BY GEORGE J. DACRE The classic story of the young Hollywood megastar who wants to be taken seriously (remember Marylyn Monroe) and takes acting lessons at an acting Studio in New York City is presented in this season’s opening production by Penguin Rep and its director Joe Brancato. It has a twist that makes it […]
Richard Kline of “Three’s Company” fame will star in the comedy New York premier of Class written by Charles Evered and All About Sarah, a hot new megastar who wants to be taken seriously as an actress and how she finds studying with her acting coach played by Kline more challenging than she ever expected. […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Female issues and the challenges of negotiating life versus career are the subject of an interesting and science-filled play “The How and The Why,” currently featured at Penguin Repertory Theatre. The plot of the play centers on two evolutionary biologists whom, it is gradually revealed, are unknowingly mother and daughter. The […]
Playwright Tom Dudzick does it again — A funny, funny show! BY GEORGE J. DACRE Tom Dudzick uses his own experience of growing up in a Polish populated section of Buffalo and his exodus to New York City’s off-Broadway show scene to create a brilliantly written backstage comedy with an insight to the workings of […]
Four Star Review!! BY GEORGE J. DACRE In “The Last Days of Mickey and Jean,” a play inspired by actual events, playwright Richard Dresser in collaboration with director Joe Brancato, have created a mystery thriller and comedy at the same time. It’s a production that excels in set design and presentation, with three performers, all of outstanding cailber and theatre background; Sarah McCafrey, Thomas G. Waites and Robert Ross. This story of the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Penguin Repertory Theater is beginning its 35th season on May 18 with the classic “The Hound Of The Baskerville”. Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew Horn run “The gutsiest little theatre off Broadway with a lawn”. “The Hound Of The Baskervilles” by John Nicholson and Steve Caney is […]