A Midsummer Night’s Dream explores misunderstandings, trickery, and magic; nothing is as it seems. In this vein, Quirky Productions’ reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous romantic farce does not disappoint. In fact, it often surprises. The first moment …Read more

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, The Snow Queen is like Frozen by way of Gogol Bordello. With a superb mise-en-scene by director Rick Lombardo (who also served as choreographer) the show plays out like a campfire story as we meet Gerda (Eryn …Read more

“Was that me or was that Gandhi?” asks Oprah Winfrey (Rachel Dunham) immediately after delivering one of her well-known life-affirming statements, and the sentiment pretty much epitomizes the brilliance of Oprahfication, a one-woman show that takes p …Read more

Set in a not-so-distant future, where puritanical values and ahem Republicans, have taken over the United States, The Travels paints a bleak portrait to work as both cautionary tale and eerie satire. The America of the show is a place where “goodness …Read more

The eight years of Bill Clinton’s presidency are turned into a musical extravaganza in the completely crass, delightful CLINTON, a musical with a book by Michael Hodge & Paul Hodge (who also wrote the music & lyrics). Perhaps what this tired …Read more

When a play titled Glam Night is performed at a theater named the Jewel Box, you are entitled to expect something sparkly, if not outright drag and rhinestones. What playwright Chip Wheat delivers is instead four brief, interlocking two-character pla …Read more

In a scene towards the end of Get Me A Guy, an elderly lady (played by Wei Yi Lin, among various roles) waits at a bus stop with pink roses for her 21-year-old grandson, who is off fighting in the war. She squints at the many buses passing by, hoping …Read more

WikiMusical, directed by Richard J. Hinds and musically directed by Sonny Paladino, a show for the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Pearl Theater, is a regular ol’ Alice in Wonderland — if you replace Alice with two head-butting, tech-savvy …Read more

“Where the fuck is she?” whispers pianist Otto (Heath Saunders) after performer Erika Stern (Alexis Fishman) fails to appear following his grandiose introduction. “Let’s do it from the top” he instructs the band members and this time Erika does appea …Read more

When a play asks its actors to play multiple characters of opposing type, age, and time period, the results go in one of two directions. If the actors succeed, the versatility and character choices feel seamless and in support of the story; for the a …Read more