58 stories by "Clifford Lee Johnson Iii"
Untitled Theater Company #61's adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science-fiction novel, "The Lathe of Heaven," is entertaining but flawed.
Duncan Pflaster's "The Empress of Sex," in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, is an amusing exploration of the relationship between love and sex.
Ingratiating performances can't rescue "A Dance for Rylie," a naive musical in the Planet Connections Festivity about the death of an HIV-positive gay man.
“The Bachelors’ Tea Party,” a unique amalgamation of a five-course afternoon tea service and a historical comedy, is more filling than fulfilling.
Author-actor Maria Cassi's delightful one-woman show "My Life With Men…and Other Animals" blends charming patter, hilarious clowning, and poignant songs.
This production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's classic 1928 show turns out to be an accessible entertainment and one of the most enjoyable musicals around.
Zulema Clares' masterful portrayal of a woman who puts her family ahead of her art breathes life into Karen Zacarías' moving but predictable play about painters living in a Mexican de…
This hourlong children's musical blends bushels of laughs, a clever dramatization of why history matters, and a genuine emotional kick into a show that appeals to all ages.
Named after an uncommon sexual practice, this surrealist detective story about the murder of a famous porn star explores notions of power, renegade sexuality, and love.
How Sam Eaton became New York’s most prominent mentalist “My name is Sam Eaton,” says the man standing at the lip of the stage. “And today you have no secrets.”…
This intimate musical adaptation of the Academy Award–winning movie of the same name makes for an offbeat but moving look at wounded lives redeemed by love and music.
In this dark but vital one-man play from Enda Walsh, Cillian Murphy is a would-be savior living in an abandoned factory who descends from divine messenger to murderous madman.
After a lethargic first act, this revival of a musical that premiered in 1997 wakes up and delivers almost enough heartfelt performances to make us forget its tepid first hour.
A hardened gangster attempts to renounce his violent past for the sake of love and honor in this bracing post-modernist revival of a 1929 Japanese play.
In this 17th century comedy, a compulsive liar disrupts an entire community and almost destroys his family before he is reined in and order is restored.
A mash-up of "Macbeth," "Dracula," and the "Twilight" vampire novels, this improvisation-based musical bristles with delirious ideas and jokes that seem minted on the spot.
Powered by a sterling performance from Donna English, "Madame X" tickles us with campy silliness at first and then satisfies us emotionally in the end.
"Frustrating" is the word that best describes this uneven musical about a Williamsburg rock band, in which exciting and original scenes and songs alternate with confusing and prosaic ones.
This collection of nine 10-minute plays penned by women of color creates a mosaic of contemporary life from authorial voices heard all too infrequently on our stages.
Hoary jokes, a forgettable score, and frantic performances make this musical about famous women performing in a floorshow in hell a trial to sit through.
This spectacularly produced musical about a real-life Korean patriot features strong performances and stirring music, but its human values tend to be overwhelmed by its spectacle.
In this sensitive, intelligent, but uneven play, writer-director-star Jezabel Montero asks and then answers the question: Is it possible for a bisexual to be a monogamist?
Director-choreographer John Carrafa brings his considerable showbiz skills to bear on this show about a battle of the bands in heaven, and the result is a rousing crowd pleaser.
Writer-performer Randy Noojin turns this one-man show about Woody Guthrie into a stirring call for united action against greed and selfishness by equating Depression-era America with today.
Jan Maxwell delivers a riveting performance in Howard Barker's savage and bawdy depiction of England in the turbulent days at the dawn of the Restoration.
