“Organic Shrapnel,” a new play by Charles Cissel, is about the loss we carry with us after a devastating event. It explores the lives of three sons as they cycle through death, war, and one girlfriend (yes, one). One brother joins a war to escape the …Read more

There’s something commendable about what Lauren Brickman, Raquel Powell and Britney Masari set out to do with their new play, “Hair of the Dog.” The three friends, who are both the writers and the stars of their one-act, have created a comedy with th …Read more

The Renaissance Faire — a way for people to time travel with the DeLorean — has long been the domain of the outcast. It allows you to enter a fantasy world where women still wear bodices and men carry swords. It offers up such amusements as skits a …Read more

Let’s not call this a “play”, because it only marginally meets that criteria. “Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man”, written by Matt Murphy and directed by Tim Drucker, is part improv, part cabaret, part silliness — and mostly just a night of …Read more

‘Transport’ is the latest presentation from New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre. Written by renowned Irish author Thomas Keneally, this new musical tells the story of four impoverished Irish women traveling as convicts from Cork, Ireland to Sydney, Au …Read more

There is something special about one-person shows. It’s a case of the chicken or the egg: I don’t know if the one-person show brings out the best in a performer, or if only the best performers dare attempt it. The artist knows there is nothing to sta …Read more

For young artists, the difficulty of creating work isn’t about getting a chance.  It’s about coping with rejection — frequent, cold and unrelenting. In Sarah Shaefer’s play about a young NYU grad, Amelia, played by Leslie Shires, who is spiraling in …Read more

Playing with ideas of love, hope, inspiration, artistic merit and dreams, “The Nina Variations” is a clever, funny, and heartfelt adaptation-cum-homage to Chekhov’s “The Seagull”. The two main characters, Nina (Leigh Adel-Arnold) and Treplev (Mark Ko …Read more

Toni Bentley has worked with director Zishan Ugurlu to bring her 2005 semi-autobiographical erotic novel, “The Surrender”, to the stage. The story is that of a woman’s personal awakening to a level of intimacy and emotional exposure that is brought t …Read more

Playwright Eric Simonson is becoming a specialist in plays having to do with real-life sports icons. His “Lombardi” played a healthy run at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater in 2010-11, and “Magic/Bird”, about basketballers Magic Johnson and La …Read more