“Ain’t Nothing Sentimental About a Revolution.” –Sunset Baby “Sunset Baby” begins quietly. Baldheaded and creamy voiced, Kenyatta (Tony Award­­­-nominee John Earl Jelks), a former political prisoner and member of the Black Liberation Movement, stare …Read more

Fans of Shakespeare and Renaissance historians alike will delight in the work that The Baited Bear Players have undertaken with “The Merry Wives of Windsor”. Not only do they present the bard’s comedy in an impeccably staged adaptation, they have mas …Read more

“Ashé” is hands down one of the best plays this season. UP Theater Company brings this top notch play, directed by the richly talented David Mendizábal and written by recent NYU graduate Ricardo Pérez González, to the neighborhood of Washington Heigh …Read more

Theater for the New City presents The Cell’s production of a new work by a promising playwright Amina Henry entitled “An American Family Takes a Lover”.  This dark comedy can easily be compared with the likes of Isben’s “A Doll’s House”.  In her mind …Read more

At the beginning of “An Infinite Ache”, a two-man show by David Schulner starring Eric Kuehnemann and Nancy Sun, Charles tells Hope that he wishes he were old and had grandchildren already; it’s their first date.  He gets his wish and the rest of the …Read more

“The Mutilated” is nothing but rough around the edges. The daring play by Tennessee Williams is bold, ugly, and throws a punch. In the New Ohio Theater’s 38 year musical revival of this lesser known gem, creatively tackled by director Cosmin Chivu, w …Read more

Halfway through “The Vaudvillians”, Dr. Dan Von Dandy says to his wife and show business partner, Ms. Kitty Witless, that her part of their act has “too much comedy and not enough glamour.”  Unfortunately, the exact opposite of this statement is true …Read more

A native of the South, I’d never heard of the word gentrification until I moved to New York City — and even then I didn’t fully understand its harrowing effects.  To someone from the outside it’s easy to miss the many gems that are fixed in place wh …Read more

I’m in awe of everyone who contributed to the production of “Two Boys”, a brand new opera by Nico Muhly now playing at the Metropolitan Opera House.  Muhly, the youngest composer ever commissioned by the Met, more than justified the honor with the de …Read more

In Greek mythology, Hades kidnaps Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and makes her queen of the underworld.  She is abducted by her uncle with her father’s consent – according to the ancient Greeks, nothing happens in t …Read more