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
The Gravity Partners’ stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray at FringeNYC brings Victorian characters to life while effectively invoking modern day society and notions of celebrity. Director and author Neal Utterback has punctua …Read more
As the audience enters The Celebration of Whimsy a.k.a. The C.O.W performance space on the Lower East Side they are greeted by actors/characters in various states of inebriation wandering about the stage. A fitting set up for SMASHED The Carrie Natio …Read more
With the horrors of the Gaza conflict ongoing and with recent demonstrations here in New York by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sympathizers, Samira is a very relevant theatrical work. Presented by The Present Company as part of the New York Int …Read more
About five kinds of frustration occur when the curtain comes down on Colin Drucker’s Mother’s Day, presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, and all arise from the fact that this is a play with seriously important potential and …Read more
Fish-out-of-water stories are rarely as delightful as the one presented in Jump Man, which shows us what happens to siblings and plumbers extraordinaire, Mario (Jeff Essex) and Luigi (Benny Oyama) when they’re not battling evil flying turtles and sav …Read more
