Magic lives inside the space of a theatre. Or in CIrque du Soleil’s case, inside the space of their circus tent. Like electricity, magic is always in the air. Just as Nikola Tesla knew how to harness the electricity that invisibly hovers the earth, K …Read more

Neil LaBute’s All the Ways to Say I Love You is not an especially good play, in fact it can be rather trite at times, its central “issue” is so dated, that one wonders if having it be an issue at all is part of one of the playwright’s perverse jokes, …Read more

The universe proved it has a wicked sense of humor by having the opening night of Paper Mill Playhouse’s The Producers occur on the very day The New York Times released a piece which revealed GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump had used a tax law …Read more

Obie Award-winning Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor doesn’t disappoint in Communion, now having its American premiere at Urban Stages. In this compelling and moving drama we are witnesses to the lives of three women, each in a various stage of both …Read more

If your theatrical preferences include sweat, exalted language, spanks, and Daddy Yankee dance breaks, look no further than One-Eighth Theaterʼs production of The Maids, now playing at INTAR. Obie-winner Jose Riveraʼs adaptation brings Jean Genetʼs p …Read more

Contaminated water endangers a community. Science denial is widespread in the face of inconvenient truths. The discomfiting idea that populism can be a dangerous thing hangs in the atmosphere. There is plenty in David Harrower’s 2013 adaptation of He …Read more

Even the most liberal of teachers would cringe at the didactic method used to teach children about slavery in Underground Railroad Game, which sees two idealistic instructors give the Civil War the immersive experience. The show opens in a classroom …Read more

With the election getting closer every day, the country’s most pressing political issues are on everyone’s minds. Theatre for the New City turns to folk music to tackle some of the biggest issues deciding today’s political climate in its new play The …Read more

Chuck & Me Playmakers’ Loops achieves an important feat in theatre with this play about a porn producer and his world set in 1990s New York: they never once take the easy way out with a cheap joke about porn or the 1990s. Instead, playwright Chuc …Read more

The vibe is electric. If the set, a near replica to that of The Golden Girls, isn’t enough to get you in the mood, the audience singing along to the opening theme song will. As the familiar punch lines roll in, there is no doubt that we are back in M …Read more