The spilled beer and strewn popcorn on the floors of the Tank might not lead audiences coming to see Rule of 7×7 to expect a sophisticated production. The show I attended at 9:30 pm on a Monday night felt like the pre-game to an after party. However, …Read more
It’s a testament to Rory Kulz’ performance in The Old Masters, a play by Sam Marks running at the Flea Theater, that the character he plays comes across as someone worthy of the audience’s care and concern. Ben, the central, unlikable character in a …Read more
There are three likely guarantees with your ticket to any show at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest 2015: (1) You will be the very first audience to see the show; (2) the show will be a fresh new fusion of comedy, music and theater; and (3) you will leave the opul …Read more
Feared and revered by high school students and English majors, William Faulkner is easily one of the most brilliant — and one of the most challenging — Titans of American literature. It’s no surprise then, to find out that he was on the radar of El …Read more
R/evolution, a new musical directed by Richard St George now playing at the Robert Moss Theater, is set 150 years in the future, when corporations rule instead of governments, and human emotions are regulated through “Psychothrobics”, a “hormonal con …Read more
Is there anything better than working with someone that you admire? For Martin Tackel, getting the chance to collaborate with his colleague at Hunter College, Barbara Bosch, was a unique and wonderful opportunity. Both avid travelers with a passion f …Read more
Were the characters in Sheldon Bull’s Mallorca (directed by Donald Brenner for Abingdon Theatre Company) to move to network television, their show could easily be dubbed The Golden Guys. It would, of course, be outfitted with a laugh track and a them …Read more
Those up for for Shakespeare al fresco without the line might look West for Hudson Warehouse’s Henry IV Part I now playing by The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. The jaunty, at times hyper-violent and always vibrant production tran …Read more
This month, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s second round of one-acts, Series B, opens right as the crowd is still catching its breath from Series A. This go around features a Global Warming Comedy of Errors, a poetic meditation on contemporary America, an …Read more
Hold in your hand a young man of twenty-four. He is laden with a secret, obsessive love for his already-betrothed friend, Charlotte. Behold this sad, unknown poet. His name is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. His embarrassment of being so helplessly in lo …Read more