“Fix Me, Jesus” is a show about a woman in crisis. In Abingdon Theatre Company’s latest outing, Annabell Armstrong (Polly Lee) is a rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, although her personal life seems to be falling to bits. Where else would a …Read more

  Wooster Group, among the most venerated avant-garde theater troupes of our time, returns with a new production that melds Shakespeare into American history. Artistic director Elizabeth LeCompte will stage a developmental production of “Cry, Tr …Read more

“Ain’t Nothing Sentimental About a Revolution.” –Sunset Baby “Sunset Baby” begins quietly. Baldheaded and creamy voiced, Kenyatta (Tony Award­­­-nominee John Earl Jelks), a former political prisoner and member of the Black Liberation Movement, stare …Read more

Fans of Shakespeare and Renaissance historians alike will delight in the work that The Baited Bear Players have undertaken with “The Merry Wives of Windsor”. Not only do they present the bard’s comedy in an impeccably staged adaptation, they have mas …Read more

“Ashé” is hands down one of the best plays this season. UP Theater Company brings this top notch play, directed by the richly talented David Mendizábal and written by recent NYU graduate Ricardo Pérez González, to the neighborhood of Washington Heigh …Read more

What took so long? With virtually every Hollywood hit being transformed into a Broadway musical, it was only a matter of time before Rob Reiner’s beloved, “The Princess Bride” underwent its own theatrical transformation. Well, that time has apparentl …Read more

Theater for the New City presents The Cell’s production of a new work by a promising playwright Amina Henry entitled “An American Family Takes a Lover”.  This dark comedy can easily be compared with the likes of Isben’s “A Doll’s House”.  In her mind …Read more

Yesterday (Nov. 10), two-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returned to Broadway in a Shakespeare double bill: “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III”. Both shows began previews Oct. 15, and both are being done old-old-school style: all-male casts, the actors d …Read more

Two-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returns to Broadway today, Nov. 10, with “Bones” alumnus Stephen Fry in tow for an all-male staging of William Shakespeare’s comedy, “Twelfth Night”. Playing at the Belasco Theater (where previews began Oct. 15), the …Read more

At the beginning of “An Infinite Ache”, a two-man show by David Schulner starring Eric Kuehnemann and Nancy Sun, Charles tells Hope that he wishes he were old and had grandchildren already; it’s their first date.  He gets his wish and the rest of the …Read more