Whiskey Pants: The Mayor Williamsburg, a new musical directed and composed by Christian De Gre, is a remarkably silly new work, now up at the HERE Arts Center. And while some of the silliness leaves something to be desired, a lot of it is at the beat …Read more
Brilliant Traces, written by Cindy Lou Johnson and directed by David Newer, is a love story set in a remote cabin in Alaska during a whiteout between a woman who is running away because she doesn’t want to become indistinguishable and a man who is hi …Read more
The Arctic Group’s Pomegrenade, written and directed by Ran Xia and performed at IRT, a cozy little space a stone’s throw from the Hudson River, is a Chuck Mee-style reimagining of the Greek myth of Persephone, where the consequences of the goddess’s …Read more
Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass are the most fun choreographers ever. They may also be the most fun people ever, but I haven’t met everyone so who can say. What you may miss at their new production at the Women’s Project, One Night Only (running as …Read more
In Petie, a new play written by and starring Lori Fischer and directed by Martha Banta, the dark mistakes that haunt us never leave the downstage corner of our minds. This well-performed, thoughtful drama about a family haunted by a tragedy explores …Read more
Moshe Yassur is a longtime collaborator with the New Yiddish Rep, having directed their acclaimed productions of Waiting for Godot and Death of a Salesman, and he is at the helm of their latest work, a true-to-the-original production of Ionesco’s Rhi …Read more
Welcome to Sam’s Tea Shack, a bazaar to house Sam Soghor’s comedy routine/heart break — and a theatrical experience straight out of 1980s New York City. The work is a rumbling therapy session that covers religion and culture and Sam’s young son and …Read more
Art and desire are the heart and driving force of the Scandinavian American Theater Company’s production of The Baroness, written by Thor Bjørn Krebs, directed by Henning Hegland, and translated by Kim Dambæk. That, and a protagonist who claims she’s …Read more
Our favorite place to catch live performance from your own laptop is having a festival of their own. Cennarium’s Promenade is a 10-day digital global performing arts festival, running September 15-24. Here are some highlights. Groupo Galpão’s Romeo a …Read more
The American family drama gets a contemporary and creative spin in a very nice new play, The Itch, written by Alexandra Zelma-Doring and directed by Theresa Buchheister. A smart and well developed structure facilitates a textured and poignant relatio …Read more
