Few of us dream of drudging away at a poultry factory where we cannot feel our limbs or ever escape the cold. In Lisa Ramirez’s To The Bone, we see four Latina immigrants do just do that while praying, arguing, ranting, and trying to live with each o …Read more

Solitary Light ends as it begins, drenching the audience in complete darkness. What transpires in between is a tender and heart wrenching musing on love and life in a time long past. The new musical is part of the second annual Theater:Village Festiv …Read more

The Mint Theater Company’s mission to revive lost plays that still hold relevance to our time is being fulfilled by its revival of George Kelly’s The Fatal Weakness. In a country and culture where the divorce rate is over 50% and many Millennials are …Read more

Even for those of us that weaned on the fine arts, Rudolf Bauer is not a household name — certainly not the household name he expected to become post WWII when he emerged from a German prison and came to America with Solomon R. Guggenheim as his spo …Read more

For Hoaxocaust!, throw away everything you know about the Holocaust. Actually, maybe don’t throw it away — you’ll need it to understand the play — but momentarily suspend everything you thought about the worst monstrosity of the 20th century becaus …Read more

Many musicals about real life people tend to follow a specific formula: they set their plot in an intimate setting the likes of which the real life artist would have performed in, they build a setlist comprised of their greatest hits and then they ad …Read more

Fabulous! a new musical with book and lyrics by Dan Derby and music by Michael Rheault, advertises itself as “the queen of new musical comedies!” and you have to give it points for its optimism and energy. Its execution however, leaves a bit to be de …Read more

The best parodies are those that not only trivialize and satirize the elements and traits of their subject, but those that do so because its creators are so versed in the matter, that the jokes land with equal amounts of humor and heart. Bob and Tobl …Read more

To quote our old pal Billy Shakespeare, “the course of true love never did run smooth.” Walking out of Theater for the New City’s double feature opera program, The Power of Love, you might think truer words have never been spoken. Now normally I woul …Read more

Oracle Theater Inc presents a compelling historical story about the men who fought for our country in the first World War, and the challenges they faced upon their return. Through the strategic use of culturally relevant music, character metaphors, a …Read more