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

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