It’s often been said that the greatest writers of the English language — with the exception of Shakespeare and one or two others — have all been Irish. Seeing The Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of Sean O’Casey’s “Juno and the Paycock”, direct …Read more

“A Mind-Bending Evening of Beckett”, three short plays all by the Irish great, is now being shown at the Irish Repertory Theatre, and for good reason.  The first piece, “Act Without Words” — about a Sisyphus-like figure on an island — is performed en …Read more

There is no easy or pretty way to approach the subject of pedophilia, which playwright Paula Vogel explores in  “How I Learned to Drive”.  Tongue in Cheek Theater’s well-crafted production of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play is currently at the Bridg …Read more

“Mexican Hayride” is a Cole Porter musical that hasn’t been seen in New York since 1944, when it ran for a year with great success. It featured whopping cast of 99 performers and was later made into a feature film starring Abbott and Costello (though …Read more

The Flying Carpet Theatre’s new play, “The Medicine Showdown”, is a bright sunrise of great country entertainment, bona fide public health advice, and marvelous, metafictive dramatics.  Playwrights Adam Koplan and Topher Payne have written exuberant …Read more

What better way to show off your entertainment industry abilities than a one-man show about the entertainment industry? The Movement Theatre Company’s “Last Laugh”, written and performed by Eric Lockley and directed by Jonathan McCrory, is the perfec …Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” on Broadway banishes any thoughts about your daily life and whisks you away to dream in its fairytale world from the moment the orchestra starts to tune their instruments till you’re standing on your feet givi …Read more

In the prodigious Shakespeare canon, gender-benders have always been in vogue. Gender, like the theatre, is a performance and as our notions of gender fluctuate, complicate, and ultimately loosen, it only makes sense that the stage reflects those var …Read more

Fred Newman’s “Stealin’ Home” is a surrealistic portrayal of the story behind the hero Jackie Robinson, as told through intimate conversation and polymorphic perspective. It’s a wonderful performance full of gusto, historical-political flare, flashba …Read more

Pye, Pye, Pyewacket! That’s what the kids used to say — at least in the 1960s and ’70s. Probably in part because it’s kinda fun to say (try it out loud for yourself), but also because it’s a phrase attached to one of the few movies at the time that …Read more