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

Part of the “Planet Connections Theatre Festivity”, How to Succeed as an Ethically Ambiguous Actor is a one-woman show, performed by Zenobia Shroff. We follow her journey from India to the USA and her struggles with cultural differences. In the begin …Read more

Eric Overmyer’s 1985 play On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning—revived by The Attic Theater Company at Walkerspace—follows three intrepid explorers from 1888, bushwhacking their way through Terra Incognita and turning up more than they bargained …Read more

There is something unequivocally old fashioned about Israel Horovitz’s Out of the Mouths of Babes, and there is nothing entirely wrong with that. The comedy plays out like the kind of farces that once upon a time were such huge hits on Broadway, that …Read more