Two solo shows, “Hip” and “Darkling,” have their author-stars embodying many characters at the IRT Theater in the West Village.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMBeckett comes to Irish Repertory Theater, with puppet, at that.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:45PMEamon Morrissey performs in “Maeve’s House,” a one-man show about the writer Maeve Brennan at the Irish Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:55PM“The Downtown Loop,” Ben Gassman’s new play at 3LD Art & Technology Center, immerses the audience in a tour bus experience with video projections and a guide who strolls up the aisle.&…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:41PMIn “Two Point Oh,” a software mogul much like Bill Gates virtually returns to life after a fatal plane crash.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMLelia Goldoni, 77, stars in “Beckett Solos,” a three-play program directed by Alec Duffy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:28PMA Belfast production of “Brendan at the Chelsea,” Janet Behan’s play about Brendan Behan, her uncle, is at the Acorn Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:57PM“The Cure” follows a working-class Irishman on a bender in Cork, Ireland.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PMJacob Presson’s play is a blistering portrait of student life at an upper-middle-class Massachusetts high school.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMThis one-woman show imagines the life of a prostitute who ends up a victim of Jack the Ripper.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:30PMPlays by Marian Fontana, Paul Weitz and Alan Zweibel are on the Series B Summer Shorts program at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMFrom the immense lineup of shows in the New York International Fringe Festival, staff members at The Times play some hunches and make some picks to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMPlays by Neil LaBute, Lucas Hnath and Tina Howe make up the first Summer Shorts program at the 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01PMThe musical “Storyville” is set in a saloon near the French Quarter in New Orleans in 1917.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:23PMPatrick Fitzgerald’s “Gibraltar,” an adaptation of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” focuses on Leopold and Molly Bloom.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PMDan Gordon and Michael Condron star in “The Boat Factory,” a play set at the shipyard where the Titanic was built.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:27PM“Showgirls! The Musical!” is a sendup of the 1995 movie “Showgirls,” which starred Elizabeth Berkley.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:55PMWith its inspiration coming from samurai and kung fu films as well as manga, “Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!” delivers dancelike fight sequences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PMThe Just Kidding Theater Company takes on zombies and Hamlet — and Juliet, Titania and Lady Macbeth — in “Living Dead in Denmark,” at the Gene Frankel Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMEric John Meyer’s play “The Sister” finds its characters caught in abusive cycles that can turn oppressive to the audience as well.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMIn “Geek!,” a Vampire Cowboys production written by Crystal Stillman, a day at an anime convention in Ohio requires battles and frequent costume changes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:15PM“For Love,” at the Irish Repertory Theater, is a riotously tart and fiercely energetic dramedy about women in their mid-30s struggling in contemporary, recession-ravaged Dublin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PM“Donnybrook!” is a revival of the 1961 musical that was an adaptation of “The Quiet Man,” a John Ford film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMThe Stolen Chair Theater Company is presenting “The Man Who Laughs,” its 2005 adaptation of Victor Hugo’s play, at Urban Stages.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:10AM“The Service Road,” a play by Erin Courtney, follows a park tour guide searching for a child after a powerful storm.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12PMThe Irish Repertory Theater’s stage adaptation of the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” set in a 1940s radio station, is a small triumph.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PM“Hearts Like Fists,” by Adam Szymkowicz, is a comedy, but with a villain and fight scenes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:59PMThe “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” breathlessly ricochets between time-honored production numbers and more recent innovations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:56PMIn Gregory S. Moss’s new play, “Billy Witch,” teenage summer campers comically experience sexual awakening.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:57PMIn “Coney,” David Johnston uses distinctive characters to paint a portrait of that urban island playground.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:55PMDeanna Jent’s drama “Falling” examines how an 18-year-old boy with autism disrupts the equilibrium of a family’s relationships.
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