Friday, September 6, 2024
Although meaningful dialogue is written in iambic pentameter, not all text is so structured. There is a skill in delivering lines within the structure of iambic pentameter, but it is equally…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:01PMMonday, August 12, 2024
"Odd Man Out" takes what is essentially a radio drama and puts the audience within the physical context of the story. You can hear the characters moving. You can smell the flowers in the gar…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:48PMSunday, August 4, 2024
The cast does a beautiful job interpreting their characters. Watson plays Reynaldo as an anxious, emotionally fragile person ready to fulfill their employer's slightest request. Moore imbues…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:54PMWednesday, July 31, 2024
"It’s Not What It Looks Like," is a two-hander, written by John Collins in collaboration with Chesney Mitchell. It is the winner of the 2023 Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series competition fo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:17PMSaturday, July 20, 2024
A Hundred Circling Camps, written by Sam Collier and superbly directed by Rebecca Wear, is a story based on the "Bonus March" of 1932. It is more than a play about a historical event. It is …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:03PMWednesday, July 17, 2024
"Bill’s 44th" is a story of loneliness told within the context of a birthday celebration. It is a wordless puppet show for grown-ups created and presented by Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:12PMWednesday, July 3, 2024
"A Man Among Ye" is episodic, with flashbacks and confusing dialogue. It is filled with sword fights, sea shanties, revenge plots, mermaids, witches, and mythical creatures. As a highly styl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:29PMSunday, June 30, 2024
"cunnicularii," beautifully written by Sophie McIntosh and sensitively directed by Nina Goodheart, is a fantasy that deals with many of the adjustments in attitudes and perspectives encounte…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:00PMTuesday, June 25, 2024
"Isabel" is a story written by reid tang and directed by Kedian Keohan. It uses various stylistic techniques to tell the story of a trans sibling relationship. It has elements of dark comedy…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:18PMWednesday, June 19, 2024
"The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century" is a tone-poem play adapted by Lauren Holmes and Jaclyn Biskup from a novel of the same name by Danish poet and novelist Olga Ravn (tra…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:50PMFriday, June 14, 2024
"Push Party" is a story by Nia Akilah Robinson that reaches into the supportive community spirit that celebrates a woman’s status as a mother, independent of a child or children. It is a s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:29PMTuesday, June 4, 2024
This is the story of Claudia Bernardi, a visual artist and activist, as told in a one-woman show, "How to Eat an Orange." It tells of Bernardi’s time growing up in Argentina in the profoun…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:59PMFriday, May 24, 2024
When it comes to coffee klatches, wine seems to be a good substitute, or at least that is the case with the women in "Winesday: The Wind Tasting Musical," with book and lyrics by Jenne Wason…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:55PMTuesday, May 21, 2024
'My True Love: A Perfect Musical Fairytale" is a musical fairy tale, written by Ben Boecker, about the choices made when the world is a place of dreams. Solid direction by Carolyn Popadin gu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:50PMWednesday, May 15, 2024
If the play's goal is to pay homage to Wright, it misses the mark for most audiences. If one is unfamiliar with Wright, most of the symbols revealed in the play will not be understood in ter…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:41PMSaturday, May 11, 2024
"Redemption Story," written by Peregrine Teng Heard, is an exploration into the psyche of Connie Lee, an actor with 20 years of experience acting in noir films of the 1940’s and 1950’s, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:19AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
"David and Katie Get Re-Married" is the creation of David Carl and Katie Hartman. Using original songs, funny and timely commentary, and interesting props, they take a musical romp through t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:23PMWednesday, May 1, 2024
"The Frybread Queen," a unique narrative penned by Carolyn Dunn and brought to life under the direction of Vickie Ramirez, delves into an intergenerational conflict sparked by the death of a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:29PMSunday, April 28, 2024
"In the Common Hour" is a play with text by Marie Glancy O'Shea inspired by the writings of Italian author Italo Calvino of six stories about an other-dimensional place on the edge of realit…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:12PMThursday, April 25, 2024
The scenes establishing the outlines of the mystery tend to be episodic rather than tightly integrated narrative, building tension to a dramatic resolution. Colette Robert's direction of the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:19PMSaturday, April 20, 2024
What makes this play such an extraordinary experience is how McCafferty’s words are presented in a way that captures the intensity and stress of the three days of point and counterpoint. W…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:38PMSunday, April 14, 2024
In a funny recounting of what happened when they placed an ad on Craig's List, they finally found a couple they thought would work. Charles and Aaron are a biracial gay couple. Charles is wh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:00PMWednesday, April 10, 2024
David Silberger, Mars Holscher and Geoffrey Grady in a scene from Tim Mulligan’s “Witchland” at Chain Theatre (Photo credit: Jordan Schreiber) Scotty Bennett, Critic If you think livin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:32PMFriday, April 5, 2024
The cast of Tim McGillicuddy’s “Herself” at Gural Theatre at A.R.T/New York Theatres (Photo credit: Lee Wexler/Images for Innovation) Scotty Bennett, Critic Consider, if you will, bein…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:50PMTuesday, March 26, 2024
Theatrical productions can sometimes be exhilarating, moving, provocative, informative, perplexing, confusing, dull, or bad. "Bathhouse.pptx," written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Cha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:52PMSaturday, March 23, 2024
This show, as conceived by Shulman, creates a unique theatrical experience combining narrative text with Kathakali, a form of traditional Indian dance exquisitely performed by Kalamandalam J…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:07PMTuesday, March 19, 2024
This production could be more balanced in the performances, with some characters being solidly played and others being line-readings lacking body movements that add to the dialogue. There ar…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:23PMMonday, March 11, 2024
Seadog Theater’s current revival of "Tuesdays with Morrie," with exceptional direction by Erwin Maas, is a beautifully orchestrated presentation starring Len Cariou as Professor Morrie Sch…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:51PMFriday, March 8, 2024
Under Alex Keegan's skillful direction, the characters are allowed to develop their understanding of who they are and how they fit in an organization traditionally run by men. The captain is…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:23PMSaturday, February 24, 2024
"The Order of the Golden Scribe: Initiation Tea" is an immersive and interactive theater experience co-created by Shuai Chen and Arlo Howard, who also directed. It combines a story about a s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:00PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
The balance is off between the two storylines. If the most crucial dramatic element of the story is the legal issue surrounding consent, the dynamics of the sisters’ current and historical…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:56PM 
