Catherine Boruch gave a highly energetic performance at Stage Left Studios this weekend. Her short one-woman show, Downtown Mermaid, was a comedic look at life of a Jersey Girl who gets swept up by the big city hype. From band groupie to corporate …Read more
The 2014 EstroGenius Festival brings together talented, unique, and strong female voices, and two of its shows display just how bold these women can be. First up was The Tinder Scrapbooking Love Guru Victoria, coming to us from funny woman Cat Miglia …Read more
The Tempest begins, as always, with a great storm. Instead of complicated sound effects—whooshing gales, pounding rain, waves crashing on sinking ships—the sounds simply come from the vocals of the actors and musicians. Karin Coonrod and Elizabeth Sw …Read more
Good Enough, written and performed by Matthew LaBanca and part of the United Solo Festival, explores territory that most of us experience at some point in our lives: the struggle to believe that we are enough, just as we are. A quadrupl …Read more
When I found out that Chemistry, the play I recently attended as part of the Fringe Encore Series, was about mental illness, I was apprehensive at best. Through experiences with family and friends, I understand mental illness firsthand, am all too aw …Read more
With poetic dialogue and powerful imagery, playwright Catherine Filloux in her new play Selma ’65 has written a beautiful solo vehicle for actress Marietta Hedges. Based in part on the true events surrounding the civil rights movement and the Selma V …Read more
The weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft have assumed new life at the Kraine Theatre in RadioTheatre’s sixth festival devoted to the author’s work. The week-long event, presented as part of the FRIGID Festival, casts the reclusive Rhode Island writer as a k …Read more
The EstroGenius Festival, running from October 2nd – November 2nd, celebrates female voices and gives female theater professionals the means to perform their art form on stage. The festival features one-woman shows, stand-up comedy, benefit performan …Read more
In a city where mega-musicals and big-budget productions of magical creatures, epic heroes, and spectacles often dominate the stage, the DR2 Theatre on East 15thStreet contains a gem that reminds us how compelling normal everyday life can be. The Iri …Read more
It’s always difficult to surprise in a story about dysfunctional siblings. However, Ruth and Naomi, a play following Naomi’s attempts to escape the suffocating dependency of her disabled younger sister Ruth, defies all expectations with beautifully w …Read more
