Origin Theater’s 1st Irish Festival’s The Big Green Apple features five 10-minute plays written by finalists from Ireland debuting in New York City. The plays are centered around the theme given to the writers, “With Love From…” Each short play to …Read more
Song of Solomon can boast without doubt to be one of the finest performances in independent theatre. Based on the biblical mythology of King Solomon, and his tortuous pursuit of Almah, performed by the incomparable Ann McCormack, this show leaves no …Read more
With a flurry of voices and stories colliding on stage, The Devil of Delancey Street succeeds in pulling the ends together only when needed. We follow a recent widow, Mrs. Chaste, struggling to restart her life in a time where financial independence …Read more
It’s sometime hard to locate the missing ingredient in a story: that one element needed to pull everything together. In Ed Meyer’s Finder’s Keepers, an heiress discovers that the priceless painting she’s set to inherit may have been stolen from a Jew …Read more
The Kitchen Play stays true to its title, and doesn’t spare the seasoning. As the Stantons, a middle-class Philadelphia family, navigate their way through a tortuous divorce, every last bit of raw emotion is projected through the food and appliances …Read more
In the midst of heavy plotting and severely under-explored characters, Sing After Storms seeks to create a story that channels both Doubt and Blue/Orange. However, what sets this play back is its reluctance to shift from predictability. Joe Laureiro’ …Read more
Everyone knows the story of the three blind men and the elephant. As ablest as it may be (which it is), the metaphor points to one invaluable truth: E Pluribus Unim. Out of many, comes one. In I Like to Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This is …Read more
Dirt, written by Robert Schneider (and translated by Paul Dvorak), tells the peculiar story of Sad, a Middle Eastern illegal immigrant who lives surreptitiously in a rickety tenement. Sad’s love for his new country is effervescent, and he spends most …Read more
Having been completely charmed by Deborah Berenson’s performance in Sex, Lies and Earl Grey at the New York International Fringe Festival, I was literally bouncing in my shoes when I heard that she’d been chosen for the Fringe Encore performances. I …Read more
The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds feted its 2014 honorees with a star studded and lively event at Anita’s Way, next to the Sondheim Theater, on Tuesday, September 29. Broadway Salutes recognizes the contribution of members from all areas of …Read more