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From the playing style, as directed by Josiah Davis, the play seems to be a spoof. Unfortunately, it is not funny though the actors cheerfully mug their way through Horwitz's text as though …
Clearly, "Zoetrope" often becomes difficult to follow for non-Spanish speakers. The dearth of realistic sets makes knowing which location is which confusing, despite the occasional descr…
Somewhere there are rules for what theatre is supposed to do: it should entertain, it should instruct, it should provoke. To say that Annie Dorsen's "Prometheus Firebringer" checks all the b…
Ever since Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker adapted 'Uncle Vanya" for a 2012 production at the Soho Rep, her plays like "The Flick," "John" and "The Antipodes" have becomes more…
Max Wolf Friedlich's "Job" is as tense as a thriller, as compelling as a psychological drama and as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. As directed by Michael Herwitz, Peter Friedman and Syd…
This play demands attention to the smallest details and a thoughtful encounter with what truth is being hidden and revealed in both the spoken text and the silent actions. It leaves one with…
Shaye tells of a pot and drug-addicted couple who are totally disgusting parents to a two year old. That's just not acceptable even though it is told as a funny hippy-dippy anecdote. Eve…
Borelli as Doris Day is charming and appealing; her voice is not quite as strong as Day's, but it is pretty and expressive, especially in quieter, more intimate moments. At the peak of some …
"alt-Hamlet," written and directed by Suzanne Willett, loosely uses "Hamlet' 's plotting and character types in a carnivalesque/grotesque black comedy. Inspired by the US Supreme Court's 202…
Elisha has written a refreshing new take on Anne Frank's life. Called "Anne Being Frank" (a title that should, perhaps, be reconsidered), the one-person, multi-character show posits a su…
Everyone loves a good immigrant story, from The Godfather on down. 'No Good Things Dwell in the Flesh" doesn't reach that high, but it succeeds in what it tries to do, which is to be an accu…
Catherine Waller's one person show, "The Creeps", has all the elements of a successful horror show: a macabre setting, dark lighting, off-beat characters, and strange unexplained going-ons. …
In "Relapse" 's most original conceit, a quartet called The Intrusive (Vinny Celerio, Audree Hedequist, Nicole Lamb and Zummy Mohammed) becomes a Greek Chorus, insinuating themselves into th…
Antonio Fini in Ted Shawn's "The Cosmic Dance of Siva," performed as part of 2023 Fini Dance Festival at the Ailey Citicorp Theater (Photo credit: Wendy Wild) Joel Benjamin, Critic The Fini …
"Click" by Drew Pisarra and directed by James Dean Palmer is a play inspired by the film "Breathless," written and directed by Jean Luc Godard and considered a seminal work in establishing F…
Director Rick Hamilton effectively steers the sad tale away from an endless maudlin saga. After all, the "spoiler" is in the program. Helena Weinrauch is alive and well and in her late 90's,…
Visually, the show is not as effective as it might have been considering the play usually includes a great deal of magic. Here there is very little in the way of scenic illusions or legerdem…
While the misnamed "How to Steal an Election: A Dirty Politics Musical" is no lost masterpiece and at times seems long, it is a diverting political revue which offers an interesting take on …
Directed by Karen Carpenter, "Pay the Writer" by best-selling novelist Tawni O'Dell is slick and superficial but entertaining and engrossing. The play about the 45 year friendship between an…
Redman's "A Séance with Mom" at the Chain Studio Theatre veers dizzyingly from one character to another, characters that include middle-aged Nadine who searches for her Mom; her mom, Gussie…
Another problem with the play is that although the subject is "Improv" we never actually witness any, just theater games to prepare for group improvs. Games like Mind Meld, Mating Call, 99 P…
"Baby Foot," written and directed by Tim Venable, follows the interactions between three addicts in the very early morning in the lounge room of a rehab facility. The two central characters …
Brice"as a pioneering Jewish female Broadway star who took charge of her own fabulous career in an era when few women did"became a source of inspiration for many aspiring young Jewish perfor…
As for what's in a name, yes, Ian Shaw is Robert's son, returning the life-giving favor not just through his words but also bodily, portraying his father in "The Shark Is Broken" with a cand…
"Back to the Future: The Musical," the time travel adventure, joins a long line of problematic screen to stage musicalizations which do not improve on the originals in any way. Joining the l…
