The first time I heard about Hypokrit Theater’s “Bollywood” version of “Romeo & Juliet” I thought – wow, that’s a fun idea. On several occasions when it’s been mentioned in conversation, people have immediately latched into the concept and have s …Read more

As the world marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, New York audiences are given a gift in Miwa Yanagi’s visually splendid theater piece, Zero Hour: Tokyo Rose’s Last Tape, which opens the Japan Society’s series Stories from the War. Using as …Read more

Roses are red, violets are blue, take your one and only to the theater this Valentine’s Day and they will surely love you! What could be better this February than cozying up to your sweetheart while taking in a show and celebrating love day? Check th …Read more

In 1791 President George Washington commissioned architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant to design the capital of the United States. The French-born architect sought inspiration from some of Europe’s most beautiful cities including Milan and Amsterdam, but …Read more

Anton Dudley’s fascinating new play City Of, a production of The Playwrights Realm at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, explores living in “The In-Between” — what one character in City Of calls “the sustained waking dream…eternal twilight: entre chien et …Read more

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing a one-woman show called A Kind Shot, a lovely, raw and emotional piece written and performed by Terri Mateer at the Davenport Theater in Midtown. Walking into the theater, the first thing you notice is a bare set …Read more

Sometimes a star just has it. Not just talent, not just a special quality, but a presence that will make theatergoers (especially female theatergoers) throw money at the opportunity to be in his presence (or catch his sweat-drenched garments). Such a …Read more

It’s back!  Since 1995 the Riant Theater has been bringing together a terrific collection of one-act plays for New York theater fans. It’s great fun to go to the festival because you get to see several plays at the same time. Highly recommended! Now …Read more

Philip Barry’s 1932 comedy The Animal Kingdom — revived by the Hunger & Thirst Theatre Collective and directed by Jacob Titus — is less well known than Barry’s Holiday (1928) and The Philadelphia Story (1939), both of which became film vehicles f …Read more

“How did he do that?” According to magician/storyteller Nelson Lugo, this is not the important question. The important question is “Why?” And so, in his autobiographical one-man show Gathering the Magic, Lugo tells his audience why, for him, magic is …Read more