Theater Review: Murder Ballad @ RLTP

Theater Review: Murder Ballad @ RLTP

Heed Jack Sparrow’s Famous Words! by Ann Marie Cusella Murder Ballad is being presented by RLTP from September 14 – October 15, 2023. A Fun Rock Opera That romantic sage Johnny Depp is quoted in RLTP’s very interesting handout as saying, “If you love two...
Theater Review: The Color Purple @ Shea’s 710

Theater Review: The Color Purple @ Shea’s 710

Everything You Want in a Musical! by Ann Marie Cusella The Color Purple is playing at Shea’s 710 Theatre from September 14 – October 1, 2023. Photo by Stephen Gabris. Alice Walker’s Classic Revisited The Color Purple, now at Shea’s 710 Theatre, is...

Theater Review: The Royale @ Paul Robeson Theatre

The Pursuit to be Heavyweight Champion by Ann Marie Cusella The Royale is playing at the Paul Robeson Theatre from September 8 – 24. The First Black Heavyweight Champion The Royale, written by Marco Ramirez, is a compelling five character 90 minute drama about...

Theater Review: Guys & Dolls @ MusicalFare

Gamblers, Gangsters and Burlesque – Oh My! by Ann Marie Cusella Guys & Dolls is playing at MusicalFare Theatre from September 6 to October 8, 2023. Photo by Doug Weyand. Welcome to 1930s NYC What was the New York City underworld like in the 1930s? Gamblers,...
Theater Review: A Great Wilderness @ Buffalo United Artists

Theater Review: A Great Wilderness @ Buffalo United Artists

Ready for Character-Driven Drama? by Ann Marie Cusella A Great Wilderness is being presented by Buffalo United Artists from September 1 – 23, 2023. A Question of Rigid Beliefs The powerful character-driven drama, A Great Wilderness, is on stage at Buffalo United...
Theater Review: Jagged Little Pill @ Shea’s

Theater Review: Jagged Little Pill @ Shea’s

Get Ready for a Jukebox Musical by Ann Marie Cusella Jagged Little Pill is playing at Shea’s from June 6th – 11th, 2023. Generational Collisions From the outside, the wealthy Connecticut Healy family looks like the embodiment of the American Dream. On the...
Theater Review: The Importance of Being Earnest @ ICTC

Theater Review: The Importance of Being Earnest @ ICTC

No Civilization In Between by Ann Marie Cusella The Importance of Being Earnest is playing at the Irish Classical Theatre from June 5-25, 2023. Photo by Mark Duggan/Nickel City Headshots Let’s Get Wilde Oscar Wilde said that America is the only country that went...
Theater Review: Cullud Wattah @ Ujima Theatre

Theater Review: Cullud Wattah @ Ujima Theatre

a Portrait of the Flint Water Crisis by Ann Marie Cusella Cullud Wattah is playing at the Ujima Theatre from May 12 – 28, 2023. Invisible Toxins In 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan switched its water supply and a massive health crisis ensued. By 2016 this...
Theater Review: Sunset Boulevard @ O’Connell and Company

Theater Review: Sunset Boulevard @ O’Connell and Company

Billy Wilder Collides with Andrew Lloyd Webber (Seriously) by Ann Marie Cusella Sunset Boulevard is playing at O’Connell and Company from May 5 – 21, 2023. She’s Ready for Her Close-Up A faded silent movie star, enthusiastic young, and not so young, people...