One of the theaters where I — and incidentally, playwright Frank Winters — went to college was always a bit of a fixer upper. Shoddy stagecraft from the many shows in rep littered the floor. The fire curtain had huge tears through it. Finally, my s …Read more
The song “Magdalene Laundries” by Joni Mitchell tells the tale of an unmarried twenty-seven-year-old woman forced to work behind the walls of a convent as punishment for the way men look at her. The nameless woman bears witness to the stories of the …Read more
August Strindberg is a master of the enigmatic narrative. His plays often have an intangible quality to them, whether it be because of mysterious backstories or curious motivations. The Swedish writer is often characterized as a naturalist, like many …Read more
Unhealthy, written by Darren Caulley, presents the world of two guys and two girls in their mid-to-late twenties who want to connect, to find their purpose and to be allowed to make mistakes. The female characters in this piece not only drive the plo …Read more
Match-Play, a collaboration of choreographer Deborah Hay and Austin-based theater collective Rude Mechs, debuted this week at New York Live Arts. In this theatrical reimagination of Hay’s 2004 Bessie Award-winning dance, The Match, Hay, in concert wi …Read more
Playwright Sam Shepard and director Robert Woodruff were on a roll together in the late 1970s and early 1980s, teaming up for a series of well-received dramas centered on that favorite of themes: The American Family. Curse of the Starving Class (1978 …Read more
In The Christians, playwright Lucas Hnath’s self proclaimed “big-little play about faith in America,” now onstage at Playwrights Horizons, opposing theological and ideological structures that shape our society are given an achingly human face. Theate …Read more
In the 90 minutes of Ken Jaworowski’s Believers, the playwright packs a whole lifetime, opening up the past and present of what could be any couple living right here, right now. In this Workshop Theater production, directed by Alex Dmitriev, two sets …Read more
In its seventh annual celebration of horror master H.P. Lovecraft, RadioTheatre puts on another series of staged readings in the style of ’40s radio dramas. As part of New York’s FRIGID Festival, for two weekends RadioTheatre will be honoring the lat …Read more
The Thespis Theater Festival is held in New York City each summer. This year’s incarnation – which was held at the Hudson Guild Theater – contained over sixty productions. Of those, only six were chosen as finalists. They were each given encore prese …Read more
