Monday, March 25, 2024

Best Theater Of All Time -- A (Partial) List Of All The Theater/Concerts/Live Events I've Seen

Updated December 31, 2023

Here's an alphabetical listing of every play/opera/live event/concert/happening I've seen. This list was  begun far too late in life to be comprehensive. It's followed by a listing of shows beginning with four star reviews, then three and a half and so on. All reviews on a four star scale.




THEATER CONCERTS LIVE EVENTS HAPPENINGS -- A (PARTIAL) LIST

The Absolute Brightness Of Leonard Pelkey (Lescene) ** 1/2

An Act Of God (Bway, Jim Parsons) **
Act One ** 
Actually (2017 at MTC) ** 
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, 2007 *** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 *** 
Ain't No Mo (at Public w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Ain't Too Proud (w Cohen) ** 
Airline Highway * 1/2  ** 
Akhnaten  (2019 English National opera revival, dress rehearsal at Met w Garrett) ****
Aladdin ***
Alexandria (reading in 2011) ***
All-American **
Allegro (revival at CSC) *** 1/2
All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59) *** 
All My Sons (Bway 2019 w Noam) * 1/2 
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 The President's Men (Public one night reading) ** 1/2 
All The Way (w Bryan Cranston) ** 1/2
All Things Considered (London by Ben Brown w Christopher Godwin) 1997) *** 1/2
Almost Home * 1/2 
(A)loft Modulation (w Noam) * 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) ***
Amazing Grace (Bway) *  
Amelie (Bway 2017) * 1/2 
An American In Paris (Bway 2015) ** 1/2
American Psycho (Bway)(w Garrett) ** 
American Son (2018 Bway w Kerry Washington) * 1/2 
Amy's View (London at NT w **** Judi Dench, Samantha Bond 1997) ***
Analog.ue (Daniel Kitson at St. Ann's) ** 1/2
The Anarchist (Bway Mamet w Patti Lupone, Debra Winger 2012) * 
Anastasia (Bway 2017) ** 
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
Angel Reapers (Sig w Cohen, Zoe, Noam) ** 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) *** 
Angels In America (2018 Bway) ** 1/2 
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 ** 
The Antipodes (2017, Signature) ** 
Antlia Pneumatica (w Noam) ** 1/2
Antony And Cleopatra (at Public w Jonathan Cake) **
Antony Gormley: Blind Light (art exhibit at Hayward in London 2007) *** 1/2 
Anything Can Happen In The Theater: The Musical World Of Maury Yeston (at York) (w Cohen) ** 1/2 
Anything Goes (West End w John Barrowman 2005) ***
Anything Goes (Bway w Sutton Foster 2011) ** 1/2
Appropriate (at Signature) *
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
Arden Of Faversham (Red Bull Theatre at Lucille Lortel w Noam) March 15, 2023 **
Arguendo (ERS at Public) ** 
Arlington (2017) *** 
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 Oct 7, 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) ** 
At Home At The Zoo (2018 at Sig double bill Albee) *** 
The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) no stars 
At The Zoo (2018 Sig double bill Albee) *** 
The Audience ***
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
August Wilson Monologue Competition 2014 *** 
August Wilson Annual Monologue Competition 2019 (w Noam) *** 
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) **  
Babes in Toyland (2017 w Kelli O'Hara) ** 
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
Back To The Future 2022 in London (w Luis and Leslie) ** 1/2 
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
Un Ballo In Maschera (Met w Dmitri Hvorostovsky) *** 1/2 singing * production so ** 1/2
The Bandstand (Papermill, 2015) *** 
Bandstand (2017 Bway) ** 1/2 
The Band's Visit (2016 w Tony Shalhoub Off Bway)(w TJ) *** 1/2 
The Band's Visit (2017 Bway) *** 1/2 
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
Barbecue (Public) ** 
Barber Shop Chronicles (at BAM) (w Noam) *** 
The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
Bare **
The Barksdale Confession (2004) ** 
Bat Out Of Hell (w Luis) ** 
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed w Tim Blake Nelson Dec 14, 2003) ****
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (January 10, 2014)***
Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly at St. Ann's) **
Beckett/Albee (w Marian Seldes, Brian Murray 2003) ** 1/2 
Beetlejuice (w TJ) ** 
Being Harold Pinter (at La MaMa 2011) ** 1/2
La Belle Et La Bete (BAM w Philip Glass, Cocteau film 1994) *** 1/2
The Belle Of Amherst (w Joely Richardson) **
Belleville (at NYTW) **
Bell X-1 at Bowery in 2008 ** 1/2 
Be More Chill (on Broadway) (w Noam) * 
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Bway w Robin Williams) **
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 *** 
Bernhardt/Hamlet (2018 Bway w Janet McTeer) * 1/2 
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 (Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, 2010) ** 1/2 
Betrayal (on Bway w Tom Hiddleston) (w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Betty Buckley at Joe's Pub 2015 ***
Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen McKinley Henderson) ***
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 (WE, Eileen Atkins, Henry Goodman 2005) **
Blackbird (revival w Michelle Williams)(w Noam) ** 1/2
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 *** 

BLKS (w Zoe) ** 1/2 
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
The Bodyguard (w Deborah Cox at Papermill)(w Noam) **
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (Bway at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack Apr 20, 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
Bootycandy ***
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) ***
Boy (w Bobby Steggert)(w Cohen) ****
The Boy From Oz (Bway w Hugh Jackman 2003) **1/2 
The Boy Who Danced On Air (2017) ** 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
Breathing Time * 1/2
The Bridges Of Madison County ** 1/2
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
Bright Star (w Cohen) **
Bring It On: The Musical ** 
Broadbend, Arkansas (two monologues, w Noam) ** 
Broadway And The Bard (w Noam) * 1/2
Broadway By The Year 1915-1940 [2015] **
Broadway By The Year: The 1930s (w TJ) *** 
Broadway by The Year: The 1940s (2017) ** 
Broadway By The Year 1940-1964 (2014) *** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: 1941-1965 [2015] *** 
Broadway By The Year 1947 and 1956 (2018) *** 
Broadway By The Year: The 1950s (w TJ) *** 1/2
Broadway By The Year 1950 (w Bobby Steggert) ** 1/2 
Broadway By The Year 1956 and 1975 (2018) ** 1/2 
Broadway By The Year: 1965-1989 (2014) ***
Broadway By The Year 1990-2014 (2014) ***
Broadway By The Year: 1996 (at Town Hall 2011) ** 1/2
Broadway By The Year 1966-1990 (2015) *** 
Broadway By The Year 1997-2006 (2017) *** 
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
Bronx Bombers (Off Bway 2013) * 1/2
A Bronz Tale (at Papermill premiere)(w Noam) **
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
Bruce Springsteen (at MetLife Stadium in 2012, poor seats) *** 
The B Side (2017 at Performing Garage) *** 
Bullet For Adolf *
Bullets Over Broadway **
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
Buried Child (2016 revival w Ed Harris)(w Noam) ** 
Burn This (2019 Bway w Zoe) ** 
Bus Stop (Bway Mary Louise-Parker, Billy Crudup 1996) ** 1/2
Cabaret (2014 w Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams) ***
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) **
Can-Can (at Papermill 2014) ** 1/2
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 
CasablancaBox (2017) ** 1/2 
Casa Valentina ** 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
Cats (Bway 2016) (w Noam) **
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 ** 
Chambre Noire (at Public) (w Noam) ** 1/2 
The Changeling (London Cheek By Jowl w Tom Hiddleston 2007) **
Chaplin The Musical (Bway, 2012) * 1/2 
Charlie and  the Chocolate Factory (Bway 2017) ** 
Chasing Rainbows: The Road To Oz (Paper Mill, w Noam) *** 
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) *** 
The Children (2017 Bway) *** 1/2 
Children Of A Lesser God (2018 Bway w Joshua Jackson) ** 1/2 
Chimichangas and Zoloft *
China Doll (Bway, Pacino, Mamet) *
Chinglish (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bway Jan 3, 2006) ** 
Choir Boy (at MTC) (w Noam) ** 1/2 
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 Apr 30, 2008) ***
The Christians (Lucas Hnath, 2015) ***\
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 
A Christmas Carol 2019 on Bway w Campbell Scott (w Noam) ** 
A Christmas Carol 2020 streaming w Jefferson Mays *** 
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 Bway w Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, 2013) ***
Cinderella (R and H's Bway w Keke Palmer 2014) ** 1/2
Cirque Dreams (at Broadway Theatre, not Cirque Du Soleil 2008) no stars
Cirque Du Soleil's Amaluna * 1/2 
Cirque Du Soleil's Luzia (w Noam) *** 
Cirque du Soleil's Paramour (w Franny) * 1/2
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
Cole Porter's The Ambassador Revue at Town Hall ** 1/2
Colin Quinn, Unconstitutional ** 1/2
The Color Purple (Bway 2015 w Cynthia Erivo) ** 1/2 
Come Back Little Sheeba/Picnic (2017 in repertory) * 1/2 
The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park w Hamish Linklater, 2013) ***
Come Fly Away (Sinatra revue by Twyla Tharp) ** 
Come From Away (Bway w Justin Trudeau, Ivanka Trump) *
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) **
Constellations [Noam] ** 1/2
Cool Jerks at Don Hills in 2007 ***
Copenhagen (London NT 1999) ****
Copenhagen (Bway w Blair Brown, Philip Bosco, Michael Cumpsty 2000) **** 
Corinne Bailey Rae at SummerStage 2019 (w Noam) *** 
Coriolanus (London at Globe w Jonathan Cake 2006) **
The Country House ** 1/2 
The Cradle Will Rock (at CSC w Noam) * 1/2 
Craig Ferguson standup in Nashville in 2010 ***
Crane Story **
Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF 2011) ***
The Cripple Of Inishmaan (2014 w Daniel Radcliffe) ***
Crossing Swords (NYMF 2013) ***
The Crucible (Open Air in Regent's Park, London 2010) **
The Crucible (2016 Bway Ben Wishaw)(w Noam) *** 
The Crucible (2019 by Bedlam, w Noam) *** 1/2 
Cry-Baby The Musical (Bway Mar 20, 2008) * 1/2
The Cryptogram (Mamet w Ed Begley Jr Felicity Huffman 1995) **
The (Curious Case Of The) Watson Intelligence ***
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (on Broadway) *** 1/2
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) ***
Cymbeline (SitP, w Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, 2015) ***
Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout w Douglas Hodge 2012) **
Da [Noam] no rating 
Cyrano de Bergerac (2017 at Met, w Roberto Alagna) ** 
Daddy Long Legs (Off Bway) **
Dames At Sea (Bway, 2015) ** 1/2
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Damn Yankees (at Papermill, 2012) ** 
Dana H (Lucas Hnath play 2020 w Deirdre O'Connell) *** 1/2 
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) *** 
Dance Nation (2018) ** 1/2 
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Daniel Kitson comedy extravaganza (2014) ** 1/2 
Daniel Kitson: Keep (at St. Ann's) (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Daniel Kitson's Christmas Show (2015) *** 1/2
Daniel Kitson (COVID show at Regents Park Open Air 2022 on stage w 101 Dalmatians set) ***  
Daniel Kitson's Shenanigans: a Daniel Kitson audio production on CD *** 1/2 
Daniel Kitson: Maybe A Ghost Story (streaming) (2023) *** 1/2 
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) **
Dead Poets Society (w Noam) ** 1/2
Dear Evan Hansen (2016 Bway) ***
Dear World (at Encores starring Donna Murphy) (w Luis March 17, 2023) *** (but the show itself is **) 
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) ***
The Death Of The Last Black Man In The Whole Entire World aka The Negro Book Of The Dead (Sig)(w Noam, Zoe, Cohen) ***
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Deceit * 1/2 
The Decline and Fall...Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter at York (w Cohen) *** 
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) ***
A Delicate Balance (w Glenn Close, John Lithgow) **
Democracy (London Michael Frayn in West End 2004) *** 1/2
Democracy (Bway w Richard Thomas, Michael Cumpsty, James Noughton 2004) *** 
Dennis Sever's House tour/performance 2022 (w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Derren Brown: Secret (2017 illusionist) *** 1/2 
Derren Brown's Secret (Bway 2019 w Stephen Garrett) *** 
Describe The Night (2017) ** 1/2 
Design For Living (Bway Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West 2001) ** 
Desperate Measures (2017, York musicalization of Measure for Measure) ***  
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) **
Die Frau Ohne Schatten/The Woman Without A Shadow at the Met ** 1/2
Disaster! (Bway)(w TJ) *
Disfarmer (at St. Ann's 2009) **
Disgraced (Lincoln Center w Aasif Mandvi) **
Disgraced (Bway w Josh Radnor) **
The Diva Is Dismissed (Public w Jenifer Lewis 1994) ***
The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch 2011) *** 1/2
Doctor Zhivago (Bway 2015) no stars 
A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017 Bway w Laurie Metcalfe) *** 1/2 
A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017 Bway w Julie White) *** 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 2008) ***
Dry Powder (w Zoe) ** 1/2
Duat (w Jacques Colimon)(w Noam) ** 1/2 
Dublin Carol at Irish Rep (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Dubliners: A Quartet (the Greene Space of WNYC/WQXR) ***
The Duchess of Malfi (BAM Cheek By Jowl Angus Macfadyen 1995) **
The Dudleys ** 1/2
Dwight Yoakum (at Irving Plaza Sept 6 2000) ***
Early Shaker Spirituals: A Record Album Interpretation ***
Eclipsed (Bway w Lupita Nyongo)(w Noam) ***
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) **
The Effect (w Cohen) ** 1/2
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 1992) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 2012, seen twice) **** 
Einstein's Dreams (musical, w Noam) * 1/2 
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Bway 2002) ***
Elektra (Met Deborah Voigt, Penelope Daner 1994) ***
The Elephant Man (2014 w Bradley Cooper) **
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 ***
Employee Of The Year (UTR at Public) (w Noam) *** 
An Enchanted April (musical w Noam) ** 1/2 
The Encounter (Bway, Complicite) (w Luis) **
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) **
The Erlkings * 1/2
Ernani (at Met w Angela Meade, 2012) *** 1/2 
Escape To Margaritaville (2017 Bway) ** 
The Essential Straight And Narrow ** 1/2 
Estado Vegetal (w Diego) *** 
Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. in 2011 ***
An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC 2012) *
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Ever After (Papermill) ** 
Everybody (2017 at Signature) ** 1/2 
Eve's  Song (2018 at Public) * 1/2 
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
Fabulous! [TJ] *
Falsettos (Bway 2016)(w Zoe) **
Familiar *** 1/2
A Family For All Occasions *
La Fanciulla del West (at Met w Deborah Voight 2010) ** 1/2
Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) ** 
Farinelli and the King (2017 Bway w Mark Rylance) ** 
The Father (w Frank Langella)(w Noam) **
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 Ferryman (2018 Bway) *** 
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
The Fever (2017 Under the Radar show) ** 
Fiddler On The Roof (Bway w Alfred Molina, Barbara Barrie, Lea Michelle 2004) **
Fiddler On The Roof (2015 w Danny Burstein) (w Cohen) ** 1/2 
Fifty Million Frenchmen at the York (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Fifth Of July (Signature w Michael Cerveris, Parker Posey 2003) **
Fifty Words (Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Marvel 2008) **
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) ***
Finding Neverland ** 1/2
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2 
Fire In The Mirror (Signature revival of Anna Deveare Smith play) *** 
The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature w Leslie Uggams) ** 1/2
First Daughters Suite (Public, w Mary Testa) ** 1/2
Fish In The Dark (Larry David, Broadway) *
Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom 2011 ***
Five Flights (by Adam Bock w Alice Ripley Jan 17, 2004) ** 1/2
Five Guys Named Moe (Bway 1992) ** 1/2
Flambe Dreams (NYMF 2012) **
The Flatlanders (at Bottom Line March 10, 2000) ***
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) ***
A Fool For Love (Bway 2015 w Nina Arianda) ** 1/2
Fool Moon (Bway w Bill Irwin, David Shiner 1993) *** 1/2
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging (2014) *** 
Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation at Triad 2019 (w TJ) *** 
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf (Noam) ** 1/2 
Forever Dusty (2012) **
Foreverman (NYMF 2012) * 1/2
Forever Tango (revival w Gilberto Santa Rosa, 2013) ***
The Fortress Of Solitude (musical at Public) *** 1/2
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) ***
Found (musical at Atlantic) **
4000 Miles ***
Fragments (Beckett plays w Kathryn Hunter 2011) ***
Fram (London at National w Mark Addy 2008) * 1/2 
Frankenstein (at Public) ** 1/2 
A Free Man Of Color (w Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def) ** 1/2 
Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway (w Zoe) ** 1/2 
Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Frost/Nixon (Bway w Frank Langella, Michael Sheen 2007) *** 
Frozen (2018 Bway) ** 
Fucking A (2017 at Sig) ** 1/2 
Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
Fucking Men (London 2008) **
Fuerza Bruta's Wayra (2014) * 1/2
Fully Committed (Jesse Tyler Ferguson)(w Cohen) ** 1/2
Fun Home ** 1/2 (Public)
Fun Home ** (Bway)
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
Generations (at Soho Rep) ** 1/2
A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (w Jefferson Mays) *** 1/2
George Gershwin Alone (Hershey Felder 2001) *
Germinal (UTR at Public) (w Noam) *** 1/2
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
Ghost Quartet *** 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
Gigi (Broadway 2015) * 1/2
The Gin Game (Bway, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson) **
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 
The Glass Menagerie (Bway 2017 w Sally Field) *** 1/2 
The Glass Menagerie (2019 dir Austin Pendleton) (w Noam) ** 
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  **** 
The Gospel At Colonus (2018 in Central Park) ** 
The Gospel Of John (at Sheen) (solo) ** 1/2 
Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2 
Götterdämmerung (2019 at Met w Noam) *** 1/2 
The Government Inspector (2017 w Michael Urie) ** 1/2 
Grace (w Paul Rudd) * 1/2
Grand Concourse **
The Grand Manner (by AR Gurney w Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton at Lincoln Center 2010) **
The Grand Paradise (Third Rail immersive)(w Cohen) ***
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) * 
Grease (at UN International School in 2019)  (w Noam) 
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 Immensity * 1/2
The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2 
The Great Society w Brian Cox (w Stephen Garrett) ** 
The Great Unknown (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
Grey Gardens (Bway w Christine Ebersole Mary Louise Wilson 2006) ***/ 
Groundhog Day (2017 Bway) ** 1/2 
Gruesome Playground Injuries (w Jennifer Carpenter, Pablo Schreiber) ***
Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Kathleen Chalfant 2004) ** 1/2
The Gunpowder Plot (immersive theater and VR spectacle at Tower of London w John) ** 1/2 
Guys And Dolls (London w Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski 2005) ***
Guys And Dolls (Bway w Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt 2009) **
Guys And Dolls (2014 at Carnegie Hall w Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Patrick Wilson) *** 1/2
Gypsy (Bway w Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard 2003) ** 1/2
Gypsy (Bway w Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines Mar 26, 2008) ***
The Habit Of Art (London NT Alan Bennett w Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour 2009) ** 1/2
Hadestown (2016 w Noam, Frima) *** 1/2 
Hadestown (2019 Bway w Noam) *** 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 Hairy Animal (2017 w Bobby Cannavale) *** 
The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamilton at the Public [Luis] ***
Hamilton (Bway) *** 1/2 prod of *** musical
Hamlet (Bway Ralph Fiennes, Damian Lewis, Francesca Annis May 4, 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
Hamlet (CSC w Peter Sarsgaard 2015) no stars
Hands On A Hardbody (Bway musical w Keith Carradine) *
Hand To God (Ensemble Studio Theatre w Steven Boyer 2011) ***
Hand To God (Off Bway transfer 2014) ***
Hank Williams: Lost Highway (w Jason Petty 2003) ** 1/2 
Hans Christian Andersen * 1/2 
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 1/2 
Happy Days (2017 Polonsky w Dianne Weist) *** 1/2 
The Harder They Come (at the Public w Noam and Zoe March 12, 2023) ** 1/2
The Hard Problem  (2018 Stoppard) ** 1/2 
Hard Times (January 11, 2014) ** 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) *** 
Harry Clarke (2017 w Billy Crudup) ** 1/2 
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (w Noam) *** 
Harvey (Bway w Jim Parsons, 2012) *
Head Of Passes (w Noam) ** 1/2
Heartless (Sam Shepard play w Lois Smith at Signature, 2012) **
Heart Of The Earth: A Popol Vuh Story (puppeteer Ralph Lee 1995) ***/
Heathers The Musical * 1/2
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) ***
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014 w Neil Patrick Harris) ***
The Heidi Chronicles [Broadway, 2015] *
The Heir Apparent (David Ives at Classic Stage Company) *** 1/2
The Heiress (Bway w Cherry Jones, Michael Cumpsty, Frances Sternhagen 1995) ****
The Heiress (Bway w Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey 2012) **
Heisenberg (w Mary Louise Parker) *** 1/2
Heisenberg (2016 Bway) (w Luis) ** 1/2
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 IV (Harriet Walter, St Ann's 2015) ***
Henry IV Part I and II (2016 RSC/BAM w Antony Sher) ***
Henry V (SitP w Andre Braugher, Michael C Hall, Christian Camargo 1996) **
Henry V (London at Globe w Mark Rylance, Christian Camargo June 24, 1997) ***
Henry V (London at NT w Adrian Lester 2003) **
Henry V (Shakespeare in the Park w Liev Schieber 2003) ** 1/2
Henry V (2016 RSC/BAM w Alex Hassell) ** 1/2 
Henry V (2018 at Public) * 1/2  
Here Lies Love (2014) *** 1/2 
Heroes Of The Fourth Turning (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Hero: The Musical * 1/2
High Dive (Leslie Ayvazian 2001) * 1/2
Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
Hir (Taylor Mac play) **
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
Hold On To Me Darling (w Timothy Olyphant)(w Noam) ***
Holiday Inn (Bway)(w Luis) * 1/2
Holler If Ya Hear Me (Tupac Shakur musical) * 1/2
Home (at Signature) ** 1/2 
Home For The Holidays (2017 Danny Aiello, Candace Glover) * 
Homelife (2018 at Signature double bill Albee) *** 
Homo The Musical (NYMF 2013) no stars 
The Honeymooners (2017 Papermill Playhouse) ** 
Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
Honeymoon In Vegas [Broadway] **
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) **
How I Learned What I Learned (w Ruben Santiago-Hudson) ***
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) ***
Hughie (Bway w Forrest Whitaker)(w Noam) **
Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway (2011) ***
The Humans (2015 Off Bway, Jane Houdyshell) *** 1/2
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame at Paper Mill [Noam] **
Hurlyburly (Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Cannavale, Parker Posey Mar 12, 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 
I Can't See (Halloween in the dark event) (solo) * 
I Could Say More (January 13, 2014) no stars
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) ** 
Idomeneo (at Met w Alice Coote, 2017) *** 1/2  
If Love Were All (Bway w Twiggy, Harry Groener 1999) **
If/Then * 1/2
I'll Eat You Last (w Bette Midler) ** 1/2
The Illusion (Tony Kushner at Signature 2011) *
The Illusionists (magic show on Broadway) **
The Illusionists: Turn Of The Century (w Joanne) **
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) ** 
In And Of Itself (2017 Derek Delgaudio illusionist) *** 
Incident At Vichy (Signature 2015) ** 1/2 
Indecent (Bway 2017) ** 1/2 
Independents (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2 
India Pale Ale (2018) * 
Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles) (Bway Roger Rees, Eileen Atkins, Kathleen Turner,  Cynthia Nixon, Jude Law 1995) ** 1/2 
Ink (at Met) (w Noam) ** 1/2  
Ink (Bway play w Noam) *** 
The Inn At Lake Devine **
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 ***
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson at St Ann's 2011) *** 1/2
An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC 2012) ***
In The Park (Edgar Oliver) **
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
In Transit (Bway)(w Noam) *
Inventing Mary Martin **
The Invention Of Love (London at NT w John Wood 1997) ***
The Invisible Hand ** 
Iolanthe at NYGASP (w TJ) ** 
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) ** 
It's A Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play (2017) *** 
It Shoulda Been You **
It's Only A Play (w Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick) ***
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 Absolute Flies Again! (At the National 2022 w Leslie) *** 
Jack Absolute Flies Again! (at National 2022 w Zoe) (better audience) *** 1/2
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) ***
Janitor (mood piece at Hudson Park Carousel) **
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit outdoors Avondale Brewing in Birmingham 6-24-2023 *** 1/2 
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 
Jesus Hopped The "A" Train  (2017 Sig) *** 
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 
Jitney (Bway, 2017) ***1/2 
Joan Baez at Town Hall Oct 29, 2008 ***
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
John (Sig of Annie Baker play) *** 1/2
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 ***
John Waters at City Winery (2014) ***
Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity in DC 2010 ***
Josephine And I [Joe's Pub] ***
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) *** 
Junk (2017 Bway) ** 1/2 
Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
Just Us Boys (2002) **
Kaiser Chiefs at Irving Plaza (2015) *** 1/2
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert) 
Keep (Daniel Kitson) (at St. Ann's) (w Noam) ** 1/2 
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) ***
The King and I (Bway w Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe 2015) ***
King Charles III (Bway 2015 w Tim Piggot-Smith) *** 1/2
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½ 
King Kong (2018 Bway) * 
King Lear (w Ian McKellen at BAM Sept 18, 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) ***
King Lear (w Kathryn Hunter as lead at Globe 2022, no guest, had to leave early due to heat, age!) *** 
Kinky Boots **
Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) *** 
Kiss Me, Kate! (2019 w Corbin Bleu; alone) *** 
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 ***
Kung Fu (at Signature) **
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
Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill (w Audra McDonald) ***
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 **
L'amour de Loin (2016 Met, great sets)(w Garrett) *** 1/2
The Laramie Project (Moises Kaufman 2000) *** 1/2
The Last Ship (Sting musical) ***
The Last Smoker In America **
The Last Sunday In June (by Jonathan Tolins 2003) ** 
Latin History For Morons  (John Leguizamo, 2017) * 1/2 
Laurie Anderson: The Nerve Bible (1994) ** 1/2
Laurie Anderson at Battery Park City 2013 ***
Laurie Anderson: Homeland (at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Mar 26,  2008) ***
Lazarus (Michael C. Hall) * 1/2
Leap Of Faith (w Raul Esparza) **
Leo (one-man circus act) ***
Leonard Cohen Koans (FF 2011) *** 1/2
Let It Be **
A Letter To Harvey Milk (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
Let The Right One In [St. Ann's Warehouse] **
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (by John Erlanger dir Alex Dmitriev 1993) ** 
The Liar (2017, David Ives translation) *** 1/2 
The Library **
Lies My Father Told Me **
A Life (w David Hyde Pierce)(w Luis) ** 1/2
Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF 2013)** 
Life Of Pi (at Wyndham 2022 w Zoe) ** 1/2 (but puppetry and effects **** War Horse level) 
The Lifespan Of A Fact (2018 Bway) ** 
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 
The Light Years (2017) * 1/2 
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
Linda Thompson at Bottom Line ***
The Lion (one-man show Benjamin Scheuer) ***/
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) *** 
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (at Gillian Lynne 2022 w Luis) *** 
The Little Foxes (2017 Bway w Laura Linney, Cynthia Nixon) **
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) *
Living On Love (Bway w Renee Fleming) * 1/2
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2 
Lobby Hero (2018 Bway w Michael Cera) *** 
Lohengrin at the Met (w Stephen March 14, 2023) * 1/2
Lombardi **
London Assurance (London revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National 2010) ***
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (Jan 17, 2014) ** 
Lonely Planet (2017 w Arnie Burton, Matt McGrath) ** 1/2 
Lonesome Traveler [Noam] **
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway 2016)(w Noam) ***
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) ***
Lost Lake **
Love (play by Alexander Zeldin at the Park Armoury w Noam March 13 2023) ****
Love and Information ** 1/2
Love, Janis (Andra Mitrovich, Cathy Richardson 2001) **
Love Letters (w Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow) ** 1/2
Love Love Love (w Amy Ryan)(w Noam) ** 1/2
Love's Labor's Lost (at Public dir Karin Coonrod 2011) ** 1/2 
Love's Labour Lost (2018 via Shake and Bake) *** 
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) ***
Ludic Proxy ** 1/2 
Lula  Del  Ray (UTR at Public 2017) **  
Lulu (London w Anna Friel 2001) **
Lust (The Heather Brothers w Denis Lawson, Robert McCormick 1995) **
The Lying Lesson * 1/2
Lyle Lovett at Bottom Line *** 1/2
The Lyons (w Linda Lavin) ** 1/2
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set ****
Lysistrata Jones (original Off Off production 2011) * 1/2
Lysistrata Jones (Bway 2011) *
Macbeth (w Patrick Stewart at BAM Feb 16, 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) **
Machinal (w Rebecca Hall; Jan 21, 2014) ***
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
A Man's A Man (at CSC w music by Duncan Sheik) **
The Man Who Came To Dinner (at St. Clement's 2011) **
Maple and Vine **
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Greene Space (reading) ***
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2016 Two River Theater)(Noam, Zoe) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Marilyn Maye at 54 Below w Sinatra tribute (2015) ***
Marjorie Prime **
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) ***
Master Harold And The Boys (2016 Sig)(w Noam, Zoe, Cohen) **
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) ** 
The Mavericks at Musikfest Cafe in Penn Oct 27, 2018 *** (had to stand in back) 
The Mavericks at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on Friday Feb 17 *** 1/2 (seen them four times)
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 *** 
M Butterfly (2017 Bway w Clive Owen) * 1/2 
Mean Girls (2018 Bway) **1/2  
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) *** 
Measure For Measure (ERS at Public) ** 
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) *** 
Lá Melancolie des Dragons (UTR at Public 2017) ** 
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
Merrily We Roll Along (on Broadway w Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff 10-17-2023, Luis) *** 1/2 
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2 
The Metromaniacs (2018 David Ives) ***  
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) **
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pearl, 2015) ** 1/2
Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mighty Real ***
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend *** 
Mike Birbiglia;s The New One (2018 Bway) *** 
Milk Like Sugar ***
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Bway w Olympia Dukakis 2011) * 
Milma's Tale (2018) ** 1/2 
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) *** 
Minor Character (at Public) ***/ 
Misalliance (Bway Brian Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Alan Tudyk 1997) **
Les Miserables (Bway w Craig Schulman,  1994) ***
Les Miserables (Bway w Daphne Rubin-Vega, Alexander Gemingnani 2006) **
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour (Papermill 2010) ***
Les Miserables (2014 Bway revival) *** 1/2
Misery (2015 Bway w Bruce Willis) *
Mission Drift * 1/2
Miss Julie (London w Christopher Eccleston 2000) **
Miss Julie: Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2 
Miss Saigon (2017 Bway revival) ** 
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) **
The Money Shot (Neil LaBute w Fred Weller) ** 1/2
Monkey: Journey To The West (w Damon Albarn at Lincoln Center July 9, 2013) ** 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) **
A Month In The Country [2015, Peter Dinklage] ** 1/2
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) *** 
Mother Of  The Maid (2018 w Glenn Close) * 
Mothers and Sons **
Motown: The Musical ** 
Moulin Rouge! (w Zoe) ** 1/2 
The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
The Mountaintop (Bway w Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011) ** 1/2 
Mourning Becomes Elektra (2017) ** 
Mouse: The Persistence Of An Unlikely Thought (w Daniel Kitson)(w Noam, Zoe, Heather) *** 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. Murray's Menagerie (at Ars Nova w Noam) *** 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) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare in the Park w Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater 2014) ***
Murder For Two **
The Murder Of Crows: Janet Cardiff at the Armory ** 1/2
Museum (Tina Howe play 2002) **
Museum of Broadway (w Noam March 15, 2023) ** 1/2
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 Fair Lady (2018 Bway w Lauren Ambrose) *** 
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
My Report To The World (reading w David Strathairn) ***
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
The Mystery Of Love And Sex **
My Trip Down The Pink Carpet (w Leslie Jordan) **
Naked Boys Singing! (1999) ** 1/2
The Nance (w Nathan Lane) *** 
The Nap (2018) ** 
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013, downtown in tent) ***
Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 (2016 Bway)(w Luis) ** 1/2 
Natasha, Pierre and the Great  Comet of 1812 (2017 Bway w Josh Groban) ** 
Nathan The Wise (2016 F. Murray Abraham)(w Noam) ** 1/2
The National at BAM in 2008 (bad seats, inappropriate venue) ** 1/2
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2014 *** 1/2
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2015 ***
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Nellie McKay at 54 Below in 2015 *** 
Nellie McKay at Joe's Pub 2017 (Joan Rivers bio) *** 1/2 
Nellie McKay for Joe's Pub streaming in 2020 *** 
Network (2018 Bway w Bryan Cranston) * 1/2 
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 Jan 12, 2008) *** 1/2
Newsies (at Paper Mill Playhouse w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Newsies (Bway w Jeremy Jordan, 2012) ** 1/2
The New Standards: The Holiday Show 2015 ***
New York Animals (Bedlam 2015) ** 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 Fish (w Mark Rylance) ***
Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
The Night Alive (w Ciarin Hinds, Jim Norton) **
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Night Is A Room (Signature) **
Nighttime Traffic (NYMF 2010) **
A Night With Janis Joplin ** 
946: The Amazing Story Of Adolphus Tips (St Ann's, 2017) ** 
Ninth and Joanie *
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
No Child... (Nilaja Sun 2006) ** 1/2
Noises Off (London Orig Prod, 1982) (w Mom) ****
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
Noises Off (2016 Bway) (w Zoe) **
No Man's Land (w Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) ***
Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC 2012) *
No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2 
Norma (2017 at the Met) ** 
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) **
Ocean Carolina (at Mercury Lounge) ** 1/2 
Octet (at Signature, alone, in previews before locked) *** 1/2  
An Octoroon *** 1/2
An Octoroon at Polonsky Shakespeare Center [TJ] *** 1/2
Of Mice and Men (Bway 2014 w James Franco) ** 
Of Thee I Sing (2017 w Bryce Pinkham) ** 1/2 
Oh, Hello! (Bway)(w Cohen) ** 1/2
Oklahoma! (London NT w Hugh Jackman, Shuler Hensley 1998) **** 
Oklahoma! (2018 at St. Ann's) ** 
Oklahoma! (2019 Bway) ** 1/2 
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
The Old Man and the Old Moon (PigPen 2014 at New Victory) *** 1/2
Old Springs Pike (w John Gallagher) at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Old Times (Bway, Clive Owen) **
Oleanna (Mamet William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon 1992) ** 1/2
Olive and the Bitter Herbs ** 1/2
Oliver! (at Papermill) **
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bway w Harry Connick Jr. 2011) * 1/2 
On Beckett (2018 Bill Irwin) *** 
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) *** 
Once On This Island (2017 Bway) ** 1/2 
Once Upon A Mattress (2015, Jackie Hoffman) ** 1/2
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 Grounds of Belonging  (workshop w Bobby Steggart, 2017) *** 
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) ****
On The Town (2014 Broadway revival w Tony Yazbeck) **
On The Twentieth Century [Kristen Chenoweth] ***
On Your Feet (Bway 2015) **
The Open House (Will Eno at Signature) ** 1/2
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
Orville And Wilbur Did It (reading w Bobby Steggert) *** 
Oslo (2017 Bway) *** 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 Kibeho ***
Our Lady Of 121st Street (transfer to Union Square dir Philip Seymour Hoffman 2003) *** 
Our Lady of 121st Street (2018 Sig) ** 1/2 
Our Mother's Brief Affair (w Linda Lavin)(w Noam) * 1/2
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) ***
Outside Mullingar (w Debra Messing; Jan 24, 2014) ***
Over The Rhine at Highline in 2007 ** ½
Pacific Overtures (Bway w B.D. Wong 2004) ** 
Pacific Overtures (2017 at CSC) *** 
The Pain Of My Belligerence (solo) * 
The Painted Rocks At Revolver Creek (Signature 2015) *** 1/2
Painting Churches (w Kathleen Chalfant, 2012) * 1/2
Pal Joey (Bway Roundabout w Stockard Channing 2009) ** 
Panama Hattie (at York w Cohen) ** 
Paper Bullets (songs by Billie Joe Armstrong) ***
Paper Cut (FF 2011) ***
Paper Plane (3 Sticks company at FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Parade in Concert at Lincoln Center [Noam] ** 1/2 
Paradise Blues (2018 Sig) ** 1/2 
Paradise Found (London new musical at Chocolate Factory Mandy Patinkin 2010) * 
Paradise Park (Charles Mee musical play at Signature Feb 29, 2008) ** 1/2 
The Parisian Woman (2017 w Uma Thurman) * 
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
Patriots (at Almeida 2022 w Zoe) ** 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 
Patty Griffin at Lincoln Center OutDoors w opener Yola 2019 (w Noam) *** 
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 ***
The Pearl Fishers/Met (2016 w Matthew Polenzani)(w Garrett) ***
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) * 
People, Places and Things (2017 St Ann's) ** 
The Performers (Bway w Cheyenne Jackson 2012) **
Pericles (2016 w Christian Camargo)(w Noam) * 1/2
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 Pan/Bedlam's Peter Pan (2017) * 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 Philadelphia Story (staged reading at Circle In The Square w Luis and Noam) ***  
The Piano Lesson (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Sig *** 1/2
Picnic (at Roundabout w Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, 2013) * 1/2 
Picnic/Come Back Little Sheeba (2017 in repertory) * 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) **
Plaid Tidings (2015) ** 1/2
Playing Burton (w Brian Mallon) no stars 
The Play That Goes Wrong (Bway 2017) **  
The Play What I Wrote (London 2001) *** 1/2
The Play What I Wrote (Bway 2003) ***
Pocatello (w TR Knight) ** 1/2
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) ***
Posterity * 1/2
Potted Potter (in NYC) *
A Prairie Home Companion (Town Hall w Iris Dement, Cokie Roberts 1994) *** 1/2 
A Prairie Home Companion Live From Town Hall streaming on 11-26-2022 ** 1/2 
A Prairie Home Companion Live from Fox Theatre in St. Louis streaming on 12-15-2022 ** 1/2 
A Prairie Home Companion 50th Anniversary Tour (at Ryman w Jesse 1-11-24) *** 
Prelude to a Kiss (Bway revival w John Mahoney, Annie Parisse 2007) ** 

The Present  (Bway w Cate Blanchett, 2017) ** 
Present Laughter (Bway 2017 w Kevin Kline) ***  
The Price (Bway Harris Yulin, Bob Dishy 2000) ** 
The Price (Bway 2017 w Mark Ruffalo) * 
Pride and Prejudice (2017) *** 
Prince Igor (at the Met) **
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert -- The Musical (Bway 2011) * 1/2 
The Prisoner (Peter Brook at Polonsky) ** 
Private Lives (Bway Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan 2002) ** 1/2
Private Lives (Bway w Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross 2011) **
Prodigal Son (w Zoe) **
The Producers (Bway w Lane, Broderick 2002) *** 
The Prom (2018 Bway) ** 
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 *** 
Pumpgirl (Irish Rep, w Noam) *** 
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City (2022 alone) *** 1/2 
Pygmalion (West End w Rupert Everett 2011) **
The Qualification Of Douglas Evans (The Amoralists at Soho Rep) *
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) *
The Radicalization Of Rolfe (FF)(w TJ) ** 1/2
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (1997) ** 1/2
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2011) ** 1/2
Radio City Music Hall's New York Spring Spectacular [2015] ** 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
A Raisin In The Sun (2014 w Denzel Washington) *** 1/2
The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream ***
Ratatouille The Tik Tok Musical 2021 *** (streaming) 
Rated M For Murder (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
Raul Midon at Joe's Pub in 2008 ***
The Realistic Joneses ***
Really Really *
The Real Thing (Hippodrome in Gainesville Florida 1985) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (London w Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle 2000) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (2014 w Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal) ** 1/2
Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF 2012) ***
Reasons To Be Happy **
Red-Handed Otter (w Matthew Maher) ** 1/2 
Red Roses, Green Gold (2017 Grateful Dead) no stars 
Red Speedo (w Noam) ***
Red Velvet at St. Ann's Warehouse ***
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
Reread Another (Target Margin at Brick) ** 
The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (2018 CSC, Raul Esparza) *** 
The Revisionist (w Vanessa Redgrave) ** 
Das Rheingold (at the Met in 2019 w Noam) ** 1/2 
Richard II (London at Globe w Mark Rylance May 31, 2003) ***
Richard II (2016 RSC/BAM w David Tennant) ** 1/2
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) ***
DruidShakespeare: Richard III (2019 alone) * 1/2 

Richard Thompson solo in Tampa Florida 1987 or so ****
Richard Thompson at Beacon April 23, 1994 *** 1/2
Richard Thompson at Irving Plaza Oct 16, 1996 *** 1/2
Richard Thompson at Town Hall Oct 26, 2005 ***
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) **
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (w Fiona Shaw at BAM) *** 1/2
Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show (Bway w Jarrod Emick 2006) *
Rio (NYMF 2012) **
Ripcord (Holland Taylor) **
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 *
The Robber Bridegroom (w TJ) ***
Rock Bottom (Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub) * 1/2
Rock 'N' Roll (Bway Tom Stoppard Rufus Sewell, Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack Dec 30, 2007) ***
Rock Of Ages (2013 on Bway) * 1/2 
Rocktopia (2018 Bway) *  
Rocky * 1/2
Rococo Rouge **
Rodney King at Public Under The Radar (January 9, 2014) ***
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) *** 
Rooms (2017) ** 
Rope *
Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles (w Christian McKay 2004) *
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (January 9, 2014) **
The Rose Tattoo (Bway w Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony LaPaglia 1995) ** 1/2
The Rose Tattoo (London at National w Zoe Wannamaker 2007) **
Rothschild And Sons (w Robert Cuccioli, 2015) ** 1/2
Roulette (by Paul Weitz w Anna Paquin 2004) **
The Royale (w Noam) ** 1/2
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun (London Peter Shaffer at National 2006) * 
Ruben and Clay's First Annual Christmas Reunion Show (2018 Bway) ** 
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) * 
Saint Joan (2018 Bway w Condola Rashad) ** 
Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Salome (2016 Met, dreadful sets)(w Garrett) **
Salt Lake The Ballet (FF 2008) **
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History Of the Robot Wars ** 1/2 
Sancho: An Act Of Remembrance (2018) **1/2  
Satchmo At The Waldorf ***
Saturday Night/Musicals In Mufti ***
Satyagraha (at Met w English National Opera production 2011) ****
Savion Glover's Om **
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
School Of Rock (Bway, 2015) *1/2 
Scotland, PA (w Luis) ** 
The Scottsboro Boys (Bway 2010) *** 1/2
The Seafarer (Bway Conor McPherson w Jim Norton, David Morse, Ciarin Hinds dec 5, 2007) ***  
The Seafarer (2018 Irish Rep w Matthew Broderick) ** 
The Seagull (SitP Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, etc etc 2001) ***
The Seagull by Bedlam (2014) ***
Sea Marks * 1/2 
Sea Wall/ A Life w Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge (w Noam) ** 1/2 
A Second Chance **
The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (ERS at NYTW 2011) ** 1/2
Selected Shorts: Neil Gaiman (2014) ***
Seminar (Bway w Alan Rickman, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe 2011) **
Sense and Sensibility by Bedlam (2014) *** 1/2
Sense And Sensibility (Bedlam revival 2016)(w Frima) *** 1/2
A Separate Peace (adapted/solo 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) ** 
Shake and Bake: Love's Labour Lost (2018) *** 
Shakespeare's Sonnets at BAM (w Rufus Wainwright and Robert Wilson) ***
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) **
Shelby Lynne at Joe's Pub Nov 6 2003 ***
She Loves Me (Bway 2016 Benanti) ***
Shenanigans: Daniel Kitson audio production Shenanigans on CD *** 1/2
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 Boat (2014 at Lincoln Center w NY Phil and Vanessa Williams) ***
Show Choir! (NYMF 2010) **
Shuffle Along *** 1/2
Side Man (Bway Edie Falco, Scott Wolf, Frank Wood 1999) ***
Side Show (Bway revival 2014) ** 
Siegfried (2019 Ring Cycle at Met w Noam) *** (thrilling final act) 
Signal The Escape in Brooklyn's Europe club in 2008 ***
Significant Other (2017) * 1/2 
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 
Six Degrees Of Separation (2017 Bway w Allison Janney) ** 
69 Degrees South (at BAM) * 1/2
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (at BAM Apr 19, 2008) *** 1/2
Skeleton Crew (w Noam) *** 
The Skin Of Our Teeth (2017 at Polonsky) *** 
A Skull In Connemara (Kevin Tighe 2001) ***
Skylight [Broadway w Bill Nighy 2015] *** 
Slave Play (2018 NYTW) ** 1/2 
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 
Socrates (at Public w Noam) ** 
Soft Power at Public (w Noam) ** 
La Soiree *** 
Sojourners and Her Portmanteau (2017) ** 
Solitude (Public Puppetry Banialuka 1994) ** 1/2
Something Rotten (w TJ) ***
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 And The Fury (ERS, 2015) ** 
The Sound Inside (w Noam; **** prod of ** 1/2 play) *** 
The Sound Of Music (at Papermill 2012) ***
The Southbury Child (starring Alex Jennings) (at Bridge, w Leslie) *** 
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
South Pacific at Papermill Playhouse (2014) ** 1/2
Souvenir ** 1/2
Space (Public by Tina Landau 1999) ** 1/2
Speech And Debate (Roundabout Nov 17, 2007) ***
Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Bway 2011) * 1/2
The Spoils * 1/2 
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (2017) ** 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
Spring Awakening (2015 Bway w Deaf Theatre West) *** 1/2
Spuyten Duyvil (by Andy Bragan 2004) **
Stage Kiss ***
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) **
Sticks and Bones ** 
The Sting (2018 Papermill w Harry Connick Jr) ** 
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 (w Luis) ** 1/2
Straight-Jacket (w and d by Richard Day w Jackie Hoffman, Adam Greer 2000) **
Straight Up With A Twist (at Players Theater Mar 16, 2008) no stars
Straight White Men **
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) **
A Streetcar Named Desire (2016 Gillian Anderson) ***
Street Of Blood (NYTW w Ronnie Burkett 2000) ** 1/2
Strictly Dishonorable (1929 Preston Sturges play) *** 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 And Smoke (2018 w Marin Ireland) * 
Summer Shorts Series B: Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, etc (at 59 E 59, 2012) ** 
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical  (2018 Bway) * 
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 
Sunday In The Park With George (Bway 2017, Jake Gyllenhaal) **** 
Sunjata (Jim Henson Intl Puppet Festival 1996) ***
Sunset Blvd (Bway w Glenn Close, Alice Ripley, George Hearn, Alan Campbell 1994) * 1/2
Super Furry Animals (Irving Plaza April 24, 2002) *** 1/2
Super Night Shot (at Public -- Gob Squad) ** 1/2
Swamp Juice ** 1/2
Swan Lake Matthew Bourne (London next to Brian May and Anita Dobson 2000) *** 1/2
Sweat (Public)(w Noam) * 1/2
Sweeney Todd (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1994) ***
Sweeney Todd (Bway Patti Lupone, Michael Cerveris Feb 5, 2006) *** 1/2
Sweet And Sad (The Apple Family at Public 2011) **
Sweet Charity (2016 Sig w Sutton Foster)(TJ) ** 
Sweetee (2017 at Signature) * 
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) **
Sylvia (Bway 2015 w Matthew Broderick) **
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) **
Tales From Red Vienna (w Nina Arianda) **
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 Tallest Tree In The Forest [Public] * 1/2
Tamburlaine Parts 1 and 2 (w John Douglas Thompson) ** 1/2
The Taming Of The Shrew (SiP Allison Janney, Jay O. Sanders, Mario Cantone 1999) ** 1/2
Tango Masculino (2002) **
Tannhauser (Met w Eva-Maria Westbroek, Johan Botha) ** 1/2
Taylor Mac's A 24 Decade History Of Popular Music 1930s-1950s [Noam] ** 1/2
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 Tempest (2017 w Harriet Walter at St Ann's) *** 1/2 
The Tenth Floor (NYMF 2010) ** 

Terra Firma (debut of The Coop) (w Noam) ** 
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 
Theater Of War (2017 on Intrepid) *** 
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
Therese Raquin (Bway 2015 w Keira Knightley) * 1/2
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 Thin Place (Hnath at Playwrights) (w Noam) ** 1/2 
The Third Story (w Kathleen Turner, Charles Busch) ** 1/2
The 39 Steps (West End in London 2007) ***
This Is Our Youth (Bway, Michael Cera) ***
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
Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky (London 2010) ** 1/2
The Threepenny Opera (2014 w F. Murray Abraham) * 1/2
Three Sisters (CSC w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard 2011) *** 1/2 
Thunderbodies (2018 at Soho Rep) *** 
Time and the Conways (2017 Bway w Elizabeth McGovern) ** 
Time Between Us (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
A Time To Kill * 1/2
A Time-Traveler's Trip To Niagara * 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
Tom, Dick and Harry (at Alexandra Palace 2022, w Leslie) ** 1/2 
Too Much Sun (Nicky Silver w Linda Lavin) * 1/2 
Tootsie (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Top Secret International (State 1) (UTR at Public 2017) ** 
The Torch-Bearers (Drama Dept. w Faith Prince, Marian Seldes, Judith Blazer 2000) ** 
Torch Song (2017 Off Bway w Michael Urie) ** 1/2 
Traces (circus at New Victory 2008) ***
The Train Driver (dir by Athol Fugard at Signature, 2012) ***
Transport (at Irish Rep) ** 
Travesties (2018 Bway w Tom Hollander) *** 1/2 
Trav'lin' (NYMF 2010) ***/
Tribes (w Mare Winningham) *** 1/2
The Tribute Artist (Charles Busch) ** 1/2
A Tribute To Billy Strayhorn (LC w Bobby Short, Lena Horne June 20, 1993) *** 1/2 
Il Tritticoro (2018 Met w Placido Domingo) ***  
The Trip To Bountiful (w Cicely Tyson) ***
Tristan and Yseult (Kneehigh company) **
Tristan Und Isolde (2016 Met w Nina Stemme)(w Garrett) **
Trouble (NYMF 2012) ** 1/2
True Crimes (Romulus Linney Rebecca Harris 1996) ** 
Tuck Everlasting (w Cohen) **
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
Twelfth Night by Bedlam [2015] ***
Twelfth Night AKA What You Will by Bedlam [2015] *** 1/2 
Twelfth Night (2017 at Public) ** 1/2 
Twelfth Night (2017 Fiasco at  CSC) * 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) *
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Fiasco, 2015) ***
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 ** 
Unchilding (w Noam) ** 
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) *** 
User Not Found (site specific piece by Dante or Die) alone ** 
Valhalla (Juilliard Paul Rudnick w Craig Baldwin 2001) ***
Valhalla (NYTW Paul Rudnick w Peter Frechette 2004) ** 1/2 
Vanity Fair  (2017 at Pearl) *** 
Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike *** 1/2
Venice no stars 
Venus (2017 at Sig w Zainab Jah) ** 1/2 
Venus And Adonis (Shakespeare Project puppets Suzanne Savoy 2000?) ** 1/2
Venus In Fur (Bway w Nina Arianda 2011) ***
Verite * 1/2
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) ***
A View From The Bridge (Bway 2015, Mark Strong) ***
Violet (2014 on Bway) ***
Virgins And Other Myths (Colin Martin 1996) **
The Visit (Bway w Chita Rivera, 2015) ** 1/2
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) ***
Waiting For Godot (w Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) ** 1/2
Waitress (w Noam) ** 1/2 
Wakey Wakey (2017) *** 
Die WalkĂĽre (at the Met w Deborah Voigt 2011) *** 
Die WalkĂĽre at the Met (2019 w the Machine and Christine Goerke as BrĂĽnnhilde, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde and Stuart Skelton as Siegmund) *** 1/2 
Walls And Bridges (FF 2011) **
The Walworth Farce (at St. Anne's 2008) ***
War (w Cohen) **
War Horse (London West End 2009) ***
War Horse (at Lincoln Center 2011) *** 
War Paint (2017 Bway w LuPone, Ebersole) ** 
The Water Dream (staged reading musical Anthony Rapp NYMF 2013) *
Waverly 7 at Blue Note in 2007 **
The Wayside Motor Inn ***
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 I Did Last Summer (Signature, 2015) *
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 Constitution Means To Me (2018) ** 
What The Sparrow Said (FF 2011) ** 1/2
When Father Comes Home From The Wars, Parts 1, 2 And 3 *** 1/2
When January Feels Like Summer ** 1/2
When Pigs Fly (Howard Crabtree 1997) ***
When We Were Young And Unafraid **
The Whipping Man (w Andre Braugher) ** 
The Whirligig (2017) * 1/2 
White Christmas (at Paper Mill 2011) *** 
White Noise (at the Public) ** 1/2 
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) *
Wicked (2016 Bway on Nov 9)(w Cohen) ** 1/2
Wilco at London Astoria in UK May 13, 2002 *** 1/2
Wilco at Avondale Brewing Co. outdoors in Birmingham AL 4-22-2023 *** 1/2 
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 2000) *** 1/2
Wine-Blue-Open-Water (dir Michael Counts 1997) **
Wings (revival w Jan Maxwell 2010) ** 
The Winning Side (2018 Werner Von Braun play) * 
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
Wolf Hall Parts I and II [Noam] ** 1/2
The Wolves (w Noam) *** 
A Woman of the World w Kathleen Chalfant solo (w Noam) unrated 
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) *
The Woodsman [Noam] ***
Word Of Mouth (w James Lecesne 1995) ** 1/2
The World Is Round (at BAM) ***
The World Of Extreme Happiness [Noam, Zoe] ** 1/2
Wozzeck (at Met w Deborah Voigt, Thomas Hampson, Simon O'Neill) **
Wynton Marsalis at Tampa Theatre Jan 26, 1991 ***
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 Can't Take It With You (w James Earl Jones) * 1/2
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) ***
Your Mother's Copy Of The Kama Sutra **
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


Akhnaten  (2019 English National opera revival, dress rehearsal at Met w Garrett) **** 
All's Well That Ends Well (2011 UK Globe w Janie Dee) ****

Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (1993 Bway) ****
Angels In America: Perestroika (Bway Joe Mantello 1993) ****
Arcadia (1995 Bway w Blair Brown, Billy Crudup) ****
As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl w Adrian Lester 1994) ****
As You Like It (Park w Lily Rabe, David Furr, 2012) ****
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed 2003) ****
Boy (w Bobby Steggert)(w Cohen) ****
Bruce Springsteen Orange Bowl Miami, sixth row 1985) ****
Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions Tour at MSG 2006 ****
A Christmas Carol (1992 Bway w Patrick Stewart) ****
The Coast of Utopia (2002 London NT Stephen Dillane) ****
Copenhagen (1999 London NT) ****
Copenhagen (2000 Bway w Blair Brown, Philip Bosco) ****
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Einstein On The Beach (1992 BAM) ****
Einstein On The Beach (2012 BAM, seen twice) ****
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009  ****
The Heiress (1995 Bway w Cherry Jones, Cumpsty) ****
I Am My Own Wife (2003 Jefferson Mays) ****
Jitney (2000 Second Stage w Stephen McKinley Henderson) ****
Julius Caesar at St. Ann's (2013 all women, dir Phyllida Lloyd, Harriet Walter) ****
Krapp's Last Tape (2000 London John Hurt) (W Robin) ****
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set ****
Mostly Sondheim (Lincoln Center Barbara Cook 2002) ****
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (1994) ****
Oklahoma! (1998 London NT w Hugh Jackman) ****
Once (2012 Bway) ****
On The Town (1997 Park Lea DeLaria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson) ****
Passion (1994 Bway w Donna Murphy, end of run) ****
Peter and Wendy (1996 Mabou Mines Basil Twist 1996) ****
Richard Thompson solo in Tampa Florida 1987 or so ****
Rumer in concert in 2011 ****
Satyagraha (2011 Met w English National Opera) ****
Seven Guitars (2006 Sig Stephen McKinley Henderson) ****
Sharon Jones at the Beacon in 2008 ****
Sunday In The Park With George (2006 Lon Choc 2006) **** 
Sunday In The Park With George (Bway 2017, Jake Gyllenhaal) **** 
Vita And Virginia (1995 Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave) ****
Voices Of Light: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1999 Dreyer's film w oratorio Anonymous 4) ****



THREE AND A HALF STARS


Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Nellie McKay 2007 *** 1/2 

Ain't No Mo (at Public w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Allegro (2015 revival at CSC) *** 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 (2011 Bway revival w Billy Crudup, Raul Esparza) *** 1/2
Assassins (2004 Bway w Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (2003 Vineyard w John Tartaglia) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (2003 Bway 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
The Band's Visit (2016 w Tony Shalhoub Off Bway)(w TJ) *** 1/2 
The Band's Visit (2017 Bway) *** 1/2 
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
La Belle Et La Bete (1994 BAM w Glass, Cocteau film) *** 1/2
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2 
Betrayal (on Bway w Tom Hiddleston) (w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Billy Elliot (2005 London) *** 1/2
Billy Elliot (2008 Bway) *** 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 (1999 BAM by Caryl Churchill) *** 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
Broadway By The Year 1940-1964 (2014) *** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: The 1950s (w TJ) *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
Carousel (1994 w Audra McDonald, Michael Hayden) *** 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 
The Children (2017 Bway) *** 1/2 
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 
The Crucible (2019 by Bedlam, w Noam) *** 1/2 
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time *** 1/2 
Dana H (2020 by Lucas Hnath w Deidre O'Connell) *** 1/2 
Daniel Kitson's Christmas Show (2015) *** 1/2
Daniel Kitson's Shenanigans: a Daniel Kitson audio production on CD *** 1/2 
Death and the King's Horseman (London National 2009) *** 1/2
Democracy (London Michael Frayn in West End 2004) *** 1/2 
Dennis Sever's House tour/performance 2022 (w Zoe) *** 1/2 
Derren Brown: Secret (2017 illusionist) *** 1/2 
The Divine Sister (w Charles Busch 2011) *** 1/2 
A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017 Bway w Laurie Metcalfe) *** 1/2 
A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017 Bway w Julie White) *** 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
Familiar *** 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
The Fortress Of Solitude (musical at Public) *** 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 (radio w Phylicia Rashad) *** 1/2
A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (w Mays) *** 1/2
Germinal (UTR at Public)(w Noam) *** 1/2
Ghost Quartet *** 1/2
Giant (Public w Bobby Steggert, Kate Baldwin 2012) *** 1/2 
The Glass Menagerie (Bway 2017 w Sally Field) *** 1/2 
Götterdämmerung (2019 at Met w Noam) *** 1/2 
Guys And Dolls (2014 at Carnegie Hall w Nathan Lane) *** 1/2
Hadestown (w Noam, Frima) *** 1/2 
Hadestown (w Noam) *** 1/2 
Hamilton (Bway) *** 1/2 prod of *** musical
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 1/2 
Happy Days (2017 Polonsky w Dianne Weist) *** 1/2 
The Heir Apparent (David Ives at Classic Stage Company) *** 1/2
Heisenberg (w Mary Louise Parker) *** 1/2
Henry IV (LC Kevin Kline Michael Hayden Ethan Hawke Richard Easton 2004) *** 1/2
Here Lies Love (2014) *** 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 Humans (2015 Off Bway, Jane Houdyshell) *** 1/2
The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival (FF 2010) *** 1/2
I Am My Own Wife (Bway Jefferson Mays 2003) *** 1/2 
Idomeneo (at Met w Alice Coote, 2017) *** 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
Jack Absolute Flies Again! (at National 2022 w Zoe) (better audience) *** 1/2 
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris (Constantine Maroulis 2007) *** ½
Jitney at the Greene Space (reading, 2013) *** 1/2 

Jitney (Bway, 2017) ***1/2 
John (Sig of Annie Baker play) *** 1/2
Kaiser Chiefs at Irving Plaza (2015) *** 1/2
King Charles III (Bway 2015 w Tim Piggot-Smith) *** 1/2
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (London 2011) *** 1/2
L'amour de Loin (Met, great sets)(w Garrett) *** 1/2
The Laramie Project (Moises Kaufman 2000) *** 1/2
Leonard Cohen Koans (FF 2011) *** 1/2 
The Liar (2017, David Ives translation) *** 1/2 
The Light In The Piazza (Bway w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark 2005) *** 1/2
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane 1994) *** 1/2
Macbeth (w Patrick Stewart at BAM in 2008) *** 1/2
Macbeth: Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (London w Laura Michelle Kelly 2005) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (Bway w Laura Michelle Kelly 2006) *** 1/2
Matilda The Musical (Bway w Bertie Carvell 2013) *** 1/2
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
The Merchant Of Venice (Bway w Al Pacino, Lily Rabe 2010) *** 1/2
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2
Les Miserables (2014 Bway revival) *** 1/2
Mouse: The Persistence Of An Unlikely Thought (w Daniel Kitson)(w Noam, Zoe, Heather) *** 1/2 
Mrs. Murray's Menagerie (at Ars Nova w Noam) *** 1/2 
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2014 *** 1/2 
Nellie McKay at Joe's Pub 2017 (Joan Rivers bio) *** 1/2 
New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives 2008) *** 1/2
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (Second Stage dir Mary Zimmerman 2003) *** 1/2 
Octet (at Signature, alone, in previews before locked) *** 1/2  
An Octoroon [downtown] *** 1/2
An Octoroon at Polonsky Shakespeare Center [TJ] *** 1/2
The Old Man And The Old Moon (PigPen 2012) *** 1/2
The Old Man and the Old Moon (PigPen 2014 at New Victory) *** 1/2
Once (at New York Theatre Workshop 2011) *** 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 
Oslo (2017 Bway) *** 1/2 
Our Town (dir David Cromer 2006) *** 1/2
The Painted Rocks At Revolver Creek (Signature 2015) *** 1/2
Parsifal at the Met (2013 w dir Francois Girard and Jonas Kaufmann) *** 1/2
Passion (Bway w Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie 1994) *** 1/2
Passion at CSC (dir John Doyle w Melissa Erico and Judy Kuhn, 2013) *** 1/2
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
Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatre For A New Aud w  Christian Borle, 2011) *** 1/2
The Piano Lesson (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Sig *** 1/2
PigPen's The Mountain Song (2011) *** 1/2
PigPen's The Nightmare Story (2011) *** 1/2
The Play What I Wrote (London 2001) *** 1/2
A Popol Vuh Story (Public Puppetry Ralph Lee 1994) *** 1/2
Porgy and Bess (w Audra McDonald, 2012) *** 1/2
A Prairie Home Companion (Town Hall w Iris Dement, Cokie Roberts 1994) *** 1/2
Psycho Buildings (art exhibit at Hayward in UK) *** 1/2
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City (2022 alone) *** 1/2 
Radio Golf (Bway August Wilson w Tonya Pinkins 2007) *** ½
A Raisin In The Sun (2014 w Denzel Washington) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (Hippodrome in Gainesville Florida 1985) *** 1/2
The Real Thing (London w Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle 2000) *** 1/2
Richard Thompson at Beacon April 23, 1994 *** 1/2
Richard Thompson at Irving Plaza Oct 16, 1996 *** 1/2
Richard Thompson Trio at Joe's Pub 2012 *** 1/2
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (w Fiona Shaw at BAM) *** 1/2
Ruined (at City Center w Condola Rashad 2009) *** 1/2
The School For Lies (CSC w Mamie Gummer 2011) *** 1/2
The Scottsboro Boys (Bway 2010) *** 1/2
Sense and Sensibility by Bedlam (2014) *** 1/2
Sense and Sensibility (2016 Bedlam revival)(w Frima) *** 1/2 
Septimus And Clarissa (Ellen McLaughlin/Woolf 2011) *** 1/2
Shenanigans: a Daniel Kitson audio production on CD *** 1/2 
Shockheaded Peter (London w Tiger Lillies 2003) *** 1/2
Show Boat(1994 Bway Lonette McKee, Stritch 1994) *** 1/2
Shuffle Along *** 1/2
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (at BAM 2008) *** 1/2
Sleep No More (PunchDrunk's immersive Macbeth at McKittrick Hotel 2011) *** 1/2
Sons Of The Prophet (w Santino Fontana 2011) *** 1/2
South Pacific (w David Pittsinger as Emile De Becque at Lincoln Center 2008) *** 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
Spring Awakening (2015 Bway w Deaf Theatre West) *** 1/2
Stan's Cafe: Of All The People In The World (one person=one rice exhibit) *** 1/2
STePz (Savion Glover dance show) *** 1/2
Strictly Dishonorable (1929 Preston Sturges play) *** 1/2
Sufjan Stevens at BAM w BQE in 2007 *** ½
Sunday In The Park W George (Bway Daniel Evans Jenna Russell 2008) *** 1/2
Super Furry Animals at Irving Plaza April 24, 2002 *** 1/2
Swan Lake Matthew Bourne (London next to Brian May and Anita Dobson 2000) *** 1/2
Sweeney Todd (Bway Patti Lupone, Michael Cerveris 2006) *** 1/2
Talking Heads (London Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack 1996) *** 1/2
The Tallest Man On Earth at Town Hall *** 1/2
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 (2017 w Harriet Walter at St Ann's) *** 1/2 
They Might Be Giants at Beacon in 2008 *** 1/2
Three Sisters (CSC w Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard 2011) *** 1/2 
Travesties (2018 Bway w Tom Hollander) *** 1/2 
Tribes (w Mare Winningham) *** 1/2
A Tribute To Billy Strayhorn (LC w Bobby Short, Lena Horne June 20, 1993) *** 1/2
Twelfth Night (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) *** 1/2
Twelfth Night AKA What You Will by Bedlam [2015] *** 1/2
The Twentieth Century Way (by Tom Jacobson FF 2010) *** 1/2
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Anna Deavere Smith 1994) *** 1/2
Two Trains Running (Signature revival 2006) *** 1/2
Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike *** 1/2
Volleygirls (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2 
Die WalkĂĽre at the Met (2019 w the Machine and Christine Goerke as BrĂĽnnhilde, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde and Stuart Skelton as Siegmund) *** 1/2 
The Weir (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013)  *** 1/2
When Father Comes Home From The Wars, Parts 1, 2 And 3 *** 1/2
Wilco at London Astoria May 13, 2002 *** 1/2
The Wild Party (Bway w Toni Collette, Mandy Patinkin, Eartha Kitt, Tonya Pinkins 2000) *** 1/2
A Winter's Tale (BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall, Richard Easton 2009) *** 1/2
Without You (Anthony Rapp at NYMF 2010) *** 1/2



THREE STARS


After Midnight (Bway w Fantasia) ***

Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
Aladdin ***
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) *** 
Arlington (2017) *** 
As You Like It: Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) *** 
At Home At The Zoo (2018 at Sig double bill Albee) *** 
At The Zoo (2017 Sig double bill Albee) *** 
The Audience [Helen Mirren] ***
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
August Wilson Monologue Competition 2014 *** 
August Wilson Annual Monologue Competition 2019 (w Noam) *** 
Avenue Q (Bway 2004 w John Tartaglia) ***
Baby Case (NYMF 2012) ***
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
The Bandstand (Papermill, 2015) *** 
Barber Shop Chronicles (at BAM) (w Noam) *** 
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (January 10, 2014)***
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
The Bert Fershners in Color (at Here 1997) ***
The Best Man (Bway, cast changes, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepard) ***
Betty Buckley at Joe's Pub 2015 ***
Between Riverside and Crazy (w Stephen McKinley Henderson) ***
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 (1992 w Goldman, Stanton, Wink ) ***
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (2008 Bway w Mark Rylance) ***
Book Of Longing (2007 Glass w Leonard Cohen poems) ***
Bootycandy ***
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) ***
Broadway By The Year: The 1930s (w TJ) ***
Broadway By The Year: 1941-1965 [2015] *** 
Broadway By The Year 1947 and 1956 (2018) *** 
Broadway By The Year: 1965-1989 (2014) ***
Broadway By The Year 1990-2014 (2014) ***
Broadway By The Year 1966-1990 (2015) *** 
Broadway By The Year 1997-2006 (2017) *** 
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
Bruce Springsteen at MSG in 2007 ***
Bruce Springsteen at MetLife Sept 21, 2012 (poor seats) *** 
The B Side (2017 at Performing Garage) *** 
Cabaret (2014 w Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams) ***
Can Cheez Doodles Do You Harm? et al by Jack Slattery ***
Caroline, Or Change (2003 at Public w Tonya Pinkins) ***
Caroline, Or Change (2004 Bway w Tonya Pinkins) ***
Carousel (concert w Kelli O'Hara Nathan Gunn, 2013) ***
Castle Walk (NYMF 2013) ***
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2012) *** 
Chasing Rainbows: The Road To Oz (Paper Mill, w Noam) *** 
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 (1986 Florida Theatre) ***
A Chorus Line (2012 Papermill curtain call of all actors) ***
Chris Rock (at MSG's WAMU w Joe in 2008) ***
The Christians (Lucas Hnath, 2015) ***\
Christina Courtin at Bowery in 2007 *** 
A Christmas Carol (2020 streaming w Jefferson Mays) *** 
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works in 2007 ***
Cinderella (2013 w Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana) *** 
Cirque Du Soleil's Luzia (w Noam) *** 
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 2011) ***
Closer Than Ever (2012 York 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 *** 
Corinne Bailey Rae at SummerStage 2019 (w Noam) *** 
Craig Ferguson standup in Nashville in 2010 ***
Crazy, Just Like Me (NYMF 2011) ***
The Cripple Of Inishmaan (2014 w Daniel Radcliffe) ***
Crossing Swords (NYMF 2013) ***
The Crucible (2016 w Ben Wishaw)(w Noam) ***
The (Curious Case Of The) Watson Intelligence ***
Cymbeline (at Barrow St. Theatre 2011) ***
Cymbeline (SitP, w Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, 2015) ***
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) ***
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Daniel Kitson (COVID show at Regents Park Open Air 2022 on stage w 101 Dalmatians set) *** 
Darren Hayes at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
David Byrne -- Playing The Building art exhibit at Governor's Island Ferry waiting room ***
Dear Evan Hansen (Bway) ***
Death Of A Salesman (Bway w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield) ***
The Death Of The Last Black Man In The Whole Entire World aka The Negro Book Of The Dead (Sig)(w Noam, Zoe, Cohen) *** 
The Decline and Fall...Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter at York (w Cohen) *** 
Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans  2008) ***
Democracy (Bway w Richard Thomas, Michael Cumpsty, James Noughton 2004) *** 
Derren Brown's Secret (Bway 2019 w Stephen Garrett) *** 
Desperate Measures (2017, York musicalization of Measure for Measure) *** 
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) ***
Dubliners: A Quartet (the Greene Space of WNYC/WQXR) ***
Dwight Yoakum at Irving Plaza Sept 6, 2000 ***
Early Shaker Spirituals: A Record Album Interpretation ***
Eclipsed (Bway w Lupito Nyongo)(w Noam) *** 
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 (2009 w John Douglas Thompson) ***
Empire City Men's Chorus (w Andy McLain) in 2007 ***
Employee Of The Year (UTR at Public)(w Noam) ***
Les Enfants Terribles (BAM Philip Glass 1996) ***
England People Very Nice (at National 2009) *** 
Estado Vegetal (w Diego) *** 
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Fences (rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson w Denzel Washington, weak son, 2010) *** 
The Ferryman (2018 Bway) *** 
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) *** 
Fire In The Mirror (Signature revival of Anna Deveare Smith play) *** 
Fitz and the Tantrums at Bowery Ballroom 2011 ***
The Flatlanders at Bottom Line March 10, 2000 ***
The Flick ***
The Food Chain (Nicky Silver w Hope Davis 1995) ***
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging (2014) *** 
Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation at Triad 2019 (w TJ) *** 
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 Grand Paradise (Third Rail immersive)(w Cohen) ***
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 Hairy Animal (2017 w Bobby Cannavale) *** 
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamilton at the Public [Luis] ***
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) ***
Hand To God (Off Bway transfer 2014) ***
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Hard Travelin' With Woody (FF 2011) ***
Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote (w Hallie Foote, 2012) *** 
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (w Noam) *** 
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) ***
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014 w Neil Patrick Harris) ***
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 IV (Harriet Walter, St Ann's 2015) ***
Henry IV Part I and II (2016 RSC/BAM w Antony Sher) *** 
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) ***
Hold On To Me Darling (w Olyphant)(w Noam) *** 
Homelife (2018 at Signature double bill Albee) *** 
Honk! The Ugly Duckling (London NT 2000) ***
How I Learned What I Learned (w Ruben Santiago-Hudson) ***
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?) ***/ 
In And Of Itself (2017 Derek Delgaudio illusionist) *** 
Ink (w Noam) *** 
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) ***/ 
It's A Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play (2017) *** 
It's Only A Play (w Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick) ***
Ivanov (CSC w Ethan Hawke, 2012) ***
I've Got The Shakes (dir writer Richard Foreman 1995) ***
Jack Absolute Flies Again! (At the National 2022 w Leslie) *** 
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 ***
Jerry Springer The Opera (London at NT 2003) ***
Jersey Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Jerusalem (Bway w Mark Rylance 2011) *** 
Jesus Hopped The "A" Train  (2017 Sig) *** 
Jim White in Champaign 2007 post-Wrong Eyed Jesus in 2007 ***
Joan Baez at Town Hall Oct 29, 2008 ***
John Tartaglia at Ars Nova in 2004 ***
Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity in DC 2010 ***
John Waters at City Winery (2014) ***
Josephine And I [Joe's Pub] ***
Journey’s End (London 2004) ***
Journey’s End (2007 Bway Hugh Dancy Boyd Gaines, Mays) ***
Jumpers (Bway w Simon Russell Beale, Essie Davis 2004) ***
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** cause brief set)
Kiki And Herb Coup De Theatre 2003) ***
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts 1994) ***
The King And I (1996 Bway w Donna Murphy1996) ***
The King and I (2015 Bway Kelli O'Hara Ken Watanabe) ***
King Lear (w Derek Jacobi at BAM 2011) *** 
King Lear (w Kathryn Hunter as lead at Globe 2022, no guest, had to leave early due to heat, age!) *** 
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) *** 
Kiss Me, Kate! (2019 w Corbin Bleu; alone) *** 
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 (Bethesda Fountain bathroom/John Keating ) ***
Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill (w Audra McDonald) ***
The Lady In The Van (1999 London Maggie Smith) ***
The Last Ship (Sting musical) ***
Laurie Anderson at Battery Park City 2013 ***
Laurie Anderson: Homeland (Carnegie Hall's Zankel in 2008) ***
Leo (one-man circus act) *** 
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare 2008) ***
The Lion (one-man show Benjamin Scheuer) ***/
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) *** 
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (at Gillian Lynne 2022 w Luis) *** 
Lobby Hero (2018 Bway w Michael Cera) *** 
London Assurance (London 2010 Simon Russell Beale 2010) ***
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway 2016)(w Noam) ***
Lost In Yonkers (1991 Bway Mercedes Ruehl, Spacey 1991) *** 
Love's Labour Lost (2018 via Shake and Bake) ***
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995 Bway Nathan Lane 1995) ***
Machinal (w Rebecca Hall; Jan 21, 2014) ***
Magdalen (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Makin' Whoopee (dress by Susan Stroman at ABT 2008) ***
Mamma Mia! (2001 Bway Karen Mason, Judy Kaye 2001) ***
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Greene Space (reading) ***
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2016 Two River)(Noam, Zoe) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub July 23, 2007 ***
Marilyn Maye at 54 Below w Sinatra tribute (2015) ***
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Bway 2006) ***
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane 2009) ***
Master Class (Bway w Tyne Daly 2011) ***
Mata Hari In 8 Bullets (NYMF 2013) ***
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 ***
Measure For Measure (Park Danai Gurura 2011) ***
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) *** 
The Metromaniacs (2018 David Ives) *** 
Middletown (Will Eno at Vineyard w Georgia Engel 2010) ***/
Mighty Real ***
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend *** 
Mike Birbiglia;s The New One (2018 Bway) *** 
Milk Like Sugar ***
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) *** 
Minor Character (at Public) ***/ 
Les Miserables (Bway w Craig Schulman,  1994) *** 
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour (Papermill 2010) ***
Mnemonic (Theatre de Complicite Simon McBurney 2001) ***
A Moon For The Misbegotten (Bway Eve Best Spacey 2007) ***
The Motherf**ker With The Hat (Bway w Chris Rock 2011) ***
Movin' Out (Bway w Michael Cavanaugh 2003) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Cheek Matthew Macfadyen 1998) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (2013 Maggie Siff Jonathan Cake) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (2014 Park w Rabe Linklater 2014) ***
The Music Man (2001 Bway Robert Sean Leonard) ***
M Ward at Town Hall in 2007 ***
My Children! My Africa! (dir Santiago-Hudson 2012) ***
My Fair Lady (WE Alex Jennings, Paul McCartney! 2001) *** 
My Fair Lady (2018 Bway w Lauren Ambrose) *** 
My Report To The World (reading w David Strathairn) ***
The Nance (w Nathan Lane) ***
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013 tent) ***
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2015 ***
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Nellie McKay at 54 Below in 2015 *** 
Nellie McKay for Joe's Pub streaming in 2020 *** 
The New Electric Ballroom ***
The New Standards: The Holiday Show 2015 ***
NYC Ballet Faun Margaret Tracey, Peter Boal 1993) ***
NYC Ballet Fanfare Apollo etc David Jaffe Peter Boal 1994) **
NYC Ballet Vien Waltzes Judith Fugate Peter Boal 1994) ***
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) ***
Nice Fish (w Mark Rylance) ***
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
No Man's Land (w Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) ***
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) *** 
Old Hats (at Sig w Bill Irwin and Nellie McKay) ***
Old Springs Pike (w John Gallagher) at Joe’s Pub in 2007 *** 
On Beckett (2018 Bill Irwin) *** 
Once On This Island (at Paper Mill w Syesha Mercado, 2012) ***
One Arm (Tennessee Williams screenplay turned into play 2011) *** 
One Man, Two Guvnors (London's National w James Corden, 2011) ***
One Man, Two Guvnors (Bway w James Corden, 2012) ***
On The Beach (London, one of two-part The Contingency Plan at Bush on global warming 2009) *** 
On The Grounds of Belonging  (workshop w Bobby Steggart, 2017) *** 
On The Twentieth Century [Kristen Chenoweth] ***
Opening Night (Dutch version of Cassavetes at BAM Harvey in 2008) ***
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark at Terminal 5 in 2011***
Orphans (Hippodrome Theatre in Florida 1987) ***
Orville And Wilbur Did It (reading w Bobby Steggert) ***
Othello (w John Douglas Thompson off Bway -- solid, but convincing which it rarely is 2009) ***
Our Lady Of Kibeho ***
Our Lady Of 121st Street (transfer to Union Square dir Philip Seymour Hoffman 2003) ***
Our Town (w Helen Hunt as Stage Manager 2010) ***
Outside Mullingar (w Debra Messing; Jan 24, 2014) *** 
Pacific Overtures (2017 at CSC) *** 
Paper Bullets (songs by Billie Joe Armstrong) ***
Paper Cut (FF 2011) ***
Passengers (at Mercury Lounge in 2008) *** 
Patty Griffin at Lincoln Center OutDoors w opener Yola 2019 (w Noam) ***  Paul Simon World Music (BAM w Ladysmith, Byrne 2008) ***
PBR final regular season at Mohegan Sun in Conn. in 2008 ***
The Pearl Fishers (Met w Matthew Polenzani)(w Garrett) ***/
Pearl's Gone Blue (FF 2011) ***
The Pee-wee Herman Show (Bway 2010) ***
Peter and the Starcatcher (Bway w  Christian Borle, 2012) ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Feb 2004 ***
Peter Cincotti at Lincoln Center Nov 2004 ***
Peter Sallett at Joe's Pub in 2010 ***
Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Milo O'Shea 1994) *** 
The Philadelphia Story (staged reading at Circle In The Square w Luis and Noam) ***  
The Pigeon Boys (NYMF reading 2011) ***
The Play What I Wrote (Bway 2003) ***
Port Authority (w Jim Noonan, John Gallagher 2008) *** 
Present Laughter (Bway 2017 w Kevin Kline) ***  
Pride and Prejudice (2017) *** 
The Producers (Bway w Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick 2002) ***
A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney/Lucas Hnath *** 
Pumpgirl (Irish Rep, w Noam) *** 
Queens Blvd (musical by Charles Mee 2007) ***
The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream ***
Ratatouille The Tik Tok Musical 2021 *** (streaming) 
Raul Midon at Joe's Pub in 2008 ***
The Realistic Joneses ***
Re-Animator: The Musical (NYMF 2012) ***
Red Speedo (w Noam) ***
Red Velvet at St. Ann's Warehouse ***
Rent (Bway orig cast 1996) *** 
The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (2018 CSC, Raul Esparza) *** 
Retrospectrum -- Bob Dylan exhibit of artwork at Frost Museum in Miami at FIU *** 
Richard II (London at Globe w Mark Rylance 2003) ***
Richard III (London at Globe all women w Kathryn Hunter 2003) ***
Richard III (at BAM w Kevin Spacey, 2012) ***
Richard III/King Richard The Third (w Mark Rylance and Globe on Bway 2013) ***
Richard Thompson at Town Hall Oct 26, 2005 ***
Richard Thompson and band at Town Hall in 2010 ***
Richie Havens at Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007 ***
Road Show/Bounce (Public w Michael Cerveris 2008) ***
The Robber Bridegroom (w TJ) ***
Rock 'N' Roll (Bway Rufus Sewell, Sinead Cusack 2007) ***
Rodney King at Public Under The Radar (January 9, 2014) ***
Room (Virgina Woolf piece at Women's Project) ***
Salamander Starts Over (FringeNYC 2012) ***
Satchmo At The Waldorf ***
Saturday Night/Musicals In Mufti ***
The Seafarer (Bway Conor McPherson w Jim Norton, David Morse, Ciarin Hinds 2007) ***
The Seagull (SitP Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, etc etc 2001) ***
The Seagull by Bedlam (2014) ***
Selected Shorts: Neil Gaiman (2014) ***
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Paper Mill, flooding 2007) ***
Shakespeare's Sonnets at BAM (w Rufus Wainwright and Robert Wilson) ***
Shelby Lynne at Joe's Pub Nov 6, 2003 ***
She Loves Me (Bway 2016 Benanti) ***
Shipment (Young Jean Lee, great cast 2009)***
Shockheaded Peter (NYC w Tiger Lillies 2005) ***
Show Boat (2014 w NY Phil and Vanessa Williams) ***
Side Man (Bway Edie Falco, Scott Wolf, Frank Wood 1999) *** 
Siegfried (2019 Ring Cycle at Met w Noam) *** (thrilling final act) 
Signal The Escape in Brooklyn's Europe club in 2008 ***
Simple Minds at Roseland ***/
Singing Astaire (w Eric Comstock, Hilary Kole 2004) ***
Skeleton Crew (w Noam) *** 
The Skin Of Our Teeth (2017 at Polonsky) *** 
A Skull In Connemara (Kevin Tighe 2001) ***
Skylight [Broadway w Bill Nighy 2015] ***
Sleepwalk With Me (one-man show w Mike Birbiglia) ***
The Slug Bearers Of Kayrol Island (w Bobby Steggert 2008) ***
La Soiree ***
Something Rotten (Bway)(w TJ) ***
The Soul Of John Black at Webster Hall in 2008 *** (v brief set) 
The Sound Inside (w Noam; **** prod of ** 1/2 play) *** 
The Sound Of Music (at Papermill 2012) ***
The Southbury Child (starring Alex Jennings) (at Bridge, w Leslie) ***
South Pacific (w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison 2008) ***
Speech And Debate ***
Stage Kiss ***
Steel Pulse (at Battery Park in 2008) ***
Stones In His Pocket (Conleth Hill, Sean Campion 2001) ***
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 (2016 Gillian Anderson) ***
Sunjata (Jim Henson Intl Puppet Festival 1996) ***
Sweeney Todd (Northern Valley Regional HS dir John Housley 1994) ***
Take Me Out (Public Theater Denis O'Hare, Daniel Sunjata 2002) *** 
Theater Of War (2017 on Intrepid) *** 
The 39 Steps (West End in London 2007) ***
This Is Our Youth (Bway, Michael Cera) ***
This Side Of Neverland (at Pearl w Sean McNall) ***
Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Will Eno w James Urbaniak 2005) *** 
Thunderbodies (2018 at Soho Rep) *** 
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) *** 
Traces (circus at New Victory 2008) ***
The Train Driver (dir by Athol Fugard at Signature, 2012) ***
Trav'lin' (NYMF 2010) ***/
The Trip To Bountiful (w Cicely Tyson) *** 
Il Tritticoro (2018 Met w Placido Domingo) ***  
Twelfth Night by Bedlam [2015] ***
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Fiasco, 2015) ***
Uncle Vanya (BAM Donmar w Simon Russell Beale, Emily Watson 2003) ***
The Unexpected Man (Yasmina Reza w Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates 2001) ***
Unnatural Acts (at CSC 2011) ***
Valhalla (Juilliard Paul Rudnick w Craig Baldwin 2001) *** 
Vanity Fair  (2017 at Pearl) *** 
Venus In Fur (Bway w Nina Arianda 2011) ***
Via Dolorosa (Bway David Hare wrote and performed 1999) ***
A View From The Bridge (Bway 2015, Mark Strong) ***
Violet (2014 on Bway) ***
The Voyage (Met Philip Glass 1992) *** 
Wakey Wakey (2017) *** 
Die Walkure (at the Met w Deborah Voigt 2011) ***
The Walworth Farce (at St. Anne's 2008) ***
War Horse (London West End 2009) ***
War Horse (at Lincoln Center 2011) ***
The Wayside Motor Inn ***
Wesla Whitfield: Life Upon The Wicked Stage (Kaufman Theatre 1998) ***
West Side Story (Bway revival w Matt Cavenaugh 2009) ***
When Pigs Fly (Howard Crabtree 1997) ***
White Christmas (at Paper Mill 2011) ***
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) ***
Wilco at Avondale Brewing Co. outdoors in Birmingham AL; opening act The A's *** 1/2
The Winslow Boy (w Roger Rees at Roundabout, 2013) ***
Wit (Union Square w Kathleen Chalfant 1999) ***
The Wolves (w Noam) ***
The Woodsman [Noam] ***
The World Is Round (at BAM) ***
Wynton Marsalis at Tampa Theatre Jan 26, 1991 ***
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 Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die ***
The Young Man From Atlanta (Signature Ralph Waite, James Pritchett 1995) ***
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax (LC Corigliano Phantasmagoria for Cello and Piano 1993) ***



Updated December 31, 2023

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