second Stage dir Marion McClinton w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2000) ****
Jitney at the Greene Space (reading, 2013) *** 1/2
Joan Baez at Town Hall in 2008 ***
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
John Gabriel Borkman (NT w Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins 1996) no stars
John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan at BAM 2011) * 1/2
John Tartaglia at Ars Nova in 2004 ***
Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity in DC 2010 ***
Journey’s End (London 2004) ***
Journey’s End (Bway 2007 Hugh Dancy Boyd Gaines, Jefferson Mays) ***
Judith Owen at Metropolitan Club in 2008 ** 1/2
Juilliard Symphony Symphony No 1 etc (LC 1993) ** 1/2
Julian Po (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Julius Caesar (Public w David McCallum, Jamey Sheridan, Jeffrey Wright 2000) **
Julius Caesar at St. Ann's (all women, dir Phyllida Lloyd, Harriet Walter, 2013) ****
Jumpers (Bway w Simon Russell Beale, Essie Davis 2004) ***
Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
Just Us Boys (2002) **
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
Kiki And Herb Coup De Theatre 2003) ***
Kiki And Herb at Carnegie Hall in 2007 ** 1/2
Kiki Baby (NYMF 2011 w Jenn Colella) ** 1/2
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts 1994) ***
The King And I (Bway w Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips 1996) ***
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½
King Lear (w Ian McKellen at BAM 2007) **
King Lear (Public w Kevin Kline, Michael Cerveris, Logan Marshall-Green 2007) **
King Lear (w Sam Waterston at Public 2011) **
King Lear (w Derek Jacobi at BAM 2011) ***
Kinky Boots **
Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) ***
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Bway w Vanessa Williams, Howard McGillin 1994) ** 1/2
Krapp's Last Tape (London w Robin starring John Hurt 2000) ****
Krapp's Last Tape (at BAM w John Hurt -- space too big 2011) ***
Kronos Quarter at BAM w Bach to Bach 1995 ***
Kronos Quartet Wu Man at Zankel Hall of Carnegie in 2009 ***
Kurt Wagner of Lambchop (at Living Room in 2008) ***
LaBelle at Apollo (abbreviated due to power outage in 2008) ***
La Cage Aux Folles (Bway w Gary Beach 2004) ***
Ladies and Gents (at Bethesda Fountain bathrooms w John Keating ) ***
Lady Day (w Dee Dee Bridgewater) * 1/2
The Lady From Dubuque (at Sig w Jane Alexander, 2012) ** 1/2
The Lady From The Sea (London w Natasha Richardson 2003) **
The Lady in Red Converses With Diablo ** 1/2
The Lady In The Van (London Alan Bennett w Maggie Smith 1999) ***
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (London 2011) *** 1/2
Lake Water **
The Laramie Project (Moises Kaufman 2000) *** 1/2
The Last Smoker In America **
The Last Sunday In June (by Jonathan Tolins 2003) **
Laurie Anderson: The Nerve Bible (1994) ** 1/2
Laurie Anderson at Battery Park City 2013 ***
Laurie Anderson: Homeland (at Carnegie Hall's Zankel in 2008) ***
Leap Of Faith (w Raul Esparza) **
Leo (one-man circus act) ***
Leonard Cohen Koans (FF 2011) *** 1/2
Les Miserables (Bway w Craig Schulman, 1994) ***
Les Miserables (Bway w Daphne Rubin-Vega, Alexander Gemingnani 2006) **
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour (Papermill 2010) ***
Let It Be **
A Letter To Harvey Milk (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (by John Erlanger dir Alex Dmitriev 1993) *8
Lies My Father Told Me **
Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF 2013)**
The Light In The Piazza (Bway w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark 2005) *** 1/2
Lightning At Our Feet (Emily Dickinson performance piece at BAM 2008) * 1/2
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) ***
The Little Mermaid, Disney's (at Papermill w Liz McCartney, 2013) **
Little Miss Sunshine (w Will Swenson) **
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Little Women (NY City Opera by Mark Adamo w Jennifer Dudley 2003) ** 1/2
Living With Henry (NYMF 2012) *
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2
Lombardi **
London Assurance (London revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National 2010) ***
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Lopsided (by Alex Bond) **
Lord Of The Flies (Open Air in London 2011) * 1/2
The Lord of the Rings (musical London 2008) * 1/2
Lost In Yonkers (Bway Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Irene Worth 1991) ***
Love, Janis (Andra Mitrovich, Cathy Richardson 2001) **
Love's Labor's Lost (at Public dir Karin Coonrod 2011) ** 1/2
Love Sucks (NYMF 2007) ** ½
Love The Sinner (London play by Drew Pautz at the National 2010) **
Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane 1994) *** 1/2
Love! Valour! Compassion! (Bway dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane, John Glover 1995) ***
Lulu (London w Anna Friel 2001) **
Lust (The Heather Brothers w Denis Lawson, Robert McCormick 1995) **
The Lying Lesson * 1/2
The Lyons (w Linda Lavin) ** 1/2
Lysistrata Jones (original Off Off production 2011) * 1/2
Lysistrata Jones (Bway 2011) *
Macbeth (w Patrick Stewart at BAM in 2008) *** 1/2
Macbeth: Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Macbeth (w John Douglas Thompson, 2011) **
Macbeth (w Alan Cumming on Bway, 2013) *
Macbeth (w Ethan Hawke at Lincoln Center 2013)
Madama Butterfly (London Royal Opera House 2007) ** ½
Madame X (NYMF 2011) **
The Madrid * 1/2
Magdalen (FringeNYC 2012) ***
The Magic Flute (NYC Opera conductor Scott Bergeson 1992) ** 1/2
The Maids (w J. Smith Cameron, 2012) **
Making Faces (by Christine Howey w Lenny Pinna producer Noelle Howey 1999) **
Makin' Whoopee (dress rehearsal by Susan Stroman at ABT 2008) ***
Mallory/Valerie (FringeNYC 2012) *
Mamma Mia! (Bway w Karen Mason, Judy Kaye, Louise Pitre 2001) ***
Man and Boy (Bway w Frank Langella 2011) * 1/2
The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's 2011) **
Maple and Vine **
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Greene Space (reading) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Marry Harry (NYMF 2013) **
Marry Me A Little **
Martin And John (London 1998) **
Martin Guerre (London w Jenna Russell 1996) ** 1/2
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Bway 2006) ***
The Marvelous Wondrettes (2008) **
Mary Poppins (London w Laura Michelle Kelly 2005) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (Bway w Laura Michelle Kelly 2006) *** 1/2
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane 2009) ***
Master Class (Bway w Tyne Daly 2011) ***
Mata Hari In 8 Bullets (NYMF 2013) ***
Mathew In The School Of Life (Kitchen by/w John Moran, Julia Stiles 1994) *
Matilda The Musical (Bway w Bertie Carvell 2013) *** 1/2
A Matter of Life and Death (London at National 2007) *
Maurice (London w David Willoughby 1998) **
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 ***
Measure For Measure (SitP Billy Crudup, Joe Morton, Felicity Jones 2001) ** 1/2
Measure For Measure (Shakespeare In The Park Danai Gurura, Annie Parisse, John Cullum 2011) ***
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) ***
Men Are Real (Iris Silverio, Robert Dominguez 2008) *
The Merchant Of Venice (Public w Ron Leibman, Laila Robins 1995) **
The Merchant Of Venice (London NT w Henry Goodman 1999) **
The Merchant Of Venice (Bway w Al Pacino, Lily Rabe 2010) *** 1/2
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2
Michael Arden Sings "Blue" (at Joe's Pub in 2008) ** 1/2
Middletown (Will Eno at Vineyard w Georgia Engel 2010) ***/
Midnight's Children (Apollo w Salman Rushdie attending 2003) *
A Midsummer Night's Dream (SitP w Teatro do Ornitorrinco nude! 1991) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ralph Lee puppets dir Scott Cargle 1999) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe w Mark Rylance as Bottom sub2002) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe 2008) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (at CSC w Bebe Neuwirth, 2012) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Julie Taymor dir w Kathryn Hunter, 2013) **
Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012)
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
Milk Like Sugar ***
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Bway w Olympia Dukakis 2011) *
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) ***
Misalliance (Bway Brian Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Alan Tudyk 1997) **
Mission Drift * 1/2
Miss Julie (London w Christopher Eccleston 2000) **
Miss Julie: Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mistakes Were Made (w Michael Shannon) ** 1/2
Misterman (at St. Ann's w Cillian Murphy 2011) ** 1/2
Mnemonic (Theatre de Complicite Simon McBurney 2001) ***
The Mnemonist Of Dutchess County * 1/2
Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? (at Public by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy 2008) ** 1/2
Monday Night Magic (2003) **
Monkey: Journey To The West (w Damon Albarn at Lincoln Center) ** 1/2
Monsters Of Grace (BAM Philip Glass Robert Wilson 1998) **
A Moon For The Misbegotten (Bway Cherry Jones, Gabriel Byrne 1993) ** 1/2
A Moon For The Misbegotten (Bway Eve Best, Kevin Spacey 2007) ***
A Month In The Country (Bway Helen Mirren, Ron Rifkin, F. Murray Abraham 1995) **
Moon for the Misbegotten (Bway w Kevin Spacey, Eve Best 2007) ** ½
The More Loving One (FF 2011) **
#MormonInChief (FringeNYC 2012) **
Mostly Sondheim (Lincoln Center Barbara Cook 2002) ****
Mother Divine (NYMF 2013) **
The Motherf**ker With The Hat (Bway w Chris Rock 2011) ***
Motown: The Musical **
The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
The Mountaintop (Bway w Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011) ** 1/2
The Mousetrap (London at St. Martin's 2004) **
Movin' Out (Bway w Michael Cavanaugh 2003) ***
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play * 1/2
Mrs. Warren's Profession (London w Felicity Kendall 2010) **
Much Ado About Nothing (BAM w Cheek By Jowl w Matthew Macfadyen 1998) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Park w Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2005) **
Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe w Eve Best, Charles Edwards 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (West End w David Tennant, Catherine Tate 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (2013 w Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake) ***
Murder For Two **
The Murder Of Crows: Janet Cardiff at the Armory ** 1/2
Museum (Tina Howe play 2002) **
Music From A Sparkling Planet (Josh Hamilton, J. Smith-Cameron 2001) **
The Music Man (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Rebecca Luker 2001) ***
The Music Teacher (Wallace Shawn w Bobby Steggert 2005) **
M Ward at Town Hall in 2007 ***
My Children! My Africa! (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Signature, 2012) ***
My Fair Lady (Miami FL w Rex Harrison early 1980s tour) ** 1/2
My Fair Lady (London w Alex Jennings, Joanna Riding next to Paul McCartney 2001) ***
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
The Mystery Of Charles Dickens (Bway w Simon Callow 2002) ** 1/2
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Stephanie J Block 2012) ** 1/2
My Trip Down The Pink Carpet (w Leslie Jordan) **
Naked Boys Singing! (1999) ** 1/2
The Nance (w Nathan Lane) ***
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013, downtown in tent) ***
The National at BAM in 2008 (bad seats, inappropriate venue) ** 1/2
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Never Gonna Dance (Bway w Karen Ziemba 2003) **
The New Electric Ballroom ***
Newfound Road at Baggot Inn (bluegrass) in 2007 ** ½
New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives 2008) *** 1/2
Newsies (at Paper Mill Playhouse w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Newsies (Bway w Jeremy Jordan, 2012) ** 1/2
NYC Ballet Square Dance, Afternoon Faun etc w Margaret Tracey, Peter Boal 1993) ***
NYC Ballet Fanfare, Apollo, I'm Old Fashioned w David Jaffe, Peter Boal 1994) ***
NYC Ballet Vienna Waltzes etc w Judith Fugate, Peter Boal 1994) ***
The New York Idea (w John Keating) **
New York Philharmonic w Samuel Wong conductor in Central Park (Mussorgsky Pictures 1993) ***
New York Philharmonic w Leonard Slatkin, "In Praise Of Shahn," Mahler Sym No 5 (1993) ***
Next To Normal (Bway 2009) **
Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Nighttime Traffic (NYMF 2010) **
A Night With Janis Joplin **
Ninth and Joanie *
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
No Child... (Nilaja Sun 2006) ** 1/2
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC 2012) *
No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
The Normal Heart (Public w Raul Esparza, Joanna Gleason 2004) ***
The Normal Heart (Bway w Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons 2011) ***
The Norman Conquests (Bway 2009) ***
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (LC dir Mary Zimmerman 1994) ****
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (Second Stage dir Mary Zimmerman 2003) *** 1/2
Nothing To Hide ** 1/2
Now. Here. This. * 1/2
A Number (NYTW Caryl Churchill w Sam Shepard, Dallas Roberts 2004) ** 1/2
Occupant (Edward Albee play w Mercedes Ruehl 2008) **
Oklahoma! (London NT w Hugh Jackman, Shuler Hensley 1998) ****
The Old Friends (at Signature w Betty Buckley) **
Old Hats (at Sig w Bill Irwin and Nellie McKay) ***
The Old Man And The Old Moon (PigPen 2012) *** 1/2
Old Springs Pike (w John Gallagher) at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Oleanna (Mamet William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon 1992) ** 1/2
Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bway w Harry Connick Jr. 2011) * 1/2
Once (at New York Theatre Workshop 2011) *** 1/2
Once (on Broadway w orig cast, 2012) ****
Once On This Island (at Paper Mill w Syesha Mercado, 2012) ***
One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay turned into play 2011) ***
100 Years by Mike Leigh at Acorn **
One Man, Two Guvnors (London's National w James Corden, 2011) ***
One Man, Two Guvnors (Bway w James Corden, 2012) ***
On Golden Pond (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1985) **
On Golden Pond (Bway w James Earl Jones, Leslie Uggams 2005) **
The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me... (1995 written/starring Dan Butler 1995) ** 1/2
On The Beach (London, one of two-part The Contingency Plan at Bush on global warming 2009) ***
On The Open Road (Public by Steve Tesich w Anthony LaPaglia, Byron Jennigns 1993) *
On The Town (SitP dir George C. Wolfe, Lea DeLaria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Mary Testa 1997) ****
Opening Night (Dutch version of Cassavetes at BAM Harvey in 2008) ***
Operation Greenfield (London play abt UK Christian rock band 2011) ** 1/2
Opus (Richard Topol 2007) ** ½
Opus No. 7 at St. Ann's Warehouse ** 1/2
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 in 2011***
Orphans (Hippodrome Theatre in Florida 1987) ***
Orphans (w Alec Baldwin, 2013) ** 1/2
The Orphans' Home Cycle (Foote 3 night 9 play at Signature w Hallie Foote, Bryce Pinkham) *** 1/2
Orphee (BAM Philip Glass Cocteau film 1993) *** 1/2
Othello (SitP Raul Julia, Christopher Walken, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Beth Hurt 1991) ** 1/2
Othello (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, James Harewood, Claire Skinner 1998) ** 1/2
Othello (w John Douglas Thompson off Bway -- solid, but convincing which it rarely is 2009) ***
Othello (w Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, dir Peter Sellars, painful, four hours? 2009) no stars
Other Desert Cities (Jon Robin Baitz Lincoln Center w Stockard Channing, Stacey Keach 2011) **
Other Desert Cities (Broadway w Rachel Griffiths 2011) ** 1/2
The Other Place (on Broadway w Laurie Metcalf) ** 1/2
Our Country (NYMF 2010) *
Our House (London Madness musical 2002) **
Our Lady Of 121st Street (transfer to Union Square dir Philip Seymour Hoffman 2003) ***
Our Town (Bway w Paul Newman, Stephen Spinella 2002) ** 1/2
Our Town (dir David Cromer 2006) *** 1/2
Our Town (w Helen Hunt as Stage Manager 2010) ***
Over The Rhine at Highline in 2007 ** ½
Pacific Overtures (Bway w B.D. Wong 2004) **
Painting Churches (w Kathleen Chalfant, 2012) * 1/2
Pal Joey (Bway Roundabout w Stockard Channing 2009) **
Paper Cut (FF 2011) ***
Paper Plane (3 Sticks company at FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Paradise Found (London new musical at Chocolate Factory Mandy Patinkin 2010) *
Paradise Park (Charles Mee musical play at Signature 2008) ** 1/2
Parker And Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To The End Of The Rainbow (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Parsifal at the Met (2013 w dir Francois Girard and Jonas Kaufmann) *** 1/2
/passengers (at Mercury Lounge in 2008) ***
Passing Strange (Bway 2008) ** 1/2
Passion (Bway w Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie 1994) *** 1/2
Passion (Bway w Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie end of run 1994) ****
Passion at CSC (dir John Doyle w Melissa Erico and Judy Kuhn, 2013) *** 1/2
The Patron Saint Of Sea Monsters **
Patty Griffin, Allen Toussaint and CMA songwriters at Joe’s Pub in the Park in 2007 *** ½
Paul Simon: Songs From The Capeman (at BAM's Harvey w Frankie Negron 2008) *** 1/2
Paul Simon World Music (at BAM w Ladysmith, David Byrne, etc 2008) ***
Paved Paradise: An Homage To Joni Mitchell (John Kelly 1996) ** 1/2
PBR final regular season event at Mohegan Sun in Conn. in 2008 ***
Pearl's Gone Blue (FF 2011) ***
The Pee-wee Herman Show (Bway 2010) ***
Peggy For You (London w Maureen Lipman 2000) **
The People In The Picture (Bway w Donna Murphy 2011) *
The Performers (Bway w Cheyenne Jackson 2012) **
Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatre For A New Aud w Christian Borle, 2011) *** 1/2
Peter and the Starcatcher (Bway w Christian Borle, 2012) ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Feb 2004 ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Nov 2004 ***
Peter Pan aka Peter and Wendy (Public Mabou Mines Karen Kandel, Basil Twist 1996) ****
Peter Pan (London at NT w Ian McKellen 1997) ** 1/2
Peter Pan (London outdoor under tent in Kensington Gardens 2009) * 1/2
Peter Pan (via National Theatre of Scotland in London at Barbican 2010) ** 1/2
Peter Sallett at Joe's Pub in 2010 ***
The Phantom Of The Opera (Bway w Davis Gaines 1994) **
Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Milo O'Shea 1994) ***
The Piano Lesson (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Sig *** 1/2
Picnic (at Roundabout w Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, 2013) * 1/2
Picture Incomplete (NYMF 2012) **
Pieces (FringeNYC 2012) *
Pieta Brown at Bowery in 2007 ** ½
The Pigeon Boys (NYMF reading 2011) ***
PigPen's The Mountain Song (2011) *** 1/2
PigPen's The Nightmare Story (2011) *** 1/2
Pink Milk (FringeNYC 2012)* 1/2
Pippin (dir Diane Paulus w Patina Miller, 2013) *
Piranha Heights (London by Philip Ridley 2008) **
The Pitmen Painters (London at National 2008) ** 1/2
A Place At The Table (London by Simon Block w Joanne Pearce 2000) **
A Place At The Table (MCC by Simon Block w Robin Weigert, Zac Orth 2000) **
Playing Burton (w Brian Mallon) no stars
The Play What I Wrote (London 2001) *** 1/2
The Play What I Wrote (Bway 2003) ***
The Pogues at Terminal 5 in 2011 ** 1/2
POPArt (NYMF 2010) *
A Popol Vuh Story (Public Puppetry Ralph Lee 1994) *** 1/2
Porgy and Bess (w Audra McDonald, 2012) *** 1/2
Port Authority (w Jim Noonan, John Gallagher 2008) ***
Potted Potter (in NYC) *
A Prairie Home Companion (Town Hall w Iris Dement, Cokie Roberts 1994) *** 1/2
Prelude to a Kiss (Bway revival w John Mahoney, Annie Parisse 2007) **
The Price (Bway Harris Yulin, Bob Dishy 2000) **
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Private Lives (Bway Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan 2002) ** 1/2
Private Lives (Bway w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross 2011) **
The Producers (Bway w Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick 2002) ***
Prometheus Bound (CSC w David Oyelowo 2007) *
Psycho Buildings (art exhibit at Hayward in UK) *** 1/2
A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney/Lucas Hnath ***
Pygmalion (West End w Rupert Everett 2011) **
Queen Of The Mist (w Mary Testa 2011) ** 1/2
Queens Blvd (musical by Charles Mee 2007) ***
Queer Counsel (London 2004) **
Rachel Calof (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Radiant Baby (Public w Michael Winther, Julee Cruise 2003) *
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (1997) ** 1/2
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2011) ** 1/2
Radio Golf (Bway August Wilson w Tonya Pinkins 2007) *** ½
Ragtime (Bway revival; liked everything but the score w Bobby Steggert 2009) ** 1/2
Railroad at Signature ** 1/2
The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream ***
Rated M For Murder (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Raul Midon at Joe's Pub in 2008 ***
Really Really *
The Real Thing (Hippodrome in Gainesville Florida 1985) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (London w Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle 2000) *** 1/2
Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF 2012) ***
Reasons To Be Happy **
Red-Handed Otter (w Matthew Maher) ** 1/2
Reefer Madness (Christian Campbell, Kristen Bell, Gregg Edelman 2001) **
Regrets * 1/2
Regular Singing (The Apple Family Play at Public) **
Relatively Speaking * 1/2
Rent (Bway orig cast 1996) ***
Rent (Bway 20??) **
The Reporter (London at the National w Ben Chaplin 2007) **
Requiem For A Lost Girl (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
The Revisionist (w Vanessa Redgrave) **
Richard II (London at Globe w Mark Rylance 2003) ***
Richard III (London at Globe all women w Kathryn Hunter 2003) ***
Richard III (CSC w Michael Cumpsty 2007) **
Richard III (at BAM w Kevin Spacey, 2012) ***
Richard III/King Richard The Third (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) ***
Richard Thompson and band at Town Hall in 2010 ***
Richie Havens at Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007 ***
Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery in 2011 ** 1/2
The Riddles Of Bamboo (LC by Kipp Erante Cheng 1997) **
Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show (Bway w Jarrod Emick 2006) *
Rio (NYMF 2012) **
Rites Of Privacy (written and performed by David Rhodes FF 2010) ** 1/2
Road House (w Taimak 2003) **
Roadkill ** 1/2
Road Show/Bounce (Sondheim musical at Public w Michael Cerveris 2008) ***
The Road To Mecca (Roundabout w Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale, 2012) ** 1/2
The Road To Qatar *
Rock 'N' Roll (Bway Tom Stoppard Rufus Sewell, Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack, Alive Eve 2007) ***
Rock Of Ages (2013 on Bway) * 1/2
Romeo And Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending (FF 2011) **
Romeo And Juliet (w Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, 2013) *
Romeo And Juliet (at CSC w Elizabeth Olsen and T.R. Knight, 2013) * 1/2
Ron Sexsmith at Highline in 2011 ** 1/2 (voice shaky that night; he's great)
Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***
Rope *
Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles (w Christian McKay 2004) *
The Rose Tattoo (Bway w Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony LaPaglia 1995) ** 1/2
The Rose Tattoo (London at National w Zoe Wannamaker 2007) **
Roulette (by Paul Weitz w Anna Paquin 2004) **
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun (London Peter Shaffer at National 2006) *
Ruined (at City Center w Condola Rashad 2009) *** 1/2
Rumer in concert in 2011 ****
La Ruta ** 1/2
Sailor's Song (John Patrick Shanley 2004) *
Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Salt Lake The Ballet (FF 2008) **
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History Of the Robot Wars ** 1/2
Satyagraha (at Met w English National Opera production 2011) ****
Scandalous (Bway Kathie Lee Gifford musical 2012) * 1/2
The School For Husbands (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The School For Lies (CSC w Mamie Gummer 2011) *** 1/2
The Scottsboro Boys (Bway 2010) *** 1/2
The Seafarer (Bway Conor McPherson w Jim Norton, David Morse, Ciarin Hinds 2007) ***
The Seagull (SitP Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, etc etc 2001) ***
The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (ERS at NYTW 2011) ** 1/2
Seminar (Bway w Alan Rickman, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe 2011) **
A Separate Peace (adapted and performed by Brian Foyster FF 2010) ** 1/2
Septimus And Clarissa (Ellen McLaughlin adaptation of Mrs Dalloway 2011) *** 1/2
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Paper Mill, flooding 2007) ***
Seven Guitars (Signature dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2006) ****
Sexual Perversity In Chicago (London w Matthew Perry, Minnie Driver, Hank Azaria 2003) **
The Shape Of Things (Bway Neil LaBute w Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz 2002) ** 1/2
Sharon Jones at the Beacon in 2008 ****
Sheba (Sharleen Cooper Cohen Gary William Friedman 1996) *Sheherizade (FringeNYC 2012) **
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Of Making Whoopee (FF 2002) ** 1/2
Shine! A Horatio Alger Musical (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Shipment (Young Jean Lee, great cast 2009)***
Shlemiel The First ** 1/2
Shockheaded Peter (London w Tiger Lillies 2003) *** 1/2
Shockheaded Peter (NYC w Tiger Lillies 2005) ***
Shopping And F***ing (London Mark Ravenhill 1998) **
Show Boat(John McMartin, Rebecca Luker, Elaine Stritch, Lonette McKee, Michel Bell 1994) *** 1/2
Show Choir! (NYMF 2010) **
Side Man (Bway Edie Falco, Scott Wolf, Frank Wood 1999) ***
Signal The Escape in Brooklyn's Europe club in 2008 ***
Silence! The Musical **
Simpatico (Public Sam Shepard w Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Beverly D'Angelo 1994) **
Simple Minds at Roseland ***/
Singing Astaire (w Eric Comstock, Hilary Kole, Christopher Gines 2004) ***
The Singing Forest (Craig Lucas at Public) * 1/2
Single Black Female (at 42 West) ** 1/2
Sister Act (Bway w Patina Miller) * 1/2
69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (at BAM 2008) *** 1/2
A Skull In Connemara (Kevin Tighe 2001) ***
Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Sleepwalk With Me (one-man show w Mike Birbiglia) ***
The Slug Bearers Of Kayrol Island (Vineyard w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
Small Craft Warnings (Tennessee Williams revival 2011) zero stars
The Snow Geese (MTC w Mary-Louise Parker, 2013) ** 1/2
La Soiree ***
Solitude (Public Puppetry Banialuka 1994) ** 1/2
Somewhere Fun **
Songs And Stories From Moby Dick (BAM Laurie Anderson 1999) * 1/2
Songs From The Uproar **
Sons Of The Prophet (w Santino Fontana 2011) *** 1/2
Sontag: Reborn *
The Soul Of John Black at Webster Hall in 2008 *** (v brief set)
The Sound Of Music (at Papermill 2012) ***
South Pacific (at Lincoln Center w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison 2008) ***
South Pacific (w David Pittsinger as Emile De Becque at Lincoln Center 2008) *** 1/2
Souvenir ** 1/2
Space (Public by Tina Landau 1999) ** 1/2
Speech And Debate ***
Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Spring Awakening (Bway w Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher, Lea Michelle 2006) *** ½
Spring Awakening (Bway w Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher, Lea Michelle 2007) *** ½
Spuyten Duyvil (by Andy Bragan 2004) **
Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays **
Stand Tall: A Rock Musical (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Stanley (Bway w Antony Sher 1997) ** 1/2
Stan's Cafe: Of All The People In The World (one person=one rice exhibit) *** 1/2
Stealing Time (NYMF 2012) **
Steel Magnolias (Bway dir Jason Moore w Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole 2005) **
Steel Pulse (at Battery Park in 2008) ***
STePz (Savion Glover dance show) *** 1/2
Stick Fly (Bway 2011) **
Stomp (Orpheum 1994) ** 1/2
Stones In His Pocket (Conleth Hill, Sean Campion 2001) ***
Stop. Reset at Signature * 1/2
Storefront Church ** 1/2
Storytime With Mr. Buttermen (FringeNYC 2012) **
Straight-Jacket (w and d by Richard Day w Jackie Hoffman, Adam Greer 2000) **
Straight Up With A Twist (at Players Theater) no stars
Strawberry Alarm Clock in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Valley of Dolls in 2007 ***
A Streetcar Named Desire (BAM w Cate Blanchett 2009) ***
A Streetcar Named Desire (Bway w Nicole Ari Parker, Blair Underwood 2012) **
Street Of Blood (NYTW w Ronnie Burkett 2000) ** 1/2
The Subject Was Roses (Bway John Mahoney, Dana Ivey, Patrick Dempsey May 1991) **
The Submission (w Jonathan Groff) **
Sufjan Stevens at BAM w BQE in 2007 *** ½
Suitcase (Soho Rep 2004) **
Summer Shorts Series B: Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, etc (at 59 E 59, 2012) **
Sunday In The Park With George (London Choc Fac at Wyndham Daniel Evans 2006) ****
Sunday In The Park W George (Bway Daniel Evans Jenna Russell 2008) *** 1/2
Sunjata (Jim Henson Intl Puppet Festival 1996) ***
Sunset Blvd (Bway w Glenn Close, Alice Ripley, George Hearn, Alan Campbell 1994) * 1/2
Super Night Shot (at Public -- Gob Squad) ** 1/2
Swan Lake Matthew Bourne (London next to Brian May and Anita Dobson 2000) *** 1/2
Sweeney Todd (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1994) ***
Sweeney Todd (Bway Patti Lupone, Michael Cerveris 2006) *** 1/2
Sweet And Sad (The Apple Family at Public 2011) **
Swimming In The Shallows (Adam Bock w Logan Marshall-Green 2005) ** 1/2
Swing! (Bway Ann Hampton Callaway, Laura Benanti 2000) **
Swing State (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Swiss Family Robinson (NYMF 2013) **
Syria, America (by Lance Crowfoot-Suede 1999) **
The Syringa Tree (Kate Blumberg 2001) ** 1/2
The Table (puppetry show at La MaMa) ** 1/2
Taboo (Bway w Boy George 2003) **
Take Me Out (Public Theater Denis O'Hare, Daniel Sunjata 2002) ***
Taking The Wheel: The Music Of John Bucchino (Karen Mack, Jesse Tyler Ferguson 2000) ** 1/2
A Tale Of Two Cities (Bway musical 2008) *
Tales From Hollywood (London Christopher Hampton play 2001) **
Talking Heads (London Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack 1996) *** 1/2
Talk Radio (Bway w Liev Schreiber 2007) ** ½
The Tallest Man On Earth at Town Hall *** 1/2
The Taming Of The Shrew (SiP Allison Janney, Jay O. Sanders, Mario Cantone 1999) ** 1/2
Tango Masculino (2002) **
Teddy Thompson Christmas Show w mom, sis, bro, Rufus, etc in 2007 ** 1/2 (terrible sound)
Teddy Thompson at Bowery in 2007 *** ½
Teddy Thompson at City Winery in 2011 *** 1/2
The Tempest (SitP w Patrick Stewart, Liev Schrieber, Bill Irwin 1995) *** 1/2
The Tempest (London at Globe w Mark Rylance 2005) ** 1/2
The Tempest (w Mandy Patinkin at CSC 2008) **
The Tenth Floor (NYMF 2010) **
Tess: The Musical (NYMF 2010) **
The Testament Of Mary (w Fiona Shaw) ** 1/2
Texas Homos (w Reed Birney 2005) *
That Other Woman's Child (NYMF 2008) * 1/2
Theatre Of Blood (London at National w Jim Broadbent) * 1/2
Them Say Your Prayers (one-man show Jess Cagle, dir Joel Schumacher 1999) no stars
They Might Be Giants at Beacon in 2008 *** 1/2
They Wrote That? The Songs Of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil dir Richard Maltby 2004) **
Things Of Dry Hours (w Delroy Lindo) ** 1/2
The Third Story (w Kathleen Turner, Charles Busch) ** 1/2
The 39 Steps (West End in London 2007) ***
This Side Of Neverland (at Pearl w Sean McNall) ***
Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Will Eno w James Urbaniak 2005) ***
Thoroughly Modern Millie (at Paper Mill w Laurie Veldheer, 2013) ** 1/2
A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky (London 2010) ** 1/2
Three Sisters (CSC w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard 2011) *** 1/2
Time Between Us (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
A Time To Kill * 1/2
Timon Of Athens (at Public w Richard Thomas 2011) ***
Titanic (Bway Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Judith Blazer, Brian d'Arcy James 1997) ***/
Title And Deed (Will Eno play at Signature, 2012) ***
Titus Andronicus (London at Globe w Douglas Hodge 2006) **
Titus Andronicus (at Public w Jay O. Sanders 2011) * 1/2
The Torch-Bearers (Drama Dept. w Faith Prince, Marian Seldes, Judith Blazer 2000) **
Traces (circus at New Victory 2008) ***
The Train Driver (dir by Athol Fugard at Signature, 2012) ***
Trav'lin' (NYMF 2010) ***/
Tribes (w Mare Winningham) *** 1/2
A Tribute To Billy Strayhorn (LC w Bobby Short, Lena Horne June 20, 1993) *** 1/2
The Trip To Bountiful (w Cicely Tyson) ***
Trouble (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
True Crimes (Romulus Linney Rebecca Harris 1996) **
Tut (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Twelfth Night (SitP Julia Stiles, Zach Braff, Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2002) ** 1/2
Twelfth Night (BAM Donmar w Simon Russell Beale, Emily Watson 2003) ** 1/2
Twelfth Night (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) *** 1/2
Twelve Angry Men (Bway w Boyd Gaines, Philip Bosco 2004) **
The Twentieth Century Way (by Tom Jacobson FF 2010) *** 1/2
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Anna Deavere Smith 1994) *** 1/2
Two Boys (Nico Muhly at the Met) **
Two Boys In A Bed On A Cold Winter's Night (Rattlestick inaugural season 1995) **
2 Burn (FF 2011) * 1/2
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Public Malcolm Gets, Camryn Manheim1994) ** 1/2
Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Off Off Bway gay angle 2004) *
Two Thousand Years (Mike Leigh w Richard Masur 2008) **
The Two Month Rule (NYMF 2012) *
Two Trains Running (Signature revival 2006) *** 1/2
Ubu Roi (Public Puppetry Festival Hystopolis Productions 1996) ** 1/2
The Ugly One **
Uncle Vanya (BAM Donmar w Simon Russell Beale, Emily Watson 2003) ***
The Unexpected Man (Yasmina Reza w Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates 2001) ***
The Universe (Richard Foreman play w James Urbaniak 1995) ** 1/2
Unnatural Acts (at CSC 2011) ***
Valhalla (Juilliard Paul Rudnick w Craig Baldwin 2001) ***
Valhalla (NYTW Paul Rudnick w Peter Frechette 2004) ** 1/2
Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike *** 1/2
Venice no stars
Venus And Adonis (Shakespeare Project puppets Suzanne Savoy 2000?) ** 1/2
Venus In Fur (Bway w Nina Arianda 2011) ***
Vernon God Little (London at Young Vic) **
The Vertical Hour (Bway David Hare w Bill Nighy, Julianne Moore 2006) **
Via Dolorosa (Bway David Hare wrote and performed 1999) ***
Virgins And Other Myths (Colin Martin 1996) **
Vita And Virginia (Union Square Theatre w Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave 1995) ****
Vital Signs New Works Festival 2003 **
Voices Of Light: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (Dreyer's film w oratorio Anonymous 4 1999) ****
Volleygirls (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
The Voyage (Met Philip Glass 1992) ***
Die Walkure (at the Met w Deborah Voigt 2011) ***
Walls And Bridges (FF 2011) **
The Walworth Farce (at St. Anne's 2008) ***
War Horse (London West End 2009) ***
War Horse (at Lincoln Center 2011) ***
The Water Dream (staged reading musical Anthony Rapp NYMF 2013) *
Waverly 7 at Blue Note in 2007 **
The Weir (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) *** 1/2
We Live Here (Zoe Kazan play) **
Well (Public w Lisa Kron, Jayne Houdyshell 2004) **
Wesla Whitfield: Life Upon The Wicked Stage (Kaufman Theatre 1998) ***
West Side Story (Bway revival w Matt Cavenaugh 2009) ***
We Will Rock You (London 2002) *
What If We Did This? (Soho Cary and Gallo 2000) * 1/2
What's Wrong With This Picture? (Bway dir Joe Mantello 1994) *
What The Sparrow Said (FF 2011) ** 1/2
When Pigs Fly (Howard Crabtree 1997) ***
The Whipping Man (w Andre Braugher) **
White Christmas (at Paper Mill 2011) ***
White Raven (LC Philip Glass Robert Wilson w Lucinda Childs 2001) **
Who Murdered Love (FringeNYC 2012) no stars
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Bway w Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin 2005) ***
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Bway w Tracy Letts, Amy Morton 2012) ***
The Who's Tommy (at Gallery Players in Bklyn 2009) *
Wild Animals You Should Know (Alice Ripley, Jay Armstrong Johnson 2011) ** 1/2
The Wild Bride at St. Ann's ** 1/2
The Wild Party (Bway w Toni Collette, Mandy Patinkin, Eartha Kitt, Tonya Pinkins 2000) *** 1/2
Wine-Blue-Open-Water (dir Michael Counts 1997) **
Wings (revival w Jan Maxwell 2010) **
The Winslow Boy (w Roger Rees at Roundabout, 2013) ***
The Winter's Tale (SitP w Keith David, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bronson Pinchot 2000) **
A Winter's Tale (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall, Richard Easton 2009) *** 1/2
Wit (Union Square w Kathleen Chalfant 1999) ***
Wit (w Cynthia Nixon on Bway, 2013) **
With Glee ** 1/2
Without You (Anthony Rapp at NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Women Beware Women (London w Harriet Walter, Samuel Barnett at National 2010) ** 1/2
Women Of Will (w Tina Packer) ** 1/2
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Bway musical Laura Benanti, Patti Lupone) * 1/2
Women Or Nothing ** 1/2
Wonderland (Bway Frank Wildhorn musical 2011) *
Word Of Mouth (w James Lecesne 1995) ** 1/2
Xanadu (Bway w Cheyenne Jackson, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson 2007) *
Yank! (Brooklyn Gallery Players w Bobby Steggert 2007) ***
Yank! (staged reading for investors at Zipper w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
Year Of The Rooster (w Bobby Moreno) ***
Yeast Nation (FF 2011) ***
You Never Can Tell (at Pearl w Sean McNall, 2013) ***
Young Frankenstein (Bway w Megan Mullally 2007) **
Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***
The Young Man From Atlanta (Signature Ralph Waite, James Pritchett 1995) ***
You Should Be So Lucky (Charles Busch in drag/man 1994) **
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax (LC Corigliano Phantasmagoria for Cello and Piano 1993) ***
Zanna Don't (Jai Rodriguez 2003) *
CODE:
FF: FringeFest, NYC annual festival
LC/LCT: Lincoln Center Theatre
Met: Metropolitan Opera
NT: National Theatre in London
NYMF: New York Musical Festival, annual event
SitP: Shakespeare in the Park
St. Ann's: St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn
Public: Public Theater
THEATER CONCERTS LIVE EVENTS -- THE MASTER LIST BY RATING
FOUR STARS
All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe w Janie Dee, Ellie Piercy, Sam Crane 2011) ****
Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America: Perestroika (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Arcadia (Bway w Blair Brown, Victor Garber, Billy Crudup, Robert Sean Leonard 1995) ****
As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl at BAM w Adrian Lester 1994) ****
As You Like It (Shakespeare in Park w Lily Rabe, Stephen Spinella, David Furr, 2012) ****
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed w Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Harelik 2003) ****
Bruce Springsteen at Orange Bowl in Miami, sixth row center 2005) ****
Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions Tour at Madison Square Gardens 2006 ****
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1992) ****
The Coast of Utopia (London NT Stephen Dillane, Eve Best 2002) ****
Copenhagen (London NT 1999) ****
Copenhagen (Bway w Blair Brown, Philip Bosco, Michael Cumpsty 2000) ****
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 1992) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 2012, seen twice) ****
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009 ****
The Heiress (Bway w Cherry Jones, Michael Cumpsty, Frances Sternhagen 1995) ****
I Am My Own Wife (Playwrights Horizon Jefferson Mays 2003) ****
THREE AND A HALF STARS
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Josh Ritter, Nellie McKay, etc in 2007 *** 1/2
All Things Considered (London by Ben Brown w Christopher Godwin) 1997) *** 1/2
And The World Goes 'Round (Bob Cuccioli,Karen Mason, Karen Ziemba April 1991) *** 1/2
And The World Goes 'Round (Karen Mason, Karen Ziemba July 1991) *** 1/2
Antony Gormley: Blind Light (art exhibit at Hayward in London 2007) *** 1/2
The Araneidae Show And Other Pieces (Public Puppetry Festival w Basil Twist 1996) *** 1/2
Arcadia (Bway revival w Billy Crudup, Grace Gummer, Raul Esparza 2011) *** 1/2
Assassins (Bway w Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare 2004) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Vineyard w John Tartaglia 2003) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2003 w John Tartaglia) *** 1/2
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2008 *** 1/2
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
La Belle Et La Bete (BAM w Philip Glass, Cocteau film 1994) *** 1/2
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
Billy Elliot (London 2005) *** 1/2
Billy Elliot (Bway 2008) *** 1/2
The Black Rider (Tom Waits 1993) *** 1/2
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF 2011) *** 1/2
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Blue Heart (BAM by Caryl Churchill 1999) *** 1/2
Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
La Boheme (Bway Baz Luhrmann 2003) *** 1/2
The Book Of Mormon (Bway 2011) *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
Carousel (Lincoln Center w Audra McDonald, Michael Hayden 1994) *** 1/2
Carousel (Lincoln Center w Audra McDonald, Michael Hayden, Sally Murphy 1994) *** 1/2
Cassandra Wilson at Blue Note in 2007 *** ½
Catch Me If You Can (Bway w Aaron Tveit 2011) *** 1/2 production of ** 1/2 musical
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1995) *** 1/2
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 2001) *** 1/2
Clybourne Park (Bway, 2012) *** 1/2
The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center Ethan Hawke 2007) *** ½
Death and the King's Horseman (London revival at National 2009) *** 1/2
Democracy (London Michael Frayn in West End 2004) *** 1/2
The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch 2011) *** 1/2
Doubt (Bway w Cherry Jones, Brian F. O Byrne 2005) *** 1/2
Elling (London at Bush Theatre w John Simm 2007) *** ½
Ernani (at Met w Angela Meade, 2012) *** 1/2
Follies (Bway w Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Jan Maxwell 2011) *** 1/2
Fool Moon (Bway w Bill Irwin, David Shiner 1993) *** 1/2
Forty Part Motet: Janet Cardiff at PS1 *** 1/2
42nd Street (Bway Christine Ebersole, Michael Cumpsty, Mary Testa 2001) *** 1/2
Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Gem Of The Ocean (reading at Greene Space w Phylicia Rashad) *** 1/2
A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (w Jefferson Mays) *** 1/2
Giant (at the Public w Bobby Steggert, Kate Baldwin 2012) *** 1/2
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 1/2
Henry IV (LC Kevin Kline Michael Hayden Ethan Hawke Richard Easton 2004) *** 1/2 The History Boys (London at National w orig cast 2004) *** 1/2
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Bway w Matthew Broderick 1995) *** 1/2
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Bway w Daniel Radcliffe 2011) *** 1/2
The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival (FF 2010) *** 1/2
I Am My Own Wife (Bway Jefferson Mays 2003) *** 1/2
Independents (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson at St Ann's 2011) *** 1/2
It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later (Daniel Kitson at St. Ann's) *** 1/2
Ivan The Terrible: Symphonic Cinema, Scenes From w NY Philharmonic 1995) *** 1/2
THREE STARS
After Midnight (w Fantasia) ***
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
Alexandria (reading in 2011) ***
All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59) ***
All That Fall (Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, dreadful audience 2013) ***/
Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise (by Yael Farber 2000) ***
Amy's View (London at NT w Judi Dench, Samantha Bond 1997) ***
Angels In America (revival at Signature w Zachary Quinto 2010) ***
Ann Hampton Callaway at Blue Note in 2007 ***
Anything Goes (West End w John Barrowman 2005) ***
As You Like It: Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
Avenue Q (Bway 2004 w John Tartaglia) ***
Baby Case (NYMF 2012) ***
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
The Bert Fershners in Color (at Here 1997) ***
The Best Man (Bway, cast changes, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepard) ***
Birdy (2004 w Adam Rothenberg 2004) ***
Black Watch (at St. Ann’s w discussion 2007) ***
Blind Boys Of Alabama at Cutting Room in 2008 ***
Blood Ties (NYMF 2010) ***
Blue Man Group: Tubes (Astor Place Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink 1992) ***
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (Bway at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack 2008) ***
Book Of Longing (Philip Glass w Leonard Cohen poems in 2007) ***
Born Yesterday (Bway revival w Jim Belushi 2011) ***
Bounce/Road Show (Sondheim musical at Public w Michael Cerveris 2008) ***
Boz Scaggs at Blue Note in 2008 ***
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
Bruce Springsteen at MSG in 2007 ***
Can Cheez Doodles Do You Harm? and other one acts (by Jack Slattery 2008) ***
Caroline, Or Change (Off at Public w Tonya Pinkins 2003) ***
Caroline, Or Change (Bway w Tonya Pinkins 2004) ***
Carousel (in concert at Lincoln Center w Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn, 2013) ***
Castle Walk (NYMF 2013) ***
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2012) ***
The Cherry Orchard (at BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Ethan Hawke 2009) ***
Chicago (Bway w Charlotte d'Amboise, Taye Diggs 2002) ***
A Chorus Line (Florida Theatre 1986) ***
A Chorus Line (at Papermill w curtain call of all actors, 2012) ***
Chris Rock (at MSG's WAMU w Joe in 2008) ***
Christina Courtin at Bowery in 2007 ***
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works in 2007 ***
Cinderella (R and H's w Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, 2013) ***
Cirque Du Soleil's Totem ***
City Of Shadows (FringeNYC 2012) ***
The Civilians: Gone Missing (2007) ***
The Civilians: Be The Death Of Me ***
The Civilians: Let Me Ascertain You (work in progress at Joe's Pub 2011) ***
Closer Than Ever (York Theatre revival w Jenn Colella, 2012) ***
The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park w Hamish Linklater, 2013) ***
Company (Bway dir John Doyle w Raul Esparza 2007) ***
Cool Jerks at Don Hills in 2007 ***
Craig Ferguson standup in Nashville in 2010 ***
Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF 2011) ***
Crossing Swords (NYMF 2013) ***
Cymbeline (at Barrow St. Theatre 2011) ***
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) ***
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Darren Hayes at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
David Byrne -- Playing The Building art exhibit at Governor's Island Ferry waiting room ***
Death Of A Salesman (Bway w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield) ***
Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans 2008) ***
Democracy (Bway w Richard Thomas, Michael Cumpsty, James Noughton 2004) ***
The Diary Of A Madman (BAM w Geoffrey Rush 2011) ***
The Diva Is Dismissed (Public w Jenifer Lewis 1994) ***
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Caryl Churchill play at Public 2008) ***
Eddie Izzard: Circle (Town Hall 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard rough draft of new show in 2008 ***
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Bway 2002) ***
Elektra (Met Deborah Voigt, Penelope Daner 1994) ***
Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Mercury Lounge in 2008 ***
Emperor Jones (w John Douglas Thompson Off bway revival 2009) ***
Empire City Men's Chorus (w Andy McLain) in 2007 ***
Les Enfants Terribles (BAM Philip Glass 1996) ***
England People Very Nice (at National 2009) ***
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Fences (rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson w Denzel Washington, weak son, 2010) ***
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) ***
Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom 2011 ***
The Flick ***
The Food Chain (Nicky Silver w Hope Davis 1995) ***
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forever Tango (revival w Gilberto Santa Rosa, 2013) ***
Fosse (Bway Richard Maltby Jr, Anne Reinking 2000) ***
4000 Miles ***
Fragments (Beckett plays w Kathryn Hunter 2011) ***
Frost/Nixon (Bway w Frank Langella, Michael Sheen 2007) ***
Gatz (The Great Gatsby by ERS at Public 2010) ***/
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (London Albee w Jonathan Pryce, Eddie Redmayne 2005) ***
The God Of Carnage (London at Gielgud w Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer 2008) ***
Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Village Vanguard in 2008 ***
The Good Negro (at Public) ***
The Great Game: Afghanistan ***
Grey Gardens (Bway w Christine Ebersole Mary Louise Wilson 2006) ***/
Gruesome Playground Injuries (w Jennifer Carpenter, Pablo Schreiber) ***
Guys And Dolls (London w Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski 2005) ***
Gypsy (Bway w Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines 2008) ***
Haile To America (Evans Haile 1997) ***
Hair (Bway summer revival of tour in 2011) ***
Hairspray (Bway w Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison 2003) ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamlet (Bway Ralph Fiennes, Damian Lewis, Francesca Annis 1995) ***
Hamlet (London RSC w Alex Jennings, Susannah York next to Zoe Wannamaker 1997) ***
Hamlet (BAM RSC w Alex Jennings, Susannah York, Edward Petherbridge 1998) ***
Hamlet (London w Ben Whishaw 2004) ***
Hamlet (w Christian Camargo; TFANA off bway 2009) ***
Hand To God (Ensemble Studio Theatre w Steven Boyer 2011) ***
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF 2011) ***
Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote (w Hallie Foote, 2012) ***
Heart Of The Earth: A Popol Vuh Story (puppeteer Ralph Lee 1995) ***/
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (w Michael Cerveris 1999) ***
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (w Ally Sheedy 1999) ***
Helen and Edgar ***
Hello, Dolly! (Bway w Carol Channing, Jay Garner 1995) ***
Henry IV Part I and II (London NT w Angus Macfadyen, Michael Gambon 2005) ***
Henry V (London at Globe w Mark Rylance, Christian Camargo 1997) ***
Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
The History Boys (Bway 2006) ***
H.M.S. Pinafore (London D'Oyly Carte 2000) ***
Honk! The Ugly Duckling (London NT 2000) ***
A Huey P. Newton Story (Public Roger Guenveur Smith 1997) ***
Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway (2011) ***
Hurlyburly (Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Cannavale, Parker Posey,Wallace Shawn 2005) ***
Hurt Village (at Sig, 2012) ***
The Imaginary Cuckold (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The Importance Of Being Earnest (London Kaos 2000?) ***/
An Inspector Calls (Bway Rosemary Harris but Philip Bosco out 1994) ***
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Into The Woods (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1995) ***
Into The Woods (Bway Vanessa Williams, Adam Wylie, Laura Benanti out 2002) ***
Into The Woods (Bway Vanessa Williams out, new Cinderella, John McMartin 2002) ***
The Invention Of Love (London at NT w John Wood 1997) ***
Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature 2007) ***
Isaac's Eyes (by Lucas Hnath) ***
It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues (Bway w Ron Taylor, Gretha Boston 1999) ***/
Ivanov (CSC w Ethan Hawke, 2012) ***
I've Got The Shakes (dir writer Richard Foreman 1995) ***
TWO AND A HALF STARS
Adding Machine (2008) ** 1/2
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
All's Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare In The Park Tonya Pinkins, John Cullum 2011) ** 1/2
Amadou and Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel in 2011 ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
And God Created Whales (Rinde Eckert 2000) ** 1/2
Ann (w Holland Taylor) ** 1/2
Annie (Bway w Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford 2012) ** 1/2
Anything Goes (Bway w Sutton Foster 2011) ** 1/2
As It Is In Heaven (by Arlene Hutton 2001) ** 1/2
The Assembled Parties ** 1/2
As You Like It (BAM w Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance) ** 1/2
Un Ballo In Maschera (Met w Dmitri Hvorostovsky) *** 1/2 singing * production so ** 1/2
Beckett/Albee (w Marian Seldes, Brian Murray 2003) ** 1/2
Being Harold Pinter (at La MaMa 2011) ** 1/2
Bell X-1 at Bowery in 2008 ** 1/2
The Best Man (Bway w James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury) ** 1/2
La Bete (revival w Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley 2010) ** 1/2
Bill Maher at Carnegie Hall (2004) ** 1/2
Blood From A Stone (w Ethan Hawke 2011) ** 1/2
Blood Play (Under The Radar Festival at Public) ** 1/2
Bombsheltered (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Books On Tape (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Border/Clash: A Litany Of Desires (Staceyann Chin 2005) ** 1/2
Boris Godunov (at the Met w Rene Pape 2010) ** 1/2
The Boy From Oz (Bway w Hugh Jackman 2003) **1/2
Broadway By The Year 1950 (w Bobby Steggert) ** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall 2011) ** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part III: Marcus, Or The Secret Of Sweet ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen (at Giant's Stadium in 2008; had to leave before encores) ** 1/2
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
Bus Stop (Bway Mary Louise-Parker, Billy Crudup 1996) ** 1/2
Carrie (w Marin Mazzie, 2012) ** 1/2
Catalpa (at Irish Arts Center w Donal O'Kelly 2008) ** 1/2
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
Checkers (w Anthony LaPaglia) ** 1/2
The Cherry Orchard (London at National w Zoe Wannamker 2011) ** 1/2
Cinderella (R and H's at Gainvesville Comm Playhouse 1987) ** 1/2
A Civil War Christmas (Alice Ripley 2012) ** 1/2
Cock ** 1/2
Colin Quinn, Unconstitutional ** 1/2
Cymbeline (SitP w Liev Schreiber, Michael C. Hall, Herb Foster 1998) ** 1/2
Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure (NYC 2005) ** 1/2
Detroit (w Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer) ** 1/2
Dolly West's Kitchen (London Old Vic 2000) ** 1/2
The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
Elisa Monte Dance at Joyce 1995 ** 1/2
Enemies (London Almdeida Gorky/David Hare w Amanda Root 2006) ** 1/2
An Enemy Of The People (MTC w Richard Thomas, Boyd Gaines 2012) ** 1/2
England (two-hander in art museum 2010) ** 1/2
Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon (New York Musical Festival 2011) ** 1/2
Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. in 2011 ***
La Fanciulla del West (at Met w Deborah Voight 2010) ** 1/2
Fela! (Bway w standby lead 2009) ** 1/2
Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature w Leslie Uggams) ** 1/2
Five Flights (by Adam Bock w Alice Ripley 2004) ** 1/2
Five Guys Named Moe (Bway 1992) ** 1/2
Follies (Bway w Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, Judith Ivey 2001) ** 1/2
A Free Man Of Color (w Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def) ** 1/2
Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Ghetto Klown (John Leguizamo show Bway 2011) ** 1/2
Ghostlight (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
The Ghosts Of Versailles (Met Teresa Stratas, Renee Fleming, Marilyn Horne 1991) ** 1/2
The Ghost Sonata (Roman Paska 1994) ** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Julie Harris, Calista Flockhart Zeljko Ivanek 1994) ** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto Bway, 2013) ** 1/2
Godspell (Bway w Hunter Parrish 2011) ** 1/2
Golden Child (at Signature, 2012) ** 1/2
Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2
La Gran Scena Opera Co 200th NYC Show (Town Hall w Vera Galupe -Borszkh 1999) ** 1/2
The Great God Pan (Amy Herzog play at Playwrights Horizon 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Unknown (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Kathleen Chalfant 2004) ** 1/2
Gypsy (Bway w Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard 2003) ** 1/2
The Habit Of Art (London NT Alan Bennett w Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour 2009) ** 1/2
Hair (Shakespeare in the Park w Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson 2008) ** 1/2
Hamlet: A Monologue (LC Robert Wilson performed directed designed 1995) ** 1/2
Hamlet (w Michael Stuhlbarg Lauren Ambrose Shakespeare in Park 2008) ** 1/2
Hamlet (Bway with Jude Law 2009) ** 1/2
Hank Williams: Lost Highway (w Jason Petty 2003) ** 1/2
Hedda Gabler (BAM w Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving 2006) ** 1/2
Henry V (Shakespeare in the Park w Liev Schieber 2003) ** 1/2
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1986) ** 1/2
Home (at Signature) ** 1/2
Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
House Arrest (Public Anna Deavere Smith 2000) ** 1/2
How Deep Is The Ocean? (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
I'll Eat You Last (w Bette Midler) ** 1/2
The Importance of Being Earnest (Bway w Brian Bedford, Santino Fontana 2011) ** 1/2
Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles) (Bway Roger Rees, Eileen Atkins, Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Jude Law 1995) ** 1/2
Into The Woods (Shakespeare in Park w Donna Murphy, 2012) ** 1/2
TWO STARS
Adrift in Macao (w Will Swenson 2007) **
All-American **
And Away We Go (at Pearl w Sean McNall, Terrence McNally play) **
Another American: Asking and Telling **
Arguendo (ERS at Public) **
As Is (Hippodrome in Gainvesville Florida 1988) **
Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
The Atheist (w Campbell Scott) **
Avow (Christopher Sieber, Jane Powell, Scott Ferrara 2000) **
The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
Bare **
The Barksdale Confession (2004) **
Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **
Belleville (at NYTW) **
Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Bway w Robin Williams) **
Big Fish (w Bobby Steggert on Bway) **
Billboards (BAM Gerald Arpino to Prince songs 1993) **
The Birthday Party (London West End w Eileen Atkins, Henry Goodman 2005) **
Blade To The Heat (Public boxing dir George C. Wolfe 1994) **
Blood Knot (at Signature dir by Athol Fugard, 2012) **
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (at Public 2010) **
Bonnie And Clyde (Bway w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Brand (London w Ralph Fiennes 2003) **
Bring It On: The Musical **
Canary (London Jonathan Harvey play w Philip Voss 2010) **
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Public Puppetry w Eric Bass, Neil Maffin 1996) **
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (at CSC w Mary Testa, 2013) **
The Cave (BAM Steve Reich 1993) **
Celia (Off Bway Celia Cruz musical w Xiomara Laugart) *** 1/2 (music) but ** (show)
Chamber Magic Show **
The Changeling (London Cheek By Jowl w Tom Hiddleston 2007) **
Chemistry Lab (by Ben Alexander 2003) **
The Cherry Orchard (CSC w Diane Wiest and John Turturro 2011) **
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bway) **
Christmas In July (London 2000) **
A Christmas Story: The Musical (Bway 2012) **
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold (Graciela Daniele w Tonya Pinkins 1995) **
Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana (at Radio City Music Hall 2011) **
Civilian (FF 2011) **
Closer (Bway Natasha Richardson, Rupert Graves, Anna Friel, Ciarin Hinds 1999) **
Cloudstreet (BAM 2001) **
Come Fly Away (Sinatra revue by Twyla Tharp) **
The Common Pursuit (at Chocolate Factory in UK 2008) **
The Compleat Works Of Wllm Shkspr Abridged 1995) **
Coriolanus (London at Globe w Jonathan Cake 2006) **
Crane Story **
The Crucible (Open Air in Regent's Park, London 2010) **
The Cryptogram (Mamet w Ed Begley Jr Felicity Huffman 1995) **
Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout w Douglas Hodge 2012) **
Damn Yankees (at Papermill, 2012) **
Darlene Love at Lincoln Center (arrived late) in 2007 **
Das Barbecu (Minetta Lane Carolee Carmello, J.K. Simmons 1994) **
The Day I Stood Still (London at NY Kevin Elyot) **
Dead Accounts (Bway w Norbert Leo Butz, Katie Holmes) **
The Dead Eye Boy (Lili Taylor, Joseph Murphy, Aaron Himelstein 2001) **
Dedication Or The Stuff Of Dreams (Terrence McNally w Nathan Lane, Marian Seldes 2005) **
The Deep Blue Sea (Bway w Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann 1998) **
Design For Living (Bway Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West 2001) **
The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC 2012) **
Disfarmer (at St. Ann's 2009) **
Disgraced (w Aasif Mandvi) **
Don Carlos (London RSC 2000) **
Don Juan in Chicago (David Ives w J. Smith-Cameron 1995) **
Double Falsehood (Shakespeare play) **
Driving Miss Daisy (w Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones 2010) **
The Duchess of Malfi (BAM Cheek By Jowl Angus Macfadyen 1995) **
Edward The Second (dir Will Nolan w Michael Laurence 1997) **
Elling (Bway w Denis O'Hare, Brendan Fraser 2010) **
Embedded (Public by Tim Robbins 2004) **
Entertaining Mr. Sloan (CSC Brian Murray, Neil Maffin 1996) **
Equus (London w Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths 2007) **
Evolution (by Jonathan Marc Sherman w Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton 2002) **
Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) **
Faust (Bohemian Hall 2007) **
Fellowship! (NYMF 2010) **
Fiddler On The Roof (Bway w Alfred Molina, Barbara Barrie, Lea Michelle 2004) **
Fifth Of July (Signature w Michael Cerveris, Parker Posey 2003) **
Fifty Words (Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Marvel 2008) **
Flambe Dreams (NYMF 2012) **
Forever Dusty (2012) **
Fortune's Fool (Bway w Alan Bates, Frank Langella 2002) **
Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
Fucking Men (London 2008) **
Fun Home **
Galileo (at CSC w F. Murray Abraham, 2012) **
Galileo Galilei (London opera Philip Glass Mary Zimmerman 2002) **
Gaudeamus (BAM w Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg 1994) **
Gay Valentine (Town Hall special event 2005) **
Gertrude And Alice: A Likeness To Loving (dir Anne Bogart 1999) **
Glengarry Glen Ross (Bway w Al Pacino 2012) **
Golda's Balcony (Bway w Tovah Feldshuh 2004) **
Golden Boy (Bway w Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub 2012) **
Good People (w Frances McDormand 2011) **
The Good Soup (adapted by Garson Kanin 2004) **
The Grand Manner (by AR Gurney w Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton at Lincoln Center 2010) **
Grease! (Bway w Brooke Shields, Billy Porter, Sherie Rene Scott 1994) **
Greater Messapia (by Andy Bragen 2004) **
Guys And Dolls (Bway w Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt 2009) **
The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
Hamlet (Public w Liev Schrieber, Hamish Linklater, Christian Camargo, Colm Feore 1999) **
Harold and Maude The Musical (Paper Mill w Eric Millegan, Estelle Parsons 2005) **
Heartless (Sam Shepard play w Lois Smith at Signature, 2012) **
The Heiress (Bway w Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey 2012) **
Henry V (SitP w Andre Braugher, Michael C Hall, Christian Camargo 1996) **
Henry V (London at NT w Adrian Lester 2003) **
The Hooters (at BB King's, murky sound, had to leave after an hour in 2008) **
How I Learned To Drive (Tongue In Cheek, 2013) **
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) **
If Love Were All (Bway w Twiggy, Harry Groener 1999) **
In A Dark Place (Neil LaBute Ron Livingston, Frederick Weller 2007) **
It's An Art: The Music Of Stephen Schwartz (Karen Mack, Ryan Perry 2001) **
ONE AND A HALF STARS
All That I Will Ever Be (by Alan Ball 2007) * 1/2
Between Worlds/Entre Mundos (w Siudy) * 1/2
Blood Wedding (London Almeida w Gael Garcia Bernal 2005) * 1/2
The Brain From Planet X (NYMF 2006) * ½
Breakfast At Tiffany's (2013 w Emilia Clarke, the mother of dragons) * 1/2
Bronx Bombers (Off Bway 2013) * 1/2
The Capeman (Bway Paul Simon musical w Marc Anthony 1998) * 1/2
Carson McCullers Talks About Love (w Suzanne Vega) * 1/2
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (w Scarlett Johansson, 2013 ) * 1/2
Chaplin The Musical (Bway, 2012) * 1/2
Chinglish (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Closer To Heaven (London w Frances Barber Pet Shop Boys musical 2001) * 1/2
Cry-Baby The Musical (Bway 2008) * 1/2
Curtains (Bway w David Hyde Pierce 2007) * ½
Dark Hollow: An Appalachian "Woyzeck" (FringeNYC 2012) * 1/2
Dawn Landes at Joe's Pub in 2008 * 1/2
Deceit * 1/2
Devil Boys From Beyond * 1/2
Evita (Bway w Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris, Ricky Martin, 2012) * 1/2
Exits and Entrances (Athol Fugard play at 59E59 in 2007) * ½
Foreverman (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Fram (London at National w Mark Addy 2008) * 1/2
Ghost: The Musical (Bway 2012) * 1/2
Goodbar (at Public) * 1/2
Grace (w Paul Rudd) * 1/2
Hero: The Musical * 1/2
High Dive (Leslie Ayvazian 2001) * 1/2
The House Of Blue Leaves (Bway w Edie Falco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Stiller 2011) * 1/2
How The World Began * 1/2
ONE STAR
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 1 *
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 4 at Public *
The Anarchist (Bway Mamet w Patti Lupone, Debra Winger 2012) *
Araby (FF 2011) *
Baby It's You (Bway 2011) *
The Big Knife (Bobby Cannavale at Roundabout, 2013) *
The Blue Martini (FF 2006) *
Brooklyn The Musical (Bway w Manoel Felciano, Cleavant Derricks 2004) *
Bullet For Adolf *
Cactus Flower (revival with Maxwell Caulfield 2011) *
The Cheaters Club *
Chimichangas and Zoloft *
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London w Michael Ball, Brian Blessed 2002) *
Close Up Space *
Cyclops: A Rock Opera (NYMF 2011) *
Elf The Musical (Bway 2010) *
End Of The Rainbow (Bway w Tracie Bennett) *
An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC 2012) *
A Family For All Occasions *
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
45 Seconds From Broadway (Bway Lewis J. Stadlen, Marian Seldes 2001) *
George Gershwin Alone (Hershey Felder 2001) *
Grease (Bway revival w Max Crumm, Laura Osnes 2007) *
Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
Hands On A Hardbody (Bway musical w Keith Carradine) *
Harvey (Bway w Jim Parsons, 2012) *
Hit The Wall *
Howling Hilda reading * (Mary Testa ***)
The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature 2011) *
In The Wings (w Peter Scolari 2005) *
HALF A STAR
The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) 1/2 *
NO STARS
Cirque Dreams (at Broadway Theatre, not Cirque Du Soleil 2008) no stars
The Good Body (Bway Eve Ensler 2004) no stars
Hedda Gabler (Bway w Mary Louise Parker, Michael Cerveris 2009) no stars
Homo The Musical (NYMF 2013) no stars
Jack Farnstein Ph.D: The Secret Behind The Success (by Joseph Rovner) * 1/2
Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris (Constantine Maroulis 2007) *** ½
James Hand at Hill Country BBQ in 2007 ***
James Hunter at Madison Square Park in 2007 ***
James Joyce's The Dead (Bway musical w Blair Brown, Christopher Walken, Alice Ripley 2000) ***/
The Jammer (Roller derby w Jeanine Serralles) ***
Jay Brannan of Shortbus in 2008 ***
Jekyll And Hyde (w Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis on Bway, 2013) * 1/2
Jerry Springer The Opera (London at NT 2003) ***
Jersey Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Jerusalem (Bway w Mark Rylance 2011) ***
Jesse Harris at Housing Works in 2007 *
Jesus Christ Superstar (Bway w Josh Young, 2012) * 1/2
Jim White in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Wrong Eyed Jesus in 2007 ***
Jitney (Second Stage dir Marion McClinton w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2000) ****
Jitney at the Greene Space (reading, 2013) *** 1/2
Joan Baez at Town Hall in 2008 ***
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
John Gabriel Borkman (NT w Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins 1996) no stars
John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan at BAM 2011) * 1/2
John Tartaglia at Ars Nova in 2004 ***
Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity in DC 2010 ***
Journey’s End (London 2004) ***
Journey’s End (Bway 2007 Hugh Dancy Boyd Gaines, Jefferson Mays) ***
Judith Owen at Metropolitan Club in 2008 ** 1/2
Juilliard Symphony Symphony No 1 etc (LC 1993) ** 1/2
Julian Po (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Julius Caesar (Public w David McCallum, Jamey Sheridan, Jeffrey Wright 2000) **
Julius Caesar at St. Ann's (all women, dir Phyllida Lloyd, Harriet Walter, 2013) ****
Jumpers (Bway w Simon Russell Beale, Essie Davis 2004) ***
Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
Just Us Boys (2002) **
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
Kiki And Herb Coup De Theatre 2003) ***
Kiki And Herb at Carnegie Hall in 2007 ** 1/2
Kiki Baby (NYMF 2011 w Jenn Colella) ** 1/2
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts 1994) ***
The King And I (Bway w Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips 1996) ***
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½
King Lear (w Ian McKellen at BAM 2007) **
King Lear (Public w Kevin Kline, Michael Cerveris, Logan Marshall-Green 2007) **
King Lear (w Sam Waterston at Public 2011) **
King Lear (w Derek Jacobi at BAM 2011) ***
Kinky Boots **
Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) ***
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Bway w Vanessa Williams, Howard McGillin 1994) ** 1/2
Krapp's Last Tape (London w Robin starring John Hurt 2000) ****
Krapp's Last Tape (at BAM w John Hurt -- space too big 2011) ***
Kronos Quarter at BAM w Bach to Bach 1995 ***
Kronos Quartet Wu Man at Zankel Hall of Carnegie in 2009 ***
Kurt Wagner of Lambchop (at Living Room in 2008) ***
LaBelle at Apollo (abbreviated due to power outage in 2008) ***
La Cage Aux Folles (Bway w Gary Beach 2004) ***
Ladies and Gents (at Bethesda Fountain bathrooms w John Keating ) ***
Lady Day (w Dee Dee Bridgewater) * 1/2
The Lady From Dubuque (at Sig w Jane Alexander, 2012) ** 1/2
The Lady From The Sea (London w Natasha Richardson 2003) **
The Lady in Red Converses With Diablo ** 1/2
The Lady In The Van (London Alan Bennett w Maggie Smith 1999) ***
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (London 2011) *** 1/2
Lake Water **
The Laramie Project (Moises Kaufman 2000) *** 1/2
The Last Smoker In America **
The Last Sunday In June (by Jonathan Tolins 2003) **
Laurie Anderson: The Nerve Bible (1994) ** 1/2
Laurie Anderson at Battery Park City 2013 ***
Laurie Anderson: Homeland (at Carnegie Hall's Zankel in 2008) ***
Leap Of Faith (w Raul Esparza) **
Leo (one-man circus act) ***
Leonard Cohen Koans (FF 2011) *** 1/2
Les Miserables (Bway w Craig Schulman, 1994) ***
Les Miserables (Bway w Daphne Rubin-Vega, Alexander Gemingnani 2006) **
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour (Papermill 2010) ***
Let It Be **
A Letter To Harvey Milk (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (by John Erlanger dir Alex Dmitriev 1993) *8
Lies My Father Told Me **
Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF 2013)**
The Light In The Piazza (Bway w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark 2005) *** 1/2
Lightning At Our Feet (Emily Dickinson performance piece at BAM 2008) * 1/2
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) ***
The Little Mermaid, Disney's (at Papermill w Liz McCartney, 2013) **
Little Miss Sunshine (w Will Swenson) **
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Little Women (NY City Opera by Mark Adamo w Jennifer Dudley 2003) ** 1/2
Living With Henry (NYMF 2012) *
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2
Lombardi **
London Assurance (London revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National 2010) ***
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Lopsided (by Alex Bond) **
Lord Of The Flies (Open Air in London 2011) * 1/2
The Lord of the Rings (musical London 2008) * 1/2
Lost In Yonkers (Bway Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Irene Worth 1991) ***
Love, Janis (Andra Mitrovich, Cathy Richardson 2001) **
Love's Labor's Lost (at Public dir Karin Coonrod 2011) ** 1/2
Love Sucks (NYMF 2007) ** ½
Love The Sinner (London play by Drew Pautz at the National 2010) **
Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane 1994) *** 1/2
Love! Valour! Compassion! (Bway dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane, John Glover 1995) ***
Lulu (London w Anna Friel 2001) **
Lust (The Heather Brothers w Denis Lawson, Robert McCormick 1995) **
The Lying Lesson * 1/2
The Lyons (w Linda Lavin) ** 1/2
Lysistrata Jones (original Off Off production 2011) * 1/2
Lysistrata Jones (Bway 2011) *
Macbeth (w Patrick Stewart at BAM in 2008) *** 1/2
Macbeth: Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Macbeth (w John Douglas Thompson, 2011) **
Macbeth (w Alan Cumming on Bway, 2013) *
Macbeth (w Ethan Hawke at Lincoln Center 2013)
Madama Butterfly (London Royal Opera House 2007) ** ½
Madame X (NYMF 2011) **
The Madrid * 1/2
Magdalen (FringeNYC 2012) ***
The Magic Flute (NYC Opera conductor Scott Bergeson 1992) ** 1/2
The Maids (w J. Smith Cameron, 2012) **
Making Faces (by Christine Howey w Lenny Pinna producer Noelle Howey 1999) **
Makin' Whoopee (dress rehearsal by Susan Stroman at ABT 2008) ***
Mallory/Valerie (FringeNYC 2012) *
Mamma Mia! (Bway w Karen Mason, Judy Kaye, Louise Pitre 2001) ***
Man and Boy (Bway w Frank Langella 2011) * 1/2
The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's 2011) **
Maple and Vine **
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Greene Space (reading) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Marry Harry (NYMF 2013) **
Marry Me A Little **
Martin And John (London 1998) **
Martin Guerre (London w Jenna Russell 1996) ** 1/2
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Bway 2006) ***
The Marvelous Wondrettes (2008) **
Mary Poppins (London w Laura Michelle Kelly 2005) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (Bway w Laura Michelle Kelly 2006) *** 1/2
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane 2009) ***
Master Class (Bway w Tyne Daly 2011) ***
Mata Hari In 8 Bullets (NYMF 2013) ***
Mathew In The School Of Life (Kitchen by/w John Moran, Julia Stiles 1994) *
Matilda The Musical (Bway w Bertie Carvell 2013) *** 1/2
A Matter of Life and Death (London at National 2007) *
Maurice (London w David Willoughby 1998) **
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 ***
Measure For Measure (SitP Billy Crudup, Joe Morton, Felicity Jones 2001) ** 1/2
Measure For Measure (Shakespeare In The Park Danai Gurura, Annie Parisse, John Cullum 2011) ***
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) ***
Men Are Real (Iris Silverio, Robert Dominguez 2008) *
The Merchant Of Venice (Public w Ron Leibman, Laila Robins 1995) **
The Merchant Of Venice (London NT w Henry Goodman 1999) **
The Merchant Of Venice (Bway w Al Pacino, Lily Rabe 2010) *** 1/2
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2
Michael Arden Sings "Blue" (at Joe's Pub in 2008) ** 1/2
Middletown (Will Eno at Vineyard w Georgia Engel 2010) ***/
Midnight's Children (Apollo w Salman Rushdie attending 2003) *
A Midsummer Night's Dream (SitP w Teatro do Ornitorrinco nude! 1991) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ralph Lee puppets dir Scott Cargle 1999) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe w Mark Rylance as Bottom sub2002) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe 2008) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (at CSC w Bebe Neuwirth, 2012) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Julie Taymor dir w Kathryn Hunter, 2013) **
Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012)
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
Milk Like Sugar ***
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Bway w Olympia Dukakis 2011) *
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) ***
Misalliance (Bway Brian Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Alan Tudyk 1997) **
Mission Drift * 1/2
Miss Julie (London w Christopher Eccleston 2000) **
Miss Julie: Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mistakes Were Made (w Michael Shannon) ** 1/2
Misterman (at St. Ann's w Cillian Murphy 2011) ** 1/2
Mnemonic (Theatre de Complicite Simon McBurney 2001) ***
The Mnemonist Of Dutchess County * 1/2
Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? (at Public by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy 2008) ** 1/2
Monday Night Magic (2003) **
Monkey: Journey To The West (w Damon Albarn at Lincoln Center) ** 1/2
Monsters Of Grace (BAM Philip Glass Robert Wilson 1998) **
A Moon For The Misbegotten (Bway Cherry Jones, Gabriel Byrne 1993) ** 1/2
A Moon For The Misbegotten (Bway Eve Best, Kevin Spacey 2007) ***
A Month In The Country (Bway Helen Mirren, Ron Rifkin, F. Murray Abraham 1995) **
Moon for the Misbegotten (Bway w Kevin Spacey, Eve Best 2007) ** ½
The More Loving One (FF 2011) **
#MormonInChief (FringeNYC 2012) **
Mostly Sondheim (Lincoln Center Barbara Cook 2002) ****
Mother Divine (NYMF 2013) **
The Motherf**ker With The Hat (Bway w Chris Rock 2011) ***
Motown: The Musical **
The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
The Mountaintop (Bway w Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011) ** 1/2
The Mousetrap (London at St. Martin's 2004) **
Movin' Out (Bway w Michael Cavanaugh 2003) ***
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play * 1/2
Mrs. Warren's Profession (London w Felicity Kendall 2010) **
Much Ado About Nothing (BAM w Cheek By Jowl w Matthew Macfadyen 1998) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Park w Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2005) **
Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe w Eve Best, Charles Edwards 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (West End w David Tennant, Catherine Tate 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (2013 w Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake) ***
Murder For Two **
The Murder Of Crows: Janet Cardiff at the Armory ** 1/2
Museum (Tina Howe play 2002) **
Music From A Sparkling Planet (Josh Hamilton, J. Smith-Cameron 2001) **
The Music Man (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Rebecca Luker 2001) ***
The Music Teacher (Wallace Shawn w Bobby Steggert 2005) **
M Ward at Town Hall in 2007 ***
My Children! My Africa! (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Signature, 2012) ***
My Fair Lady (Miami FL w Rex Harrison early 1980s tour) ** 1/2
My Fair Lady (London w Alex Jennings, Joanna Riding next to Paul McCartney 2001) ***
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
The Mystery Of Charles Dickens (Bway w Simon Callow 2002) ** 1/2
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Stephanie J Block 2012) ** 1/2
My Trip Down The Pink Carpet (w Leslie Jordan) **
Naked Boys Singing! (1999) ** 1/2
The Nance (w Nathan Lane) ***
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013, downtown in tent) ***
The National at BAM in 2008 (bad seats, inappropriate venue) ** 1/2
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Never Gonna Dance (Bway w Karen Ziemba 2003) **
The New Electric Ballroom ***
Newfound Road at Baggot Inn (bluegrass) in 2007 ** ½
New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives 2008) *** 1/2
Newsies (at Paper Mill Playhouse w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Newsies (Bway w Jeremy Jordan, 2012) ** 1/2
NYC Ballet Square Dance, Afternoon Faun etc w Margaret Tracey, Peter Boal 1993) ***
NYC Ballet Fanfare, Apollo, I'm Old Fashioned w David Jaffe, Peter Boal 1994) ***
NYC Ballet Vienna Waltzes etc w Judith Fugate, Peter Boal 1994) ***
The New York Idea (w John Keating) **
New York Philharmonic w Samuel Wong conductor in Central Park (Mussorgsky Pictures 1993) ***
New York Philharmonic w Leonard Slatkin, "In Praise Of Shahn," Mahler Sym No 5 (1993) ***
Next To Normal (Bway 2009) **
Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Nighttime Traffic (NYMF 2010) **
A Night With Janis Joplin **
Ninth and Joanie *
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
No Child... (Nilaja Sun 2006) ** 1/2
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC 2012) *
No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
The Normal Heart (Public w Raul Esparza, Joanna Gleason 2004) ***
The Normal Heart (Bway w Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons 2011) ***
The Norman Conquests (Bway 2009) ***
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (LC dir Mary Zimmerman 1994) ****
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (Second Stage dir Mary Zimmerman 2003) *** 1/2
Nothing To Hide ** 1/2
Now. Here. This. * 1/2
A Number (NYTW Caryl Churchill w Sam Shepard, Dallas Roberts 2004) ** 1/2
Occupant (Edward Albee play w Mercedes Ruehl 2008) **
Oklahoma! (London NT w Hugh Jackman, Shuler Hensley 1998) ****
The Old Friends (at Signature w Betty Buckley) **
Old Hats (at Sig w Bill Irwin and Nellie McKay) ***
The Old Man And The Old Moon (PigPen 2012) *** 1/2
Old Springs Pike (w John Gallagher) at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Oleanna (Mamet William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon 1992) ** 1/2
Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bway w Harry Connick Jr. 2011) * 1/2
Once (at New York Theatre Workshop 2011) *** 1/2
Once (on Broadway w orig cast, 2012) ****
Once On This Island (at Paper Mill w Syesha Mercado, 2012) ***
One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay turned into play 2011) ***
100 Years by Mike Leigh at Acorn **
One Man, Two Guvnors (London's National w James Corden, 2011) ***
One Man, Two Guvnors (Bway w James Corden, 2012) ***
On Golden Pond (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1985) **
On Golden Pond (Bway w James Earl Jones, Leslie Uggams 2005) **
The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me... (1995 written/starring Dan Butler 1995) ** 1/2
On The Beach (London, one of two-part The Contingency Plan at Bush on global warming 2009) ***
On The Open Road (Public by Steve Tesich w Anthony LaPaglia, Byron Jennigns 1993) *
On The Town (SitP dir George C. Wolfe, Lea DeLaria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Mary Testa 1997) ****
Opening Night (Dutch version of Cassavetes at BAM Harvey in 2008) ***
Operation Greenfield (London play abt UK Christian rock band 2011) ** 1/2
Opus (Richard Topol 2007) ** ½
Opus No. 7 at St. Ann's Warehouse ** 1/2
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 in 2011***
Orphans (Hippodrome Theatre in Florida 1987) ***
Orphans (w Alec Baldwin, 2013) ** 1/2
The Orphans' Home Cycle (Foote 3 night 9 play at Signature w Hallie Foote, Bryce Pinkham) *** 1/2
Orphee (BAM Philip Glass Cocteau film 1993) *** 1/2
Othello (SitP Raul Julia, Christopher Walken, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Beth Hurt 1991) ** 1/2
Othello (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, James Harewood, Claire Skinner 1998) ** 1/2
Othello (w John Douglas Thompson off Bway -- solid, but convincing which it rarely is 2009) ***
Othello (w Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, dir Peter Sellars, painful, four hours? 2009) no stars
Other Desert Cities (Jon Robin Baitz Lincoln Center w Stockard Channing, Stacey Keach 2011) **
Other Desert Cities (Broadway w Rachel Griffiths 2011) ** 1/2
The Other Place (on Broadway w Laurie Metcalf) ** 1/2
Our Country (NYMF 2010) *
Our House (London Madness musical 2002) **
Our Lady Of 121st Street (transfer to Union Square dir Philip Seymour Hoffman 2003) ***
Our Town (Bway w Paul Newman, Stephen Spinella 2002) ** 1/2
Our Town (dir David Cromer 2006) *** 1/2
Our Town (w Helen Hunt as Stage Manager 2010) ***
Over The Rhine at Highline in 2007 ** ½
Pacific Overtures (Bway w B.D. Wong 2004) **
Painting Churches (w Kathleen Chalfant, 2012) * 1/2
Pal Joey (Bway Roundabout w Stockard Channing 2009) **
Paper Cut (FF 2011) ***
Paper Plane (3 Sticks company at FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Paradise Found (London new musical at Chocolate Factory Mandy Patinkin 2010) *
Paradise Park (Charles Mee musical play at Signature 2008) ** 1/2
Parker And Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To The End Of The Rainbow (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Parsifal at the Met (2013 w dir Francois Girard and Jonas Kaufmann) *** 1/2
/passengers (at Mercury Lounge in 2008) ***
Passing Strange (Bway 2008) ** 1/2
Passion (Bway w Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie 1994) *** 1/2
Passion (Bway w Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie end of run 1994) ****
Passion at CSC (dir John Doyle w Melissa Erico and Judy Kuhn, 2013) *** 1/2
The Patron Saint Of Sea Monsters **
Patty Griffin, Allen Toussaint and CMA songwriters at Joe’s Pub in the Park in 2007 *** ½
Paul Simon: Songs From The Capeman (at BAM's Harvey w Frankie Negron 2008) *** 1/2
Paul Simon World Music (at BAM w Ladysmith, David Byrne, etc 2008) ***
Paved Paradise: An Homage To Joni Mitchell (John Kelly 1996) ** 1/2
PBR final regular season event at Mohegan Sun in Conn. in 2008 ***
Pearl's Gone Blue (FF 2011) ***
The Pee-wee Herman Show (Bway 2010) ***
Peggy For You (London w Maureen Lipman 2000) **
The People In The Picture (Bway w Donna Murphy 2011) *
The Performers (Bway w Cheyenne Jackson 2012) **
Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatre For A New Aud w Christian Borle, 2011) *** 1/2
Peter and the Starcatcher (Bway w Christian Borle, 2012) ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Feb 2004 ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Nov 2004 ***
Peter Pan aka Peter and Wendy (Public Mabou Mines Karen Kandel, Basil Twist 1996) ****
Peter Pan (London at NT w Ian McKellen 1997) ** 1/2
Peter Pan (London outdoor under tent in Kensington Gardens 2009) * 1/2
Peter Pan (via National Theatre of Scotland in London at Barbican 2010) ** 1/2
Peter Sallett at Joe's Pub in 2010 ***
The Phantom Of The Opera (Bway w Davis Gaines 1994) **
Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Milo O'Shea 1994) ***
The Piano Lesson (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Sig *** 1/2
Picnic (at Roundabout w Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, 2013) * 1/2
Picture Incomplete (NYMF 2012) **
Pieces (FringeNYC 2012) *
Pieta Brown at Bowery in 2007 ** ½
The Pigeon Boys (NYMF reading 2011) ***
PigPen's The Mountain Song (2011) *** 1/2
PigPen's The Nightmare Story (2011) *** 1/2
Pink Milk (FringeNYC 2012)* 1/2
Pippin (dir Diane Paulus w Patina Miller, 2013) *
Piranha Heights (London by Philip Ridley 2008) **
The Pitmen Painters (London at National 2008) ** 1/2
A Place At The Table (London by Simon Block w Joanne Pearce 2000) **
A Place At The Table (MCC by Simon Block w Robin Weigert, Zac Orth 2000) **
Playing Burton (w Brian Mallon) no stars
The Play What I Wrote (London 2001) *** 1/2
The Play What I Wrote (Bway 2003) ***
The Pogues at Terminal 5 in 2011 ** 1/2
POPArt (NYMF 2010) *
A Popol Vuh Story (Public Puppetry Ralph Lee 1994) *** 1/2
Porgy and Bess (w Audra McDonald, 2012) *** 1/2
Port Authority (w Jim Noonan, John Gallagher 2008) ***
Potted Potter (in NYC) *
A Prairie Home Companion (Town Hall w Iris Dement, Cokie Roberts 1994) *** 1/2
Prelude to a Kiss (Bway revival w John Mahoney, Annie Parisse 2007) **
The Price (Bway Harris Yulin, Bob Dishy 2000) **
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Private Lives (Bway Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan 2002) ** 1/2
Private Lives (Bway w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross 2011) **
The Producers (Bway w Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick 2002) ***
Prometheus Bound (CSC w David Oyelowo 2007) *
Psycho Buildings (art exhibit at Hayward in UK) *** 1/2
A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney/Lucas Hnath ***
Pygmalion (West End w Rupert Everett 2011) **
Queen Of The Mist (w Mary Testa 2011) ** 1/2
Queens Blvd (musical by Charles Mee 2007) ***
Queer Counsel (London 2004) **
Rachel Calof (FF 2011) ** 1/2
Radiant Baby (Public w Michael Winther, Julee Cruise 2003) *
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (1997) ** 1/2
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2011) ** 1/2
Radio Golf (Bway August Wilson w Tonya Pinkins 2007) *** ½
Ragtime (Bway revival; liked everything but the score w Bobby Steggert 2009) ** 1/2
Railroad at Signature ** 1/2
The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream ***
Rated M For Murder (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Raul Midon at Joe's Pub in 2008 ***
Really Really *
The Real Thing (Hippodrome in Gainesville Florida 1985) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (London w Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle 2000) *** 1/2
Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF 2012) ***
Reasons To Be Happy **
Red-Handed Otter (w Matthew Maher) ** 1/2
Reefer Madness (Christian Campbell, Kristen Bell, Gregg Edelman 2001) **
Regrets * 1/2
Regular Singing (The Apple Family Play at Public) **
Relatively Speaking * 1/2
Rent (Bway orig cast 1996) ***
Rent (Bway 20??) **
The Reporter (London at the National w Ben Chaplin 2007) **
Requiem For A Lost Girl (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
The Revisionist (w Vanessa Redgrave) **
Richard II (London at Globe w Mark Rylance 2003) ***
Richard III (London at Globe all women w Kathryn Hunter 2003) ***
Richard III (CSC w Michael Cumpsty 2007) **
Richard III (at BAM w Kevin Spacey, 2012) ***
Richard III/King Richard The Third (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) ***
Richard Thompson and band at Town Hall in 2010 ***
Richie Havens at Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007 ***
Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery in 2011 ** 1/2
The Riddles Of Bamboo (LC by Kipp Erante Cheng 1997) **
Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show (Bway w Jarrod Emick 2006) *
Rio (NYMF 2012) **
Rites Of Privacy (written and performed by David Rhodes FF 2010) ** 1/2
Road House (w Taimak 2003) **
Roadkill ** 1/2
Road Show/Bounce (Sondheim musical at Public w Michael Cerveris 2008) ***
The Road To Mecca (Roundabout w Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale, 2012) ** 1/2
The Road To Qatar *
Rock 'N' Roll (Bway Tom Stoppard Rufus Sewell, Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack, Alive Eve 2007) ***
Rock Of Ages (2013 on Bway) * 1/2
Romeo And Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending (FF 2011) **
Romeo And Juliet (w Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, 2013) *
Romeo And Juliet (at CSC w Elizabeth Olsen and T.R. Knight, 2013) * 1/2
Ron Sexsmith at Highline in 2011 ** 1/2 (voice shaky that night; he's great)
Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***
Rope *
Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles (w Christian McKay 2004) *
The Rose Tattoo (Bway w Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony LaPaglia 1995) ** 1/2
The Rose Tattoo (London at National w Zoe Wannamaker 2007) **
Roulette (by Paul Weitz w Anna Paquin 2004) **
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun (London Peter Shaffer at National 2006) *
Ruined (at City Center w Condola Rashad 2009) *** 1/2
Rumer in concert in 2011 ****
La Ruta ** 1/2
Sailor's Song (John Patrick Shanley 2004) *
Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Salt Lake The Ballet (FF 2008) **
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History Of the Robot Wars ** 1/2
Satyagraha (at Met w English National Opera production 2011) ****
Scandalous (Bway Kathie Lee Gifford musical 2012) * 1/2
The School For Husbands (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The School For Lies (CSC w Mamie Gummer 2011) *** 1/2
The Scottsboro Boys (Bway 2010) *** 1/2
The Seafarer (Bway Conor McPherson w Jim Norton, David Morse, Ciarin Hinds 2007) ***
The Seagull (SitP Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, etc etc 2001) ***
The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (ERS at NYTW 2011) ** 1/2
Seminar (Bway w Alan Rickman, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe 2011) **
A Separate Peace (adapted and performed by Brian Foyster FF 2010) ** 1/2
Septimus And Clarissa (Ellen McLaughlin adaptation of Mrs Dalloway 2011) *** 1/2
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Paper Mill, flooding 2007) ***
Seven Guitars (Signature dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2006) ****
Sexual Perversity In Chicago (London w Matthew Perry, Minnie Driver, Hank Azaria 2003) **
The Shape Of Things (Bway Neil LaBute w Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz 2002) ** 1/2
Sharon Jones at the Beacon in 2008 ****
Sheba (Sharleen Cooper Cohen Gary William Friedman 1996) *Sheherizade (FringeNYC 2012) **
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Of Making Whoopee (FF 2002) ** 1/2
Shine! A Horatio Alger Musical (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Shipment (Young Jean Lee, great cast 2009)***
Shlemiel The First ** 1/2
Shockheaded Peter (London w Tiger Lillies 2003) *** 1/2
Shockheaded Peter (NYC w Tiger Lillies 2005) ***
Shopping And F***ing (London Mark Ravenhill 1998) **
Show Boat(John McMartin, Rebecca Luker, Elaine Stritch, Lonette McKee, Michel Bell 1994) *** 1/2
Show Choir! (NYMF 2010) **
Side Man (Bway Edie Falco, Scott Wolf, Frank Wood 1999) ***
Signal The Escape in Brooklyn's Europe club in 2008 ***
Silence! The Musical **
Simpatico (Public Sam Shepard w Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Beverly D'Angelo 1994) **
Simple Minds at Roseland ***/
Singing Astaire (w Eric Comstock, Hilary Kole, Christopher Gines 2004) ***
The Singing Forest (Craig Lucas at Public) * 1/2
Single Black Female (at 42 West) ** 1/2
Sister Act (Bway w Patina Miller) * 1/2
69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (at BAM 2008) *** 1/2
A Skull In Connemara (Kevin Tighe 2001) ***
Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Sleepwalk With Me (one-man show w Mike Birbiglia) ***
The Slug Bearers Of Kayrol Island (Vineyard w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
Small Craft Warnings (Tennessee Williams revival 2011) zero stars
The Snow Geese (MTC w Mary-Louise Parker, 2013) ** 1/2
La Soiree ***
Solitude (Public Puppetry Banialuka 1994) ** 1/2
Somewhere Fun **
Songs And Stories From Moby Dick (BAM Laurie Anderson 1999) * 1/2
Songs From The Uproar **
Sons Of The Prophet (w Santino Fontana 2011) *** 1/2
Sontag: Reborn *
The Soul Of John Black at Webster Hall in 2008 *** (v brief set)
The Sound Of Music (at Papermill 2012) ***
South Pacific (at Lincoln Center w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison 2008) ***
South Pacific (w David Pittsinger as Emile De Becque at Lincoln Center 2008) *** 1/2
Souvenir ** 1/2
Space (Public by Tina Landau 1999) ** 1/2
Speech And Debate ***
Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Spring Awakening (Bway w Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher, Lea Michelle 2006) *** ½
Spring Awakening (Bway w Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher, Lea Michelle 2007) *** ½
Spuyten Duyvil (by Andy Bragan 2004) **
Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays **
Stand Tall: A Rock Musical (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Stanley (Bway w Antony Sher 1997) ** 1/2
Stan's Cafe: Of All The People In The World (one person=one rice exhibit) *** 1/2
Stealing Time (NYMF 2012) **
Steel Magnolias (Bway dir Jason Moore w Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole 2005) **
Steel Pulse (at Battery Park in 2008) ***
STePz (Savion Glover dance show) *** 1/2
Stick Fly (Bway 2011) **
Stomp (Orpheum 1994) ** 1/2
Stones In His Pocket (Conleth Hill, Sean Campion 2001) ***
Stop. Reset at Signature * 1/2
Storefront Church ** 1/2
Storytime With Mr. Buttermen (FringeNYC 2012) **
Straight-Jacket (w and d by Richard Day w Jackie Hoffman, Adam Greer 2000) **
Straight Up With A Twist (at Players Theater) no stars
Strawberry Alarm Clock in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Valley of Dolls in 2007 ***
A Streetcar Named Desire (BAM w Cate Blanchett 2009) ***
A Streetcar Named Desire (Bway w Nicole Ari Parker, Blair Underwood 2012) **
Street Of Blood (NYTW w Ronnie Burkett 2000) ** 1/2
The Subject Was Roses (Bway John Mahoney, Dana Ivey, Patrick Dempsey May 1991) **
The Submission (w Jonathan Groff) **
Sufjan Stevens at BAM w BQE in 2007 *** ½
Suitcase (Soho Rep 2004) **
Summer Shorts Series B: Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, etc (at 59 E 59, 2012) **
Sunday In The Park With George (London Choc Fac at Wyndham Daniel Evans 2006) ****
Sunday In The Park W George (Bway Daniel Evans Jenna Russell 2008) *** 1/2
Sunjata (Jim Henson Intl Puppet Festival 1996) ***
Sunset Blvd (Bway w Glenn Close, Alice Ripley, George Hearn, Alan Campbell 1994) * 1/2
Super Night Shot (at Public -- Gob Squad) ** 1/2
Swan Lake Matthew Bourne (London next to Brian May and Anita Dobson 2000) *** 1/2
Sweeney Todd (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1994) ***
Sweeney Todd (Bway Patti Lupone, Michael Cerveris 2006) *** 1/2
Sweet And Sad (The Apple Family at Public 2011) **
Swimming In The Shallows (Adam Bock w Logan Marshall-Green 2005) ** 1/2
Swing! (Bway Ann Hampton Callaway, Laura Benanti 2000) **
Swing State (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Swiss Family Robinson (NYMF 2013) **
Syria, America (by Lance Crowfoot-Suede 1999) **
The Syringa Tree (Kate Blumberg 2001) ** 1/2
The Table (puppetry show at La MaMa) ** 1/2
Taboo (Bway w Boy George 2003) **
Take Me Out (Public Theater Denis O'Hare, Daniel Sunjata 2002) ***
Taking The Wheel: The Music Of John Bucchino (Karen Mack, Jesse Tyler Ferguson 2000) ** 1/2
A Tale Of Two Cities (Bway musical 2008) *
Tales From Hollywood (London Christopher Hampton play 2001) **
Talking Heads (London Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack 1996) *** 1/2
Talk Radio (Bway w Liev Schreiber 2007) ** ½
The Tallest Man On Earth at Town Hall *** 1/2
The Taming Of The Shrew (SiP Allison Janney, Jay O. Sanders, Mario Cantone 1999) ** 1/2
Tango Masculino (2002) **
Teddy Thompson Christmas Show w mom, sis, bro, Rufus, etc in 2007 ** 1/2 (terrible sound)
Teddy Thompson at Bowery in 2007 *** ½
Teddy Thompson at City Winery in 2011 *** 1/2
The Tempest (SitP w Patrick Stewart, Liev Schrieber, Bill Irwin 1995) *** 1/2
The Tempest (London at Globe w Mark Rylance 2005) ** 1/2
The Tempest (w Mandy Patinkin at CSC 2008) **
The Tenth Floor (NYMF 2010) **
Tess: The Musical (NYMF 2010) **
The Testament Of Mary (w Fiona Shaw) ** 1/2
Texas Homos (w Reed Birney 2005) *
That Other Woman's Child (NYMF 2008) * 1/2
Theatre Of Blood (London at National w Jim Broadbent) * 1/2
Them Say Your Prayers (one-man show Jess Cagle, dir Joel Schumacher 1999) no stars
They Might Be Giants at Beacon in 2008 *** 1/2
They Wrote That? The Songs Of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil dir Richard Maltby 2004) **
Things Of Dry Hours (w Delroy Lindo) ** 1/2
The Third Story (w Kathleen Turner, Charles Busch) ** 1/2
The 39 Steps (West End in London 2007) ***
This Side Of Neverland (at Pearl w Sean McNall) ***
Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Will Eno w James Urbaniak 2005) ***
Thoroughly Modern Millie (at Paper Mill w Laurie Veldheer, 2013) ** 1/2
A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky (London 2010) ** 1/2
Three Sisters (CSC w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard 2011) *** 1/2
Time Between Us (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
A Time To Kill * 1/2
Timon Of Athens (at Public w Richard Thomas 2011) ***
Titanic (Bway Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Judith Blazer, Brian d'Arcy James 1997) ***/
Title And Deed (Will Eno play at Signature, 2012) ***
Titus Andronicus (London at Globe w Douglas Hodge 2006) **
Titus Andronicus (at Public w Jay O. Sanders 2011) * 1/2
The Torch-Bearers (Drama Dept. w Faith Prince, Marian Seldes, Judith Blazer 2000) **
Traces (circus at New Victory 2008) ***
The Train Driver (dir by Athol Fugard at Signature, 2012) ***
Trav'lin' (NYMF 2010) ***/
Tribes (w Mare Winningham) *** 1/2
A Tribute To Billy Strayhorn (LC w Bobby Short, Lena Horne June 20, 1993) *** 1/2
The Trip To Bountiful (w Cicely Tyson) ***
Trouble (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
True Crimes (Romulus Linney Rebecca Harris 1996) **
Tut (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Twelfth Night (SitP Julia Stiles, Zach Braff, Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2002) ** 1/2
Twelfth Night (BAM Donmar w Simon Russell Beale, Emily Watson 2003) ** 1/2
Twelfth Night (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) *** 1/2
Twelve Angry Men (Bway w Boyd Gaines, Philip Bosco 2004) **
The Twentieth Century Way (by Tom Jacobson FF 2010) *** 1/2
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Anna Deavere Smith 1994) *** 1/2
Two Boys (Nico Muhly at the Met) **
Two Boys In A Bed On A Cold Winter's Night (Rattlestick inaugural season 1995) **
2 Burn (FF 2011) * 1/2
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Public Malcolm Gets, Camryn Manheim1994) ** 1/2
Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Off Off Bway gay angle 2004) *
Two Thousand Years (Mike Leigh w Richard Masur 2008) **
The Two Month Rule (NYMF 2012) *
Two Trains Running (Signature revival 2006) *** 1/2
Ubu Roi (Public Puppetry Festival Hystopolis Productions 1996) ** 1/2
The Ugly One **
Uncle Vanya (BAM Donmar w Simon Russell Beale, Emily Watson 2003) ***
The Unexpected Man (Yasmina Reza w Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates 2001) ***
The Universe (Richard Foreman play w James Urbaniak 1995) ** 1/2
Unnatural Acts (at CSC 2011) ***
Valhalla (Juilliard Paul Rudnick w Craig Baldwin 2001) ***
Valhalla (NYTW Paul Rudnick w Peter Frechette 2004) ** 1/2
Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike *** 1/2
Venice no stars
Venus And Adonis (Shakespeare Project puppets Suzanne Savoy 2000?) ** 1/2
Venus In Fur (Bway w Nina Arianda 2011) ***
Vernon God Little (London at Young Vic) **
The Vertical Hour (Bway David Hare w Bill Nighy, Julianne Moore 2006) **
Via Dolorosa (Bway David Hare wrote and performed 1999) ***
Virgins And Other Myths (Colin Martin 1996) **
Vita And Virginia (Union Square Theatre w Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave 1995) ****
Vital Signs New Works Festival 2003 **
Voices Of Light: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (Dreyer's film w oratorio Anonymous 4 1999) ****
Volleygirls (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
The Voyage (Met Philip Glass 1992) ***
Die Walkure (at the Met w Deborah Voigt 2011) ***
Walls And Bridges (FF 2011) **
The Walworth Farce (at St. Anne's 2008) ***
War Horse (London West End 2009) ***
War Horse (at Lincoln Center 2011) ***
The Water Dream (staged reading musical Anthony Rapp NYMF 2013) *
Waverly 7 at Blue Note in 2007 **
The Weir (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) *** 1/2
We Live Here (Zoe Kazan play) **
Well (Public w Lisa Kron, Jayne Houdyshell 2004) **
Wesla Whitfield: Life Upon The Wicked Stage (Kaufman Theatre 1998) ***
West Side Story (Bway revival w Matt Cavenaugh 2009) ***
We Will Rock You (London 2002) *
What If We Did This? (Soho Cary and Gallo 2000) * 1/2
What's Wrong With This Picture? (Bway dir Joe Mantello 1994) *
What The Sparrow Said (FF 2011) ** 1/2
When Pigs Fly (Howard Crabtree 1997) ***
The Whipping Man (w Andre Braugher) **
White Christmas (at Paper Mill 2011) ***
White Raven (LC Philip Glass Robert Wilson w Lucinda Childs 2001) **
Who Murdered Love (FringeNYC 2012) no stars
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Bway w Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin 2005) ***
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Bway w Tracy Letts, Amy Morton 2012) ***
The Who's Tommy (at Gallery Players in Bklyn 2009) *
Wild Animals You Should Know (Alice Ripley, Jay Armstrong Johnson 2011) ** 1/2
The Wild Bride at St. Ann's ** 1/2
The Wild Party (Bway w Toni Collette, Mandy Patinkin, Eartha Kitt, Tonya Pinkins 2000) *** 1/2
Wine-Blue-Open-Water (dir Michael Counts 1997) **
Wings (revival w Jan Maxwell 2010) **
The Winslow Boy (w Roger Rees at Roundabout, 2013) ***
The Winter's Tale (SitP w Keith David, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bronson Pinchot 2000) **
A Winter's Tale (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall, Richard Easton 2009) *** 1/2
Wit (Union Square w Kathleen Chalfant 1999) ***
Wit (w Cynthia Nixon on Bway, 2013) **
With Glee ** 1/2
Without You (Anthony Rapp at NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Women Beware Women (London w Harriet Walter, Samuel Barnett at National 2010) ** 1/2
Women Of Will (w Tina Packer) ** 1/2
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Bway musical Laura Benanti, Patti Lupone) * 1/2
Women Or Nothing ** 1/2
Wonderland (Bway Frank Wildhorn musical 2011) *
Word Of Mouth (w James Lecesne 1995) ** 1/2
Xanadu (Bway w Cheyenne Jackson, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson 2007) *
Yank! (Brooklyn Gallery Players w Bobby Steggert 2007) ***
Yank! (staged reading for investors at Zipper w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
Year Of The Rooster (w Bobby Moreno) ***
Yeast Nation (FF 2011) ***
You Never Can Tell (at Pearl w Sean McNall, 2013) ***
Young Frankenstein (Bway w Megan Mullally 2007) **
Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***
The Young Man From Atlanta (Signature Ralph Waite, James Pritchett 1995) ***
You Should Be So Lucky (Charles Busch in drag/man 1994) **
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax (LC Corigliano Phantasmagoria for Cello and Piano 1993) ***
Zanna Don't (Jai Rodriguez 2003) *
THEATERS CONCERTS HAPPENINGS LIVE EVENTS BY YEAR (INCOMPLETE)
THEATER CONCERTS -- 2007
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris *** ½
M Ward at Town Hall ***
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show) ***
Richie Havens at Metropolitan Museum of Art ***
King Lear w Kevin Kline at Public **
Adrift in Macao **
The Coast of Utopia in NYC *** ½
Journey’s End in NYC ***
Prelude to a Kiss revival w John Mahoney **
Curtains w David Hyde Pierce * ½
Talk Radio w Live Schrieber ** ½
Cool Jerks at Don Hills ***
The 39 Steps in London ***
Equus **
Madama Butterfly ** ½
Prometheus Bound *
Darren Hayes at Joe’s Pub ***
Exits and Entrances * ½
King Hedley II revival at Signature *** ½
Moon for the Misbegotten w Kevin Spacey and Eve Best ** ½
Frost/Nixon in NYC ***
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at Paper Mill *** (flooding)
Jim White in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Wrong Eyed Jesus ***
Strawberry Alarm Clock in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Valley of Dolls ***
Back Door Slam *** ½
A Matter of Life and Death at National in London *
The Reporter at the National **
Vernon God Little at Young Vic **
Elling at Bush Theatre in London *** ½
The Rose Tattoo at Olivier **
In A Dark Place (new LaBute) **
Radio Golf (new August Wilson) *** ½
Albert Hammond Jr *** (saw all of ten minutes)
Spring Awakening on Bway *** ½
Company revival w Raul Esparza ***
Old Springs Pike at Joe’s Pub (raggedy but fun) ***
Xanadu (Bway w Kerry Butler, Mary Testa, Cheyenne Jackson 2007) *
Philip Glass at Rose Theater w Cohen show ***
James Hunter at Madison Square Park ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub ***
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge *** ½
Ann Hampton Callaway at Blue Note ***
Opus ** ½
James Hand at Hill Country BBQ ***
Waverly 7 at Blue Note **
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub ***
Grease (2007 Bway revival) *
Jesse Harris at Housing Works *
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works ***
Ipheginia 2.0 at Signature ***
Faust at Bohemian Hall **
Pieta Brown at Bowery ** ½
Christina Courtin at Bowery ***
Teddy Thompson at Bowery *** ½
King Lear at BAM w Ian McKellen **
Patty Griffin, Allen Toussaint and CMA songwriters at Joe’s Pub in the Park *** ½
The Brain From Planet X * ½
Love Sucks ** ½
Bruce Springsteen at MSG ***
Young Frankenstein **
Over The Rhine at Highline ** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury *** ½
Yank ***
Sufjan Stevens at BAM w BQE *** ½
Black Watch at St. Ann’s w discussion ***
Richard III ** (but Michael Cumpsty ***)
Newfound Road at Baggot Inn (bluegrass) ** ½
Cassandra Wilson at Blue Note *** ½
Speech & Debate ***
Queens Blvd (musical by Charles Mee) ***
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson ***
Empire City Men's Chorus (w Andy McLain) ***
Kiki & Herb at Carnegie Hall ***
Celia *** 1/2 (music) ** (show)
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Josh Ritter, Nellie McKay, etc *** 1/2
Darlene Love at Lincoln Center (arrived late) **
Teddy Thompson Christmas Show w mom, sis, bro, Rufus, etc ** 1/2 (terrible sound)
Rock 'N' Roll by Tom Stoppard ***
THEATER CONCERTS -- 2008
1. Dawn Landes at Joe's Pub in 2008 * 1/2
2. Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Mercury Lounge in 2008 ***
3. Signal The Escape in Brooklyn's Europe club in 2008 ***
4. New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives 2008) *** 1/2
5. Judith Owen at Metropolitan Club in 2008 ** 1/2
6. Stan's Cafe: Of All The People In The World (one person=one rice exhibit) *** 1/2
7. Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2008 *** 1/2
8. Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
9. 100 Years by Mike Leigh at Acorn **
10. Blind Boys Of Alabama at Cutting Room in 2008 ***
11. Makin' Whoopee (dress rehearsal by Susan Stroman at ABT 2008) ***
12. Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 1/2
13. They Might Be Giants at Beacon in 2008 *** 1/2
14. Adding Machine (2008) ** 1/2
15. Sharon Jones at the Beacon in 2008 ****
16. Macbeth (w Patrick Stewart at BAM in 2008) *** 1/2
17. Jay Brannan of Shortbus in 2008 ***
18. Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Village Vanguard in 2008 ***
19. Traces (circus at New Victory 2008) ***
20. The National at BAM in 2008 ** 1/2
21. Can Cheez Doodles Do You Harm? and other one acts (at American Theatre in 2008) ***
22. How I Met The Beatles (at Public) ** 1/2
23. Eddie Izzard rough draft of new show in 2008 ***
24. Passing Strange (Bway 2008) ** 1/2
25. Tyson American Cup Gymnastics at Madison Square Garden in 2008 ***
26. Paradise Park (Charles Mee musical play at Signature) ** 1/2
27. The Slug Bearers Of Kayrol Island (Vineyard w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
28. The Hooters (at BB King's, murky sound, had to leave after an hour in 2008) **
29. Yank! (staged reading for investors at Zipper w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
30. Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
31. Chamber Magic Show **
32. August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
33. Straight Up With A Twist (at Players Theater) no stars
34. Bell X-1 at Bowery in 2008 ** 1/2
35. Cry-Baby The Musical (Bway 2008) * 1/2
36. Ladies and Gents (at Bethesda Fountain bathrooms) ***
37. Gypsy (Bway w Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines 2008) ***
38. Laurie Anderson: Homeland (at Carnegie Hall's Zankel in 2008) ***
39. Paul Simon: Songs From The Capeman (at BAM's Harvey w Frankie Negron 2008) *** 1/2
40. Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Caryl Churchill play at Public 2008) ***
41. Paul Simon World Music (at BAM w Ladysmith, David Byrne, etc 2008) ***
42. Sunday In The Park W George (Bway 2008) *** 1/2
43. Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (at BAM 2008) *** 1/2
44. Boeing Boeing (at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack 2008) ***
45. Chris Rock (at MSG's WAMU w Joe in 2008) ***
46. The Walworth Farce (at St. Anne's 2008) ***
47. The God Of Carnage (at Gielgud in UK w Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer 2008) ***
48. Fram (at National in UK 2008) * 1/2
49. The Pitmen Painters (at National UK 2008) ** 1/2
50. The Common Pursuit (at Chocolate Factory in UK 2008) **
51. Fucking Men (in UK 2008) **
52. The Lord of the Rings (musical London 2008) * 1/2
53. Psycho Buildings (art exhibit at Hayward in UK) *** 1/2
54. Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) ***
55. Occupant (Edward Albee play w Mercedes Ruehl 2008) **
56. /passengers (at Mercury Lounge in 2008) ***
57. Single Black Female (at 42 West) ** 1/2
58. Hamlet (w Michael Stuhlbarg for Shakespeare in Park 2008) ** 1/2
59. Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans 2008)
60. Port Authority (w Jim Noonan 2008) ***
61. Cirque Dreams (at Broadway Theatre, not Cirque Du Soleil 2008) no stars
62. Steel Pulse (at Battery Park in 2008) ***
63. Hair (Shakespeare in the Park w Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson 2008) ** 1/2
64. Bruce Springsteen (at Giant's Stadium in 2008) ** 1/2
65. David Byrne -- Playing The Building art exhibit at Governor's Island Ferry waiting room ***
66. Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
67. The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature) ** 1/2
68. South Pacific (at Lincoln Center w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison 2008) ***
69. Ellis Island visit ***
70. Kurt Wagner of Lambchop (at Living Room in 2008) ***
71. Yankee Stadium Tour in 2008*** 1/2
71. The Marvelous Wondrettes **
72. The Tempest (w Mandy Patinkin at CSC 2008) **
73. That Other Woman's Child (bluegrass musical) * 1/2
74. The Atheist (w Campbell Scott) **
75. Raul Midon at Joe's Pub in 2008 ***
76. Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti) ***
77. Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
78. PBR final regular season event at Mohegan Sun in Conn. in 2008 ***
79. The Soul Of John Black at Webster Hall in 2008 *** (v brief set)
80. Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
81. Michael Arden Sings "Blue" (at Joe's Pub in 2008) ** 1/2
82. Joan Baez at Town Hall in 2008 ***
83. A Tale Of Two Cities (Bway musical 2008) *
84. Sleepwalk With Me (one-man show w Mike Birbiglia) ***
85. Boz Scaggs at Blue Note in 2008 ***
86. Catalpa at Irish Arts Center ** 1/2
87. Opening Night (Dutch on Cassavetes at BAM Harvey in 2008) ***
88. Lightning At Our Feet (Emily Dickinson performance piece at BAM) * 1/2
89. Drama League Readings w Alisa -- * to ** 1/2
90. Roadshow/Bounce (Sondheim musical at Public in 2008) ***
91. Home (at Signature) ** 1/2
92. South Pacific (w David Pittsinger as Emile De Becque at Lincoln Center 2008) *** 1/2
93. Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
94. LaBelle at Apollo (abbreiviated due to power outage in 2008) ***
THEATER CONCERTS -- 2009
Pal Joey (Bway Roundabout w Stockard Channing 2009) **
England (two-hander in art museum 2010) ** 1/2
Shipment (Young Jean Lee, great cast 2009)***
The Cherry Orchard (at BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Ethan Hawke 2009) ***
The Third Story (w Kathleen Turner, Charles Busch) ** 1/2
Disfarmer (at St. Ann's 2009) **
Othello (w John Douglas Thompson off Bway -- solid, but convincing which it rarely is 2009) ***
A Winter's Tale (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall, Richard Easton 2009) *** 1/2
Hedda Gabler (Bway w Mary Louise Parker, Michael Cerveris 2009) no stars
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
Hamlet (w Christian Camargo; TFANA off bway 2009) ***
The Norman Conquests (Bway 2009) ***
Ruined (at City Center 2009) *** 1/2
The Good Negro (at Public) ***
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane) ***
Next To Normal (Bway 2009) **
The Singing Forest (Craig Lucas at Public) * 1/2
West Side Story (Bway revival 2009) ***
The Who's Tommy (at Gallery Players in Bklyn 2009) *
War Horse (London West End 2009) ***
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Peter Pan (London outdoor under tent in Kensington Gardens 2009) * 1/2
The Habit Of Art (London NT Alan Bennett w Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour 2009) ** 1/2
England People Very Nice (at National 2009) ***
On The Beach (London, one of two-part The Contingency Plan at Bush on global warming 2009) ***
Death and the King's Horseman (London revival at National 2009) *** 1/2
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009 ****
Things Of Dry Hours (w Delroy Lindo) ** 1/2 (but strong cast incl Delroy Lindo)
Othello (w Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, dir by Peter Sellars, painful, hilarious 2009) *
Hamlet (Bway with Jude Law 2009) ** 1/2
The New Electric Ballroom ***
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
Emperor Jones (w John Douglas Thompson Off bway revival 2009) ***
Ragtime (Bway revival; liked everything but the score w Bobby Steggert 2009) ** 1/2
Kronos Quartet Wu Man at Zankel Hall of Carnegie in 2009 ***
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) **
A Streetcar Named Desire (BAM w Cate Blanchett 2009) ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part III: Marcus, Or The Secret Of Sweet ** 1/2
Fela! (Bway w sub lead 2009) ** 1/2
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
THEATER CONCERTS -- 2010
1. As You Like It (at BAM with Stephen Dillane) ** 1/2
2. The Orphans' Home Cycle three night 9 part epic *** 1/2
3. My Trip Down The Pink Carpet **
4. Peter Pan via National Theatre of Scotland (in London) ** 1/2
5. The Crucible open-air production in Regent's Park, London **
6. Mrs. Warren's Profession with Felicity Kendall in London **
7. Love The Sinner play by Drew Pautz at the National in London **
8. London Assurance (revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National in London 2010) ***
9. A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky in London ** 1/2
10. Antony Gormley: Breathing Room III at White Cube in London art exhibit ****
11. Museum Of London new galleries ***
12. Paradise Found new musical at Chocolate Factory London *
13. Women Beware Women at National in London ** 1/2
14. Peter Sallett at Joe's Pub ***
15. The Grand Manner by AR Gurney with Bobby Steggert at Lincoln Center **
16. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Public ** but Benjamin Walker *** 1/2
17. Fences rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson ***
18. Our Town with Helen Hunt as Stage Manager ***
19. Come Fly Away **
20. With Glee ** 1/2
21. FringeFest: The Twentieth Century Way by Tom Jacobson *** 1/2
22. FringeFest: A Separate Peace adapted and performed by Brian Foyster ** 1/2
23. FringeFest Rites Of Privacy written and performed by David Rhodes ** 1/2
24. FringeFest: The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival *** 1/2
25. Another American: Asking and Telling **
26. Nighttime Traffic (New York Musical Theater Festival/NYMF) **
27. The Tenth Floor (NYMF) **
28. Without You (Anthony Rapp at NYMF) *** 1/2
29. Tess: The Musical (NYMF) **
30. Show Choir! (NYMF) **
31. Blood Ties (NYMF) ***
32. POPArt (NYMF) *
33. Frog Kiss (NYMF) *** 1/2
34. Fellowship! (NYMF) **
35. Trav'lin' (NYMF) ***/
36. The Great Unknown (NYMF) ** 1/2
37. Our Country (NYMF) *
38. Fingers and Toes (NYMF) ** 1/2
39. Shine! A Horatio Alger Musical (NYMF) ** 1/2
40. Lombardi **
41. La Bete (revival w Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce & Joanna Lumley) ** 1/2
42. Richard Thompson and band at Town Hall ***
43. Driving Miss Daisy (w Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones) **
44. Gatz (The Great Gatsby) ***/45. Wings (revival w Jan Maxwell) **
46. Boris Godunov at the Met ** 1/2
47. The Scottsboro Boys *** 1/2
48. Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity *** (for the experience as a whole)
49. The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway ***
50. Angels In America revival at Signature ***
51. The Merchant Of Venice with Al Pacino and Lily Rabe on Broadway *** 1/2
52. Elf The Musical on Broadway *
53. Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour ***
54. The Great Game: Afghanistan ***
55. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown * 1/2
56. Middletown at the Vineyard by Will Eno ***/
57. Devil Boys From Beyond * 1/2
58. Mistakes Were Made with Michael Shannon ** 1/2 (strictly for Shannon)
59. A Free Man Of Color with Jeffrey Wright and Mos ** 1/2
60. Elling with Denis O'Hare and Brendan Fraser **
61. Craig Ferguson standup in Nashville ***
62. Puccini's La Fianciulla del West at the Met w Deborah Voight ** 1/2
63. Canary (London Jonathan Harvey play w Philip Voss 2010) **
THEATER CONCERTS HAPPENINGS -- 2011
1. The Importance of Being Earnest (w Brian Bedford) ** 1/2
2. The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson show) *** 1/2
3. Other Desert Cities (Jon Robin Baitz w Stockard Channing, Stacey Keach) **
4. John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan) * 1/2
5. Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn ***
6. Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom ***
7. The New York Idea **
8. Blood From A Stone with Ethan Hawke ** 1/2
9. Gruesome Playground Injuries ***
10. The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis *
11. The Road To Qatar *
12. Nixon In China at the Met *** 1/2
13. The Whipping Man w Andre Braugher **
14. The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
15. The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
16. The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
17. Small Craft Warnings Tennessee Williams revival zero stars
18. The Diary Of A Madman with Geoffrey Rush at BAM ***
19. Timon Of Athens with Richard Thomas at the Public ***
20. The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert ***
21. Nightingale at BAM dir Robert Lepage ***
22. Good People (w Frances McDormand) **
23. Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **
24. The Civilians at Joe's Pub w work-in-progress Let Me Ascertain You ***
25. Three Sisters (w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard) *** 1/2
26. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 ***
27. The Pogues at Terminal 5 ** 1/2
28. Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***
29. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical * 1/2
30. Ghetto Klown (John Leguizamo show) ** 1/2
31. Cactus Flower (revival with Maxwell Caulfield) *
32. Teddy Thompson at City Winery *** 1/2
33. The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
34. Double Flasehood (Shakespeare play) **
35. Macbeth (with John Douglas Thompson) **
36. Between Worlds/Entre Mundos (w Siudy) * 1/2
37. Arcadia (revival with Billy Crudup) *** 1/2
38. Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
39. Ron Sexsmith at Highline ** 1/2 (voice shaky that night; he's great)
40. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (w Daniel Radcliffe) ***
41. Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (w Robin Williams) **
42. Amadou & Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
43. Anything Goes (w Sutton Foster) ** 1/2
44. The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch) *** 1/2
45. War Horse (at Lincoln Center) ***
46. Catch Me If You Can (w Aaron Tveit) *** 1/2 production of ** 1/2 musical
47. Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel) *** 1/2
48. Peter and the Starcatcher (dir by Roger Rees) *** 1/2
49. Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. ***
50. The Motherf**ker With The Hat (w Chris Rock) ***
51. Being Harold Pinter at La MaMa ** 1/2
52. kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
53. Wonderland *
54. Jerusalem w Mark Rylance ***
55. Alexandria reading ***
56. Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***
57. Baby It's You *
58. Die Walkure at the Met w Deborah Voigt ***
59. Born Yesterday revival w Jim Belushi ***
60. The Normal Heart w Joe Mantello ***
61. The House Of Blue Leaves * 1/2
62. Sister Act * 1/2
63. The School For Lies (w Mamie Gummer) *** 1/2
64. Carson McCullers Talks About Love (w Suzanne Vega) * 1/2
65. The People In The Picture (w Donna Murphy) *
66. King Lear at BAM (w Derek Jacobi) ***
67. Pygmalion w Rupert Everett in UK **
68. Lord Of The Flies (Open Air) * 1/2
69. Operation Greenfield (UK Christian rock band) ** 1/2
70. Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe) ** 1/2
71. All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe) ****
72. One Man, Two Guvnors (UK) ***
73. Much Ado About Nothing (UK West End w David Tennant) ** 1/2
74. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (UK) *** 1/2
75. The Cherry Orchard (w Zoe Wannamker) ** 1/2
76. The Book Of Mormon *** 1/2
77. Lysistrata Jones * 1/2
78. The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
79. The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature) *
80. One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay) ***
81. Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark * 1/2
82. Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall) ** 1/2
83. All's Well That Ends Well/Shakespeare In The Park ** 1/2
84. Unnatural Acts (at CSC) ***
85. Zarkana/Cirque Du Soleil at Radio City Music Hall **
86. Measure For Measure/Shakespeare In The Park ***
87. Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery ** 1/2
88. Master Class (w Tyne Daly) ***
89. Silence! The Musical **
90. Hair (revival on Broadway) ***
91. Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2
92. The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
93. 2 Burn (FF 2011) * 1/2
94. Parker & Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To The End Of The Rainbow (FF 2011) ** 1/2
95. Civilian (FF 2011) **
96. Rachel Calof (FF 2011) ** 1/2
97. Walls And Bridges (FF 2011) **
98. What The Sparrow Said (FF 2011) ** 1/2
99. Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF 2011) ***
100. Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending (FF 2011) **
101. Books On Tape (FF 2011) ** 1/2
102. Paper Cut (FF 2011) ***
103. Leonard Cohen Koans (FF 2011) *** 1/2
104. Yeast Nation (FF 2011) ***
105. Hero: The Musical * 1/2
106. Cymbeline at Barrow St. Theatre ***
107. The Select (The Sun Also Rises) ERS at NYTW ** 1/2
108. Sweet And Sad **
109. Crane Story **
110. Septimus & Clarissa *** 1/2
111. Follies *** 1/2
112. Araby (FF 2011) *
113. The Mountain Song (PigPen) *** 1/2
114. Pearl's Gone Blue (FF 2011) ***
115. Lake Water **
116. The More Loving One (FF 2011) **
117. Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon (New York Musical Festival 2011) ** 1/2
118. Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse **
119. Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
120. Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF 2011) ***
121. Time Between Us (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
122. The Pigeon Boys reading (NYMF 2011) ***
123. Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
124. Ghostlight (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
125. Cyclops: A Rock Opera (NYMF 2011) *
126. Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF 2011) *** 1/2
127. We Live Here (Zoe Kazan play) **
128. The Submission (w Jonathan Groff) **
129. Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
130. The Mountaintop ** 1/2
131. Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
132. Kiki Baby (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
133. Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
134. Madame X (NYMF 2011) **
135. Tut (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
136. Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2
137. Richard Serra exhibit at Gagosian ** 1/2 (space not tall and airy enough for piece)
138. The Agony & The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
139. Man and Boy (w Frank Langella) * 1/2
140. Rumer in concert ****
141. Relatively Speaking * 1/2
142. PigPen's The Nightmare Story *** 1/2
143. Milk Like Sugar ***
144. Love's Labor's Lost (at Public) ** 1/2
145. The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) 1/2 *
146. Other Desert Cities (on Broadway w Rachel Griffiths) ** 1/2
147. 69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2
148. Chinglish * 1/2
149. Sons Of The Prophet *** 1/2
150. Queen Of The Mist (w Mary Testa) ** 1/2
151. Godspell (on Broadway) ** 1/2
152. Hand To God ***
153. All-American **
154. King Lear w Sam Waterston (at Public) **
155. Satyagraha at Met w English National Opera production ****
156. Venus In Fur w Nina Arianda on Broadway ***
157. Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway ***
158. Fragments (Beckett plays) ***
159. Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays **
160. Radio City Christmas Spectacular ** 1/2
161. Private Lives (w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross) **
162. Seminar (w Alan Rickman) **
163. White Christmas (at Paper Mill) ***
164. Wild Animals You Should Know ** 1/2
165. An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
166. Bonnie & Clyde **
167. The Cherry Orchard w Diane Wiest and John Turturro at CSC **
168. The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's) **
169. Misterman w Cillian Murphy (at St. Ann's Warehouse) ** 1/2
170. Once (at New York Theatre Workshop) *** 1/2
171. Maple and Vine **
172. Krapp's Last Tape w John Hurt at BAM ***
173. Stick Fly **
174. Titus Andronicus (at Public) * 1/2
175. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (w Harry Connick Jr.) * 1/2
176. Shlemiel The First ** 1/2
177. Lysistrata Jones on Broadway *
178. Close Up Space *
THE THEATER SEASON 2012 (on a four star scale)
1. It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later -- Daniel Kitson *** 1/2
2. Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
3. Wit w Cynthia Nixon **
4. de Kooning Exhibit at MOMA ***
5. How The World began * 1/2
6. Sontag: Reborn *
7. Goodbar at Public * 1/2
8. Super Night Shot at Public (Gob Squad) ** 1/2
9. Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History Of the Robot Wars ** 1/2
10. The Table (puppetry show at La MaMa) ** 1/2
11. Mission Drift * 1/2
12. Dedalus Lounge * 1/2
13. Leo (one-man circus act) ***
14. The Road To Mecca ** 1/2
15. Porgy and Bess (w Audra McDonald) *** 1/2
16. The Ugly One **
17. Ernani at Met w Angela Meade *** 1/2
18. Richard III at BAM w Kevin Spacey ***
19. Vivian Maier photo exhibit ***
20. Blood Knot at Signature **
21. Galileo w F. Murray Abraham **
22. Early Plays at St. Ann's (Eugene O'Neil) *
23. Songs From The Uproar **
24. Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
25. Carrie ** 1/2
26. Hurt Village at Sig ***
27. Painting Churches * 1/2
28. Tribes w Mare Winningham *** 1/2
29. The Lady From Dubuque at Sig w Jane Alexander ** 1/2
30. The Maids **
31. Damn Yankees at Papermill **
32. Once on Broadway ****
33. Death Of A Salesman w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield ***
34. Broadway By The Year 1950 ** 1/2
35. No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
36. Regrets * 1/2
37. Jesus Christ Superstar * 1/2
38. The Best Man ** 1/2
39. Now. Here. This. * 1/2
40. Newsies on Broadway ** 1/2
41. End Of The Rainbow *
42. Evita w Elena Roger * 1/2
43. Ninth and Joanie *
44. Clybourne Park *** 1/2
45. Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway ***
46. One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway ***
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (w Nicole Ari Parker) **
48. Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
49. Leap Of Faith (w Raul Esparza) **
50. The Lyons (w Linda Lavin) ** 1/2
51. Ghost: The Musical on Broadway * 1/2
52. A Midsummer Night's Dream (w Bebe Neuwirth) ** 1/2
53. Cock ** 1/2
54. My Children! My Africa! at Signature ***
55. Chimichangas and Zoloft *
56. Potted Potter in NYC *
57. Title And Deed at Signature ***
58. Once On This Island at Paper Mill Playhouse (w Syesha Mercado) ***
59. Storefront Church ** 1/2
60. Closer Than Ever ***
61. Harvey w Jim Parsons *
62. As You Like It w Lily Rabe ****
63. The Tallest Man On Earth at Town Hall *** 1/2
64. 4000 Miles ***
65. Picture Incomplete (NYMF) **
66. Flambe Dreams (NYMF) **
67. Rio (NYMF) **
68. The Two Month Rule (NYMF) *
69. Trouble (NYMF) ** 1/2
70. Stealing Time (NYMF) **
71. Requiem For A Lost Girl (NYMF) ** 1/2
72. Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF) ***
73. Baby Case (NYMF) ***
74. How Deep Is The Ocean? (NYMF) ** 1/2
75. Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) ***
76. Foreverman (NYMF) * 1/2
77. Swing State (NYMF) * 1/2
78. Stand Tall: A Rock Musical (NYMF) * 1/2
79. Living With Henry (NYMF) *
80. A Letter To Harvey Milk (NYMF) ** 1/2
81. The Last Smoker In America **
82. Gore Vidal's The Best Man (w new cast) ***
83. Into The Woods at Delacorte ** 1/2
84. Bring It On: The Musical **
85. Bullet For Adolf *
86. Summer Shorts Series B: Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, etc. **
87. Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote ***
88. Dark Hollow: An Appalachian "Woyzeck" (FringeNYC) * 1/2
89. Pink Milk (FringeNYC)* 1/2
90. Who Murdered Love (FringeNYC) no stars
91. Storytime With Mr. Buttermen (FringeNYC) **
92. #MormonInChief (FringeNYC) **
93. An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC) ***
94. An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC) *
95. Sheherizade (FringeNYC) **
96. The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
97. Independents (FringeNYC) *** 1/2
98. The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC) **
99. Magdalen (FringeNYC) ***
100. Bombsheltered (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
101. Paper Plane (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
102. Rated M For Murder (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
103. Mallory/Valerie (FringeNYC) *
104. Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC) *
105. Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC) *** 1/2
106. City Of Shadows (FringeNYC) ***
107. The Murder Of Crows: Janet Cardiff at the Armory ** 1/2
108. Forty Part Motet: Janet Cardiff at PS1 *** 1/2
109. Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking ***
110. Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC) ***
111. Pieces (FringeNYC) *
112. The Train Driver at Signature***
113. Chaplin The Musical * 1/2
114. Detroit ** 1/2
115. Heartless at Signature **
116. Einstein On The Beach at BAM ****
117. Red-Handed Otter ** 1/2
118. Marry Me A Little **
119. An Enemy Of The People ** 1/2
120. The Old Man And The Old Moon *** 1/2
121. A Chorus Line at Papermill ***
122. Helen and Edgar ***
123. Grace w Paul Rudd * 1/2
124. Cyrano de Bergerac w Douglas Hodge **
125. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? w Tracy Letts and Amy Morton ***
126. Disgraced w Aasif Mandvi **
127. Annie ** 1/2
128. The Heiress w Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn **
129. Checkers w Anthony LaPaglia ** 1/2
130. Ivanov w Ethan Hawke ***
131. Golden Child at Signature ** 1/2
132. Giant at the Public *** 1/2
133. Scandalous * 1/2
134. Forever Dusty **
135. The Performers w Cheyanne Jackson **
136. The Piano Lesson at Signature *** 1/2
137. Un Ballo In Maschera at the Met *** 1/2 singing * for production so ** 1/2
138. A Christmas Story: Tbe Musical **
139. The Sound Of Music at Papermill ***
140. My Name Is Asher Lev w Ari Brand *** 1/2
141. Figaro (90210) staged reading ***
142. Golden Boy **
143. A Civil War Christmas ** 1/2
144. Dead Accounts **
145. The Anarchist *
146. Glengarry Glen Ross w Al Pacino **
147. Bare **
148. The Mystery Of Edwin Drood ** 1/2
149. The Great God Pan ** 1/2
150. Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
2. Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
3. Wit w Cynthia Nixon **
4. de Kooning Exhibit at MOMA ***
5. How The World began * 1/2
6. Sontag: Reborn *
7. Goodbar at Public * 1/2
8. Super Night Shot at Public (Gob Squad) ** 1/2
9. Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History Of the Robot Wars ** 1/2
10. The Table (puppetry show at La MaMa) ** 1/2
11. Mission Drift * 1/2
12. Dedalus Lounge * 1/2
13. Leo (one-man circus act) ***
14. The Road To Mecca ** 1/2
15. Porgy and Bess (w Audra McDonald) *** 1/2
16. The Ugly One **
17. Ernani at Met w Angela Meade *** 1/2
18. Richard III at BAM w Kevin Spacey ***
19. Vivian Maier photo exhibit ***
20. Blood Knot at Signature **
21. Galileo w F. Murray Abraham **
22. Early Plays at St. Ann's (Eugene O'Neil) *
23. Songs From The Uproar **
24. Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
25. Carrie ** 1/2
26. Hurt Village at Sig ***
27. Painting Churches * 1/2
28. Tribes w Mare Winningham *** 1/2
29. The Lady From Dubuque at Sig w Jane Alexander ** 1/2
30. The Maids **
31. Damn Yankees at Papermill **
32. Once on Broadway ****
33. Death Of A Salesman w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield ***
34. Broadway By The Year 1950 ** 1/2
35. No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
36. Regrets * 1/2
37. Jesus Christ Superstar * 1/2
38. The Best Man ** 1/2
39. Now. Here. This. * 1/2
40. Newsies on Broadway ** 1/2
41. End Of The Rainbow *
42. Evita w Elena Roger * 1/2
43. Ninth and Joanie *
44. Clybourne Park *** 1/2
45. Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway ***
46. One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway ***
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (w Nicole Ari Parker) **
48. Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
49. Leap Of Faith (w Raul Esparza) **
50. The Lyons (w Linda Lavin) ** 1/2
51. Ghost: The Musical on Broadway * 1/2
52. A Midsummer Night's Dream (w Bebe Neuwirth) ** 1/2
53. Cock ** 1/2
54. My Children! My Africa! at Signature ***
55. Chimichangas and Zoloft *
56. Potted Potter in NYC *
57. Title And Deed at Signature ***
58. Once On This Island at Paper Mill Playhouse (w Syesha Mercado) ***
59. Storefront Church ** 1/2
60. Closer Than Ever ***
61. Harvey w Jim Parsons *
62. As You Like It w Lily Rabe ****
63. The Tallest Man On Earth at Town Hall *** 1/2
64. 4000 Miles ***
65. Picture Incomplete (NYMF) **
66. Flambe Dreams (NYMF) **
67. Rio (NYMF) **
68. The Two Month Rule (NYMF) *
69. Trouble (NYMF) ** 1/2
70. Stealing Time (NYMF) **
71. Requiem For A Lost Girl (NYMF) ** 1/2
72. Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF) ***
73. Baby Case (NYMF) ***
74. How Deep Is The Ocean? (NYMF) ** 1/2
75. Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) ***
76. Foreverman (NYMF) * 1/2
77. Swing State (NYMF) * 1/2
78. Stand Tall: A Rock Musical (NYMF) * 1/2
79. Living With Henry (NYMF) *
80. A Letter To Harvey Milk (NYMF) ** 1/2
81. The Last Smoker In America **
82. Gore Vidal's The Best Man (w new cast) ***
83. Into The Woods at Delacorte ** 1/2
84. Bring It On: The Musical **
85. Bullet For Adolf *
86. Summer Shorts Series B: Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, etc. **
87. Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote ***
88. Dark Hollow: An Appalachian "Woyzeck" (FringeNYC) * 1/2
89. Pink Milk (FringeNYC)* 1/2
90. Who Murdered Love (FringeNYC) no stars
91. Storytime With Mr. Buttermen (FringeNYC) **
92. #MormonInChief (FringeNYC) **
93. An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC) ***
94. An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC) *
95. Sheherizade (FringeNYC) **
96. The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
97. Independents (FringeNYC) *** 1/2
98. The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC) **
99. Magdalen (FringeNYC) ***
100. Bombsheltered (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
101. Paper Plane (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
102. Rated M For Murder (FringeNYC) ** 1/2
103. Mallory/Valerie (FringeNYC) *
104. Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC) *
105. Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC) *** 1/2
106. City Of Shadows (FringeNYC) ***
107. The Murder Of Crows: Janet Cardiff at the Armory ** 1/2
108. Forty Part Motet: Janet Cardiff at PS1 *** 1/2
109. Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking ***
110. Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC) ***
111. Pieces (FringeNYC) *
112. The Train Driver at Signature***
113. Chaplin The Musical * 1/2
114. Detroit ** 1/2
115. Heartless at Signature **
116. Einstein On The Beach at BAM ****
117. Red-Handed Otter ** 1/2
118. Marry Me A Little **
119. An Enemy Of The People ** 1/2
120. The Old Man And The Old Moon *** 1/2
121. A Chorus Line at Papermill ***
122. Helen and Edgar ***
123. Grace w Paul Rudd * 1/2
124. Cyrano de Bergerac w Douglas Hodge **
125. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? w Tracy Letts and Amy Morton ***
126. Disgraced w Aasif Mandvi **
127. Annie ** 1/2
128. The Heiress w Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn **
129. Checkers w Anthony LaPaglia ** 1/2
130. Ivanov w Ethan Hawke ***
131. Golden Child at Signature ** 1/2
132. Giant at the Public *** 1/2
133. Scandalous * 1/2
134. Forever Dusty **
135. The Performers w Cheyanne Jackson **
136. The Piano Lesson at Signature *** 1/2
137. Un Ballo In Maschera at the Met *** 1/2 singing * for production so ** 1/2
138. A Christmas Story: Tbe Musical **
139. The Sound Of Music at Papermill ***
140. My Name Is Asher Lev w Ari Brand *** 1/2
141. Figaro (90210) staged reading ***
142. Golden Boy **
143. A Civil War Christmas ** 1/2
144. Dead Accounts **
145. The Anarchist *
146. Glengarry Glen Ross w Al Pacino **
147. Bare **
148. The Mystery Of Edwin Drood ** 1/2
149. The Great God Pan ** 1/2
150. Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
THEATER CONCERTS -- 2013
1. Opus No. 7 at St. Ann's Warehouse ** 1/2
2. The Other Place (on Broadway w Laurie Metcalf) ** 1/2
3. Picnic (at Roundabout w Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, 2013) * 1/2
4. Deceit * 1/2
5. Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
6. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (w Scarlett Johansson, 2013 ) * 1/2
7. The Jammer ***
8. Blood Play (Under The Radar Festival at Public) ** 1/2
9. Women Of Will ** 1/2
10. All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59)***
11. Isaac's Eyes (by Lucas Hnath) ***
12. Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
13. The Mnemonist Of Dutchess County * 1/2
14. Much Ado About Nothing (2013 w Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake) ***
15. Really Really *
16. Parsifal at the Met (2013 w dir Francois Girard and Jonas Kaufmann) *** 1/2
17. The Madrid * 1/2
18. The Wild Bride at St. Ann's ** 1/2
19. Passion at CSC (dir John Doyle w Melissa Erico and Judy Kuhn, 2013) *** 1/2
20. Carousel in concert at Lincoln Center (w Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn, 2013) ***
21. The Revisionist **
22. Rodgers And Hammerstein's Cinderella (w Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, 2013) ***
23. Rock Of Ages * 1/2
24. Ann ** 1/2
25. Old Hats ***
26. The Flick ***
27. Detroit '67 ** 12
28. Howling Hilda reading * (Mary Testa ***)
29. Hit The Wall *
30. Breakfast At Tiffany's (2013 w Emilia Clarke, the mother of dragons) * 1/2
31. The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
32. Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike *** 1/2
33. Cirque du Soleil's Totem ***
34. The Lying Lesson * 1/2
35. Hands On A Hardbody *
36. Kinky Boots **
37. Matilda The Musical *** 1/2
38. The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream ***
39. Motown: The Musical **
40. La Ruta ** 1/2
41. The Big Knife (Bobby Cannavale at Roundabout, 2013) *
42. The Nance ***
43. The Assembled Parties ** 1/2
44. Jekyll And Hyde (w Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis, 2013) * 1/2
45. Thoroughly Modern Millie (at Paper Mill w laurie Veldheer, 2013) ** 1/2
46. Macbeth (w Alan Cumming, 2013) *
47. Orphans (w Alec Baldwin, 2013) ** 1/2
48. The Testament Of Mary (w Fiona Shaw) ** 1/2
49. The Drawer Boy **
50. Railroad at Signature ** 1/2
51. Belleville at NYTW **
52. The Trip To Bountiful (w Cicely Tyson) ***
53. I'll Eat You Last (w Bette Midler) ** 1/2
54. Pippin (dir Diane Paulus w Patina Miller, 2013) *
55. This Side Of Neverland (at Pearl w Sean McNall) ***
56. A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney (by Lucas Hnath) ***
57. Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 ***
58. Colin Quinn, Unconstitutional ** 1/2
59. A Family For All Occasions *
60. The Weir (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) *** 1/2
61. Disney's The Little Mermaid (at Papermill w Liz McCartney, 2013) **
62. Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) **
63. The Caucasian Chalk Circle (at CSC w Mary Testa, 2013) **
64. Somewhere Fun **
65. Venice no stars
66. Reasons To Be Happy **
67. STePz (Savion Glover dance show) *** 1/2
68. The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park) ***
69. Roadkill ** 1/2
70. Forever Tango (revival, 2013) ***
71. Monkey: Journey To The West ** 1/2
72. The Civilians: Be The Death Of Me ***
73. New York Musical Theatre Festival: Swiss Family Robinson **
74. NYMF: Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue Presents The Brontes * 1/2
75. NYMF: Mata Hari In 8 Bullets ***
76. NYMF: Life Could Be A Dream **
77. NYMF: Mother Divine **
78. NYMF: Julian Po ** 1/2
79. NYMF: Marry Harry **
80. NYMF: Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist ** 1/2
81. NYMF: Castle Walk ***
82. NYMF: Crossing Swords ***
83. NYMF: Bend In The Road *** 1/2
84. NYMF: Homo The Musical no stars
85. NYMF: Volleygirls *** 1/2
86. Murder For Two **
87. Let It Be **
88. The Cheaters Club *
89. Laurie Anderson at Battery Park City ***
90. Daniel Kitson at Barrow ***
91. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Greene Space (reading) ***
92. All The Faces Of The Moon Part 1*
93. Women Or Nothing ** 1/2
94. Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play * 1/2
95. You Never Can Tell ***
96. Romeo And Juliet (w Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, 2013) *
97. Arguendo (ERS at Public) **
98. August Wilson's American Century Cycle *** 1/2
99. The Glass Menagerie (w Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto) ** 1/2
100. Lady Day (w Dee Dee Bridgewater) * 1/2
101. Julius Caesar at St. Ann's Warehouse (all women, dir Phyllida Lloyd, Harriet Walter, 2013) ****
102. Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
103. Bronx Bombers * 1/2
104. Romeo And Juliet (at CSC w Elizabeth Olsen and T.R. Knight, 2013) * 1/2
105. A Night With Janis Joplin **
106. The Winslow Boy (w Roger Rees at Roundabout, 2013) ***
107. Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
108. How I Learned To Drive (Tongue In Cheek, 2013) **
109. Fun Home **
110. Two Boys at the Met **
111. Big Fish **
112. A Time To Kill * 1/2
113. Year Of The Rooster ***
114. The Snow Geese w Mary-Louise Parker (2013) ** 1/2
115. All The Faces Of The Moon Part 4 at Public *
116. Stop. Reset at Signature * 1/2
117. Jitney at the Greene Space (reading) *** 1/2
118. The Old Friends at Signature **
119. Gem Of The Ocean at Greene Space (reading) *** 1/2
120. Simple Minds at Roseland ***/
121. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Julie Taymor dir in Brooklyn)
122. The Lady in Red Converses With Diablo ** 1/2
123. After Midnight ***
124. La Soiree ***
125. Nothing To Hide ** 1/2
126. The Patron Saint Of Sea Monsters **
127. Die Frau Ohne Schatten/The Woman Without A Shadow (at the Met w Christine Goerke, 2013)
128. Little Miss Sunshine **
129. Souvenir ** 1/2
130. A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder (w Jefferson Mays) *** 1/2
131. Twelfth Night (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) *** 1/2
132. King Richard The Third (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) ***
133. Lies My Father Told Me **
134. And Away We Go (at Pearl, Terrence McNally play)
135. Regular Singing (The Apple Play at Public)
