Virgin Sacrifice. The title certainly grabs your attention. Is this some sort of cult performance? Just another weird New York-y thing? Well, think again. It’s a comedy show that was brought to New York by Los Angeles comedienne Nicole Blaine and dir …Read more
Within the first few minutes of ReLateAble at the New York International Fringe Festival, the audience is fully aware of the apparently apocalyptic situation that will provide much of the dramatic propulsion of the piece. All of our modern means of c …Read more
Night of the Living, part of the New York International Fringe Festival, tells the story of Mia (Belle Caplis) and Marshall (Eric Kuehnemann), a married couple making their way in the aftermath of an epidemic that has wiped out the human race. The pl …Read more
For a dramatist to write credibly on the subject of the genocide in Rwanda is a staggering task. It might be possible to write a play that gives audiences a grasp rather than a glimpse of the enormity of the events that took place in that African cou …Read more
Among its many genres, the New York International Fringe Festival has showcased enough personal stories to represent the change in politics, society and attitudes that have taken place throughout its sturdy 19-years-and-counting run. Amid this year’s …Read more
In Amazing Grace Erin Mackey plays Mary Catlett, the privileged young lady whose world is turned upside down upon realizing of the brutality involved with slavery. Throughout the show we see her character transform from a naive girl into a woman who …Read more
The set design in Far From Canterbury is rather simple, prop designer Riw Rakkulchon, relies exclusively on four wooden crates and four flagpoles which are re-purposed throughout to emulate everything from regal thrones, to haunted towers and grand b …Read more
Although the character she plays is a credulous, simpering, unworldly, clueless ninny, actress Andrea Alton has the unflappable confidence and skill that makes her one woman show Possum Creek at the New York International Fringe Festival a delight to …Read more
Popesical: what a great title. It’s succinct; it’s informative. You know that what you’re going to see will be an irreverent, gleefully offensive satire of Catholic tradition, along the lines of a Fringe-budget Book of Mormon. Director and composer A …Read more
The magnificent multimedia dance theatre play Pearl, inspired by the life of writer Pearl S. Buck, premiered at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Thursday night. This gorgeous, sweeping epic is directed and choreographed by Daniel Ezralow, …Read more