One of the true gems in the world of New York City off-off-Broadway theatre is La MaMa’s bi-annual Puppet Series, which is now kicking off the company’s 55th season. With a kaleidoscopic presentation of seventy productions upon its numerous stages in …Read more
The Music In My Blood is a unique and compelling story that crosses continents, cultures, generations and musical styles. On one hand, it’s the story of Walter Kaufmann, a Jewish refugee to India during WWII who gave India the iconic “All India Radio …Read more
There are a number of adjectives that spring to mind when watching Bears in Space, a play currently taking part in Origin’s 1st Irish theater festival at 59E59 Theaters; words such as “ludicrous”, “puerile” and indeed “brilliant”. Its combination of …Read more
If there were a magic pill you could take to fix your relationship, would you take it? Ana Nogueira’s new play, Empathitrax, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, explores the most complex elements of human relationships. This talented dream team holds …Read more
A tale of dark family secrets, dysfunctional dynamics, and psychological disorders to the extreme, The House of Yes is a captivating play by Wendy MacLeod that was remade into the cult 1997 film of the same name. It is now brought back to the stage w …Read more
With Miss Julie, the Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre takes its modern New York audience back to 1888, when counts lorded over their manors and the slightest wisp of scandal could end a girl’s life. Set in Switzerland, Miss Julie tells the story of Ju …Read more
An adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s The Birds, by Conor McPherson is playing as part of Origin’s First Irish Theatre Festival; those familiar with the plot will find it refreshed by Stefan Dzeparoski’s claustrophobic, minimalistic direction which ma …Read more
We’ve all heard about saying something with flowers, but “say it with soup” is a rather unique form of expression. Yet this is what Ray (Tim Kang), reluctantly, figures out will be the best way to communicate decades of unsaid things to his dying fat …Read more
A new production of The Black Crook (at the Abrons Arts Center) marks the 150th anniversary of the premiere of a work that has been dubbed (erroneously, some say) America’s first musical. The show is largely unknown now, but throughout the late 19th …Read more
A Taste of Honey playwright Shelagh Delaney, born in Salford in the northwest of England, wrote her first play when she was just 18. In the late 1950s, Delaney’s gender and class amounted to a great sum of odds that were against her. Nevertheless, A …Read more
