Friday, October 26, 2018
An interview with up-and-comer Mikael Burke, director of First Floor Theater's "Hooded, Or Being Black For Dummies" and About Face Theatre's "This Bitter Earth."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMThursday, October 25, 2018
The world premiere of Calamity West's generation-spanning epic at Jackalope Theatre is a definitive example of the bold work the company is best known for.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMWednesday, October 24, 2018
In alternating its two leads between creature and creator, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company leans into their inescapable interrelation.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMFriday, October 19, 2018
Strawdog Theatre Company's immersive season opener is a bold choice though one that stops short of creating a communal experience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:00PMAt American Blues Theater, Pearl Cleage's stunning historical melodrama remains an essential addendum to the history of American expansion.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMThursday, October 11, 2018
Structured as a series of vignettes across a range of contemporary issues, this Midwest premiere at Steep Theatre puts increasing distance between itself and its audience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMWednesday, October 10, 2018
This well-intended world premiere from The New Colony feels like another in a long line of excuses for the very people it is trying to hold accountable: men.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
In recasting the story's lead, Lifeline's world premiere adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel seeks a feminist slant but misses the gender privilege at the core of the original.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMTuesday, September 11, 2018
Red Tape Theatre sets the bar high for this nascent theater season with a bold production of Young Jean Lee's play directed by Wardell Julius Clark.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:15PMMonday, September 10, 2018
Despite women leading the action on stage, this world premiere cannot belie the sense of a dubious start to The House Theatre's all-male-directed season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Lifeline Theatre's remount of their adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel is inventive in design and powerful in its representation.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMMonty Cole's unapologetically irreverent adaptation of Shakespeare's classic at The Gift Theatre focuses on grief instead of madness.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Raven Theatre's production of this Tennessee Williams play obscures rather than clarifies the play's intentions.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMSunday, June 3, 2018
This world premiere at Strawdog Theatre Company stalls on its way to comprehending white privilege and supremacy.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMFriday, May 25, 2018
Gomez doesn't just ask tough questions. He guides conversation through his writing and activism.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMMonday, May 21, 2018
Context is crucial though not enough makes it into this world premiere based on true events at TimeLine Theatre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMLike the best of the horror genre, the newest play from Ike Holter, in its world premiere at Jackalope Theatre, is equal part scares and scathing social commentary.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMThursday, May 3, 2018
A rock musical about the crucifixion of Jesus playing at the world-renowned Lyric Opera is surprisingly and astonishingly youthful.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMThursday, April 26, 2018
Holter is working to break expectations. He’s constantly playing with genre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMTuesday, April 24, 2018
In producing this play about prison and societal reintegration, Victory Gardens Theater unconsciously traffics in some of the racial dynamics that prop up the prison system.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
Language-heavy, plot-light and emotionally fraught, this world premiere from Philip Dawkins' finds an ideal home at Raven Theatre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMTuesday, April 3, 2018
First Folio Theatre's latest channels its Canadian setting and spirit by being faultlessly amendable.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMSaturday, March 31, 2018
Refuge Theatre Project's practice of staging work in found spaces leads them to this wholesome but saccharine sweet musical from the early aughts.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMFriday, March 30, 2018
Firebrand Theatre artistic director Harmony France discusses the second production of their inaugural season, "9 to 5: The Musical."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMSaturday, March 17, 2018
Death may not be the final frontier according to Neil Tobin but this solo performance is sure to get on your last nerve.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMFriday, March 16, 2018
This Gift Theatre world premiere asks uncomfortable questions about the visibility and value of black lives.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMTrevor Dawkins and The Neo-Futurists explore the highs and lows of hero worship in this vigorous world premiere.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMMonday, February 26, 2018
This adventurous new show from Actors Gymnasium showcases the developing talents of their young ensemble.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMThursday, February 22, 2018
This poorly-handled production from Saint Sebastian Players shows Coward at his most cringe-inducing.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, February 21, 2018
Mercury Theater presents the story of Gilda Radner as told by her kvetching, entitled best friend.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PM 
