Three contemplative individuals each inhabit their respective territory inside an art gallery. Without interacting, the boundaries between them are marked by immediate character distinctions and a background of appropriately abstract canvasses. Iren …Read more
Meta-theater shows are a dime a dozen these days. Plays about trying to write a show, trying to put on a show, or trying to be in a show are having a meta moment in the sun, often breaking down the fourth wall to bring the audience in on the joke. Cu …Read more
If ambition was all a show needed to succeed, Andrew Sabiston and Timothy Williams’ Napoleon, much like the historical character it’s about, would be a true winner. Instead it’s a show that gets some things right, and some not so well, starting with …Read more
In the effortlessly romantic Passing By two people must come to terms with the realization that the saying about god making fun of one’s plans might very well be the truest thing that ever was. When we first meet Jenny Zimmermann and Edison Wolters t …Read more
When you take a soap opera plot and turn it into a piece of musical theatre, the intense emotions of both forms could inevitably end up clashing, rather than complimenting each other, and this is precisely the problem with 210 Amlent Avenue, a show w …Read more
The biggest problem with Acappella is that it seems to believe so little in itself that it thinks the best thing about the show, and the selling point, is that it’s performed without musical accompaniment, every song done just with human voices. Perh …Read more
As the curtain rises on Claudio Quest it takes us no time to know where we are; the distinctive blue skies with white puffy clouds, and the bright brick squares floating over the ground give it away almost instantly, we’re inside that video game that …Read more
There are only two reasons why anyone would name their show What Do Critics Know? the first is that they’re aware they’ve created something so ghastly, that they’re trying to be funny in advance by acknowledging that it won’t be received well by the …Read more
Deep Love is a macabre rock musical with book, music and lyrics by Ryan Hayes and Garret Sherwood set in a small countryside town where we meet Constance (Melanie Stone) a young widow who brings flower to her husband’s grave every day. As she sobs sh …Read more
Held Momentarily is a show about the best and worst of New York City; it takes place entirely inside a subway car that has stopped moving, forcing the passengers within to deal with their own demons, while also trying to solve the problems that arise …Read more