Past reviews, recommendations, profiles, and posts about arts and culture in New York City.
A Maxamoo recommendation… The Tutors uniquely captures the humor and pain of life in New York City at this exact moment, especially for anyone connected to New York’s booming tech scene. This play tells the story of three friends building a startup company and their ensuing personal meltdowns. There are some hilarious[…]
Warm weather means short sleeves, sunscreen, and the arrival New York City’s packed summer festival season. Here is Maxamoo’s guide to June’s theater festivals. Popular annual festival in its 6th year showcases “All New Talent” in comedy, music, theater and all of the uncategorizables in between June 3 – 29[…]
Join Maxamoo for this hilarious new production of Lesbian Love Octagon. It’s a musical comedy about love, loss and the wonderful, but sometimes unhelpful, friendships that help us navigate between them. Watch Maxamoo’s interview with Kim Kressal and Will Larche, the show’s creators. LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON Thursday, June 13th7 PMKraine Theater (map)85 E 4th[…]
Maxamoo speaks with Kim Kressal and Will Larche, creators of the musical comedy Lesbian Love Octagon. Performances begin Wednesday, June 5th.
Thursday, June 13th7 PM Join Maxamoo for the inaugural Indie Theater in NYC Maxamoo Meetup. For people who love theater and for people trying it out for the first time. We find the best, most innovative and interesting productions in New York City and then gather a great group of people[…]
This historical play follows a group of women working at the Radium Dial watch company in the 1920s. The company tells the workers that the radium they work with is not dangerous but they know something is wrong. Simple and low budget, it’s the story of an early labor struggle[…]
Three Romanian twenty-somethings rebel against contemporary, post-Communism, consumerist, hyper-connected culture, staged in a basement bar on the lower east side. This production of “Stop the Tempo” by Romanian playwright Gianina Carbinariu is performed at Arlene’s Grocery (the bar on the LES). It’s lit largely by mini flashlights and strobe lights, punctuated[…]
Botallack O’Clock is odd and bizarre and witty. It is an inception of the absurd: a surreal show about a surreal artist. In the wee hours of the morning British artist Roger Hilton sits in his room pondering his past, present, and the purpose of art. Hilton fills this time[…]
SEE THIS A heartfelt, chilling performance by five acquaintances gathered on a shivery night in the Irish countryside. Each takes a turn captivating the others with an intimate story of ghosts and personal tragedy. It is an evening of creepy tales, not meant to scare but to challenge and question[…]
SEE THIS New York Funny Songs Fest Not just musicians and not just comedians, these funny singer songwriters and musical comics come together once a year to entertain, amuse, and “mock-rock your face off.” The Second Annual New York Funny Songs Fest has performances, panels, and workshops all weekend. Website:[…]
SEE THIS Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater perform under the stars in Central Park in this amusing, 90-minute production of The Comedy of Errors. The tickets are free and demand for them will increase as time goes by. This is the first weekend of the production, so the likelihood of[…]
An emotionally devastating play about the Garza family in small town San Juan, Texas. Critical response has been pretty uniform: strong performances, less strong storytelling but still engaging. We concur. Cherry Lane Theatre (map)38 Commerce St, NYCTICKETS Reviews Curtain UpIt’s sometimes frustrating, occasionally brilliant and deeply compelling. New York PostSermon[…]
This weekend is the last chance to see “Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon” at La MaMa. Watch these extremely talented performers smash, flip, slash, kick, and spring across the stage in an awesome display of martial arts and acrobatic choreography. Their antics, unencumbered by special effects, elicit genuine gasps of[…]
Tween phenom singer songwriter Schuyler Iona Press is presenting a workshop production of her new multimedia musical at 13thStreet Rep Theater Wednesdays and Saturdays through June 15th. The conceit follows Ms. Press on a walking tour of New York City. Video and still photograph projections show the tour and images[…]
Every summer The Public Theater produces Shakespeare in the Park at the outdoor Delacorte Theater in Central Park. It is one of New York City’s greatest traditions and, remarkably, the tickets are free. This season’s first performance is Tuesday, May 28th. This guide will tell you everything you need to[…]
Few would argue with the statement that Here Lies Love is one of the best productions to open in New York City this year. Maxamoo has written about this show before here but we think it bears repeating. Here Lies Love is a disco-rock musical by David Byrne and Fatboy[…]
Richard Foreman, variously called the grandfather, godfather, and elder statesman of avant-garde theater, has a new play at The Public called “Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance).” It was very well reviewed, with the caveat that Foreman productions are unlikely to please a broad audience. At the show one can expect[…]
A screenplay written by Walt, performed by Walt, about … Walt. This highly stylized production explores the darker side of Walt Disney, the (in)authenticity of his movies, his desire for cryogenic immortality, and his drive to build a city (not just an amusement park) where everyone does only what they’re[…]
There are many great shows in the City this weekend, several with oddly similar themes. If you’re having trouble picking between these topically-similar shows, we offer our recommendations*: OFFICE POLITICS See this, Office politics without a filter or conscience, 55 fast-paced minutes of two buttoned-down office workers taking down a[…]
Tony Awards for Broadway theater (like the Oscars for movies) are considered proxies for quality. That may or may not be true but they are definitely a proxy for the desire of out-of-town guests to attend. For the uninitiated, below is Maxamoo’s guide to the new plays and musicals nominated[…]