At the midpoint of “Family Play”, the latest in the line of CollaborationTown’s hive-minded theatrical creations, two teens flip tarot cards. The first is for the past, the second for the present, and the third and final for the future. This triptyc …Read more
d cake, and children were being raised by grandparents or foster care, wouldn’t there be complaints? Wouldn’t people get up and do something, Mr. Jack?” Gardley’s script takes hard-to-stomach ideas — like the strong resemblance the prison system bea …Read more
Last night, Freedom to Marry celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a gala event hosted by the the Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Cynthia Nixon. A huge supporter and advocate for marriage equality, Nixon was the perfect emcee for the celebration. …Read more
In “Jamaica Farewell”, the story of one women’s journey to the United States from her native Jamaica, actress/playwright Debra Ehrhardt tells the true and unbelievable story of accomplishing her dream to come to America against all odds. It’s story …Read more
Inspired by true events, “Casa Valentina”, a new play by Harvey Fierstein, follows a group of heterosexual men who escape to the Catskills to live their weekends as pearl-donned ladies. Mr. Fierstein, a longtime devotee of the cross-dressing narrati …Read more
Theater festivals can be hit or miss in their line up of shows, but The Cabrini Theater’s Venus/Adonis Festival has hits from a range of artists and playwrights, from the absurd to modern day melodrama. Housed in the beautiful 21′ by 17′ proscenium …Read more
How does one say no to a good old fashioned “body switch” comedy? The answer is you don’t and “Under My Skin” delivers. Written by the team of Prudence Fraser and Robert Sternin (of “The Nanny” fame), the play opens at the offices of big health insur …Read more
What started as a weekly episodic show in The Serials at the Flea is now a fantastically charming one act comedy playing at the PIT. In “Women”, playwright Chiara Atik has reimagined Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel “Little Women” as a modern day si …Read more
In 1934, renowned documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty set out to the Aran Islands, just off the Irish coast, to shoot his docudrama “Man of Aran” in which he shows fishermen and farmers performing mundane routines. Yet few filmmakers were as sly …Read more
Lyndon B. Johnson (Bryan Cranston) calls himself an “accidental President” several times during the first act of Robert Schenkkan’s “All The Way”, and it seems as if his only purpose, and that of the play, is to justify his unexpected ascent into pow …Read more
