I Am Me, playing through October 13th throughout New York, is a site un-specific one-woman show, animating the writing of Russian playwright Alexandra Chichkanova. Conceived and performed by Nicole Kontolefa, who studied acting at Studio Six in Mosco …Read more

I’ll admit that when I first heard about the PigPen Theatre Co.’s The Old Man and The Old Moon at the New Victory Theater, I was skeptical. Despite all the hype and my editors raving about the show, I had reservations. After all, there were to be sha …Read more

A genuine Italian pizza joint is nothing if not a multi-purpose, American space, a place for family get-togethers, meetings, reunions, casual lunches. So it’s pretty cheeky that Sean J. Quinn set his middle-class, dark comedy, Money Grubbin’ Whores, …Read more

Having seen Ira Lewis’s Chinese Coffee nearly 24 hours ago, I remain catatonic in regard to relating the evening: there is simply too much to say. This is the kind of excellent two-character drama in which a galaxy of possibilities erupts every few m …Read more

Ever think that sharing stories with a crowd would have a sense of theatricality to it? Two Women Talking, directed by Dan Milne, takes on this challenge with performances at the A.R.T./New York South Oxford Space. The concept evokes curiosity before …Read more

Masha, Olga and Irina want more than anything to go to Moscow. But this is Chekhov and sadly no one gets what they want. Except the audience who get to choose their own adventure in this production of Three Sisters by Highly Impractical Theatre (HIT) …Read more

The McGowan Trilogy, playing now through October 5th at The Cell, invites you into an Irish mindset the moment you arrive. Expertly molded from narrow space to intimate theater, the venue’s bar is stocked with beer and Jameson. Upon sitting, an usher …Read more

Christopher Vened’s Human Identity, a one-man show at Theatre Row and part of the United Solo Festival’s hundreds of offerings through November, is not exactly theater, although it is true to the one-man show status. Vened makes it clear from the sta …Read more

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Next to Normal is essentially a show about a person’s right to pain. Diana (Carman Napier) is a suburban housewife dealing with intense bipolar disorder, her unexpected mood swings bring chaos to her family formed by husba …Read more

It’s rare to find true ensemble stories on stage. Often times, the focus will inevitably shift to a central character, or follow the storyline of a smaller group as the rest give a sort of ambience in storytelling. However, in I Like to Be Here: Jack …Read more