The Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia’s performance of 14 dances at Brooklyn College’s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday was a treat for any fan of traditional Russian folk dance — and for any fan of great dance, actual …Read more

Those seeking an evening of bawdy entertainment will certainly get a laugh out of The Horse Trade Theater Group’s double-header presentation of “Shocks with C*cks:  All Dude, All Nude Revue” and “Shocks WITHOUT C*cks:  All Nude, No Dude Revue”, both …Read more

Heiress Productions is a non-profit theater company founded in New York City in 2006 by Laura Faith and Mary Willis White.  The company tries to raise awareness of cancer and cancer organizations and donates a portion of each production’s ticket sale …Read more

George Orwell cynically believed that revolutionary and counter-revolutionary forces both had the same goal: getting and keeping power at any cost.  Halfway through “Purchase” by Ian W. Hill, Lady Stefanie Anderssen expresses this same point of view. …Read more

It is hard to put a finger on exactly why Termination Productions’ version of “The Seagull” by Anton Chekov directed by Richard Haymes-Esposito at the June Havoc Theater is so disturbing.  This staging of the play is very uneven and choppy.  The perf …Read more

At the beginning of “An Infinite Ache”, a two-man show by David Schulner starring Eric Kuehnemann and Nancy Sun, Charles tells Hope that he wishes he were old and had grandchildren already; it’s their first date.  He gets his wish and the rest of the …Read more

Halfway through “The Vaudvillians”, Dr. Dan Von Dandy says to his wife and show business partner, Ms. Kitty Witless, that her part of their act has “too much comedy and not enough glamour.”  Unfortunately, the exact opposite of this statement is true …Read more

In Greek mythology, Hades kidnaps Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and makes her queen of the underworld.  She is abducted by her uncle with her father’s consent – according to the ancient Greeks, nothing happens in t …Read more

When a great play is over 400 years old, it is bound to have undergone a variety of unusual presentations and treatments.  The Titan Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, directed by Lenny Banovez, can deservedly claim it …Read more

The Salem witch trials have long been the subject of novels, plays, and films — Elizabeth Gaskell’s novella “Lois the Witch” and Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” are just two examples — and this complex episode of American history will surely co …Read more