Once a month, the traveling Wasabassco Hellfire Club makes its way to the East Village’s Kraine Theatre for an evening of burlesque entertainment. If you are ever in the area, it is worth heading over to check out. This intimate theatre, called the R …Read more

“The Picture of Dorian Gray” was recently performed at the Studio Theatre on Theatre Row on West 42nd Street. This one-man show was part of the 4th Annual United Solo Festival, which continues through November 24th. This adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s d …Read more

The Salem witch trials have long been the subject of novels, plays, and films — Elizabeth Gaskell’s novella “Lois the Witch” and Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” are just two examples — and this complex episode of American history will surely co …Read more

  Ars Nova is known for bringing us the marvelous and experimental, pushing boundaries of genre and theatricality. Their latest presentation, “Eager to Lose”, is no different, leading us down into the sultry world of burlesque with a smile and a …Read more

“Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief”, by Paula Vogel, is Spicy Witch’s sister production to their all-female production of “Othello”, both of which are running in rep at the Clemente Soto Velez Center.  From these two plays, we get the tragedy of …Read more

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