Mashuq Mushtaq Deen makes his New York debut at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater with Draw the Circle. This hilarious and moving story of his transition is told entirely from the point of view of Deen’s family and friends, as portrayed by Deen, br …Read more

Passion and art take center stage in Terrence McNally’s new play, Fire and Air. Directed by John Doyle and playing at Classic Stage Company, Fire and Air looks at two geniuses in the Paris ballet scene during the early 20th century. The play tells th …Read more

At the end of Imperfect Love, written by Brandon Cole and playing now at The Connelly Theater, the most thrilling theatrical moment of the season occurs. A writer is cured of his writers’ block, a revenge plot is annihilated, a friendship is secured, …Read more

After nearly a decade away, Adrienne Kennedy reasserts herself as a singular, seminal voice in the American theatre with He Brought Her Heart Back, now onstage at Polonsky Shakespeare Center’s Theatre for a New Audience. In barely 50 minutes, the pla …Read more

Written and directed by Victoria Medina, One Nation, One Mission, One Promise has great potential to fill in the gaps of what we are taught about our history in the school system, and for that it should be applauded. The tagline of the play is “What …Read more

Gender inequality is at the center of the public conversation like never before, and with movements like #MeToo and the Women’s March constantly gaining popularity and news headlines, it should also be said: it was about damn time! The battle of the …Read more

Director Gus Kaikkonon and the Mint Theater’s production of Hindle Wakes, written by Stanley Houghton, is both authentic to the 1912 original and speaks to issues of our time — a perfect work for a company dedicated to remounting and introducing “fo …Read more

The Homecoming Queen marks playwright Ngozi Anyanwu’s Off-Broadway debut and long may she reign! The play is a beautiful meditation on home, alienation, love, pain, and regret. It strikes harmonious chords, whether they be of laughter or melancholy, …Read more

Ladies, time to put on your party face! Smile so people you don’t like will like you! Or so women have always been told. Party Face, a clever, astute new play written by Isobel Mahon and directed by the impressive Amanda Bearse, is a strong, insightf …Read more

Belgian indie band Dez Mona and Flemish B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X) wound up the 2018 Prototype Festival with an encore performance, bringing back their theatrical song cycle Sága after its great success in the 2016 Festival. Titled after Sága, …Read more