Updated December 31, 2014
Here's an alphabetical listing of every play/opera/live event/concert/happening I've seen, 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. At the bottom, there's a year by year list of the shows I've seen in order, from 2007 on. All reviews on a four star scale.
THEATER CONCERTS LIVE EVENTS HAPPENINGS -- THE MASTER LIST
Act One **
Adding Machine (2008) ** 1/2
Adrift in Macao (w Will Swenson 2007) **
After Midnight (w Fantasia) ***
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Josh Ritter, Nellie McKay, etc in 2007 *** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
Aladdin ***
Alexandria (reading in 2011) ***
All-American **
Allegro (revival at CSC) *** 1/2
All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59) ***
All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe w Janie Dee, Ellie Piercy, Sam Crane 2011) ****
All's Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare In The Park Tonya Pinkins, John Cullum 2011) ** 1/2
All That Fall (Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, dreadful audience 2013) ***/
All That I Will Ever Be (by Alan Ball 2007) * 1/2
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 1 *
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 4 at Public *
All The Way (w Bryan Cranston) ** 1/2
All Things Considered (London by Ben Brown w Christopher Godwin) 1997) *** 1/2
Almost Home * 1/2
Amadou and Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel in 2011 ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise (by Yael Farber 2000) ***
Amy's View (London at NT w **** Judi Dench, Samantha Bond 1997) ***
Analog.ue (Daniel Kitson at St. Ann's) ** 1/2
The Anarchist (Bway Mamet w Patti Lupone, Debra Winger 2012) *
And Away We Go (at Pearl w Sean McNall, Terrence McNally play)
And God Created Whales (Rinde Eckert 2000) ** 1/2
And The World Goes 'Round (Bob Cuccioli,Karen Mason, Karen Ziemba April 1991) *** 1/2
Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America: Perestroika (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America (revival at Signature w Zachary Quinto 2010) ***
Ann (w Holland Taylor) ** 1/2
Ann Hampton Callaway at Blue Note in 2007 ***
Annie (Bway w Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford 2012) ** 1/2
Another American: Asking and Telling **
Antony And Cleopatra (at Public w Jonathan Cake) **
Antony Gormley: Blind Light (art exhibit at Hayward in London 2007) *** 1/2
Anything Goes (West End w John Barrowman 2005) ***
Anything Goes (Bway w Sutton Foster 2011) ** 1/2
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
Arguendo (ERS at Public) **
As Is (Hippodrome in Gainvesville Florida 1988) **
As It Is In Heaven (by Arlene Hutton 2001) ** 1/2
Assassins (Bway w Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare 2004) *** 1/2
The Assembled Parties ** 1/2
Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl at BAM w Adrian Lester 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) **
The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) no stars
The Audience ***
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
August Wilson Monologue Competition 2014 ***
Avenue Q (Vineyard w John Tartaglia 2003) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2003 w John Tartaglia) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2004 w John Tartaglia) ***
Avow (Christopher Sieber, Jane Powell, Scott Ferrara 2000) **
Baby Case (NYMF 2012) ***
Baby It's You (Bway 2011) *
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2008 *** 1/2
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
Un Ballo In Maschera (Met w Dmitri Hvorostovsky) *** 1/2 singing * production so ** 1/2
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
Bare **
The Barksdale Confession (2004) **
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed w Tim Blake Nelson 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
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
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Bway w Robin Williams) **
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
The Bert Fershners in Color (at Here 1997) ***
The Best Man (Bway w James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury) ** 1/2
The Best Man (Bway, cast changes, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepard) ***
La Bete (revival w Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley 2010) ** 1/2
Between Riverside and Crazy (w 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 (London West End w Eileen Atkins, Henry Goodman 2005) **
The Black Rider (Tom Waits 1993) *** 1/2
Black Watch (at St. Ann’s w discussion 2007) ***
Blade To The Heat (Public boxing dir George C. Wolfe 1994) **
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF 2011) *** 1/2
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Blind Boys Of Alabama at Cutting Room in 2008 ***
Blood From A Stone (w Ethan Hawke 2011) ** 1/2
Blood Knot (at Signature dir by Athol Fugard, 2012) **
Blood Play (Under The Radar Festival at Public) ** 1/2
Blood Ties (NYMF 2010) ***
Blood Wedding (London Almeida w Gael Garcia Bernal 2005) * 1/2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (at Public 2010) ** but Benjamin Walker *** 1/2
Blue Heart (BAM by Caryl Churchill 1999) *** 1/2
Blue Man Group: Tubes (Astor Place Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink 1992) ***
The Blue Martini (FF 2006) *
Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (Bway at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack 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) ***
The Boy From Oz (Bway w Hugh Jackman 2003) **1/2
Boz Scaggs at Blue Note in 2008 ***
The Brain From Planet X (NYMF 2006) * ½
Brand (London w Ralph Fiennes 2003) **
Breakfast At Tiffany's (2013 w Emilia Clarke, the mother of dragons) * 1/2
Breathing Time * 1/2
The Bridges Of Madison County ** 1/2
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
Bring It On: The Musical **
Broadway By The Year 1915-1940 [2015] **
Broadway By The Year 1940-1964 (2014) *** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: 1941-1965 [2015] ***
Broadway By The Year 1950 (w Bobby Steggert) ** 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
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
Bronx Bombers (Off Bway 2013) * 1/2
Brooklyn The Musical (Bway w Manoel Felciano, Cleavant Derricks 2004) *
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part III: Marcus, Or The Secret Of Sweet ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen at Orange Bowl in Miami, sixth row center 2005) ****
Bruce Springsteen at MSG in 2007 ***
Bruce Springsteen (at Giant's Stadium in 2008; had to leave before encores) ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen (at MetLife Stadium in 2012, poor seats) ***
Bullet For Adolf *
Bullets Over Broadway **
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
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
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
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Public Puppetry w Eric Bass, Neil Maffin 1996) **
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (at CSC w Mary Testa, 2013) **
The Cave (BAM Steve Reich 1993) **
Celia (Off Bway Celia Cruz musical w Xiomara Laugart) *** 1/2 (music) but ** (show)
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2012) ***
Chamber Magic Show **
The Changeling (London Cheek By Jowl w Tom Hiddleston 2007) **
Chaplin The Musical (Bway, 2012) * 1/2
The Cheaters Club *
Checkers (w Anthony LaPaglia) ** 1/2
Chemistry Lab (by Ben Alexander 2003) **
The Cherry Orchard (at BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Ethan Hawke 2009) ***
The Cherry Orchard (London at National w Zoe Wannamker 2011) ** 1/2
The Cherry Orchard (CSC w Diane Wiest and John Turturro 2011) **
Chicago (Bway w Charlotte d'Amboise, Taye Diggs 2002) ***
Chimichangas and Zoloft *
Chinglish (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bway Jan 3, 2006) **
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) ***
Christina Courtin at Bowery in 2007 ***
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1992) ****
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1995) *** 1/2
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 2001) *** 1/2
Christmas In July (London 2000) **
A Christmas Story: The Musical (Bway 2012) **
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London w Michael Ball, Brian Blessed 2002) *
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold (Graciela Daniele w Tonya Pinkins 1995) **
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works in 2007 ***
Cinderella (R and H's at Gainvesville Comm Playhouse 1987) ** 1/2
Cinderella (R and H's 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 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 Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park w Hamish Linklater, 2013) ***
Come Fly Away (Sinatra revue by Twyla Tharp) **
The Common Pursuit (at Chocolate Factory in UK 2008) **
Company (Bway dir John Doyle w Raul Esparza 2007) ***
The Compleat Works Of Wllm Shkspr Abridged 1995) **
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) ****
Coriolanus (London at Globe w Jonathan Cake 2006) **
The Country House ** 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) **
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) ***
Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout w Douglas Hodge 2012) **
Da [Noam] no rating
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Damn Yankees (at Papermill, 2012) **
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) ***
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Daniel Kitson comedy extravaganza (2014) ** 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) **
Death and the King's Horseman (London revival at National 2009) *** 1/2
Death Of A Salesman (Bway w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield) ***
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Deceit * 1/2
Dedication Or The Stuff Of Dreams (Terrence McNally w Nathan Lane, Marian Seldes 2005) **
The Deep Blue Sea (Bway w Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann 1998) **
Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans 2008) ***
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) ***
Design For Living (Bway Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West 2001) **
Detroit (w Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer) ** 1/2
Devil Boys From Beyond * 1/2
The Diary Of A Madman (BAM w Geoffrey Rush 2011) ***
The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC 2012) **
Die Frau Ohne Schatten/The Woman Without A Shadow at the Met ** 1/2
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
Dolly West's Kitchen (London Old Vic 2000) ** 1/2
Don Carlos (London RSC 2000) **
Don Juan in Chicago (David Ives w J. Smith-Cameron 1995) **
Double Falsehood (Shakespeare play) **
Doubt (Bway w Cherry Jones, Brian F. O Byrne 2005) *** 1/2
The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
Driving Miss Daisy (w Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones 2010) **
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Caryl Churchill play at Public Apr 6, 2008) ***
Dubliners: A Quartet (the Greene Space of WNYC/WQXR) ***
The Duchess of Malfi (BAM Cheek By Jowl Angus Macfadyen 1995) **
Dwight Yoakum (at Irving Plaza Sept 6 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard: Circle (Town Hall 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard rough draft of new show in 2008 ***
Edward The Second (dir Will Nolan w Michael Laurence 1997) **
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 1992) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 2012, seen twice) ****
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Bway 2002) ***
Elektra (Met Deborah Voigt, Penelope Daner 1994) ***
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 ***
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
The Essential Straight And Narrow ** 1/2
Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. in 2011 ***
An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC 2012) *
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Evita (Bway w Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris, Ricky Martin, 2012) * 1/2
Evolution (by Jonathan Marc Sherman w Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton 2002) **
Exits and Entrances (Athol Fugard play at 59E59 in 2007) * ½
Fabulous! [TJ] *
A Family For All Occasions *
La Fanciulla del West (at Met w Deborah Voight 2010) ** 1/2
Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) **
Faust (Bohemian Hall 2007) **
Fela! (Bway w standby lead 2009) ** 1/2
Fellowship! (NYMF 2010) **
Fences (rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson w Denzel Washington, weak son, 2010) ***
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
Fiddler On The Roof (Bway w Alfred Molina, Barbara Barrie, Lea Michelle 2004) **
Fifth Of July (Signature w Michael Cerveris, Parker Posey 2003) **
Fifty Words (Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Marvel 2008) **
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) ***
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature w Leslie Uggams) ** 1/2
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) ***
Fool Moon (Bway w Bill Irwin, David Shiner 1993) *** 1/2
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging (2014) ***
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
A Free Man Of Color (w Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def) ** 1/2
Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Frost/Nixon (Bway w Frank Langella, Michael Sheen 2007) ***
Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
Fucking Men (London 2008) **
Fuerza Bruta's Wayra (2014) * 1/2
Fun Home **
Galileo (at CSC w F. Murray Abraham, 2012) **
Galileo Galilei (London opera Philip Glass Mary Zimmerman 2002) **
Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Gatz (The Great Gatsby by ERS at Public 2010) ***/
Gaudeamus (BAM w Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg 1994) **
Gay Valentine (Town Hall special event 2005) **
Gem Of The Ocean (reading at Greene Space w Phylicia Rashad) *** 1/2
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) *
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
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Julie Harris, Calista Flockhart Zeljko Ivanek 1994) ** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto Bway, 2013) ** 1/2
Glengarry Glen Ross (Bway w Al Pacino 2012) **
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (London Albee w Jonathan Pryce, Eddie Redmayne 2005) ***
The God Of Carnage (London at Gielgud w Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer 2008) ***
Godspell (Bway w Hunter Parrish 2011) ** 1/2
Golda's Balcony (Bway w Tovah Feldshuh 2004) **
Golden Boy (Bway w Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub 2012) **
Golden Child (at Signature, 2012) ** 1/2
Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Village Vanguard in 2008 ***
Goodbar (at Public) * 1/2
The Good Body (Bway Eve Ensler 2004) no stars
The Good Negro (at Public) ***
Good People (w Frances McDormand 2011) **
The Good Soup (adapted by Garson Kanin 2004) **
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009 ****
Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2
Grace (w Paul Rudd) * 1/2
Grand Concourse **
The Grand Manner (by AR Gurney w Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton at Lincoln Center 2010) **
La Gran Scena Opera Co 200th NYC Show (Town Hall w Vera Galupe -Borszkh 1999) ** 1/2
Grease! (Bway w Brooke Shields, Billy Porter, Sherie Rene Scott 1994) **
Grease (Bway revival w Max Crumm, Laura Osnes 2007) *
Greater Messapia (by Andy Bragen 2004) **
The Great Game: Afghanistan ***
The Great God Pan (Amy Herzog play at Playwrights Horizon 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Immensity * 1/2
The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Unknown (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
Grey Gardens (Bway w Christine Ebersole Mary Louise Wilson 2006) ***/
Gruesome Playground Injuries (w Jennifer Carpenter, Pablo Schreiber) ***
Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Kathleen Chalfant 2004) ** 1/2
Guys And Dolls (London w Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski 2005) ***
Guys And Dolls (Bway w Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt 2009) **
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
Haile To America (Evans Haile 1997) ***
Hair (Shakespeare in the Park w Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson 2008) ** 1/2
Hair (Bway summer revival of tour in 2011) ***
Hairspray (Bway w Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison 2003) ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamilton at the Public [Luis] ***
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
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
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 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) ***
Harvey (Bway w Jim Parsons, 2012) *
Heartless (Sam Shepard play w Lois Smith at Signature, 2012) **
Heart Of The Earth: A Popol Vuh Story (puppeteer Ralph Lee 1995) ***/
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) **
Helen and Edgar ***
Hello, Dolly! (Bway w Carol Channing, Jay Garner 1995) ***
Henry IV (LC Kevin Kline Michael Hayden Ethan Hawke Richard Easton 2004) *** 1/2
Henry IV Part I and II (London NT w Angus Macfadyen, Michael Gambon 2005) ***
Henry V (SitP w Andre Braugher, Michael C Hall, Christian Camargo 1996) **
Henry V (London at Globe w Mark Rylance, Christian Camargo June 24, 1997) ***
Henry V (London at NT w Adrian Lester 2003) **
Henry V (Shakespeare in the Park w Liev Schieber 2003) ** 1/2
Here Lies Love (2014) *** 1/2
Hero: The Musical * 1/2
High Dive (Leslie Ayvazian 2001) * 1/2
Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
The History Boys (London at National w orig cast 2004) *** 1/2
The History Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Hit The Wall *
H.M.S. Pinafore (London D'Oyly Carte 2000) ***
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1986) ** 1/2
Holler If Ya Hear Me (Tupac Shakur musical) * 1/2
Home (at Signature) ** 1/2
Homo The Musical (NYMF 2013) no stars
Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
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) ***
Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway (2011) ***
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 Could Say More (January 13, 2014) no stars
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) **
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 Imaginary Cuckold (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The Importance Of Being Earnest (London Kaos 2000?) ***/
The Importance of Being Earnest (Bway w Brian Bedford, Santino Fontana 2011) ** 1/2
In A Dark Place (Neil LaBute Ron Livingston, Frederick Weller 2007) **
An Inspector Calls (Bway Rosemary Harris but Philip Bosco out 1994) ***
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
Independents (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles) (Bway Roger Rees, Eileen Atkins, Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Jude Law 1995) ** 1/2
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson at St Ann's 2011) *** 1/2
An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC 2012) ***
In The 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
Inventing Mary Martin **
The Invention Of Love (London at NT w John Wood 1997) ***
The Invisible Hand **
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 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 Farnstein Ph.D: The Secret Behind The Success (by Joseph Rovner) * 1/2
Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris (Constantine Maroulis 2007) *** ½
James Hand at Hill Country BBQ in 2007 ***
James Hunter at Madison Square Park in 2007 ***
James Joyce's The Dead (Bway musical w Blair Brown, Christopher Walken, Alice Ripley 2000) ***/
The Jammer (Roller derby w Jeanine Serralles) ***
Jay Brannan of Shortbus in 2008 ***
Jekyll And Hyde (w Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis on Bway, 2013) * 1/2
Jerry Springer The Opera (London at NT 2003) ***
Jersey Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Jerusalem (Bway w Mark Rylance 2011) ***
Jesse Harris at Housing Works in 2007 *
Jesus Christ Superstar (Bway w Josh Young, 2012) * 1/2
Jim White in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Wrong Eyed Jesus in 2007 ***
Jitney (Second Stage dir Marion McClinton w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2000) ****
Jitney at the Greene Space (reading, 2013) *** 1/2
Joan Baez at Town Hall Oct 29, 2008 ***
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
John Gabriel Borkman (NT w Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins 1996) no stars
John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan at BAM 2011) * 1/2
John Tartaglia at Ars Nova in 2004 ***
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) ***
Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
Just Us Boys (2002) **
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
Kiki And Herb Coup De Theatre 2003) ***
Kiki And Herb at Carnegie Hall in 2007 ** 1/2
Kiki Baby (NYMF 2011 w Jenn Colella) ** 1/2
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts 1994) ***
The King And I (Bway w Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips 1996) ***
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½
King Lear (w Ian McKellen at BAM 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) ***
Kinky Boots **
Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) ***
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Bway w Vanessa Williams, Howard McGillin 1994) ** 1/2
Krapp's Last Tape (London w Robin starring John Hurt 2000) ****
Krapp's Last Tape (at BAM w John Hurt -- space too big 2011) ***
Kronos Quarter at BAM w Bach to Bach 1995 ***
Kronos Quartet Wu Man at Zankel Hall of Carnegie in 2009 ***
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 **
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) **
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) ***
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 Library **
Lies My Father Told Me **
Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF 2013)**
The Light In The Piazza (Bway w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark 2005) *** 1/2
Lightning At Our Feet (Emily Dickinson performance piece at BAM 2008) * 1/2
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
Linda Thompson at Bottom Line ***
The Lion (one-man show Benjamin Scheuer) ***/
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) ***
The Little Mermaid, Disney's (at Papermill w Liz McCartney, 2013) **
Little Miss Sunshine (w Will Swenson) **
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Little Women (NY City Opera by Mark Adamo w Jennifer Dudley 2003) ** 1/2
Living With Henry (NYMF 2012) *
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2
Lombardi **
London Assurance (London revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National 2010) ***
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (Jan 17, 2014) **
Lonesome Traveler [Noam] **
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Lopsided (by Alex Bond) **
Lord Of The Flies (Open Air in London 2011) * 1/2
The Lord of the Rings (musical London 2008) * 1/2
Lost In Yonkers (Bway Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Irene Worth 1991) ***
Lost Lake **
Love and Information ** 1/2
Love, Janis (Andra Mitrovich, Cathy Richardson 2001) **
Love Letters (w Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow) ** 1/2
Love's Labor's Lost (at Public dir Karin Coonrod 2011) ** 1/2
Love Sucks (NYMF 2007) ** ½
Love The Sinner (London play by Drew Pautz at the National 2010) **
Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane 1994) *** 1/2
Love! Valour! Compassion! (Bway dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane, John Glover 1995) ***
Lulu (London w Anna Friel 2001) **
Lust (The Heather Brothers w Denis Lawson, Robert McCormick 1995) **
The Lying Lesson * 1/2
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) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Marry Harry (NYMF 2013) **
Marry Me A Little **
Martin And John (London 1998) **
Martin Guerre (London w Jenna Russell 1996) ** 1/2
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Bway 2006) ***
The Marvelous Wondrettes (2008) **
Mary Poppins (London w Laura Michelle Kelly 2005) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (Bway w Laura Michelle Kelly 2006) *** 1/2
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane 2009) ***
Master Class (Bway w Tyne Daly 2011) ***
Mata Hari In 8 Bullets (NYMF 2013) ***
Mathew In The School Of Life (Kitchen by/w John Moran, Julia Stiles 1994) *
Matilda The Musical (Bway w Bertie Carvell 2013) *** 1/2
A Matter of Life and Death (London at National 2007) *
Maurice (London w David Willoughby 1998) **
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 ***
Measure For Measure (SitP Billy Crudup, Joe Morton, Felicity Jones 2001) ** 1/2
Measure For Measure (Shakespeare In The Park Danai Gurura, Annie Parisse, John Cullum 2011) ***
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) ***
Men Are Real (Iris Silverio, Robert Dominguez 2008) *
The Merchant Of Venice (Public w Ron Leibman, Laila Robins 1995) **
The Merchant Of Venice (London NT w Henry Goodman 1999) **
The Merchant Of Venice (Bway w Al Pacino, Lily Rabe 2010) *** 1/2
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2
Michael Arden Sings "Blue" (at Joe's Pub in 2008) ** 1/2
Middletown (Will Eno at Vineyard w Georgia Engel 2010) ***/
Midnight's Children (Apollo w Salman Rushdie attending 2003) *
A Midsummer Night's Dream (SitP w Teatro do Ornitorrinco nude! 1991) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ralph Lee puppets dir Scott Cargle 1999) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe w Mark Rylance as Bottom sub2002) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe 2008) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (at CSC w Bebe Neuwirth, 2012) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Julie Taymor dir w Kathryn Hunter, 2013) **
Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mighty Real ***
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
Milk Like Sugar ***
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Bway w Olympia Dukakis 2011) *
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) ***
Misalliance (Bway Brian Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Alan Tudyk 1997) **
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
Mission Drift * 1/2
Miss Julie (London w Christopher Eccleston 2000) **
Miss Julie: Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mistakes Were Made (w Michael Shannon) ** 1/2
Misterman (at St. Ann's w Cillian Murphy 2011) ** 1/2
Mnemonic (Theatre de Complicite Simon McBurney 2001) ***
The Mnemonist Of Dutchess County * 1/2
Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? (at Public by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy 2008) ** 1/2
Monday Night Magic (2003) **
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) ***
Mothers and Sons **
Motown: The Musical **
The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
The Mountaintop (Bway w Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011) ** 1/2
The Mousetrap (London at St. Martin's 2004) **
Movin' Out (Bway w Michael Cavanaugh 2003) ***
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play * 1/2
Mrs. Warren's Profession (London w Felicity Kendall 2010) **
Much Ado About Nothing (BAM w Cheek By Jowl w Matthew Macfadyen 1998) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Park w Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2005) **
Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe w Eve Best, Charles Edwards 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (West End w David Tennant, Catherine Tate 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (2013 w Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake) ***
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) **
Music From A Sparkling Planet (Josh Hamilton, J. Smith-Cameron 2001) **
The Music Man (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Rebecca Luker 2001) ***
The Music Teacher (Wallace Shawn w Bobby Steggert 2005) **
M Ward at Town Hall in 2007 ***
My Children! My Africa! (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Signature, 2012) ***
My Fair Lady (Miami FL w Rex Harrison early 1980s tour) ** 1/2
My Fair Lady (London w Alex Jennings, Joanna Riding next to Paul McCartney 2001) ***
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
The Mystery Of Charles Dickens (Bway w Simon Callow 2002) ** 1/2
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Stephanie J Block 2012) ** 1/2
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) ***
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013, downtown in tent) ***
The National at BAM in 2008 (bad seats, inappropriate venue) ** 1/2
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2014 *** 1/2
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Never Gonna Dance (Bway w Karen Ziemba 2003) **
The New Electric Ballroom ***
Newfound Road at Baggot Inn (bluegrass) in 2007 ** ½
New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives Jan 12, 2008) *** 1/2
Newsies (at Paper Mill Playhouse w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Newsies (Bway w Jeremy Jordan, 2012) ** 1/2
NYC Ballet Square Dance, Afternoon Faun etc w Margaret Tracey, Peter Boal 1993) ***
NYC Ballet Fanfare, Apollo, I'm Old Fashioned w David Jaffe, Peter Boal 1994) ***
NYC Ballet Vienna Waltzes etc w Judith Fugate, Peter Boal 1994) ***
The New York Idea (w John Keating) **
New York Philharmonic w Samuel Wong conductor in Central Park (Mussorgsky Pictures 1993) ***
New York Philharmonic w Leonard Slatkin, "In Praise Of Shahn," Mahler Sym No 5 (1993) ***
Next To Normal (Bway 2009) **
Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
The Night Alive (w Ciarin Hinds, Jim Norton) **
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Nighttime Traffic (NYMF 2010) **
A Night With Janis Joplin **
Ninth and Joanie *
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
No Child... (Nilaja Sun 2006) ** 1/2
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
No Man's Land (w Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) ***
Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC 2012) *
No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
The Normal Heart (Public w Raul Esparza, Joanna Gleason 2004) ***
The Normal Heart (Bway w Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons 2011) ***
The Norman Conquests (Bway 2009) ***
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (LC dir Mary Zimmerman 1994) ****
The Notebooks Of Leonard
Here's an alphabetical listing of every play/opera/live event/concert/happening I've seen, 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. At the bottom, there's a year by year list of the shows I've seen in order, from 2007 on. All reviews on a four star scale.
THEATER CONCERTS LIVE EVENTS HAPPENINGS -- THE MASTER LIST
Act One **
Adding Machine (2008) ** 1/2
Adrift in Macao (w Will Swenson 2007) **
After Midnight (w Fantasia) ***
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs (at Public) ** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Josh Ritter, Nellie McKay, etc in 2007 *** 1/2
Aimee Mann Christmas Show w Joe in 2008 ***
Aladdin ***
Alexandria (reading in 2011) ***
All-American **
Allegro (revival at CSC) *** 1/2
All In The Timing (2013 revival at 59E59) ***
All's Well That Ends Well (UK Globe w Janie Dee, Ellie Piercy, Sam Crane 2011) ****
All's Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare In The Park Tonya Pinkins, John Cullum 2011) ** 1/2
All That Fall (Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, dreadful audience 2013) ***/
All That I Will Ever Be (by Alan Ball 2007) * 1/2
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 1 *
All The Faces Of The Moon Part 4 at Public *
All The Way (w Bryan Cranston) ** 1/2
All Things Considered (London by Ben Brown w Christopher Godwin) 1997) *** 1/2
Almost Home * 1/2
Amadou and Mariam at Cooper Square Hotel in 2011 ** 1/2 (bad acoustics, hard to see them)
Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise (by Yael Farber 2000) ***
Amy's View (London at NT w **** Judi Dench, Samantha Bond 1997) ***
Analog.ue (Daniel Kitson at St. Ann's) ** 1/2
The Anarchist (Bway Mamet w Patti Lupone, Debra Winger 2012) *
And Away We Go (at Pearl w Sean McNall, Terrence McNally play)
And God Created Whales (Rinde Eckert 2000) ** 1/2
And The World Goes 'Round (Bob Cuccioli,Karen Mason, Karen Ziemba April 1991) *** 1/2
Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America: Perestroika (Bway Joe Mantello etc 1993) ****
Angels In America (revival at Signature w Zachary Quinto 2010) ***
Ann (w Holland Taylor) ** 1/2
Ann Hampton Callaway at Blue Note in 2007 ***
Annie (Bway w Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford 2012) ** 1/2
Another American: Asking and Telling **
Antony And Cleopatra (at Public w Jonathan Cake) **
Antony Gormley: Blind Light (art exhibit at Hayward in London 2007) *** 1/2
Anything Goes (West End w John Barrowman 2005) ***
Anything Goes (Bway w Sutton Foster 2011) ** 1/2
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
Arguendo (ERS at Public) **
As Is (Hippodrome in Gainvesville Florida 1988) **
As It Is In Heaven (by Arlene Hutton 2001) ** 1/2
Assassins (Bway w Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare 2004) *** 1/2
The Assembled Parties ** 1/2
Assistance (w Bobby Steggert) **
As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl at BAM w Adrian Lester 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) **
The Atmosphere Of Memory (w Ellen Burstyn and John Glover) no stars
The Audience ***
August: Osage County (Bway 2008) ***
August Wilson Monologue Competition 2014 ***
Avenue Q (Vineyard w John Tartaglia 2003) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2003 w John Tartaglia) *** 1/2
Avenue Q (Bway 2004 w John Tartaglia) ***
Avow (Christopher Sieber, Jane Powell, Scott Ferrara 2000) **
Baby Case (NYMF 2012) ***
Baby It's You (Bway 2011) *
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury in 2007 *** ½
Back Door Slam at Mercury Lounge in 2008 *** 1/2
Balanescu Quartet at LC 1994 ***
Un Ballo In Maschera (Met w Dmitri Hvorostovsky) *** 1/2 singing * production so ** 1/2
Barbara Cook's Broadway (LC 2004) *** 1/2
The Bardy Bunch (FringeFest 2011) **
Bare **
The Barksdale Confession (2004) **
The Beard Of Avon (NYTW Amy Freed w Tim Blake Nelson 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
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
Bend In The Road (NYMF 2013) *** 1/2
Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Bway w Robin Williams) **
Ben Kweller at Bowery in 2008 ***
The Bert Fershners in Color (at Here 1997) ***
The Best Man (Bway w James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury) ** 1/2
The Best Man (Bway, cast changes, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepard) ***
La Bete (revival w Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley 2010) ** 1/2
Between Riverside and Crazy (w 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 (London West End w Eileen Atkins, Henry Goodman 2005) **
The Black Rider (Tom Waits 1993) *** 1/2
Black Watch (at St. Ann’s w discussion 2007) ***
Blade To The Heat (Public boxing dir George C. Wolfe 1994) **
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of A Wild Prairie Dame (NYMF 2011) *** 1/2
Blanche: The Bittersweet Life Of A Prairie Dame (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Blind Boys Of Alabama at Cutting Room in 2008 ***
Blood From A Stone (w Ethan Hawke 2011) ** 1/2
Blood Knot (at Signature dir by Athol Fugard, 2012) **
Blood Play (Under The Radar Festival at Public) ** 1/2
Blood Ties (NYMF 2010) ***
Blood Wedding (London Almeida w Gael Garcia Bernal 2005) * 1/2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (at Public 2010) ** but Benjamin Walker *** 1/2
Blue Heart (BAM by Caryl Churchill 1999) *** 1/2
Blue Man Group: Tubes (Astor Place Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink 1992) ***
The Blue Martini (FF 2006) *
Bob (show about Robert Wilson) *** 1/2
A Body of Water (Lee Blessing, starring Christine Lahti 2008) ***
Boeing Boeing (Bway at Longacre w Mark Rylance, Mary McCormack 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) ***
The Boy From Oz (Bway w Hugh Jackman 2003) **1/2
Boz Scaggs at Blue Note in 2008 ***
The Brain From Planet X (NYMF 2006) * ½
Brand (London w Ralph Fiennes 2003) **
Breakfast At Tiffany's (2013 w Emilia Clarke, the mother of dragons) * 1/2
Breathing Time * 1/2
The Bridges Of Madison County ** 1/2
Brief Encounter (By Kneehigh at St. Ann's 2009) ***
Bring It On: The Musical **
Broadway By The Year 1915-1940 [2015] **
Broadway By The Year 1940-1964 (2014) *** 1/2
Broadway By The Year: 1941-1965 [2015] ***
Broadway By The Year 1950 (w Bobby Steggert) ** 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
The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 (at Town Hall w Bobby Steggert 2011) ***
Bronx Bombers (Off Bway 2013) * 1/2
Brooklyn The Musical (Bway w Manoel Felciano, Cleavant Derricks 2004) *
The Brother-Sister Plays Part I: In The Red And Brown Water *** 1/2
The Brother-Sister Plays Part II: The Brothers Size ***
The Brother-Sister Plays Part III: Marcus, Or The Secret Of Sweet ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen at Orange Bowl in Miami, sixth row center 2005) ****
Bruce Springsteen at MSG in 2007 ***
Bruce Springsteen (at Giant's Stadium in 2008; had to leave before encores) ** 1/2
Bruce Springsteen (at MetLife Stadium in 2012, poor seats) ***
Bullet For Adolf *
Bullets Over Broadway **
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale Of Musical Mystery ** 1/2
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
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
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Public Puppetry w Eric Bass, Neil Maffin 1996) **
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (at CSC w Mary Testa, 2013) **
The Cave (BAM Steve Reich 1993) **
Celia (Off Bway Celia Cruz musical w Xiomara Laugart) *** 1/2 (music) but ** (show)
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2011) ** 1/2
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF 2012) ***
Chamber Magic Show **
The Changeling (London Cheek By Jowl w Tom Hiddleston 2007) **
Chaplin The Musical (Bway, 2012) * 1/2
The Cheaters Club *
Checkers (w Anthony LaPaglia) ** 1/2
Chemistry Lab (by Ben Alexander 2003) **
The Cherry Orchard (at BAM w Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Ethan Hawke 2009) ***
The Cherry Orchard (London at National w Zoe Wannamker 2011) ** 1/2
The Cherry Orchard (CSC w Diane Wiest and John Turturro 2011) **
Chicago (Bway w Charlotte d'Amboise, Taye Diggs 2002) ***
Chimichangas and Zoloft *
Chinglish (Bway 2011) * 1/2
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bway Jan 3, 2006) **
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) ***
Christina Courtin at Bowery in 2007 ***
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1992) ****
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 1995) *** 1/2
A Christmas Carol (Bway w Patrick Stewart 2001) *** 1/2
Christmas In July (London 2000) **
A Christmas Story: The Musical (Bway 2012) **
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London w Michael Ball, Brian Blessed 2002) *
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold (Graciela Daniele w Tonya Pinkins 1995) **
Chuck Prophet at Housing Works in 2007 ***
Cinderella (R and H's at Gainvesville Comm Playhouse 1987) ** 1/2
Cinderella (R and H's 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 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 Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park w Hamish Linklater, 2013) ***
Come Fly Away (Sinatra revue by Twyla Tharp) **
The Common Pursuit (at Chocolate Factory in UK 2008) **
Company (Bway dir John Doyle w Raul Esparza 2007) ***
The Compleat Works Of Wllm Shkspr Abridged 1995) **
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) ****
Coriolanus (London at Globe w Jonathan Cake 2006) **
The Country House ** 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) **
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) ***
Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout w Douglas Hodge 2012) **
Da [Noam] no rating
Damn Yankees (Bway w Victor Garber, Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick 1994) ***
Damn Yankees (at Papermill, 2012) **
Dance Bear Dance: A Shunt Event (2002) ***
Daniel Kitson (standup at Barrow, 2013) ***
Daniel Kitson comedy extravaganza (2014) ** 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) **
Death and the King's Horseman (London revival at National 2009) *** 1/2
Death Of A Salesman (Bway w Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield) ***
Decasia (St. Ann's Warehouse live score 2005) ****
Deceit * 1/2
Dedication Or The Stuff Of Dreams (Terrence McNally w Nathan Lane, Marian Seldes 2005) **
The Deep Blue Sea (Bway w Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann 1998) **
Delfeayo Marsalis (at Snug Harbor in New Orleans 2008) ***
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) ***
Design For Living (Bway Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West 2001) **
Detroit (w Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer) ** 1/2
Devil Boys From Beyond * 1/2
The Diary Of A Madman (BAM w Geoffrey Rush 2011) ***
The Dick and The Rose (FringeNYC 2012) **
Die Frau Ohne Schatten/The Woman Without A Shadow at the Met ** 1/2
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
Dolly West's Kitchen (London Old Vic 2000) ** 1/2
Don Carlos (London RSC 2000) **
Don Juan in Chicago (David Ives w J. Smith-Cameron 1995) **
Double Falsehood (Shakespeare play) **
Doubt (Bway w Cherry Jones, Brian F. O Byrne 2005) *** 1/2
The Dream Of The Burning Boy ** 1/2
Driving Miss Daisy (w Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones 2010) **
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Caryl Churchill play at Public Apr 6, 2008) ***
Dubliners: A Quartet (the Greene Space of WNYC/WQXR) ***
The Duchess of Malfi (BAM Cheek By Jowl Angus Macfadyen 1995) **
Dwight Yoakum (at Irving Plaza Sept 6 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard: Circle (Town Hall 2000) ***
Eddie Izzard rough draft of new show in 2008 ***
Edward The Second (dir Will Nolan w Michael Laurence 1997) **
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 1992) ****
Einstein On The Beach (BAM 2012, seen twice) ****
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Bway 2002) ***
Elektra (Met Deborah Voigt, Penelope Daner 1994) ***
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 ***
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
The Essential Straight And Narrow ** 1/2
Evans Haile at Etc. Etc. in 2011 ***
An Evening With Kirk Douglas (FringeNYC 2012) *
An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin ***
Evita (Bway w Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris, Ricky Martin, 2012) * 1/2
Evolution (by Jonathan Marc Sherman w Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton 2002) **
Exits and Entrances (Athol Fugard play at 59E59 in 2007) * ½
Fabulous! [TJ] *
A Family For All Occasions *
La Fanciulla del West (at Met w Deborah Voight 2010) ** 1/2
Far From Heaven (w Kelli O'Hara) **
Faust (Bohemian Hall 2007) **
Fela! (Bway w standby lead 2009) ** 1/2
Fellowship! (NYMF 2010) **
Fences (rock-solid revival of solid August Wilson w Denzel Washington, weak son, 2010) ***
The Fever (one-man Wallace Shawn show 2007) ***
Fiddler On The Roof (Bway w Alfred Molina, Barbara Barrie, Lea Michelle 2004) **
Fifth Of July (Signature w Michael Cerveris, Parker Posey 2003) **
Fifty Words (Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Marvel 2008) **
Figaro (90210) (staged reading 2012) ***
Finian's Rainbow (Bway revival w Jim Norton 2009) *
Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
The First Breeze of Summer (at Signature w Leslie Uggams) ** 1/2
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) ***
Fool Moon (Bway w Bill Irwin, David Shiner 1993) *** 1/2
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking (2012) ***
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging (2014) ***
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
A Free Man Of Color (w Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def) ** 1/2
Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010) *** 1/2
Frost/Nixon (Bway w Frank Langella, Michael Sheen 2007) ***
Fucking Hipsters (NYMF 2011) **
Fucking Men (London 2008) **
Fuerza Bruta's Wayra (2014) * 1/2
Fun Home **
Galileo (at CSC w F. Murray Abraham, 2012) **
Galileo Galilei (London opera Philip Glass Mary Zimmerman 2002) **
Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist (NYMF 2013) ** 1/2
Gatz (The Great Gatsby by ERS at Public 2010) ***/
Gaudeamus (BAM w Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg 1994) **
Gay Valentine (Town Hall special event 2005) **
Gem Of The Ocean (reading at Greene Space w Phylicia Rashad) *** 1/2
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) *
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
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Julie Harris, Calista Flockhart Zeljko Ivanek 1994) ** 1/2
The Glass Menagerie (Bway w Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto Bway, 2013) ** 1/2
Glengarry Glen Ross (Bway w Al Pacino 2012) **
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (London Albee w Jonathan Pryce, Eddie Redmayne 2005) ***
The God Of Carnage (London at Gielgud w Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer 2008) ***
Godspell (Bway w Hunter Parrish 2011) ** 1/2
Golda's Balcony (Bway w Tovah Feldshuh 2004) **
Golden Boy (Bway w Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub 2012) **
Golden Child (at Signature, 2012) ** 1/2
Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Village Vanguard in 2008 ***
Goodbar (at Public) * 1/2
The Good Body (Bway Eve Ensler 2004) no stars
The Good Negro (at Public) ***
Good People (w Frances McDormand 2011) **
The Good Soup (adapted by Garson Kanin 2004) **
Goran Bregovic and His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra in Prospect Park in 2009 ****
Gotta Getta Girl (NYMF staged reading 2011) ** 1/2
Grace (w Paul Rudd) * 1/2
Grand Concourse **
The Grand Manner (by AR Gurney w Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton at Lincoln Center 2010) **
La Gran Scena Opera Co 200th NYC Show (Town Hall w Vera Galupe -Borszkh 1999) ** 1/2
Grease! (Bway w Brooke Shields, Billy Porter, Sherie Rene Scott 1994) **
Grease (Bway revival w Max Crumm, Laura Osnes 2007) *
Greater Messapia (by Andy Bragen 2004) **
The Great Game: Afghanistan ***
The Great God Pan (Amy Herzog play at Playwrights Horizon 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Immensity * 1/2
The Great Pie Robbery (FringeNYC 2012) ** 1/2
The Great Unknown (NYMF 2010) ** 1/2
Greenwood (NYMF 2011) *
Grey Gardens (Bway w Christine Ebersole Mary Louise Wilson 2006) ***/
Gruesome Playground Injuries (w Jennifer Carpenter, Pablo Schreiber) ***
Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Kathleen Chalfant 2004) ** 1/2
Guys And Dolls (London w Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski 2005) ***
Guys And Dolls (Bway w Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt 2009) **
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
Haile To America (Evans Haile 1997) ***
Hair (Shakespeare in the Park w Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson 2008) ** 1/2
Hair (Bway summer revival of tour in 2011) ***
Hairspray (Bway w Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison 2003) ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **
The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin ***
The Hallway Trilogy: Rose ***
Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project at Prospect Park in Brooklyn 2008 ***
Hamilton at the Public [Luis] ***
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
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
Happiness (London Laurie Anderson 2003) ***
Happy Days (BAM Beckett w Fiona Shaw 2008) *** 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) ***
Harvey (Bway w Jim Parsons, 2012) *
Heartless (Sam Shepard play w Lois Smith at Signature, 2012) **
Heart Of The Earth: A Popol Vuh Story (puppeteer Ralph Lee 1995) ***/
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) **
Helen and Edgar ***
Hello, Dolly! (Bway w Carol Channing, Jay Garner 1995) ***
Henry IV (LC Kevin Kline Michael Hayden Ethan Hawke Richard Easton 2004) *** 1/2
Henry IV Part I and II (London NT w Angus Macfadyen, Michael Gambon 2005) ***
Henry V (SitP w Andre Braugher, Michael C Hall, Christian Camargo 1996) **
Henry V (London at Globe w Mark Rylance, Christian Camargo June 24, 1997) ***
Henry V (London at NT w Adrian Lester 2003) **
Henry V (Shakespeare in the Park w Liev Schieber 2003) ** 1/2
Here Lies Love (2014) *** 1/2
Hero: The Musical * 1/2
High Dive (Leslie Ayvazian 2001) * 1/2
Hilary McRae at Living Room in 2008 ***
The History Boys (London at National w orig cast 2004) *** 1/2
The History Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Hit The Wall *
H.M.S. Pinafore (London D'Oyly Carte 2000) ***
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gainesville Comm Playhouse in Florida 1986) ** 1/2
Holler If Ya Hear Me (Tupac Shakur musical) * 1/2
Home (at Signature) ** 1/2
Homo The Musical (NYMF 2013) no stars
Honeymoon In Vegas: The Musical (at Papermill, w Tony Danza) ** 1/2
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) ***
Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway (2011) ***
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 Could Say More (January 13, 2014) no stars
Idiot Savant (Public, by Richard Foreman w Willem DaFoe 2009) **
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 Imaginary Cuckold (Bway w Brian Bedford, Malcolm Gets 1995) ***
The Importance Of Being Earnest (London Kaos 2000?) ***/
The Importance of Being Earnest (Bway w Brian Bedford, Santino Fontana 2011) ** 1/2
In A Dark Place (Neil LaBute Ron Livingston, Frederick Weller 2007) **
An Inspector Calls (Bway Rosemary Harris but Philip Bosco out 1994) ***
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide To Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures ***
Independents (FringeNYC 2012) *** 1/2
Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles) (Bway Roger Rees, Eileen Atkins, Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Jude Law 1995) ** 1/2
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (Daniel Kitson at St Ann's 2011) *** 1/2
An Interrogation Primer (FringeNYC 2012) ***
In The 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
Inventing Mary Martin **
The Invention Of Love (London at NT w John Wood 1997) ***
The Invisible Hand **
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 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 Farnstein Ph.D: The Secret Behind The Success (by Joseph Rovner) * 1/2
Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating) (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris (Constantine Maroulis 2007) *** ½
James Hand at Hill Country BBQ in 2007 ***
James Hunter at Madison Square Park in 2007 ***
James Joyce's The Dead (Bway musical w Blair Brown, Christopher Walken, Alice Ripley 2000) ***/
The Jammer (Roller derby w Jeanine Serralles) ***
Jay Brannan of Shortbus in 2008 ***
Jekyll And Hyde (w Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis on Bway, 2013) * 1/2
Jerry Springer The Opera (London at NT 2003) ***
Jersey Boys (Bway 2006) ***
Jerusalem (Bway w Mark Rylance 2011) ***
Jesse Harris at Housing Works in 2007 *
Jesus Christ Superstar (Bway w Josh Young, 2012) * 1/2
Jim White in Champaign/Urbana after screening of Wrong Eyed Jesus in 2007 ***
Jitney (Second Stage dir Marion McClinton w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2000) ****
Jitney at the Greene Space (reading, 2013) *** 1/2
Joan Baez at Town Hall Oct 29, 2008 ***
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Bway revival 2009) ** but Roger Robinson ****
John Gabriel Borkman (NT w Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins 1996) no stars
John Gabriel Borkman (Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan at BAM 2011) * 1/2
John Tartaglia at Ars Nova in 2004 ***
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) ***
Juno And The Paycock (at Irish Rep w John Keating, 2013) **
Just Us Boys (2002) **
kd lang at Le Poisson Rouge in 2011 *** (would have been **** if she had played a full concert)
Kiki And Herb Coup De Theatre 2003) ***
Kiki And Herb at Carnegie Hall in 2007 ** 1/2
Kiki Baby (NYMF 2011 w Jenn Colella) ** 1/2
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts 1994) ***
The King And I (Bway w Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips 1996) ***
King Hedley II (Signature revival w Stephen McKinley Henderson 2007) *** ½
King Lear (w Ian McKellen at BAM 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) ***
Kinky Boots **
Kissless (NYMF 2011) * 1/2
Kiss Me Kate (Bway w Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Adriane Lenox 2001) ***
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Bway w Vanessa Williams, Howard McGillin 1994) ** 1/2
Krapp's Last Tape (London w Robin starring John Hurt 2000) ****
Krapp's Last Tape (at BAM w John Hurt -- space too big 2011) ***
Kronos Quarter at BAM w Bach to Bach 1995 ***
Kronos Quartet Wu Man at Zankel Hall of Carnegie in 2009 ***
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 **
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) **
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) ***
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 Library **
Lies My Father Told Me **
Life And Times Episodes 1-4 **
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF 2013)**
The Light In The Piazza (Bway w Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark 2005) *** 1/2
Lightning At Our Feet (Emily Dickinson performance piece at BAM 2008) * 1/2
Like You Like It (John Hughes/Shakespeare at Gallery Players in 2008) ***
Linda Thompson at Bottom Line ***
The Lion (one-man show Benjamin Scheuer) ***/
The Lion King (Bway Samuel E. Wright 1999) ***
The Little Mermaid, Disney's (at Papermill w Liz McCartney, 2013) **
Little Miss Sunshine (w Will Swenson) **
A Little Night Music (London, Chocolate Factory revival on West End 2009) *** 1/2
Little Women (NY City Opera by Mark Adamo w Jennifer Dudley 2003) ** 1/2
Living With Henry (NYMF 2012) *
Lobby Hero (Glenn Fitzgerald, Tate Donovan, Heather Burns, Dion Graham 2001) *** 1/2
Lombardi **
London Assurance (London revival w Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw at National 2010) ***
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (Jan 17, 2014) **
Lonesome Traveler [Noam] **
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bway Vanessa Redgrave, PSH, RSL, Brian Dennehy 2003) *** 1/2
Lopsided (by Alex Bond) **
Lord Of The Flies (Open Air in London 2011) * 1/2
The Lord of the Rings (musical London 2008) * 1/2
Lost In Yonkers (Bway Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Irene Worth 1991) ***
Lost Lake **
Love and Information ** 1/2
Love, Janis (Andra Mitrovich, Cathy Richardson 2001) **
Love Letters (w Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow) ** 1/2
Love's Labor's Lost (at Public dir Karin Coonrod 2011) ** 1/2
Love Sucks (NYMF 2007) ** ½
Love The Sinner (London play by Drew Pautz at the National 2010) **
Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane 1994) *** 1/2
Love! Valour! Compassion! (Bway dir Joe Mantello w Nathan Lane, John Glover 1995) ***
Lulu (London w Anna Friel 2001) **
Lust (The Heather Brothers w Denis Lawson, Robert McCormick 1995) **
The Lying Lesson * 1/2
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) ***
Maria McKee at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Marry Harry (NYMF 2013) **
Marry Me A Little **
Martin And John (London 1998) **
Martin Guerre (London w Jenna Russell 1996) ** 1/2
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Bway 2006) ***
The Marvelous Wondrettes (2008) **
Mary Poppins (London w Laura Michelle Kelly 2005) *** 1/2
Mary Poppins (Bway w Laura Michelle Kelly 2006) *** 1/2
Mary Stuart (Bway w Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter/Vane 2009) ***
Master Class (Bway w Tyne Daly 2011) ***
Mata Hari In 8 Bullets (NYMF 2013) ***
Mathew In The School Of Life (Kitchen by/w John Moran, Julia Stiles 1994) *
Matilda The Musical (Bway w Bertie Carvell 2013) *** 1/2
A Matter of Life and Death (London at National 2007) *
Maurice (London w David Willoughby 1998) **
Mavis Staples at Bell House in Brooklyn 2011 ***
Measure For Measure (SitP Billy Crudup, Joe Morton, Felicity Jones 2001) ** 1/2
Measure For Measure (Shakespeare In The Park Danai Gurura, Annie Parisse, John Cullum 2011) ***
Medea (Bway w Diana Rigg 1994) *** 1/2
Medieval Play (reading of Kenneth Lonergan play 2008) ***
Men Are Real (Iris Silverio, Robert Dominguez 2008) *
The Merchant Of Venice (Public w Ron Leibman, Laila Robins 1995) **
The Merchant Of Venice (London NT w Henry Goodman 1999) **
The Merchant Of Venice (Bway w Al Pacino, Lily Rabe 2010) *** 1/2
Metamorphoses (dir Mary Zimmerman 2001) *** 1/2
Michael Arden Sings "Blue" (at Joe's Pub in 2008) ** 1/2
Middletown (Will Eno at Vineyard w Georgia Engel 2010) ***/
Midnight's Children (Apollo w Salman Rushdie attending 2003) *
A Midsummer Night's Dream (SitP w Teatro do Ornitorrinco nude! 1991) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ralph Lee puppets dir Scott Cargle 1999) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe w Mark Rylance as Bottom sub2002) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London at Globe 2008) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (at CSC w Bebe Neuwirth, 2012) ** 1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Julie Taymor dir w Kathryn Hunter, 2013) **
Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mighty Real ***
Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ***
Milk Like Sugar ***
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Bway w Olympia Dukakis 2011) *
Minnelli On Minnelli (Bway w Liza Minnelli 1999) ***
Misalliance (Bway Brian Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Alan Tudyk 1997) **
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
Mission Drift * 1/2
Miss Julie (London w Christopher Eccleston 2000) **
Miss Julie: Mies Julie (at St. Ann's 2012) ** 1/2
Mistakes Were Made (w Michael Shannon) ** 1/2
Misterman (at St. Ann's w Cillian Murphy 2011) ** 1/2
Mnemonic (Theatre de Complicite Simon McBurney 2001) ***
The Mnemonist Of Dutchess County * 1/2
Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? (at Public by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy 2008) ** 1/2
Monday Night Magic (2003) **
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) ***
Mothers and Sons **
Motown: The Musical **
The Mound Builders at Signature (2013) *
The Mountaintop (Bway w Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011) ** 1/2
The Mousetrap (London at St. Martin's 2004) **
Movin' Out (Bway w Michael Cavanaugh 2003) ***
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play * 1/2
Mrs. Warren's Profession (London w Felicity Kendall 2010) **
Much Ado About Nothing (BAM w Cheek By Jowl w Matthew Macfadyen 1998) ***
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Park w Jimmy Smits, Kristen Johnston 2005) **
Much Ado About Nothing (UK Globe w Eve Best, Charles Edwards 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (West End w David Tennant, Catherine Tate 2011) ** 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (2013 w Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake) ***
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) **
Music From A Sparkling Planet (Josh Hamilton, J. Smith-Cameron 2001) **
The Music Man (Bway Robert Sean Leonard, Rebecca Luker 2001) ***
The Music Teacher (Wallace Shawn w Bobby Steggert 2005) **
M Ward at Town Hall in 2007 ***
My Children! My Africa! (dir Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Signature, 2012) ***
My Fair Lady (Miami FL w Rex Harrison early 1980s tour) ** 1/2
My Fair Lady (London w Alex Jennings, Joanna Riding next to Paul McCartney 2001) ***
My Name Is Asher Lev (w Ari Brand) *** 1/2
The Mystery Of Charles Dickens (Bway w Simon Callow 2002) ** 1/2
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Stephanie J Block 2012) ** 1/2
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) ***
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (2013, downtown in tent) ***
The National at BAM in 2008 (bad seats, inappropriate venue) ** 1/2
The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2014 *** 1/2
Nellie McKay at Joe’s Pub in 2007 ***
Never Gonna Dance (Bway w Karen Ziemba 2003) **
The New Electric Ballroom ***
Newfound Road at Baggot Inn (bluegrass) in 2007 ** ½
New Jerusalem (CSC by David Ives Jan 12, 2008) *** 1/2
Newsies (at Paper Mill Playhouse w Jeremy Jordan 2011) **
Newsies (Bway w Jeremy Jordan, 2012) ** 1/2
NYC Ballet Square Dance, Afternoon Faun etc w Margaret Tracey, Peter Boal 1993) ***
NYC Ballet Fanfare, Apollo, I'm Old Fashioned w David Jaffe, Peter Boal 1994) ***
NYC Ballet Vienna Waltzes etc w Judith Fugate, Peter Boal 1994) ***
The New York Idea (w John Keating) **
New York Philharmonic w Samuel Wong conductor in Central Park (Mussorgsky Pictures 1993) ***
New York Philharmonic w Leonard Slatkin, "In Praise Of Shahn," Mahler Sym No 5 (1993) ***
Next To Normal (Bway 2009) **
Nice Work If You Can Get It (w Matthew Broderick) **
Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 ***
The Night Alive (w Ciarin Hinds, Jim Norton) **
Nightingale (at BAM dir Robert Lepage 2011) ***
Nighttime Traffic (NYMF 2010) **
A Night With Janis Joplin **
Ninth and Joanie *
Nixon In China (at the Met 2011) *** 1/2
No Child... (Nilaja Sun 2006) ** 1/2
Noises Off (Bway Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Richard Easton, T.R. Knight 2001) ***
No Man's Land (w Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) ***
Non-Equity: The Musical! (FringeNYC 2012) *
No Place To Go by Ethan Lipton ** 1/2
The Normal Heart (Public w Raul Esparza, Joanna Gleason 2004) ***
The Normal Heart (Bway w Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons 2011) ***
The Norman Conquests (Bway 2009) ***
The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci (LC dir Mary Zimmerman 1994) ****
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