Past reviews, recommendations, profiles, and posts about arts and culture in New York City.
Planted in Manhattan’s East Village, The Wild Project is the most eco-friendly theater in New York City. Constructed almost entirely with sustainable material, it features a rooftop garden that houses not only lush flora, but also a patch of solar panels that harnesses some of the electricity used to power the venue (the[…]
Presented by Roundabout Theatre Company, The Winslow Boy is a revival of Terence Rattigan’s classic play based on a true story from the early 1900s in London. It is directed by Lindsay Posner, who helmed an earlier successful run in London, and features Tony Award winner Roger Rees, Tony Award nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael[…]
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Official Opening Update Billy Crystal’s revival of his autobiographical solo show, 700 Sundays, opens to critical acclamation. Dubbed by New York Times “a love letter to the past,” the bittersweet, nostalgic comedy evokes roaring laughter as well as deep emotion from the audience. TheaterMania praised “Crystal’s ability to engage the[…]
Shakespeare’s immortal lovers lock eyes again, this time at Classic Stage Company, with an unnerving current of malaise and the whining cries of its two young leads. This Romeo and Juliet, one of two currently playing in town, bears the scars of an awkward adaptation, leaving you puzzled when you[…]
The Starr Reading Series is a curated reading series hosted by The Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn. The readings are free and open to the public.
Founded in 2001, The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning theater in Brooklyn. It is known for presenting ambitious, multi-disciplinary work by emerging artists.
With the use of a swiveling table and a couple of digital projectors, The Active Theater cleverly presents Two Point Oh, an emotional, innovative production written by Jeffrey Jackson and directed by Michael Unger. The story centers around Elliot Leeds, a brilliant software mogul who unexpectedly dies in a plane crash at the[…]
RoosevElvis is a new play from well-regarded, Brooklyn-based, theater company the TEAM. Both the show and the company are led by Rachel Chavkin, a two time Obie Award winner and director of the hugely successful, immersive, electro-pop opera Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. RoosevElvis tells the story of Ann,[…]
The Serious Theatre Collective, winner of a 2012 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Best Ensemble, brings a new show Professor von Awesome’s Ghost Hunting Safari to the stage with burlesque, puppetry, songs, and a live band. The plot, really just a vehicle for a series of talented entertainers to demonstrate their artistry, takes[…]
Photos by Michael Von Redlich Winner of the 2013 Elliot Norton Award for Best Play/Musical, Mildred Fierce is a crazy, colorful musical parody of Joan Crawford’s Oscar-winning 1945 film drama, Mildred Pierce. Glamorous drag queen Varla Jean Merman stars in this Gold Dust Orphans production as its title character — a loving[…]
Photos by Monica Simoes Max Stafford Clark directs Thomas Kilroy’s translation of The Seagull, which finds Trigorin, Masha, Konstantin and the rest of the lost souls of the Sorin estate transported to rural Ireland. Critics are lukewarm about this production of Chekov’s classic, now playing at The Culture Project. The New[…]
Jericho by Jack Canfora at 59E59 Theaters tells the story of a young woman whose troubled past comes to light around the Thanksgiving dinner table at the home of her new boyfriend’s Long Island family. ‘LA Law’ veteran Jill Eikenberry leads the cast through varied plot threads involving a struggling marriage,[…]
Founded in 1907, Japan Society is an American nonprofit organization dedicating to connecting the people of the U.S. and Japan through arts, culture, language, business and policy-making programs. Japan Society presents fine art, movies, and theater performances year-round. Its Performing Arts Program began in 1953. Japan Society created a permanent stage[…]
Photos by Spencer Moses Chad Beckim’s And Miles to Go is a poignant production set in a small classroom in Urban Sanctuary High, a fictional New York City public school. Randy Danson portrays Adele Priam, the play’s powerful and outspoken protagonist. When the Panel for Educational Policy threatens to close down Urban Sanctuary[…]
Out-of-town guests to entertain? Date to plan? Looking for something fun to do? We surveyed our staff, associates, and expert critics to compile a master list of the best shows in town for every occasion. We picked one musical, one play, and one additional “wildcard” option in every category. Have[…]
The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters, a world premiere play at Playwrights Horizons written by Marlane Meyer and directed by Lisa Peterson, features Laura Heisler as Aubrey, an innocent and awkward romantic. She is also very religious, socially conservative, and in love with Calvin Little, her high school crush turned womanizing alcoholic.[…]
Founded in 1989, Ma-Yi Theater Company is a not-for-profit theater company based in New York City. It is an incubator for new works that give voice to Asian American experiences. The name “Ma-Yi” is the ancient Chinese term for the modern day Philippines. Ma-Yi was awarded a Special Drama Desk Award for Excellence in 2010 “for[…]
A Night With Janis Joplin has finally come to New York City after touring the country for two years. Adapted from the memoir of Janis Joplin’s sister Laura Joplin, the show largely takes the form of an imagined Joplin concert with references between songs to her childhood, life, and loves. Instead[…]
The Abingdon Theatre Company’s Page2Stage Reading Series is a two-step process. First, the First Reading is a basic reading that provides a playwright the opportunity to hear his or her work read aloud. Select plays are then given a Staged Reading with more rehearsal time and expanded staging and directing.[…]