Last time I saw the incomparable three-time Tony Award nominee Brian Murray was as the imperious Lady Bracknell a few years ago in Roundabout Theater’s The Importance of Being Earnest. In Simon Says, a new play written by Mat Schaffer and playing Off …Read more

One of Greek drama’s most powerful developments was the agon, or contest. Typically this means a contest of wills, a battle between two strong individuals, both of whom are justified, either morally or legally. Sometimes the agon intensifies with nei …Read more

The Forest Hills Stadium may have been rained on earlier in the day (audience members were asked to relinquish their umbrellas at the door) but it stayed dry for a concert featuring the New York Pops, the city’s only symphonic orchestra that speciali …Read more

In Liberty (presented at 42West), the Statue of Liberty sails from France to America in 1885. There she lingers in a sort of limbo as Americans finish raising money for the pedestal on which she will stand. Onstage the statue is a moving, breathing h …Read more

Recent Cutbacks have certainly not cut back on the fun and hilarity in their latest endeavor, Fly, You Fools!, a scene-by-scene reenactment of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Performed by Kyle Schaefer, Nick Abeel, Matt Zambrano an …Read more

The Healing, presented by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, is a play about the aftermath of a life devoted to faith. Zoe, a woman who spent her life in the Christian Science Church mentoring children with disabilities, has suddenly died alone in he …Read more

The multi-media puppet show The Paper Hat Game, now playing at the 3LD Art and Technology Center, is an unexpected delight. Created and directed by Torry Bend, this beguiling theatrical experience portrays the semi-true story of Scotty Iseri, a subwa …Read more

What is Talent?  That is the question asked of the audience at the hilarious show, “Ruthless, the Musical”.  A wonderful, irreverent romp that tells the tale of little Tina Denmark and her family, who prove that they are willing to do whatever it tak …Read more

Shakespeare’s Othello gets the Jewish treatment in an adaptation by actor-director David Serero, featuring both traditional Judeo-Arabic music and some of Verdi’s operatic score. The production — presented by the American Sephardi Federation, an org …Read more

For nearly two full decades, The Metropolitan Playhouse on West 4th Street has been dedicating itself to the legacy of American theater – in all its various incarnations. Per its own website, the company “explores America’s theatrical heritage to ill …Read more