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

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Reynolds and Price are passionate creators and intellectuals of their art. Their work is an alchemy of surpassingly inventive and sympathetic creative minds. They prove that great prose creates great music just as each informs and enhances the other. They are direct descendants of the great songwriting teams who came before them like Kern and Hammerstein, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and Lerner and Loewe. Their music is fresh, emotional, rich in character, sophisticated, and affects listeners in a memorable and important way.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Plaza Suite at the Hudson Theatre
Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Plaza Suite at the Hudson Theatre

Neil Simon’s clever use of humor to tell soulful stories about the suburbs of New York City and the friction of ordinary lives is spellbinding. He wrote what he knew, which were primarily autobiographical pieces he termed “urban neuroses.” Barefoot in the Park depicted his marriage to his first love and wife. They lived every detail.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Girl from the North Country
Broadway
Elizabeth Ann Foster

Girl from the North Country

The women carry the show. Memorable, and the highlight is Mrs. Laine (Mare Winningham). She has dementia and lost her filter years ago. She is rip-roaring hilarious and made the otherwise severe, sad, and depressing depiction of life wake up the audience. Another resident Mrs. Burke (Luba Mason), takes off and starts playing the drums – in heels!

Elizabeth Ann Foster
The Orchard
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Orchard

While Chekov’s play holds a firm place in the literature, through the magic of technology the story can now be presented in a cutting-edge complex dreamscape of seemingly incongruent elements achievable only with the contemporary arts of live-streamed multi-media drama.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Uptown Showdown: Text vs. Talk
Off Broadway
Elizabeth Ann Foster

Uptown Showdown: Text vs. Talk

Comedians tackle the great debate of talk vs. text. Two teams 5 minutes a piece argue their case, and then the anchor on each team gets 7 minutes to wrap. The audience applause denotes the winner. You probably think the talk team won since the winner was recognized verbally – WRONG. Texting won by a razor-slim margin hardly audible.

Elizabeth Ann Foster
We were getting autographs from activist, author, CEO of the Sadie Collective, and Harvard graduate Dr. Opoku-Agyeman. L-R Dr. Melissa Heche, Dr. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Elizabeth Ann Foster. L-R Dr. Melissa Heche, Dr. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Elizabeth Ann Foster.
Off Broadway
Elizabeth Ann Foster

My Moment

My Moment is 106 stories collected by Kirsten Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy, Linda Perry, Chely Wright, and Lauren Blitzer. A multimedia event showcasing the stories of several women was held at Symphony Space. As Lauren Blitzer said, “we had to get scrappy; that’s what girls do.”

Elizabeth Ann Foster
Macbeth at the Longacre Theater
Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Macbeth at the Longacre Theater

If you’re a Shakespeare fan and a purist, Sam Gold’s direction is not the version for you. The entire company breaks out into song with original music by Gaelynn Lea, and Michael Patrick Thornton narrates the play from his wheelchair, beginning with a brief history of Shakespeare. Yes, this is Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Exception to the Rule
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Exception to the Rule

Who is ultimately in charge here? Where is the person that is supposed to be supervising this crew? Why is the last voice we hear over the intercom that of a woman? Each audience member can answer these, and other questions that Exception to The Rule asks.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Broadway by the Year
Broadway
Victoria L. Dammer

Broadway by the Year

On Monday May 23rd, The Town Hall presented an amazing line-up of talent for their 21st landmark season of Broadway by the Year. Created, written, directed, and hosted by talented Scott Siegel, the audience settled in for a musical journey that did not disappoint with an array of special performances that spanned from Ziegfeld to the Moulin Rouge.

Victoria L. Dammer
East Side Stories Actually
Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

East Side Stories Actually

The Metropolitan Playhouse transforms into the L station/Venus Records and a block in alphabet city with the help of Lassen Paulk’s scenic painting and the superb cast transporting us to various scenes in the neighborhood.

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