The son of Phineas Fenn – a skinny Hitchcock presenter – invites the audience to share in his father’s covert history, and everybody’s off to summer camp, as it were. Drop Dead Perfect by Erasmus Fenn (funny about the names, eh?) then reveals the twi …Read more

Christopher Anselmo’s and H.S. Kaufman’s Fable is, in a word, tricky. The musical is set at a high school graduation party and, if you’re thinking maybe a Breakfast Club with songs, you’re not far off. You will also be in the ballpark if you conjure …Read more

When a play titled Glam Night is performed at a theater named the Jewel Box, you are entitled to expect something sparkly, if not outright drag and rhinestones. What playwright Chip Wheat delivers is instead four brief, interlocking two-character pla …Read more

About midway through the opening number of Academia Nuts, you will think: “It’s A Chorus Line for nerds.” Here’s a collective of kids hell-bent on giving their all to win, not a dancing gig, but a scholarship; surely the songs and confessions of pers …Read more

Among the many very nice things about Cloned!, the backyard-ish little musical now playing at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is that your lack of a date for the evening is unimportant. What matte …Read more

If the Mint Theater’s program is to be believed, Jules Romain’s “Donogoo” premiered in Paris in 1930 and caused – even for the French – quite a sensation. This seems likely; this is a comedy with a darkly cynical edge to it, and one all the more pote …Read more

Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s one-woman turn in “They Call Me Q” is nothing if not personal. The story is the woman’s own. It is confessional (but not graphic); it is honest (but not squirm-inducing). The thrust of it brings to mind Carson McCullers’ Frankie, …Read more

There’s a problem with Lucas Kavner’s “Carnival Kids”. The title isn’t especially good. There’s another issue as well; the stage is too long to make for watching without the occasional craning of the neck. The good news is, however, that the first pr …Read more

Q: What good is sitting alone in your room? A: Aw, you know. Of course, there’s cabaret and there’s cabaret.  At its best, there’s a marvelous fusion of artistry and intimacy unlike any other form of entertainment. Cabaret is unique because, no matte …Read more

Something significant — and entertaining, to boot — is going on one flight up at the Tada Theater on 28th Street. Four people maneuver through their relationships in a modern little play that (hallelujah!) knocks the stuffing out of a zeitgeist tha …Read more