It’s always difficult to surprise in a story about dysfunctional siblings. However, Ruth and Naomi, a play following Naomi’s attempts to escape the suffocating dependency of her disabled younger sister Ruth, defies all expectations with beautifully w …Read more

It’s rare to find true ensemble stories on stage. Often times, the focus will inevitably shift to a central character, or follow the storyline of a smaller group as the rest give a sort of ambience in storytelling. However, in I Like to Be Here: Jack …Read more

Song of Solomon can boast without doubt to be one of the finest performances in independent theatre. Based on the biblical mythology of King Solomon, and his tortuous pursuit of Almah, performed by the incomparable Ann McCormack, this show leaves no …Read more

With a flurry of voices and stories colliding on stage, The Devil of Delancey Street succeeds in pulling the ends together only when needed.  We follow a recent widow, Mrs. Chaste, struggling to restart her life in a time where financial independence …Read more

It’s sometime hard to locate the missing ingredient in a story: that one element needed to pull everything together. In Ed Meyer’s Finder’s Keepers, an heiress discovers that the priceless painting she’s set to inherit may have been stolen from a Jew …Read more

The Kitchen Play stays true to its title, and doesn’t spare the seasoning. As the Stantons, a middle-class Philadelphia family, navigate their way through a tortuous divorce, every last bit of raw emotion is projected through the food and appliances …Read more

In the midst of heavy plotting and severely under-explored characters, Sing After Storms seeks to create a story that channels both Doubt and Blue/Orange. However, what sets this play back is its reluctance to shift from predictability. Joe Laureiro’ …Read more

Everyone knows the story of the three blind men and the elephant. As ablest as it may be (which it is), the metaphor points to one invaluable truth: E Pluribus Unim. Out of many, comes one. In I Like to Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This is …Read more

It’s true. We rarely turn away from crime scenes when we pass their way. In fact, most of us find ourselves involuntarily staring, petrified in our steps, and simply wondering: How on earth could things go so wrong?  Now think of a play that goes eve …Read more

A Midsummer Night’s Dream explores misunderstandings, trickery, and magic; nothing is as it seems. In this vein, Quirky Productions’ reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous romantic farce does not disappoint. In fact, it often surprises. The first moment …Read more