Descending into any of the small dark theatres that litter the East Village is always a gamble. You can enter a decrepit corner and be confronted by amateur experimental mishaps or find Broadway’s next blockbuster.  In the case of David Cote’s surpri …Read more

What is perhaps most compelling about Jerry Ford’s story in the play “Hope” is that he lived to tell the tale. In this one-person show based on the writer/actor’s life growing up in Detroit, the audience witnesses a constant transformation — Ford no …Read more

In theory, everything about promising new playwright Nathan Wright’s “Peninsula” should work: strong plot, great direction, wonderful ensemble, solid writing, and a small horde of ethnically diverse and really attractive people. However, this second …Read more

“Locombia,” a timely and entertaining hard-hitting political theatre piece by J. Anthony Roman, is everything political theatre should be and then some.  In addition to being good experimental work, “Locombia” (which by the way is an anagram for Colo …Read more

“Shoot the Freak” is a new play written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by Andrew Neisler. It’s part of the “(not just) 3 New Plays” month-long theatrical event at Paradise Factory (64 E. 4th St.). It’s the story of a group of friends who try to recr …Read more

Can one single event really crush your life’s dream?  For Cal Arbus, the protagonist of Marc Spitz’s “Revenge and Guilt”, the dream of becoming a rock ‘n’ roll star was crushed by the words of his teen idol, wannabe rock legend Marvin “Major” Cohen ( …Read more

While standing in the Jack Theater in Brooklyn, I glanced at the aluminum foil hugging the walls and wondered whether this new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “All God’s Chillun Got Wings”, jointly presented by Ithaca-based Civil Ensemble and Above th …Read more

Playwright Victor Cahn’s portrayal of choices and regrets in his two-character play “A Dish for the Gods” is well done.  This unit-set one-act revolves around a successful writer’s remembrances of her college professor/mentor/lover. The two complex c …Read more

Saturday evening, I had the pleasure of getting to know Tennessee Williams — not the real Tennessee Williams, of course, but the man as interpreted by actor/writer William Shuman, who presented his insightful solo show “En Avant! An Evening With Ten …Read more

On Friday night, I made a trip to the IRT Theater, a small venue on the third-floor of the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village.  It’s a cool set up with a casual vibe: most audience members watched the show with alcoholic beverages in hand, and …Read more