28 stories by "A.J. Mell"
François Carré's two-hander is clever, to be sure, but perhaps more interesting to think about afterwards than to experience in real time.
Writer-performer Ben Whiting has woven his skillful illusions into a one-man performance that celebrates the ineffable connection between artist and audience and between mentor and prot&eacu…
Swedish playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri's witty satire plays with common perceptions of the Arabic male and has theatrical and political ideas bouncing off each other like pinballs.
This multilayered riff on Act 3, Scene 6 of "King Lear" wants to be anarchic fun, but its core is just a collection of donnish theater-geek in-jokes.
Jeffrey Pfeiffer's whimsical comedy mines a vein of smart-but-silly historical pageantry that suggests an American "Blackadder," but with fairies, talking animals, and other magical folderol…
As denizens of the Jersey Shore go, the characters in "Endless Summer Nights" are a lot more palatable than Snooki and her crew, but by the time intermission rolls around, you may wish they …
Train travel is not the easiest thing to convey on stage, but "Trans-Euro Express" proves to be a brisk, entertaining journey, propelled by Gary Duggan's amusing script and director Chris He…
Andrew Bovell's complex, noirish play has a lot going for it, but ultimately the characters aren't idiosyncratic or compelling enough to get by on their storytelling skills alone.
The elements of a potent black comedy about culture clash are all there in Tommy Smith's new play, but as the characters refuse to behave in explicable ways, the end result is more puzzling …
Karina Casiano wears a lot of hats on this dystopian piece set in a nightmarish New York, but she has the chops and clarity of vision to pull it off.
In this technically adroit production, writer-director Edward Einhorn has crafted an eerie, strikingly designed adaptation of Philip K. Dick's heady post-apocalyptic novel.
Writer-director Ryan Kiggell tries hard to make this adaptation of George Orwell's first novel theatrical, but the results make for a pretty tough slog.
Like its central character, Joseph Gallo's comedy about a trio of buddies out on the town is companionable and easy to take but offers few surprises.
For all its dropping of band names and wrestling with familiar indie-rock issues, Randall Colburn's Kurt Cobain–inspired drama doesn't muster much rock-'n'-roll cred.
Ken Ferrigni's clever "Mangella" starts out as a twisted romantic comedy between a man and his computer, and gradually becomes a twisted philosophical comedy about privacy and identity.
Swedish playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri's witty satire plays with common perceptions of the Arabic male and has theatrical and political ideas bouncing off each other like pinballs.
Ashley Lloyd Smith's one-man show about the lighter side of suicide never lets us forget that we're watching an actor doing his multiple-character bit.
Tariq Hamami's intriguing dark comedy takes place in a lawless rough-and-tumble town, but it makes for a strangely inviting place to spend an evening.
Trav S.D.'s latest excursion into old-school showbiz has its intermittent charms, but the performers demonstrate more genial eccentricity than talent, more "Gong Show" than "Ed Sullivan Sh…
Neal Bell's story of two death-haunted men has some of the attributes of a Hitchcock thriller but plays better as a stark, low-key psychological drama.
Intelligently acted but frustratingly opaque, the two short plays that make up Steven Dykes' "Territories" explore political and sexual issues with an unfortunate lack of specificity.
The emphasis is on straightforward shocks in this grisly but strangely inert anthology of Grand Guignol-style ripped-from-the-headlines horror tales, which lacks energy and ferocity.
Tim Intravia's intense performance in the title role highlights this absorbing, straightforward docudrama about the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald.
This fringe-festival favorite might have cut a little deeper, but it's still a frantically inventive showcase for the comedic skills of its two lead actors.
Andrea Wolff shows some stage presence and vocal prowess in this bawdy one-woman show, but whether it works for you may depend on your tolerance for penis jokes.
