Adrienne Onofri has been writing for BroadwayWorld since it was launched in 2003. She is a member of the Drama Desk and has moderated panels with theater artists on such topics as women playwrights and directors, mission-oriented theater companies, and backstage plays. Adrienne is also a freelance editor as well as a travel writer and licensed NYC sightseeing guide. She is the author of two books, Walking Queens: 30 Tours for Discovering the Diverse Communities, Historic Places, and Natural Treasures of New York City's Largest Borough and Walking Brooklyn: 30 Tours Exploring Historical Legacies, Neighborhood Culture, Side Streets, and Waterways.
THIS SUMMER IN THE BERKSHIRES
August 5, 2004
August 5, 2004
All the world's a stage in this Mass. vacation spot in summer.
Quick Review: 'After the Fall'
July 29, 2004
July 29, 2004
The new Broadway season's first drama is an Arthur Miller revival.
Mark of Excellence
July 11, 2004
July 11, 2004
Piano man extraordinaire Mark Nadler, now appearing at Opia, chats with BWW about living and dead composers, Botoxed audiences, his buck-toothed inspiration and the future of cabaret.
Review of 'Address Unknown'
June 11, 2004
June 11, 2004
A novel once described as 'the most effective indictment of Nazism to appear in fiction' is adapted for the stage.
AS THE TONYS APPROACH... Reflections on the Year That Was
June 2, 2004
June 2, 2004
Ten things I remember about the 2003-04 theater season.
'Sight Unseen' (Broadway) and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Storm Theatre)
May 26, 2004
May 26, 2004
This is a salve for the drama fan's soul after enduring a pitiable season of new plays on Broadway.
Quick Review: 'The Joys of Sex'
May 21, 2004
May 21, 2004
'Dad, is sex dirty?' 'If it's done right.' It isn't (either) in this new musical.
Quick Review: 'Merrily We Roll Along'
May 19, 2004
May 19, 2004
Brooklyn's Gallery Players have a good thing going.
What's so special about theater?
April 30, 2004
April 30, 2004
Denis O'Hare puts the question to his 'Assassins' castmates for a 'school project.'
Our boy Bill
April 23, 2004
April 23, 2004
William Shakespeare was born 440 years ago this week. 'He was not of an age, but for all time,' said Ben Jonson. So let's celebrate the man to whom all theater lovers owe a debt.
Review of 'Hannah and Martin'
April 1, 2004
April 1, 2004
David Strathairn, one of the newest members of the 'Sopranos' cast, returns to the New York stage as controversial German philosopher Martin Heidegger.
Review of 'Ears on a Beatle'
March 29, 2004
March 29, 2004
Two FBI agents bond while trailing John Lennon, in a 1970s flashback by Mark St. Germain.
Here's Yeardley!
March 16, 2004
March 16, 2004
Yeardley Smith, the actress who voices Lisa on 'The Simpsons,' reveals a lot about herself in her new off-Broadway play 'More'...and in an interview with BroadwayWorld.com.
Review of 'Beautiful Child' at the Vineyard Theatre
February 25, 2004
February 25, 2004
Perhaps my reaction to Nicky Silver's 'Beautiful Child' would be more positive if I didn't watch it from the same seat where only a few months ago I winced through parts of Paula Vogel's 'The Long Christmas Ride Home.'
After the Fall
November 26, 2003
November 26, 2003
With 'Omnium Gatherum' closing this weekend, Adrienne reflects on 9/11 plays and speculates on why none has emerged as an unqualified critical and commercial success.
Review of 'The Thing About Men'
September 11, 2003
September 11, 2003
'The Thing About Men,' the new musical at the Promenade Theatre, is misnamed, as was the 1985 German film 'Men' ('Manner' in German) on which it's based.
Traveling in Pursuit of Theater
July 14, 2003
July 14, 2003
Since I live in New York City, I usually don't take a 'theater vacation'-you know, the eight-shows-a-week type of trip to New York or London. Even when I go to London, theater is just one of the activities on my itinerary. But the last three summers, I have found myself in a summer theater destination and have been appreciating more and more the joy of taking my No. 1 pastime on the road.
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