Some time between the coleslaw and the dancing gnomes I decided it was a fool’s errand to try to overthink Now Is The Time. Now Is The Best Time. Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life., the latest “junk spectacular” (their words) by Brooklyn based theate …Read more

When the characters in The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead speak, what comes out is a jumble of words: lyrical, emotional, tautological. A man in overalls sits with a watermelon in his lap. Where d …Read more

There is no more satisfying way to get your spook on during Halloween season than the award-winning RadioTheatre’s annual festival of works by HP Lovecraft, which was held at Kraine Theater in the East Village. Being an audience member at a live perf …Read more

The Ma-Yi Theater Company’s Among the Dead has officially raised the bar for all theater productions. I write this review knowing there are not enough words to do justice to playwright Hansol Jung’s masterpiece. The writing, the direction (by Ma-Yi A …Read more

Comprised of two separate plays with the central theme of Hurricane Katrina, Lost Voices shows the human level of the ravages of ever-present climate change. Each of the plays has a cast of three, and the set from the first play is deconstructed to m …Read more

If you are familiar with Company XIV, you may be surprised (and humored) to find the company performing Paris in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church — you may even feel you’re in the wrong place. Inside, however, is the Irondale Theater, an old …Read more

With the presidential election just around the corner, William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus hits especially close to home. Red Bull Theater’s current production, which has been expertly executed by director Michael Sexton, features an all-star cast, tell …Read more

The Gallery Players’ The 39 Steps is like really entertaining clockwork. The talents of the cast and the production team combine to keep this fast-paced comic whodunit moving without a hitch. In fact, some of the funny moments of the cast “breaking c …Read more

According to José Antonio Méndez’s famous bolero glory awaits mortals in heaven, but for those of us lucky enough to be alive and kicking, La Gloria can be found at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Subtitled as “a Latin cabaret”, this two-h …Read more

The Other Mozart is astounding from start to finish, with one actor, one set and a trove of history and humor that tells the story of Nannerl Mozart, the oft-forgotten elder sister of world-famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Visually stunning a …Read more