“Do you remember those things we used to go to? They were in expensive a** buildings? What were they called?” Ngozi Anyanwu’s new play The Last of the Love Letters, directed by Patricia McGregor at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, is a …Read more

A struggling amusement park, a tight-fisted boss, and four beaten-down employees. That’s where Alexander Perez’s dark comedy Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle begins, and while the premise may not sound like a lot of fun, it’s surprisingly enjoyable. Dire …Read more

John Patrick Shanley is legendary, so it’s no surprise that his new one-act plays (billed as “five short digressions”), premiering at the Brooklyn Navy Yards by the Bridge Production Group, make for a night of laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp comedy. (I A …Read more

At this point, countless musicals (some good, some not so good) have been written on just about every topic under the sun. But a musical about two people writing a musical? Now playwrights are just scraping the bottom of the barrel. Or so it would se …Read more

Absurdism is a tricky genre: tricky to write and tricky to perform. That’s what makes Edward Einhorn’s absurdist science fiction drama Alma Baya so impressive: it’s nearly perfect. Two women named Alma and Baya live inside a pod on an air-less planet …Read more

“I have lived through plague and famine and drought, and there is a stopclock up here that is making me more nervous and sweatier than I’ve ever been in my entire life.” Such is the sassy signature wit we’ve come to love – and expect – from theatrica …Read more

Sara Fellini’s The Wake of Dorcas Kelly, presented by spit&vigor in the offbeat, historic Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, is a spirited production of a darkly humorous story. If it doesn’t always hit the mark, it’s full of enough wicked hum …Read more

There’s a lot of real estate in Manhattan, but have you ever thought about the real estate six feet under? The Extremely Grey Line, a 23.5° Tilt Production, takes exactly that angle. On a walking tour of Greenwich Village, an “unrealtor” shows you so …Read more

NEW YORK CITY – The Queerly Festival is back with plays, solo performances, music, comedy, and more from New York City’s indie-est LGBTQ+ artists. FRIGID New York continues to require vaccinations and masks for all in-person attendees, but virtual li …Read more

Cabaret favorite, Kim Smith, returns to the stage this Christmas – even if he can only be watched from the internet, he’s still not to be missed. He’s performing a livestream from Club Cumming (Alan Cumming’s downtown venue) along with pianist Tracy …Read more