Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Similar to a flatly serious youth exploitation flick circa 1970, playwright Phoebe Nir’s utopia-in-the-wilderness yarn "Eco Village," is likeably inept. There’s a hallucinogenic drug din…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:54PMAt the center of "Secret Identity" is Keith Weiss who plays JT. The proverbially baby-faced Mr. Weiss is physically, emotionally and vocally entrancing. With his rumbling low voice and expre…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:58AMFriday, January 25, 2019
Amidst the flamboyance, Mr. Calderon significantly explores topical issues. The depiction of post-traumatic stress disorder, the eternal dramatic clash between brothers and the plight of the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04AMMonday, January 21, 2019
Though exhibiting its source material’s young adult sensibility, Ally Sheedy’s highly effective stage adaption is totally absorbing for adults as well. Ms. Sheedy shrewdly captures the s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:57PMSaturday, January 19, 2019
“Emmenez Moi” was the stirring opening number performed by the French Ms. Constant as she majestically strode through Don’t Tell Mama’s cabaret room and onto the small stage. With he…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:16AMWednesday, January 16, 2019
An exhilarating trio of short plays by that noted cultural provocateur Neil LaBute make their New York City premieres in this edition of the LaBute New Theatre Festival 2019. Since 2013, t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:17PMTuesday, January 15, 2019
A spirited cast and a talented director do their best to bring playwright Katelynn Kenney’s heartfelt but leaden "Wendell & Pan" to the stage. It’s an unsatisfying family secrets…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:48PMSunday, January 13, 2019
Whether being pushed in a wheelchair or hobbling around on a cane, Mark Peters is an excellent Lear. Mr. Peters forcefully captures all of the character’s pathos, humor and despair with hi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:12AMSaturday, January 12, 2019
Do you have any objection to being touched?” asks the theater representative of audience members when they check in at the Brooklyn basement where British playwright Dan Ireland-Reeves’ …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:20PMMonday, January 7, 2019
Mr. Brader’s writing on this fascinating subject is sharp, insightful and well-observed. As a performer, Brader’s breezy personability endows his personal odyssey with an appealing every…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:59PMSaturday, January 5, 2019
Mr. Brader is an engaging and soulful performer with a smooth and pleasing vocal delivery. Brader is an admirer of Spalding Gray and channels that monumental artist’s impassioned sense of …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:26PMFriday, January 4, 2019
Employing humor, documentary detail and suspense, Bachner offers an emotional detective story. Wit and whimsy meld with poignancy as the picaresque quest begins in present day New York City.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:36PMMonday, December 31, 2018
Darryl Reilly, Critic “I’m not a real dancer but in this play, I celebrate my health.” Bina Sharif emotionally said to the audience following the curtain call of her self-written play,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:40PMThursday, December 20, 2018
A hard-edged picaresque fable is what playwright Lynn Nottage came up with in her enjoyable, "Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine" that premiered in 2004. A two-time Pulitzer-Prize win…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:45PMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Darryl Reilly, Critic There were so many exceptional original plays among the 144 productions that I reviewed for Theaterscene.net in 2018. In addition, several solo shows were outstanding, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:37AMSaturday, December 15, 2018
Mr. Goode’s structure is creatively simple, the eight reindeers offer their foul-mouthed sometimes conflicting testimony one by one. Rudolph is unable to appear as he is confined to a padd…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:27AMThursday, December 13, 2018
Darryl Reilly, Critic “Nothing brings you closer than almost breaking a hip together!” cracks performer John Burns about his later in life romance that culminated in marrying his husband…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:32AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
Except for “Santa Baby” and “The Little Drummer Boy,” virtually every Christmas song in existence is wonderfully performed during the pleasant holiday extravaganza, Ruben & Cl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:27AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
In 90 minutes, Ms. Raffo packs in a great deal. We learn about Iraq’s past and present, religious lore, marital conflicts, unrequited love and the hardships of immigrants. The stiff treatm…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:19AMFriday, December 7, 2018
“Why did I marry such an idiot?!” exclaims Deanna about her goofy husband Keaton. Not only is he an inept drug dealer but he has also kidnapped a seal who is presently in human form and …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:25PMTuesday, December 4, 2018
Overbearing nuns, eccentric priests and confusing religious tenets are detailed with stand-up comedy gusto by performer Martin Moran in recounting his Colorado Catholic upbringing during his…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:14PMSunday, December 2, 2018
Pink’s “Perfect” was the exhilarating finale of singer Christopher Caswell’s vivacious cabaret act, "Step into the Sun." Fourteen eclectic, mostly unconventional numbers were perform…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:38AMWednesday, November 28, 2018
Visually impressive due to the inventive work of scenic designer Donald Eastman and director Arthur Adair’s fine staging, "Chasing the New White Whale" is playwright Mike Gorman’s muddle…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:06PMWednesday, November 21, 2018
“Hip hop gave me my name” says Peep One, a captivating young mixed race woman who is a beat maker; the one who crafts the tune for a hip hop song. This is one of numerous pertinent detai…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:52PMTuesday, November 20, 2018
As Michael, the soulful and animated Michael Broadhurst enthralls as he rhapsodizes about his deceased wife, philosophically opines and stalwartly copes. Jonathan Judge-Russo has shattering …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:57PMSunday, November 18, 2018
Cute, whimsical and lightly enjoyable, the musical "The Other Josh Cohen" is hampered by its lack of a compelling plot. “This is the story of a strange piece of mail that changed my life.�…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:51PMThursday, November 15, 2018
“That’s it?” is likely to be one’s reaction at the conclusion of playwright Christopher Demos-Brown’s tidy topical 90-minute racial drama "American Son." Theater enthusiasts often …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PMKim Kardashian West, Melania Trump and Chinese popstar Bingbing Fan appear as wacky contestants on a philosophical gameshow hosted by Oprah Winfrey in the lighthearted, thoughtful and souped…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:37AMSaturday, November 10, 2018
Did Blaze, a Doberman Pinscher, cause the death of Pippi, a German Shepherd-Chihuahua mix? That is the crux of Italian playwright Marco Calvani’s three-character, way-out, occasionally hil…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:37AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Ms. Hynes has the cast at full speed emphasizing slapstick and employing stylized poses and gestures. There’s exaggerated choreography-like movement such as extending legs and dipping do…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:40PMMonday, November 5, 2018
Purring sensually with a slight nasal New York accent, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and a black tie and handling a microphone while in front of its stand, actor Ronnie Marmo vocally …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:41PM 
