Bryant Park Presents’ Twelfth Night, performed and produced by The Drilling Company Shakespeare, is a whimsical midsummer night dream in midtown Manhattan. Set in the open air of Bryant Park, patrons sit on chairs and blankets and enjoy the show. Dir …Read more
The impulse to make art about one’s life story has fueled many great artists, but getting it right is a challenge. Dear Jane, a very nice and hardworking play written by Joan Beber and directed by Katrin Hilbe, is tangled in the weeds of the details …Read more
Chances are you haven’t heard the name Alla Nazimova. The Broadway star and Hollywood legend’s story is largely forgotten, but writer/performer Romy Nordlinger is determined to bring it back to life in her multimedia, one-woman show Places. Nordlinge …Read more
Watch out Alexander Hamilton! There’s another Founding Father in town and he’s full of witticisms and songs. Yes, Benjamin Franklin is currently appearing in an Off-Broadway musical called Money Talks that seeks to enlighten us with quotes gleaned fr …Read more
Fans of jazz and the First Lady of Song should start making their way to the York Theatre, where Me & Ella provides the perfect blast of nostalgia to revive your love for Ella Fitzgerald. Written and performed by Andrea Frierson, Me & Ella ca …Read more
I never thought math would win me over, but the day has finally come with Numbers Nerds. This addition to the New York Musical Festival hit all the right numbers with its charming story of friendship, budding romance, and working together in the face …Read more
Written and performed by Sohailla Mahjour, directed and developed by Pati Amoroso, Raghs is a tour-de-force that captures the time in a girl’s life when she most defines herself by her relationships. Mahjour has a fantastic chameleon-like ability to …Read more
A visit to Sidley Park is never for naught. In Potomac Theatre Project (PTP/NYC)’s light-on-its feet production of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece, Arcadia, the play proves as timeless as ever; there’s perhaps no greater testament to the work’s theme …Read more
In Pity in History, Howard Barker posits that history is a continual work-in-progress. A political satire with the feel of a parable, the play documents the travails of Gaukroger, an English mason in a time of Civil War. Under normal circumstances, t …Read more
Complete with youthful sensitivity, fading southern belles, and reminiscing on days past, “Hello to Rose: One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams” gives the perfect overview of Williams’ timeless style. Through this brief but immersive exploration of som …Read more
