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

I never imagined in middle school that I’d get to see a fully realized stage production of “Anthem”, a novel that blew my mind as an adolescent.  I therefore felt fortunate to see Austin Shakespeare’s take on the novel, adapted by Jeff Britting from …Read more

Glass Bandits Theater Company presents the world premiere of “feeling.” by Paul Cameron Hardy (a semi-finalist for the 2013 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship), directed by Eddie Prunoske at the New Ohio Theatre.  It’s great space populated by talented a …Read more

I must admit that I approached this production of “The Seagull” with high hopes. Its director, Max Stafford-Clark, has been an inspiring force both in the UK and on the theater world at large. Moreover, I am an enormous Chekhov enthusiast. Admittedly …Read more

2013 may be the year of the girls. With the continued success of shows like “Girls” and videos of Miley Cyrus writhing like an oversexed octopus, “Breaking Heels”, a sweet and simple new play by Bryn Lagoni, sounds on paper like a much needed additio …Read more

Things go bump in the night, sounds cause a fright…and Radio Theatre’s stage production of “Dracula” gets it right. Radio Theatre, now entering its 10th year, brings Dracula back from the dead and to the East Village in the perfect season opener.  …Read more

Rabbit Hole Ensemble celebrates its 8th season with “Ready for the River”, a timeless play written by Obie Award winner Neal Bell and directed by New York Innovative Theatre winner Edward Elefterion. In the play, a mother (Doris) and her daughter (Lo …Read more

In “Iyom”, a new play by Lou-Lou Igbokwe presented by WorkShop Theatre Company, a curious girl escapes reality through magic, folktales, and hide-and-seek — only to find that these forms of escapism have brought her closer to the harsh truths of the …Read more