Even though Malika (Anyanwu) was born female, she only felt she was herself until she became Messiah (Tanisha Thompson) a DJ and aspiring rapper who happens to be male. Now Malika has to face a world that rejects Messiah, but soon will discover that …Read more

If John Doyle is well known for his minimalist productions, then his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is downright molecular. He distilled the Norwegian playwright’s massive five act epic, into a mere two hours of surrealism, proto-naturalism, …Read more

Les Covert (Rob Maitner) must have spent a lot of time watching Alfred Hitchock’s Rear Window, because his MO is straight out of the 1954 classic. He dedicates his free time – of which he seems to have a lot – staring from his modest window apartment …Read more

Welcome to the dark and mysterious world of the Edgar Allan Poe Festival. Now playing at St John’s Sanctuary, which has been transformed into an eerie underground crypt, complete with candle light, skulls, fog, and ominous sounds that send tingles up …Read more

It’s time to party like it’s 2003 in Taylor Mac’s OKAY, a subversively brilliant production by the folks at UglyRhino, under the direction of Danny Sharron. The play takes place entirely in the girls’ restroom of an unidentified high school, where ug …Read more

At first glance Mike Albo’s Spermhood: Diary of a Donor, seems to be the kind of thing that Madonna and Rupert Everett made movies about in the early aughts; a single gay man donates sperm to his lesbian best friends, hilarity and heartbreak ensue. U …Read more

In May of 2004, 52.5 million viewers across America watched Ross and Rachel get back together for the last time, swearing eternal commitment to each other, on the final episode of the television series Friends. More than a decade later, people across …Read more

The enigmatic Cal in Camo, by playwright William Francis Hoffman, mostly takes place inside a kitchen making one assume that what will unfold onstage will be in the vein of a traditional family drama. Lo and behold, the play reveals itself as a drama …Read more

The 13th Street Repertory Theater is as well known for hosting provocative theatre during the week as it is for lively shows for children on the weekends. Yaki Yim Bamboo keeps to this tradition and is a show especially for younger children, toddlers …Read more

In the cleverly insightful autobiographical musical Shoes and Baggage, actress Cheryl Stern seeks to shatter several myths about life in the spotlight, while creating a piece of art that undoubtedly works as an accountability system. The show opens w …Read more