We know the stories and iconic songs so well that it’s hard to believe that characters from Disney movies may have their own tales to tell. Disenchanted!, currently running at the Westside Theater, may permanently alter your views of Disney royalty. …Read more

Underland, director Mia Rovegno and playwright Alexandra Collier’s new play on stage now at 59E59 Theaters, starts as any coming-of-age teen story might. Two girls, Violet and Ruth, clad in school uniforms, light up a joint behind their school, share …Read more

In the same vein as the 2010 musical satire Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, New World Stages’ Clinton the Musical takes one of America’s most controversial presidential terms and adds singing and dancing to exaggerated caricatures of historical figures …Read more

For playwright Oscar Speace, Janka is a very personal production.  Produced by Roust Theatre Company, it regards his mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, and the trials she endured in order to give him and his brother the opportunities she herself wa …Read more

It’s not exactly a logically sound rule of thumb to have, but whenever I see an overly pep filled person, I immediately assume they’ve got some severed limbs buried somewhere in their backyard. Never trust happy people! There’s always something hidin …Read more

Thank heaven for Heidi Thomas; her revised book of Gigi provided the chauvinistic Lerner/Loewe musical with a much needed push into the 21st century, while preserving the frothiness that made it a delight for past generations. Thomas’ book had been a …Read more

Daily Life Everlasting isn’t so much a play as a collage of dance, spoken word and physical theatre. Some of it is absolutely thrilling, like a blow-out dance party complete with strobe lights and people stripping down to their skivvies. It can also …Read more

Whenever there’s a non-traditional production of the Bard’s work, it’s hard to not comment on how universal the plays are, how the themes and stories are easily transportable to any space and time. When taking on Shakespeare’s text, anything goes. Ra …Read more

Following the success of last year’s critically acclaimed hit Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason’s new play the Undeniable Sound of Right Now explores the intersection between young and old and the choice to move ahead the times or refuse to change. Sin …Read more

For a play that features three vets dealing with issues ranging from PTSD to sexual assault, Rehana Lew Mirza’s Soldier X is surprisingly buoyant. It begins with recent recruit Lieutenant Monica Burnes trying to get veteran Lance Corporal Lynn Downey …Read more