An elderly woman, Ada, grieves for her twin sister Ava in the remote New England lighthouse they once shared, but then a visit to the carnival creates a ghostly opportunity for a reunion as well as a journey through memory and mourning. ADA/AVA plays …Read more
Singles In Agriculture, performed at the Brick, takes place on the last night of a national mixer for unmarried farmers, where Joel (Graeme Gillis) and Priscilla (Abby Rosebrock) have wound up together in Joel’s hotel room and are dancing around the …Read more
Unlike Shakespeare’s many plays that still resonate 400 years later, The Taming of the Shrew’s outdated gender portrayals make it a hard piece for contemporary audiences to accept. But that isn’t stopping The Theatre Project and TP&co’s Shakespea …Read more
To see a work by the absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett means checking certain aspects of common logic at the door, and letting the master throw you head first into a universe of his own imagining — one that is often bleak but always witty, where m …Read more
One of Anton Chekhov’s most enduring works, The Cherry Orchard, found a new home in Brooklyn’s Red Hook Labs from June 11 – 21. A large industrial warehouse with high ceilings and large windows, the space is perfect for a futuristic interpretation of …Read more
Last week at the Planet Connections Theatre Festival, running in Paradise Factory from June 15 to July 12, I came across three short plays, all in line with the festival’s mission, which is to create social change through meaningful artistic work. Th …Read more
American Mill #2 (Lint Head) is an unconventional, multi-medium production now being performed at The Gallery at La MaMa. The piece is a meditative docudrama theatre piece about mill work in the United States at the turn of the century, but in the ex …Read more
New York born, Israeli-based choreographer Nadine Bommer has chosen a topic which I’ve never seen put into dance or theatre – football, or soccer, depending on your culture. In her pursuit to create a piece of dance theatre, she plays with all the o …Read more
Every time we see a play, we become travelers. The destination possibilities are as endless as our imaginations. When Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America is at the helm of our voyage, our trip is sure to be enthralling, mystical and fun. Though they …Read more
In between his masterpiece, “Falsettoland,” and his hugely popular “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” composer-lyricist William Finn penned a very personal off-Broadway musical. Co-written and directed by James Lapine, A New Brain, premiered a …Read more