The Project Rushmore Theatre Company presents plays that “offer inspiration and insight into American culture”, and their latest production, World of Sinatras by Sean O’Connor, certainly lives up to the company’s goal. O’Connor’s play, a slice of dys …Read more

Since his death in 1900, Oscar Wilde’s life and work has been the subject of countless plays, movies, biographies and other books. To this long list, James Melo’s “The Trial of Oscar Wilde”, currently performed by the Romantic Century Theater Company …Read more

While much of New York Theatre Ballet’s work is aimed at a young audience, their production of “Carnival of the Animals” and “Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding” is designed for children aged 7 or younger — the very youngest of theater-goers — in every resp …Read more

On Thursday, Pace University presented a very special program of Taylor 2, an offshoot of the larger Paul Taylor Dance Company modeled after the venerable choreographer’s original six-member troupe founded in 1954.   Three classic works from the Tayl …Read more

It is hard to imagine a more spectacular evening of modern dance than Ballet Hispanico’s 2014 season at the Joyce Theatre.  This is a company pushing the idioms of artistic movement to its limits — aesthetically, physically and philosophically.  Thi …Read more

Throughout “Drama at the Point”, written and performed by Karen Sklaire, the teacher/heroine of the one-woman show introduces each vignette or episode of her hilarious narrative with statements like “in ‘Dangerous Minds’ Michelle Pfeifer says…” or …Read more

Children of all ages (and a few adults as well) are bound to fall in love with New York Theatre Ballet’s production of “Cinderella” — and this, it seems, is founder and Artistic Director Diana Byer’s goal.  NYTB has a long and honorable tradition of …Read more

Playwright Monica Bauer has a way with words.  And she’s a natural-born story teller.  And she can act.  And she’s funny.  All of these talents come together beautifully in her one-woman show “The Year I Was Gifted”.  This hour-long piece of autobiog …Read more

“Eating My Garbage”, an hour-long monologue written and performed by David Mogolov and directed by Steve Kleinedler, has all the elements that make off-Broadway theater worth going to: great material, great direction and great performance.  David Mog …Read more

On Saturday, the 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center presented, as part of their Dig Dance series, “Martha, May and Me,” Pascal Rioult’s tribute to his mentors Martha Graham and May O’Donnell.   The program for the evening consisted of four dances, …Read more