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Good-natured zaniness abounds as that boy who won't grow up and Captain Hook appear at the home of a contemporary American family in this zesty fantasia.
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A vivacious quintet portray college theater students who've competed for the role of Lady Macbeth in this hilarious and knowing dark campus comedy.
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Jack, Rose and The Heart of the Ocean are all in this sly, clever and amusing musical spoof hosted by "Celine Dion," which is uproariously performed.
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Ira Levin's sense of eerie foreboding initially looms over playwright Brian Watkins' entrancing drama, "Epiphany." As a reunion dinner party comically unfolds, we anxiously await supernatura…
Four appealingly performed single Manhattan roommates' tangled romantic lives are depicted in the pleasant contemporary Off-Broadway musical, "Love Quirks," which has a rapturous score. C…
"Corsicana" is a heartfelt and absorbing family drama that's been given a pretentiously distracting production: just for starters, its cryptic houselights up preamble is at odds with the pla…
In 'Circle Jerk," this cocky duo confidently preen, bray and cavort while donning various wigs and flamboyant costumes as multiple fey stock characters for over two numbing hours of their se…
''Atkinson was the conscience of the theater. He rediscovered Off-Broadway in the 50's when other critics did not want to bother going off the beaten path. His standards were tough, but his …
Tennessee Williams' full-length play's titles, characters and dialogue have been part of the consciousness since "The Glass Menagerie"'s 1944 premiere. During his peak years of the 1940's an…
The animated Aline Salloum fearlessly embraces all of Najaf's unsettling complexities, delivering a riveting performance. In the early sexually frank verbal exchanges, Ms. Salloum marvelousl…
Can a 27-year-old Black gay professional journalist and a 21-year-old Blatino bicycle messenger with an out of wedlock son find love and happiness together in Brooklyn? That is the crux of a…
In four scenes spanning a few months, Ra renders his gay family trio's life events, medical situations, numerous clashes and resolutions with pungent topicality. The pandemic is referenced, …
Written by Renee Philippi, this witty mockery of authoritarianism is derived from Friedrich Schiller's play "The Robbers" and the Korean novel "The Story of Hong Gildong." Compos…
This premiere five-performance Off-Off-Broadway showcase run of "The Oracle" is best viewed as a tryout, and the production's presentational flaws are cited with that belief. Co-author El…
This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent …
Though there's two well-delineated characters and a compelling plot, "A Case for the Existence of God" plays out like a 90-minute cerebral exercise, reaching an unsatisfying pseudo-fantastic…
Anyone else may find this decent show to be a tired affair which just about sustains its two-and-half-hour running time. The memory-piece book by Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is b…
Beanie Feldstein's clunky rendition of "I'm the Greatest Star" crystalizes the absurdist dimension of this off-kilter first Broadway revival of the 1964 musical, "Funny Girl." With her nasal…
A lure of this Broadway premiere revival is 25 years later experiencing the acclaimed performances of much of its original cast. Being a memory play, their current ages are irrelevant, espec…
Lee peppers his worn scenario with plenty of pop, cultural and political references, well-crafted zingers and familiar conflicts. Dating apps, "Dancer from the Dance," "Sex and the City" are…
Whether frenetically dancing, rhapsodizing over Nancy Drew, fretting about when she'll wear a bra or reacting horrified upon learning about sex, Ms. Curry performs with the verve of Lily Tom…
An astronaut in a space station, a YouTube cooking show, evicted apartment residents and a romance on the rocks are a few of the dramatic and antic incidents depicted in "Take Shape," an ent…
Audience laughter abounds during Matthew Broderick and Sara Jessica Parker's uproarious performances in this splendid first Broadway revival of Neil Simon's 1968 hit comedy, "Plaza Suite." T…
Presentational flourishes abound in director Ralph B. Peña's gorgeous physical staging which combines small-scale spectacle with humanity. Scenic designer Junghyun Georgia Lee provides a…
