Faison Firehouse Theater presents a new Christmas tradition, “Bah Humbug”, a hip hop musical conceived by Tony-winner George Faison with Ebon Charles, Jasmine Thomas, The Respect Project, and one of rap’s most prominent emcees, Rah Digga.  This was m …Read more

Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” can be a difficult play to pull off. It is long, wordy, and depressing. It’s familiar enough that a basic adaptation can be boring, and one that tries something new and different can be gimmicky. It also requires a lead actor w …Read more

Tucked away on a quiet street in Long Island City, just miles away from Manhattan, The Chain Theater is running its December play “Re-Gift of the Magi”. This updated version of “The Gift of the Magi” has been re-imagined by writer Janet Hopf (“God Bl …Read more

The title of “Two Alone/Too Together” sets the tone for Peter Welch’s dark comedy, presented by Theater for the New City. By turn, the play’s two actors evoke intense emotion in the audience — their delivery is in good form, from their reflective so …Read more

There may be a certain advantage to incorporating film into a staged play. It can make it more cinematic, perhaps broaden the story a bit, and may offer a bit more perspective. However, in the case of Dangerous Ground’s experimental multimedia play ” …Read more

Somewhere in this convoluted twist of dissonance, glorious choral notes and witty lines; there is a story. Albeit inchoate, Eliza Bent and Dave Malloy’s “Blue Wizard / Black Wizard” possesses the beginning of a thought. Or a question. Or an answer. I …Read more

If you have ever idly wondered about the outlandish events that could occur within the confines of a New York City bar on a regular basis, this show brings those random thoughts to fruition. On The Rocks, in its third successful month of new sketches …Read more

This weekend, Everyday Inferno Theatre Company presented “If On A Winter’s Night…”, an evening of one act plays to warm you with laughter and contemplation on a chilly New York night. Like the eponymous Italo Calvino novel to which the evening’s titl …Read more

We’ve all been struck at one point in our lives: struck with fear, struck with awe, struck by Cupid’s arrow. We understand each meaning, the emotions elicited from within us.  But when one is struck with stroke, how should we react?  In a nonfiction …Read more

Magneto.  Professor Xavier.  Gandalf The Grey.  Captain Jean-Luc Picard.  Richard III.  King Claudius.  These are just a few of the colorful, dynamic roles that Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have played throughout their storied careers.  Now …Read more