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Darkness After Night: Ukraine
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Darkness After Night: Ukraine

This is a sad tale of the tragic nature of Russia’s brutal conflagration with Ukraine, as explicated by actor, writer, and director Stephan Morrow in a complex “kaleidoscope” of ideas and themes supporting the story. After the final bows, Morrow returned to articulate his goal to bring the plight of Ukraine to the forefront of American consciousness through theater, to provide theater that is relevant, and “to make work in theater that addresses issues that seem significant.”

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
A Tomato Can’t Grow in the Bronx
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

A Tomato Can’t Grow in the Bronx

A Tomato Can’t Grow in the Bronx is a heartfelt, sentimental look at old-world family dynamics that many of us saw evaporate after the shifts from cities to suburbs that accelerated in the late 60s.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
The Best American Short Stories 2022
Literature
Victoria L. Dammer

The Best American Short Stories 2022

Symphony Space at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, sponsored a delightful evening event entitled Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2022.

Victoria L. Dammer
The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street

The rich baritone voice of raconteur Frank Zilinyi launched Radiotheatre’s deliciously macabre exordium of The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street, a dark, spellbinding tale of New York City history, horror, mysterious sounds, ghosts, curses, cannibals, occult, exorcisms, diablerie, and doom. Zilinyi and his partner Zero Boy were our able cicerones, guiding us through a hypnotizing tale of gripping suspense and almost unspeakable dread.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
L’Amour à Passy
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

L’Amour à Passy

In L’Amour à Passy, Benjamin Franklin the man emerged as a frowzy, flawed, and crafty roué, relentlessly attempting to seduce the married Mme Brillon. Franklin deftly engaged and modified his façon de parler and wits to enamor the charming Brillon while also initiating, to no avail, games of chess with personal stakes to tarnish Brillon’s marital honor.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
FUKT at The Tank
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

FUKT at The Tank

This cast deserves high praise for maintaining the challenging, complex characters and tensions while also charming and engaging viewers who could not resist being sympathetic and moved. Their performances were effective, stimulating, and inventive.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Radio Macbeth by the SITI Company
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Radio Macbeth by the SITI Company

As the cast masterfully characterized Shakespeare’s saturnine work, we were inexorably drawn into the portentous tale. Supporting the account were the dim penumbra of macabre images, a panoply of sounds effects, striking musical soundscapes, the intense angular stage blocking of secondary characters in many scenes, and the gloom of a Scottish deid bell that either sought orisons or repelled evil spirits.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Susan B at the Theater for the New City
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Susan B at the Theater for the New City

This play production “Susan B” reminds us that Susan B. Anthony was an astounding, courageous voice in a wilderness who, at her peril, evoked an awakening of clear thinking, reflection, and debate.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Hedda Gabler
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Hedda Gabler

Human nature prevails as little has changed since Henrik Ibsen’s portrayal of “Hedda Gabler” in 1891 Norway. In tonight’s “Hedda Gabler,” we witnessed the meandering deviltries of the pistol-packing soubrette and worldly young wife Hedda (Natalie Menna). Hedda contrives to eradicate her paunchy older husband Tesman’s (John Cencio Burgos) rival Eilert Lovborg (Brad Fryman), for a university post.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood
Musical Theater
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood

The men were dapper, the ladies elegant, they were all beautiful, and together drew viewers into the time best befitting each Irving Berlin song’s historical context. We heard charming anecdotes while reveling in the choreography, lighting, sound, costumes, dancing, singing, and the orchestra — it was all as it should be in a joyous evening of smiling and nostalgia with wonderful music, singing, and dancing.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
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