Vestments of the Gods should have been made as a stop motion film in the vein of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Paranorman and this is nothing if not a compliment; for the way in which Owen Panettieri’s sophisticated musical combines the macabre …Read more

  Lancelot: The brave knight of King Arthur’s Round Table who had an adulterous affair with Queen Guinevere, then rescued her from the stake when she was about to be burned for treason. Ryan: The youngest manager of a store named United Goods in …Read more

In a world full of Magical Negros, only one in particular, Jamil Ellis, has been able to effectively capture the shame and sadness that comes with typecasting people of color. His one-man show, Magical Negro Speaks is Ellis’ way of telling the storie …Read more

What would a reunion between former cult members look like? Would it be fun? Would it be nostalgic? Would it be scary? Excavation Theater Company’s The Lost Ones, currently showing as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, plays with thi …Read more

A new kind of bible study has come to The Players Theatre, where playwright Andrew R. Heinze and director Amy Wright bring Moses, The Author to a riveting 2014 FringeNYC lineup. No need to brush up on your Old Testament facts, though; the cerebral co …Read more

Walking into the Robert Moss Theatre to see the premiere performance of Catherine Yu’s The Sun Experiment, presented by Helikon Rep as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, I understood next to nothing about the life and ideas of Ludwig …Read more

Set in the Dust Bowl in the harsh years following the Great Depression, Dust Can’t Kill Me is a new country musical by Abigail Carney (Book) and Elliah Heifetz (Music & Lyrics), which opens with an irresistible invitation: as the charming Montgom …Read more

Calling all Shakespeare buffs: Care to see one of your favorite playwright’s masterpieces in action as the unique charm and allure of the 40’s serves as a refreshing historical backdrop? If this sounds appealing, head out and see A 1940’s Comedy of E …Read more

It is a Tuesday night and the first official monsoon of August and The Kraine Theater is packed — surely, a testament to the growing pull of The Dirty Blondes, a feminist theater company with a self proclaimed “taste for provocation”. We have all br …Read more

Do you ever see someone many years younger than you who demonstrates so much talent, charisma, and self-possession that you just sort of resent them for it? Like, where they’re so good at something – and so young – that it makes you hate them? Like, …Read more