Theater Review: 'The Chocolate Show!' Celebrates a Common Obsession
The World Queen of the Cocoa Bean seeks a successor in "The Chocolate Show!," an interactive production at 47th Street Theater best suited to 8- to 12-year-olds.
The World Queen of the Cocoa Bean seeks a successor in "The Chocolate Show!," an interactive production at 47th Street Theater best suited to 8- to 12-year-olds.
"Bikeman: A 9/11 Play" is a docudrama by Thomas F. Flynn that recounts his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001.
The comedy written and performed by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, a married couple, is equal parts funny and frustrating.
In "Beertown," audience members are encouraged to bring and share food and to take part in the deliberations.
August Wilson's "Fences" explores the passions and problems of masculinity and the tension between a father and his sons.
"Clever Little Lies," staged at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, examines the disappointments of couples, both young and old.
A two-character play by David Jenkins explores the banalities of the workplace and the inherent blandness of corporate life.
"Cloven Tongues," at the Wild Project, focuses on a woman detained for smuggling drugs and the circle of helpers around her.
In "Bubble Boy," a musical at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts, a teenager with an impaired immune system travels across the country for true love.
A serpent transforms herself into a maiden and falls in love with a poor but upright man. Trouble follows.
"Anthem," directed by Ann Ciccolella, is a play adapted from the Ayn Rand novella of the same title, about a dystopian society.
In Bernard Kops's "Playing Sinatra," a brother and sister in London endure a life of isolation and constriction.
"McGoldrick's Thread" is a musical about immigrants who've settled in New York in 1995.
"Carcass" is a severe and unrelentingly grim play from around 1905 that centers on an embittered family, and this cunning production intensifies every angry scene.
"The Hamlet Project" version of the Shakespeare tragedy mixes drinking and comedy.
"King Kong," a musical written by Alfred Preisser, Randy Weiner and DJ Cold Cut, with a score by Wes Matthews, gives a classic new dimensions.
"Richard III," presented by the Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, stars Alessandro Colla as the scheming villain.
"Dancing on Nails," a play at Theater 80, focuses on a 1950s-era Jewish hardware store owner who hires a young black woman and develops romantic feelings toward her.
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot returns to the Lower East Side with a boisterous production of "Cymbeline."
The 21st century echoes parts of "The Henrietta," an 1887 production now at the Metropolitan Playhouse.
Three first ladies are portrayed by one actress-playwright in "Tea for Three," by Elaine Bromka and Eric H. Weinberger at Urban Stages.
"21," presented by Repertorio Español at the Gramercy Arts Theater, centers on a rambunctious family's bumpy celebration at a casino.
In "The Weir," four men and a woman meet at a pub, where they crack jokes, drink too much, swap stories and reveal themselves slowly.
There are so many meant-to-shock moments in Tommy Smith's "White Hot" that tedium soon replaces repulsion.
"Pinkolandia," by Andrea Thome, recounts the story of a family of Chilean exiles that has relocated to Wisconsin.