In city life, it always seems as though the possibility of a life-changing encounter could be just a moment away. For the characters of City Stories, currently making its US debut as part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival at 59E59 Theaters, that mom …Read more

This Time is dedicated to the memory of Suzy Coates, also known as Amal Meguid, the woman whose memoir Not So Long Ago, inspired playwright Sevan K. Greene to tell her story onstage. Upon arriving to the Sheen Center Blackbox you are welcomed by phot …Read more

Children, adults, and everyone in between will delight in Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company’s stupendous marionette version of the classic fairy tale The Pied Piper, now playing at The New Victory Theater. In this lavish production, 410 handc …Read more

For Hiro (Satomi Blair) “Kentucky” is the antonym of “home”. Upon arriving to her home state, or the state where she was born as she would prefer one referred to it, she spends about half the time reminding people her “home” is in New York City. That …Read more

Evening-1910, a new musical at the Axis Theater, poetically intertwines moments of New York history from the turn of the last century with softly drawn portraits of characters seeking their dreams and discovering their paths have many bends and curve …Read more

Pioneering American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, who rose to prominence during the 1940s and dominated the airwaves in the 1950s, has become a storied figure in the decades since his 1965 death. With his brooding eyes, deep and authoritativ …Read more

In the Secret Sea, now playing at Theatre Row, is centered around a sensitive decision: whether or not to abort a fetus suffering from an incurable degenerative disease. Needless to say it stirred up the emotions and moral opinions of every audience …Read more

If you’re a fan of British theater and want to enjoy some fine acting, then you may want to help yourself to a slice of Toast. Now playing at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off-Broadway season, this quirky play by Richard Bean tells the amusing …Read more

Among the more enjoyable productions I’ve seen in New York in recent years have been stripped-down versions of classic and new works directed by Austin Pendleton. Among them was a highly satisfying 2013 take on Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carré (for th …Read more

Last time Victoria Clark and Kelli O’Hara shared the stage they played mother and daughter in Adam Guettel’s gorgeous The Light in the Piazza; more than a decade later they are portraying mortal enemies in City Center’s production of Henry Purcell an …Read more