152 stories by "Ludlow Lad"
The Debate Society's new play, Blood Play, will premiere at Bushwick Starr on October 3rd. Written by Hanna Bos and Paul Thureen, Blood Play is described as "a darkly comic thril…
The formidable Atlantic Theater Company has a kick-ass season lined up for it's first back in their newly refurbished space. Touting three world premiers and two New York premiers, th…
DETROITPlaywrights Horizons(now in previews; opens 9/18)David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan headline Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer-finalist comedy, DETROIT. Anne Kaufman directs the NY premiere at Playw…
Written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by John Kurzynowski, Three Seagulls or Mashamashamasha is a mash-up of the two Chekhov plays bringing together twenty-four of his characters together …
1. I don't believe in outer space (William Forsythe Company @ BAM)2. KIN (by Bathsheba Doran; directed by Sam Gold @ Playwrights Horizons)3. The Method Gun (Rude Mechanicals @ Dance Theater …
Extra credit always goes to the first time I discover a new company/artist for the first time, and this was the case with William Forsythe Company and I DON'T BELIEVE IN OUTER SPACE this yea…
Bathsheba Doran's play KIN was a rich treat. The attention to detail was perfectly matched by Sam Gold's excellent production performed by a perfect ensemble. KIN unfolded across various l…
The Austin-based Rude Mechanicals brought their show, THE METHOD GUN, to NYC for an all-too-brief run at Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts). To be completely honest, about…
Adam Bock's A SMALL FIRE was a big triumph. He took what could have been a melodramatic disease-of-the-week premise and lifted it to extensional proportions. It also didn't hurt that it wa…
Dark and musical, Reggie Watt's RADIO PLAY at Performance Space 122 was a surreal experience; like a 1940's radio play on acid. There was no real "plot" to speak of, but Watt's and a …
The Play Company's INVASION! started off with an unforgettable bang - the kind of thing you wish would happen more often in the theater and it freaked the audience out. At the performa…
David Greenspan's GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE was completely delightful love note to the theater. The sheer fact that Greenspan was able to pack so much intelligence, humor and time…
The awesome Vampire Cowboys took their geek aesthetic to a new level in 2011 with THE INEXPLICABLE REDEMPTION OF AGENT G. Produced with Incubators Arts Project, AGENT G introduced a more co…
Every year, the excellent Clubbed Thumb presents three new works in fully staged productions for what they call Summerworks. One of this year's selections was OUR LOT co-written by Kri…
There is a lot to love about Classic Stage Company's production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD: John Christopher Jones' colloquial adaptation, Dianne Wiest's innocent but radiant Ranevskaya,&nb…
Another Tennessee Williams' play received an imaginative production this year, this time from director Jonathan Warman. Actually, it was the New York premiere of NOW THE CATS WITH JEWE…
Tennessee Williams late play, VIEUX CARRÉ was tackled by The Wooster Group in 2011 with the Group's usual mix of physicality and technology. Whereas their Hamlet was Scott Shepherd…
In May, the invaluable Target Margin presented Shakespeare's last play, THE TEMPEST, at Here Arts Center, for which they built their version of The Globe. It was a spirited and magical…
Originally presented as a site-specific work performed in a church courtyard as part of the River To River Festival, 2 KILOS OF SEA was re-imagined for an all-to-brief run at Baryshnikov Art…
Theater doesn't get more personal than YOUR BROTHER, REMEMBER? Splicing together childhood home-made films with 80s films, Zachery Oberzan's piece for the Under The Radar festival managed to…
31 Down's HERE AT HOME was and aurally and visually stimulating piece about the impact of war. It was Eric Bogosian meets Sarah Kane with terrific performances by D. J. Mendel and Hollis Wit…
Soho Rep brought us the US premiere of playwright Debbie Tucker Green with BORN BAD, a lyrical, hour-long "poem" of a play what was solidly acted by a terrific and dedicated ensemble of five…
THE BARDY BUNCH was The Brady Bunch vs The Partridge Family vis a vie Shakespeare. Marcia Brady as Juliet. David Partridge as Romeo. Jan as Ophelia. Mrs. Brady as Lady Macbeth. And on and…
Written and directed by Richard Nelson, SWEET AND SAD is the second of three personally-political plays set on a specific day during each of the years they are presented at The Public Theate…
Taylor Mac's WALK ACROSS AMERICA FOR MOTHER EARTH at LaMama was gloriously-hippy love fest!
