Say what you will about Donny, he’s a showman. A teen magician, Donny (played by the magnetic Harry Farmer) is deluded in his abilities, he’s blinkered to anything beyond the scope of his act, he lacks the ability to connect with others or glean thei …Read more

Life, death and Walt Whitman are subject to heightened scrutiny in the explosive two-hander I And You. Referring to the project Caroline (Kayla Ferguson) and Anthony’s (Reggie D. White) English teacher assigns to explore the meaning of pronouns in Wh …Read more

Toshiki Okada’s God Bless Baseball, performed in Japanese and Korean with English subtitles at Philadelphia’s FringeArts, is a masterful exploration of the dangers of leaving home, or least home plate.  Through the eyes of two baseball-curious laymen …Read more

For most writers, there is much catharsis in storytelling. In the case of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella The Gambler, the real-life roulette addict wrote with considerable knowledge about a fictional roulette addict. The novel’s true purpose however, i …Read more

There are two major psychological forces at play in Chris Thorpe and Rachel Chavkin’s theater cum performance art piece Confirmation, which took place at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Boerum Hill as a part of New York City’s annual Coil Festival, a …Read more

The classic operatic double feature, Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic chivalry) and Pagliacci (the clowns) is almost as sure as La Bohème to please Italian opera fans and newcomers alike. In fact, each of these short operas is almost never performed with …Read more

An exuberant play written and performed by Frank Boyd, The Holler Sessions, part of Performance Space 122’s Coil festival, brings jazz and Village charm to the forefront. From his cramped studio in Kansas City, the wiry, frenetic Boyd shares a loving …Read more

As much as we may love them, the julep-drenched eccentricities of Tennessee Williams’ plays have always cried out to be burlesqued. I have fond memories of a hilarious parody called Swan, presented decades ago on the campus of San Francisco State Uni …Read more

Radio inherently has a peculiar character among modes of communication in that it can be at once deeply intimate and small, but also highly communal and far-reaching. One or two individuals with the right equipment in a little room can broadcast acro …Read more

Much of the circus arts exist outside of a big top. This is evidenced by the three groups that performed in Friday’s International Contemporary Circus Expo at NYU’s Skirball Center. The expo was sponsored by Circus Now, a nonprofit dedicated to suppo …Read more