321 stories by "Jason Zinoman"
"This Too Shall Suck," a solo show by the comic Matt Graham, is funny, oddball and occasionally awkward.
"Baal," by the theater troupe Hoi Polloi, is a production of Brecht's first play, a sprawling portrait of a dissolute poet who corrupts everything in his path.
Rain Pryor, whose FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES begins performances Saturday is profiled in Sunday's Arts & Leisure
Simon Amstell's "Numb" is basically a conventionally wandering, if highly literate and charming stand-up set.
The Upright Citizens Brigade's Del Close Marathon of improv highlighted the art form this summer with nearly 400 events.
Louis C.K. is bypassing services like Ticketmaster and offering tickets to his next tour for a flat $45 through his own Web site.
"Sovereign," the last installment of Mac Rogers's science-fiction "Honeycomb Trilogy," considers how the rebel leader, Ronnie, handles restoration of humanity's self-governing.
Banana Bag & Bodice's "Space//Space," at Collapsable Hole, is a surreal comedy set in the final frontier.
The Untitled Theater Company #61 adapts "The Lathe of Heaven," Ursula K. Le Guin's classic dystopian novel, at 3LD Art and Technology.
Jaime Castañeda directs the premiere of Fernanda Coppel's play about two young women growing up fast in Los Angeles while their fathers strain to recapture their own youth.
"Old Jews Telling Jokes," based on a popular Web site, affectionately recycles humor from a rich tradition.
"Sophie Gets the Horns" captures college freshman rivalry in the mid-'90s.
"Headstrong," a tepid play by Patrick Link, looks at football injuries and the price players pay for their sport.
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," the Southern gothic musical by Stephen King and John Mellencamp that opened at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, has the feel of something devised over Sk…
"One Man, Two Guvnors" celebrates British lowbrow comedy and presents it in a way palatable in America.
Bree Benton brings back vaudeville in "Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away" at La MaMa.
In Gerda Stevenson's play "Federer Versus Murray" a tennis rivalry stirs deeper turmoil for a middle-aged couple.
An alien society has colonized Earth in Mac Rogers's "Blast Radius," the second in a trilogy of plays.
As comedians pursue the relatively new school of storytelling, they sometimes show that emotion can be mixed with humor.
Mike Daisey didn't just break the rules of journalism. He did a disservice to his own art.
"All Hands," a Hoi Polloi production at the Incubator Arts Project, portrays a secret society of vague purpose, with smiling members. But it's not exactly as sinister as that sounds.
Julia May Jonas's "Eyelyn" is set in a Pennsylvania mental institution.
In "Bad Kid," a solo show at the Axis Theater, David Crabb delivers a fairly ordinary story about youthful mistakes and adventures, yet his characters are vivid.
Qui Nguyen's "Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G," an ambitious entertainment about modern identity, has moved to Off Broadway in a Vampire Cowboys production.
"A Map of Virtue," with a story that needs gentle handling, comes to the stage with the light touch it demands.
