Jeremy Stuart’s For Now is a play riddled with suggestions of sex. The first thing we hear is moaning in the dark. Every conversation is post-coital or pre-coital, and there’s the feeling that the two characters – simply named Man and Woman – could …Read more
You really can’t go home again in the dark family comedy Straight Faced Lies at the New York International Fringe Festival. Cathy Ryan (Geraldine Librandi) and her two grown children, Melissa (Dana Domenick) and James (Jacob Thompson), don’t like eac …Read more
As we applaud the inclusion in the FringeNYC Festival of shows written by and featuring women as its protagonists, pieces like The Mad Scientist’s Guide to Romance, Robots and Soul-Crushing Loneliness can’t help but leave a bitter aftertaste, because …Read more
In This Side of the Impossible, mentalist Sebastian Boswell III presents audiences with a remarkable spectacle that defies all notions of logic and apparent physical possibility. Challenging our perceptions of what’s real and what’s achievable by men …Read more
Elaine Stritch was quite unique and anyone who sets off to play her must be aware that in doing so, half the battle might be already lost, as they will be unlikely to capture what made her so special. With that said, one has to applaud comedian Jay M …Read more
When I call Melissa Ritz she reveals she’s currently at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. conducting research on the subject of her one woman show Bombshell of Rhythm: The Life and Secrets of Ina Ray Hutton. It’s testament to her commitment …Read more
Touching, well-researched and funny, Lilith Theater San Francisco’s Hick: A Love Story is a one-woman show that explores the long-speculated romance between journalist Lorena Hickok and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Hick, which is showing at the New …Read more
“I live in an indie movie.” So declares Kelly K. Kelly, the main character of Hard Day’s Night, a wonderfully entertaining new play by Vicki Vodrey currently playing at the New York International Fringe Festival. And given Kelly’s family, the compari …Read more
What would a wealthy, white widow of a certain age do if someone she had never met before claimed to be the secret love child of her beloved, departed daughter? What if the person in question was a young black man? This is the scenario in which theme …Read more
Publicity material for The God Gaffe (at the New York International Fringe Festival) notes that this John William Schiffbauer two-acter (directed by the playwright) was “inspired by Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s departure from The View.” Schiffbauer’s play …Read more