Saturday, May 2, 2015
Something Rotten!
Broadway, St. James Theatre
Reviewed by Linda Buchwald
BOTTOM LINE: A fun, entertaining musical that relies too heavily on easy theater references.
The premise of Somethi…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:36PMFriday, May 1, 2015
Readymade Cabaret
Off Off Broadway, Judson Church, This Is Not a Theatre Company
Reviewed by Brett Aresco
BOTTOM LINE: A brief Dadaist meditation on fate, chance, and the meaninglessness of…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:16PMThursday, April 30, 2015
Tennessee Williams' Collected Shorts
Off Off Broadway, Theatre Row, Animus Theatre
Reviewed by Cindy Pierre
BOTTOM LINE: Characters get emotionally naked while exhibiting endurance and stre…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:59AMWednesday, April 29, 2015
Un Ballo in Maschera
The Metropolitan Opera
Reviewed by Cindy Pierre
BOTTOM LINE: In one of the Met’s less opulent but still aesthetically intriguing productions, a Swedish king is secret…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:13PMTuesday, April 28, 2015
Doruntine
Off Off Broadway, Interart Theatre, Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA
Reviewed by Angel Lam
BOTTOM LINE: Based on an Albanian legend, Doruntine is an emotionally powerful tale in a la…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:26PM'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Off Broadway, The Duke, Red Bull Theater
Reviewed by Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: A nearly 400-year-old drama of sexual deviance, jealousy and revenge gets a wickedly…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:10AMSunday, April 26, 2015
Airline Highway
Broadway, Friedman Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: This moving, dark comedy about a group of misfits living in a New Orleans motel is an…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:40PMSaturday, April 25, 2015
Rule of 7x7: Spring Edition
Off Off Broadway, The Tank
Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: Seven new writers incorporate seven random rules into their newly written ten minute plays i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:09PMFriday, April 24, 2015
Finding Neverland
Broadway, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Reviewed by Jerron Herman
BOTTOM LINE: This new starry Broadway musical will transport you to the very core of your imagination.
Stepping …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:00PMThursday, April 23, 2015
The Visit
Broadway, Lyceum Theatre
Reviewed by Dan Dinero
BOTTOM LINE: Likely one of the most divisive shows of this Broadway season, Kander and Ebb’s unforgettable The Visit is a must-se…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:45PMWednesday, April 22, 2015
Go To Sleep, Goddamnit!
Off Off Broadway, The Tank, Krumple Theatre Company
Reviewed by Alaina Feehan
BOTTOM LINE: There isn’t a word of dialogue in this piece, but the actors have a lot …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:22PMTuesday, April 21, 2015
True Believer
Off Off Broadway, Theatrelab
Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: An intense and introspective look at one young woman’s quest to make the U.S. a more humane and egalit…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:58PMMonday, April 20, 2015
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Off Off Broadway, The Celebration of Whimsy
Reviewed by Linda Buchwald
BOTTOM LINE: This modern, reimagined A Midsummer Night's Dream is a great was to introduce c…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:24PMSunday, April 19, 2015
David and Katie Get Re-Married
Off Off Broadway, The People's Improv Theatre
Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: What’s a little co-dependence between two crazy sorta-in-love kids …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:14PMSaturday, April 18, 2015
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Off Off Broadway, Teatro Circulo, F.I.T.R. Productions
Reviewed by Dave Osmundsen
BOTTOM LINE: An interesting exploration of how we hurt each other physically, …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:57AMThursday, April 16, 2015
Wolf Hall
Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre
Reviewed by Dan Dinero
BOTTOM LINE: Marathon theatre at its best, Wolf Hall is catnip (or is that wolfnip?) for fans of Tudor history, yet also inc…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:53PMGigi
Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre
Reviewed by Ken Kaissar
BOTTOM LINE: A spectacular production of a morally objectionable musical succeeds in obscuring its unsavory plot line and delivers …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:44PMCry, Trojans!
Off Broadway, St. Ann's Warehouse, The Wooster Group
Reviewed by Lee Kinney
BOTTOM LINE: A breakneck mash-up of the Bard and Native American cinema both confounds and exhilara…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:53AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
Se Llama Cristina
Off Broadway, INTAR Theatre
Reviewed by Cindy Pierre
BOTTOM LINE: A man and a woman frantically try to put the details of their identities and lives back together when the…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:25AMSunday, April 12, 2015
An American in Paris
(Broadway, The Palace Theatre)
Reviewed by Geri Silver
BOTTOM LINE: Fans of ballet and Gershwin music will be charmed by this stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning post…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:27PMUnderland
(Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres)
Reviewed by Dave Osmundsen
BOTTOM LINE: A well-acted and atmospheric play that suffers from a lack of focus.
The word “Australia” conjures up i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:32AMThursday, April 9, 2015
R & J & Z
(Off Off Broadway, New Ohio Theater, Hard Sparks)
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: If you thought the story of Juliet and her Romeo ends at Act V, you thought wrong in this cl…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:10PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Application Pending
(Off Broadway, Westside Theatre)
Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: Christina Bianco shines as she showcases her impressive talents as an impressionist, performi…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:06PMTuesday, April 7, 2015
Don Carlo
The Metropolitan Opera
Reviewed by Cindy Pierre
BOTTOM LINE: As the Spanish Inquisition unfolds, a man toils in pain after the woman first promised to him is later given to his fa…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:41PMMonday, April 6, 2015
Live From the Surface of the Moon
Off Off Broadway, The Wild Project, Stable Cable
Reviewed by Jan Rosenberg
BOTTOM LINE: A fascinating and shockingly relevant look at fighting gender roles…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:23PMThursday, April 2, 2015
The Undeniable Sound of Right Now
Off Broadway, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater / Women's Project
Reviewed by Geri Silver
BOTTOM LINE: This solid co-production muses on gentrification and t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:50PMSaturday, March 28, 2015
The Heidi Chronicles
Broadway, Music Box Theatre
Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: A talented, star-studded ensemble deftly takes on the revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s seminal fe…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:20AMFriday, March 27, 2015
House of Tards
Off Off Broadway, Stonewall Inn
Reviewed by Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: Dangerously funny sketch comedy by three legends of downtown theater.
It may have been Steve Martin who sa…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:23PMThursday, March 26, 2015
The Book of Moron
Off Broadway, Urban Stages
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: Robert Dubac has lost his memory, but he can regain his sense of truth with the help of his wit and the voi…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:01PMLonesome Traveler
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theaters
Reviewed by Shawna Cormier
BOTTOM LINE: Let's all sing together as this musical revue takes us through the history of American folk.
After wa…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:11AMTuesday, March 24, 2015
Small Mouth Sounds
Off Broadway, Ars Nova
Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: This all star cast explores life with a vow of silence as they tug at our heartstrings and tickle our fun…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:15AM 
