One can imagine Mac Rogers sitting at home one day, looking around at the room where he was and wondering what would become of it when he was no longer around. Would it be still standing one hundred years from now? Would its next inhabitants use it f …Read more
At a time when highly sensationalized stories of gender transition, such as that of Caitlyn Jenner, fill the daily gossip columns, Would You Still Love Me If… does well to explore the complex emotional realities in the kind of postmodern relationship …Read more
A dark room with a few light bulbs is all it takes to send the audience of Empanada Loca underground and into a massage room in an abandoned subway tunnel. This dark yet humorous play from Labyrinth Theater Company, written and directed by Aaron Mark …Read more
Director Michael Mayer evokes 1960s Las Vegas in a gritty depiction of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto at The Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado is dynamic, leading strings through skipping melodies, forceful duets, and memorable arias. Olga …Read more
Having played first at George Street Playhouse and East Hampton’s Guild Hall before making its Off-Broadway debut, Clever Little Lies is a well oiled show that is guaranteed to make you laugh. This comedic interpretation of the struggles that come wi …Read more
Fourteen-year-old Natalie Marx (Jake Lipman) is on quest for justice. Inquiring about a potential summer vacation, Natalie’s mother writes to a quaint inn in Vermont. A reply comes back from the proprietor that “our guests who feel most comfortable h …Read more
There are few workplaces with such bluntly descriptive names as the “kill floor,” the place where cows are killed in a slaughterhouse. This is where the protagonist of LCT3’s Kill Floor, Andy (Marin Ireland), lands her first job after five years in t …Read more
Squeaky Bicycle Productions’ Ten Ways on a Gun, written by Dylan Lamb, is a dark comedy about two unconnected people obsessed by the same gun. Tommy (Dylan Lamb) is a condo timeshare salesman who hates his job and feels unsatisfied in life; he decide …Read more
Nightmare: Horror Show, presented by Psycho Clan, is billed as New York’s Most Terrifying Theater Festival. The festival, which is playing through October 31st at the Clemente, features seven plays playing in rep. You’re certain to get your fix of …Read more
A sprawling old mansion looms out of the darkness, and the surrounding homes in this historic neighborhood are serenely quiet. No police sirens invade the solitude, nor are there weekend crowds spilling out onto the sidewalks. This is not the Manhatt …Read more