Thursday, May 14, 2026
A TRIAL FOR LENNY—AND SOMETIMES THE VIEWER A courtroom drama that probes language, censorship, and the cost of pushing boundaries Unique among the performing arts, standup comedy is the on…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2026
THE DANISH PRINCE, DECODED Focused staging and strong performances bring Hamlet’s inner life into view at BAM. The National Theater’s Hamlet at BAM follows in the tradition of other fine…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN AND AGAIN A high-energy revival proves this cult classic still knows how to party Unless you grew up in a monastery, had a severely conservative upbringing, or…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2026
MAY THE FUNNY FORCE BE WITH YOU A solo show that blasts fandom toxicity into hyperspace Plot a course, prime the hyperdrive, and punch it, Chewie! A sci-fi multimedia solo show lands in the …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:57AM[SHARE]Friday, April 3, 2026
A DANGEROUS STORY, TOLD FROM THE OTHER SIDE A provocative two-hander that shifts the lens onto the older man in a fraught relationship Teacher-student affairs are a classic subject of drama …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2026
A FEMINIST REFRAME Peculiar Works Project's ambitious reimagining offers striking ideas but struggles to make its case with uneven execution Alessandra Lopez There's an ancient folktale of a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
BOXING, BLOODLINES, AND BURIED TRAUMA A smart, muscular, triumphant and thrilling two-hander that lands every blow What's worse? The monsters we fight, the monsters we carry, or the monsters…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
DIM SUM, DAD JOKES, AND DOWNTOWN DELIRIUM It's ridiculous, but Richard Chang's solo show serves up wordplay, warmth, and a wonderfully wild cultural mashup. ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ âœ�…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
ALGORITHMS, ETHICS, AND THE COST OF INFORMATION A sleek, jargon-charged tech thriller that trades in privacy, prediction, and moral gray zones Between ownership battles over data-rich social…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 23, 2025
One of the great pleasures of New York City is that it's a place where it feels perfectly normal to hear someone say, "I'm headed to SoHo to see an adult Christmas puppet show," and mean it …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 30, 2025
A TIME WARP TO THE 1970s WOMEN'S MOVEMENT, REFRACTED THROUGH 2025 EYES STILL SQUINTING TOWARDS EQUALITY "Why does it feel somehow like it's all slipping away? And how do we get it back?" Tha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:47PM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2025
A HEAUX-LY COMMUNION Ars Nova kicks off its 2025"2026 season with a salacious and sanctified evening featuring Brandon Kyle Goodman in Heaux Church"a sermon on unabashed self-love (and yes, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2025
NOTHING CAN TAKE YOU FROM JEN TULLOCK'S PERFORMANCE We've all seen the headline flash on TV: "New Book Tells All About Author's Escape from Restrictive Religious Upbringing." It's a story th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2025
MIND OVER MATTER: IDEAS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN JOHNATHAN SPECTOR'S INTELLECTUALLY COMPELLING THIS MUCH I KNOW When was the last time you made a choice? What went through your mind? Did you kno…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2025
A KNOCKOUT OF CONSCIENCE You always "step in," says Jacob " that's what you do when your mates are about to fight. Growing up in The Meadows, Nottingham, that lesson kept him safe (well, saf…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 21, 2025
LOU WALL SLAYS, AND THAT'S NO LIE Whether a comedian is obligated to tell the truth in their act comes up in mainstream discourse every once and a while. Plenty of comedians start a comedy b…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:00PM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2025
THIS SOW BELONGS TO EVERYBODY There's the actor's nightmare, there's nightmare productions, and then there's Excorcistic: The Rock Musical which is nightmarishly twisted and sick. But don't …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:00PM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2025
SINSATIONAL SENSATIONALISM OR, WHAT HAPPENS IN TIMES SQUARE, STAYS IN TIMES SQUARE Escape artistry emerged as a formal performance art in the 1860s, when the Davenport Brothers popularized t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:26PM[SHARE]Monday, June 23, 2025
HOLY LAND, HOLY LAUGHS Comedy goes a lot of places, and some say a comedian can and should be able to joke about anything. But what if a comedian wants to go to Israel and the Palestinian te…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2024
QUIPS AND CHORDS Seasoned comedian Gianmarco Soresi asked a jovial audience member at Public Theater's cozy Joe's Pub: "Did you go to school for musical theater?"; "What was the last musical…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:03PM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2024
A BEACON OF NOPE A secluded matriarch, a remote cottage on the Irish coast, and a haunting family secret. The key components of an Irish drama are here. Yet despite strong performances and a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:49PM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2024
One of the most difficult crises to recover from is assault, let alone the assault from an intimate partner. Do you tell anyone? Do you confront? Do you forgive? To muse over these questions…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:07PM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2024
A PUUUURFECT REVIVAL IS SERVED "Get your life!" says the pre-show announcement as the lights dim in the Perelman Performing Arts Center before last night's opening of this much talked-about …
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