Something significant — and entertaining, to boot — is going on one flight up at the Tada Theater on 28th Street. Four people maneuver through their relationships in a modern little play that (hallelujah!) knocks the stuffing out of a zeitgeist tha …Read more

At this year’s Comic Book Theater Festival, new heroes take the stage in Charles Battersby’s “The Astonishing Adventures of All American Girl & The Scarlet Skunk”.  The play, inspired by the Golden Age of comic books and radio shows, addresses se …Read more

Shakespeare’s most fascinating and troubling character, Shylock the money lender, has returned to haunt the stage once again in “The Merchant of Venice”, presented by The Shakespeare Forum, a group of talented New York artists dedicated to exploring …Read more

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” –Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven” is one of Poe’s most famous and recognized works. It has been turned into parody poems, comic books, cartoons, several films (including a 2012 thriller depicting …Read more

With so many characters being bumped off, it seems only fitting that the Broadway musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” receive an award for all of them. The Drama Desk was more than willing to comply, and at their annual ceremony (held S …Read more

While leaving last night’s performance of “Why Bother?” at the Paradise Factory, a friend (and theater neophyte), remarked, “It was very funny. But it wasn’t a comedy.” And that is very succinctly the heart of the four-story play directed by Andrew B …Read more

There is a good deal to say for Michael Thomas Walker’s one-man play, “Bubba”, not the least of which is how Walker manages to be true to the South without rendering it cartoon-ish. As the actor/playwright takes the audience through his journey home …Read more

There is a new verse play in town written entirely in iambic pentameter with 30 characters played by 10 actors who all happen to be women.  Ego Actus presents award-winning Duncan Pflaster’s “Tragedy of Dandelion”, now playing at Urban Stages. We cau …Read more

Voices Theatre presents the world premiere of “Mein Uncle”, an absurdist fairytale about the seeds of inhumanity. The play, written and directed by Aliza Shane, is based on the true story of Geli Raubal, niece to the most infamous villain in history, …Read more

Fairy tales are hot stuff.  Fractured within the surreal landscape of Rocky and Bullwinkle, probed to menacing depths by Bettelheim, and reconfigured to suit the irony and artistry of Sondheim, it would seem, in fact, that there isn’t much left in th …Read more