Elyse Trevers

New York

Creative teacher, animal lady, theater critic,🎗️,KidLit411, SCBWI, 12X12 #PBParty’21 HM #Mightykidlit https://t.co/Shxjy57qrf

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‘Buena Vista Social Club theater review

2 weeks ago | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

The music of “Buena Vista Social Club” begins immediately at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, setting the mood for the next two hours. The incredibly talented band, onstage most of the time, seemed as delighted playing for us as we were to be listening to them and marveling at their virtuosity. Many in the theater seemed familiar with the tunes, and the woman next to me hummed. Close Never miss a storyNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
‘The Jonathan Larson Project’ theater review

1 month ago | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers |Steve Blank

Composer-lyricist Jonathan Larson died before achieving success. He posthumously received three Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his groundbreaking musical “Rent”. Close Never miss a storyNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
Judy Collins and friends : 85 years of music and protest

1 month ago | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

What will you be doing when you turn 85? Living in a retirement community? Laying on the beach in Florida? Living in the spare room in your kid’s house? Not so for Judy Collins, the American singer/songwriter who is still going strong as she celebrates her 85th birthday. Close Never miss a storyNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
‘Mindplay’ performance review

Jan 14, 2025 | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

Years ago I read a book about how memory works. It involved creating a mind palace. Ironically I can’t recall the name of the book so I had to look it up. ( Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer) Obviously the technique didn’t work for me but mentalist/performer Vinny DePonto has put it to good use in his new show Mindplay at the Greenwich House Theater.
‘Tammy Faye’ theater review

Nov 26, 2024 | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

It’s only November, and Broadway has posted its first closing notice. “Tammy Faye,” the new $25 million Elton John musical about Tammy Faye Bakker, will close on December 8, at which point it will have had 24 previews and 29 regular performances. The show received unfavorable reviews and had poor ticket sales. Close Never miss a storyWe deliver the latest top local stories to your inbox.
‘Maybe Happy Ending’ theater review

Nov 21, 2024 | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

When people need to recharge, they take a nap or have a cup of coffee or a piece of chocolate. When the charming Helper Bots in the different quirky new musical, “Maybe Happy Ending” need a recharge, they plug their batteries into the wall. Close Never miss a storyWe deliver the latest top local stories to your inbox.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ theater review

Nov 17, 2024 | longislandpress.com | Elyse Trevers

Is there anyone who doesn’t know the story of Romeo and Juliet, the young star-crossed lovers? The challenge for a director, then, is how to retell the story to appeal to a younger audience. Director Sam Gold’s staging of “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” at Circle in the Square seems to have done just that. Usually the Wednesday matinee crowd is older and retired, so it was a pleasant experience to see so many young people in the theater during the matinee.
'The Great Gatsby' : A New Musical

Apr 29, 2024 | theisland360.com | Elyse Trevers

By Elyse TreversIn 2002, Long Island Reads initiated a program designed to bring together readers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties to discuss a Long Island-related book. Unsurprisingly, the first book was the classic novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Now it is a new musical at the Broadway Theatre. The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island and focuses on the fictional East Egg where the old money lives and West Egg is populated by the nouveau riche and gangsters.
'Stalker' A review of Off-Broadway show

Apr 2, 2024 | theisland360.com | Elyse Trevers

By Elyse TreversI love magic and illusions. I don’t want to know how they work; I just want to sit with my mouth agape and enjoy the show. Besides, as a critic, I wouldn’t want to reveal any secretsA new Off-Broadway show featuring magic called “Stalker” reminds us how easy it is for us to be watched and our privacy invaded. Although it is an ostensible premise, we don’t know how easy it is to learn about others’ identities until the end of the show.
'Appropriate' theater review - Entertainment - The Island 360

Mar 26, 2024 | theisland360.com | Elyse Trevers

By Elyse TreversEvery family has its baggage but the Layayette family seems to have more than most. Secrets, resentment, and anger all surface with the death of the patriarch of the family as the three siblings, Toni, Beau and Frank, converge over a long weekend in the family home in Arkansas to settle the estate. “Appropriate” by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, begins with the multiple definitions of the title. The duality becomes more evident as the play progresses at the Belasco Theatre.