“The Winter’s Tale” is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays, and, as with most of his romances, it is not difficult to see why. The play can often seem oddly unbalanced, with the first half playing out much like a tragedy and the second half be …Read more

Playlab NYC describes its production of “Professor Ralph’s Loss of Breath” as “Punch and Judy meets the Book of Job in Professor Ralph’s neglected masterpiece.” What should be added to this description is “an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short sto …Read more

Just last week, Page Six reported that Emma Thompson surprised the cast of “Heathers: The Musical”, by showing up to one of their rehearsals.  The Oscar winner, who was in rehearsals for the New York Philharmonic’s production of “Sweeney Todd”, decid …Read more

In “Confessions of a Red Headed Coffeeshop Girl”, the sassy, sarcastic, and humorous Rebecca Perry brings us inside the everyday life of Joanie Little as she takes on her first real job after college. As we are soon to find out, there is, in fact, no …Read more

“Questions of the Heart: Gay Mormons and the Search for Identity”, an hour long show written and performed by Ben Abbott and directed by Mark Kamie, has all the elements that make a show worth seeing: an engaging opening, thought-provoking material a …Read more

Hey, hey, LBJ, how many critics did you win over today? That’s the question producers are asking tonight, March 6th, following the opening of “All the Way”, a historical drama by Robert Schenkkan about the difficult presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Brya …Read more

A hostage, a wife, a reporter and a state department representative are at odds: how to best handle this tense situation? In Lee Blessing’s “Two Rooms”, now at the Seeing Place Theater, you’ll be kept wondering about whose motives are suspect and who …Read more

The Frigid New York Fringe Festival, now in its 8th year, keeps getting better and better.  With ticket prices that won’t break your pocket, Frigid is notable for being the only festival of its kind on the East Coast where 100% of all box office proc …Read more

The Oscars might not be bigger than the Tony’s to Theater Lovers but twas a good night for Broadway especially after John Travolta butchered veteran Tony Winner and “Frozen” star Idina Menzel’s name. In retrospect it might have been just the boost ne …Read more

Turn To Flesh Productions certainly chose a relevant story to present for Valentine’s weekend of 2014: the myth of Cupid and Psyche. “Cupid and Psyche”, written and directed by Emily C. A. Snyder, is their very first play — a comedy with the audacit …Read more