d cake, and children were being raised by grandparents or foster care, wouldn’t there be complaints? Wouldn’t people get up and do something, Mr. Jack?” Gardley’s script takes hard-to-stomach ideas — like the strong resemblance the prison system bea …Read more

In “Jamaica Farewell”, the story of one women’s journey to the United States from her native Jamaica, actress/playwright Debra Ehrhardt tells the true and unbelievable story of accomplishing her dream to come to America against all odds.  It’s story …Read more

Inspired by true events, “Casa Valentina”, a new play by Harvey Fierstein, follows a group of heterosexual men who escape to the Catskills to live their weekends as pearl-donned ladies.  Mr. Fierstein, a longtime devotee of the cross-dressing narrati …Read more

Theater festivals can be hit or miss in their line up of shows, but The Cabrini Theater’s Venus/Adonis Festival has hits from a range of artists and playwrights, from the absurd to modern day melodrama.  Housed in the beautiful 21′ by 17′ proscenium …Read more

How does one say no to a good old fashioned “body switch” comedy? The answer is you don’t and “Under My Skin” delivers. Written by the team of Prudence Fraser and Robert Sternin (of “The Nanny” fame), the play opens at the offices of big health insur …Read more

In 1934, renowned documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty set out to the Aran Islands, just off the Irish coast, to shoot his docudrama “Man of Aran” in which he shows fishermen and farmers performing mundane routines. Yet few filmmakers were as sly …Read more

Lyndon B. Johnson (Bryan Cranston) calls himself an “accidental President” several times during the first act of Robert Schenkkan’s “All The Way”, and it seems as if his only purpose, and that of the play, is to justify his unexpected ascent into pow …Read more

Michelle Williams, of “Dawson’s Creek” fame and a three-time Oscar nominee (“Brokeback Mountain”, “Blue Valentine”, “My Week with Marilyn”), made her Broadway debut last night, April 24, in the Roundabout Theater’s revival of “Cabaret”. Kander & Ebb’ …Read more

“The World is Round”, Ripe Time’s new show at BAM, is a giant kaleidoscope of childhood longing and fun.  Though the production itself is strong, the play lacks bite and insight. The story follows Rose, a young girl, as she strives to cut a place for …Read more

Two wildly different one-act operas, “The Wanton Sublime” and “The Companion”, premiered at Brooklyn’s Roulette space on Tuesday evening, performed by the American Modern Ensemble and American Opera Projects, and presented by Ear Heart Music. “The Wa …Read more