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Soho Playhouse, Off Broadway By Alan J. Miller Charles Busch, the immensely talented playwright -- whose credits range from Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (which ran for five years in the …
Soho Playhouse, Off Broadway By Alan J. Miller Charles Busch, the immensely talented playwright -- whose credits range from Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (which ran for five years in the …
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway By Ben Charles BOTTOM LINE: Old-school comedy and clowning -- in suits and with a modern twist. Last night I visited room 17B. It's an interior office th…
Clurman Theatre, Off Broadway By Steve Hauck BOTTOM LINE: An empathetic and unflinching look at war and its human consequences. I'd never heard the phrase "honey brown eyes" before l…
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway By Le-Anne Garland BOTTOM LINE: A writer sells his soul in this "bromance" meets "frenemies" story. It takes a special breed of character to continue pur…
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway By Steve Hauck BOTTOM LINE: A timeless classic gets the royal treatment in this hilarious revival. If there was ever a doubt that Oscar Wilde's 1…
Lincoln Center, Off Broadway By Alan J. Miller BOTTOM LINE: An intelligently written, well plotted drama of a family in crisis, brought to life by a marvelous ensemble cast. Don't mis…
The New Group / Theatre Row, Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: A new play about a dysfunctional family: it has some funny moments, but it's a heavy piece of theatre. Ethan Ha…
Abrons Art Center, Off Off Broadway By Steve Hauck BOTTOM LINE: A funny and original spoof of science fiction movies featuring audience interaction. Imagine a goofy, good natured mas…
St. Luke's Theatre, Off Broadway By Darron Cardosa BOTTOM LINE: Richard Skipper as Carol Channing. He sings her songs and does her schtick. Richard Skipper as "Carol Channing" in Con…
Ars Nova, Off Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: Four plays about human connection make for a thoughtful evening of theatre. The Common Tongue is a new theatre company passio…
HERE Arts Center, Off Off Broadway By Joseph Samuel Wright BOTTOM LINE: Phobophilia is a video puppet show featuring a live tie-in performance and blindfolds. The high thrill of Phob…
The Midtown Theatre, Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: A musical revue of cheesy girl-power tunes meant to entertain, not enlighten. It doesn't feel right to review Girl …
The Flea, Off Off Broadway By Joseph Samuel Wright BOTTOM LINE: Metamorphoses is an updated adaptation of Ovid's work by the same name performed with music and movement by a tight ens…
Atlantic Stage 2, Off Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: Really funny, kinda weird, certainly quirky and comfortably old-school, Buddy Cop 2 is downright delightful. "Nothing…
Connelly Theatre, Off Off Broadway By Rachel Merrill Moss BOTTOM LINE: A terse and tidy absurdist exploration of America's extremist tendencies. "You need an actor to save you," a Wi…
Barrow Street Theatre, Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: Captures the theatre producer persona and all the raving characteristics that go with it; a hilarious script and bril…
By Molly Marinik Happy Holidays, Theasy readers! Hoping everyone has a wonderfully theatrical holiday season (in whatever way you wish to interpret that). We will be back in January …
Theatre 3, Off-Off-Broadway By Ben Charles BOTTOM LINE: A fishy mystery comedy with a huge helping of stupid. Okay, I know, mammal. Whale are mammals, but "a mammaly mystery comedy"…
59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway By Joseph Samuel Wright BOTTOM LINE: An absurd adventure where two insane people meet for a date at a restaurant with an obsessive waiter. Inspector Sand…
HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway By Rachel Merrill Moss BOTTOM LINE: A glimpse into a virtual New York inhabited by suicides, where one woman still believes in her chance to find lo…
59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway By Di Jayawickrema BOTTOM LINE: The story of Mr. Berry, an elderly man yearning for youthful romance, is an overly labored affair that is just saved by Br…
HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway By Janelle Lannan BOTTOM LINE: As the Eyes of the Seahorse is a collaboration of live music and modern dance. The Philadelphia husband-wife team br…
Ars Nova, Off-Broadway By Ben Charles BOTTOM LINE: A very entertaining live blind date happening in front of your eyes with a skilled improviser and comedienne. I recently met Mimi. …
Baruch Performing Arts Center, Off-Broadway By Ben Charles BOTTOM LINE: The best post-apocalyptic puppet show you probably haven't heard about and need to see. Look at the picture ab…
Midtown Theatre, Off-Broadway By Darron Cardosa BOTTOM LINE: A light-hearted musical review that breezes by and makes you laugh out loud more than a few times. If you are wondering w…