Update: October 13th, 2013 Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have hailed this Julius Caesar, a production from one Warehouse (England’s Donmar) hosted by another (St. Ann’s in Brooklyn), as the best in recent memory. You’ll get little argument from us. A rapturously inventive interpretation – set in a[…]
Young Jean Lee is back at Lincoln Center with We’re Gonna Die. Partly a rock concert, partly a philosophical endeavor, We’re Gonna Die, performed by Lee and her band Future Wife, celebrates in song the only element we all have in common: death. The show is sold out, and for good reason: touchingly funny,[…]
Photos by Hunter Canning The Capables’ set is itself “almost worth the price of admission” says The New York Times. Unfortunately, the operative word in that sentence is almost. This play is about a family struggling to address the mother’s hoarding disorder. They enlist the help of a reality television[…]
The original New York performance of The Designated Mourner in 2000 is one of those productions that audiences speak about with reverence, awe, and superlatives. For example, it was “One of the most unforgettable experiences we’ve ever had” and “Easily in the top 3 best theater experiences I’ve ever had.“ This first New York[…]
Theater bona fides are established by discovering new theater productions in the following order: Post Tony Award = Too late, this is for international and Midwestern tourists only, might as well wear an “I heart NYC” shirt to the show Post Opening = Also too late, if the show is[…]
Legacy Falls is part of a popular theater trend of bringing the drama of TV on to the stage. But it stands apart from the pack with its fantastic musical numbers, fun acting, and daytime drama twist. The show revolves around the cast and crew of a soap opera called Legacy[…]
Photos by Seth Walters The Pirates of Finance is The Pirates of Penzance . . . set on Wall Street. The music is Sullivan’s (with snippets from nine Gilbert and Sullivan operettas), the book and lyrics are not exactly Gilbert’s.
Proof that a show doesn’t need a huge budget, a grandiose set, or a gaggle of backup dancers to be great, The Brontes, the latest endeavor from Washington, DC troupe Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue, is a whole lot of fun and very well done. Financing this project and its[…]
Ron Dizon Actor
Aimee Todoroff Director
Breaking the fourth wall but not in that uncomfortable, interactive way audiences fear the world over, rogerandtom at HERE Arts Center is a space bending meta-play. This is actually an encore presentation of rogerandtom. This production had a very successful run at HERE earlier this year and is back for a[…]
Jenny TibbelsActor, Director
Rebecca Nyahay Actor, Director, Producer
Join Maxamoo and friends Saturday, July 20th, at Brecht in the Park for 3 short plays performed in Central Park by Elephant Run District. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet some wonderful new people who share an interest in theater and to see an innovative take on three rarely produced Brecht plays from[…]
Mel House Actor
Michael Perrie Jr. Actor, Playwright, Composer
Photos by Stan Barouh Religion, state authority, gender roles, and the essence of war are all tackled in Howard Barker’s The Castle – a complex play that incorporates equal amounts of humor and philosophy. The play is set in Twelfth Century England. The crusaders return from the Holy Land to find that[…]
Sasquatched! The Musical is the tale of a kindly Sasquatch just trying to be himself in the Pacific Northwest. The lovable Bigfoot (who prefers the term Sasquatch-American) has a surprisingly gentle nature and intelligent mind. His appearance to a local resident stirs up the community, attracting fad media and unwanted attention.[…]
Julian Po is a stranger, washed up in a middle-American town, on his way to the ocean to kill himself. The people of this small town react to this odd man in macabre, hilarious, and intriguing ways. The town mayor offers him a gun, the pastor looks to him for[…]
There are no fewer than nine theater festivals in New York City in July, that’s 153 new shows (we counted), meaning you have 153 opportunities to experience illuminating, transcendent theater and 153 opportunities to be held hostage by banal banter, poor acting, and one-man shows on the meaning of life[…]