Dan Hasse is no stranger to Shakespeare. As one of the founders of Shakespeare in the Square, which for five seasons has performed for free in Washington Square Park, he has tackled some of the Bard’s most famous works, including Twelfth Night, The T …Read more

With so many different variations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet out there today, one can often forget how powerful and evocative the original script is, on it’s own, delivered expertly by a small cast of talented actors.  Shakespeare in the Squar …Read more

Whether writer Mac Rogers and director Jordana Williams are writing about aliens, robots or Frankenstein, there is always an extreme effort to create a sense of realism and relatability despite involving circumstances most people will never experienc …Read more

Asymmetric, a new play by frequent collaborators writer Mac Rogers and director Jordana Williams now performing at 59E59, is an incredibly intriguing spy thriller that will keep you guessing about each character’s loyalty and motive until the very la …Read more

Nefarious Laboratory’s Awesome People, part of the 3rd Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, showcased a multitude of storytelling talent, hosted by Brad Lawrence, a favorite with Moth audiences. In the teeny black-box theater UNDER St. Marks, four pe …Read more

Origin Theater’s 1st Irish Festival’s The Big Green Apple features five 10-minute plays written by finalists from Ireland debuting in New York City.  The plays are centered around the theme given to the writers, “With Love From…” Each short play to …Read more

Mr. Landing Takes A Fall, now playing at The Flea Theater, was written, according to the playwright Sari Caine, as a reaction to misunderstanding another play, Harold Pinter’s The Room. It’s quite clear that Mr. Landing was written while feelings of …Read more

For Hoaxocaust!, throw away everything you know about the Holocaust. Actually, maybe don’t throw it away — you’ll need it to understand the play — but momentarily suspend everything you thought about the worst monstrosity of the 20th century becaus …Read more

Dream Up Festival’s production Muse, by Crystal Field and Shakespeare’s Sister Company, is everything you could hope for in a gothic Victorian romance play. The costumes are beautifully authentic, the props apropos, and the love story — oh, the love …Read more

Leonore Confino’s show for the Dream Up Festival seems like a reaction to the seldom-asked question, “What would a rom-com be like if instead of being a coherent development of a relationship, it was just couples arguing?” In The Ring is made up of d …Read more