618 stories from The New York Theatre Experience
When tasked with reviewing a play that's already won an Obie and stirred whispers of a new literary sensation, I sensed that I was walking into a gift assignment. I missed Jonas Hassen Khemi…
Existing somewhere between immersive installation and extravagant vaudeville, The Lapsburgh Layover operates as broad comedy developed by artists with a firm grasp of theatrical perspective.…
Dally With the Devil by Victor L. Cahn is about 3 politically powerful women--one on the left, one on the right, and a blogger (think Arianna Huffington) in the middle. Irene is a lefty coll…
Eugene O'Neill is arguably one of the greatest American playwrights. He came of age when melodrama ruled the stage but the fact is he considered himself a poet. He didn't even like the theat…
Created by HERE artistic director Kristen Marting with writers Robert Lyons and Qui Nguyen through an extensive process of workshops and public discussion, Lush Valley is set in a fictional …
In Ireland, the many civilians who were quietly abducted and murdered in the 1970s' conflicts are known as "the disappeared."Â BogBoy, in its U.S. premiere as part of the 1st Irish Festiva…
The international success of Riverdance has been a mixed blessing for the living art of Irish dance. While the show has nurtured welcoming audiences across the world, it also threatens to co…
In his new, aptly named play Sweet and Sad, Richard Nelson reintroduces us to the Apple family, mostly of Rhinebeck, New York. A lot has changed since we last encountered this group of sibli…
Out of the dark, in a crackling, crashing thunderstorm, a brightly smiling pixie of a woman"Donna"appears. Her demure manner and good Midwestern upbringing are belied by her first sentence. …
There's nothing like a long, drunken evening in a bar in Spain. It's best to experience this first hand; traveling there is the strongest option, though reading Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Al…
I was checking out some new articles on the Indie Theater Companion the other day and realized no one had written about Shay Gines, Nick Micozzi, Jason Bowcutt, and the New York Innovative…
Classic fable, told with mirth and music.—Save 20%
There's something remarkably bizarre about Fiasco Theatre's delightful production of Shakespeare's late "problem play" Cymbeline. Maybe it's that the company's ironical embrace of the play's…
Neil Holland is co-founder (with Sonya Tsuchigane)of Knife Edge Productions, producers of Stephen Belber's play. Don DiPaolo and Neil Holland are actors who studied together at the William …
Two self-declared "tosspots" (Dublin slang for "losers") stumble toward a second chance at love in Sean McLoughlin's bittersweet romance Noah and the Tower Flower, produced by acclaimed Iris…
Jose Rivera's 2000 play References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is, completely aside from having one of the greatest titles ever, a compelling if elliptical bit of magical realism, telling t…
With its topsy-turvy landscape, "nonsensical" play of language, delightfully absurd logic--and yes, allegorical mathematics--theatrical presentations of Alice in Wonderland have run the gamu…
Eightythree Down is a fast-paced action play that occasionally offers psychological insights into its characters, but more often barrels forward with fever-pitched conflict. J. Stephen Brant…
The words "I will never leave you" never rang so true as when Daisy and Violet sing them in Bill Russell and Henry Kreiger's musical, Side Show. Daisy and Violet are Siamese twins, literally…
A rollicking, lavish dinner party takes a foul turn when a guest pushes the boundaries of friendship too far.—Save!
As she did in Wife to James Whelan, Teresa Deevy has made poverty and struggle central forces in Temporal Powers. An eviction has led Michael and Min Donovan to the overgrown countryside rui…
Having heard of the power and grit of John Steppling's plays, I eagerly anticipated seeing a production of his play Dogmouth during Theater for the New City's 2011 Dream Up Festival. The pla…
David Nelson delivers a compelling performance in Isaac Rathbone's enjoyable play Captain Ferguson's School for Balloon Warfare, directed by Philip Emeott.
Greasy landlords and crumbling ceilings are surely commonplace to most New York City dwellers, as are noisy and nosy neighbors. But spending about two hours with the fascinatingly seedy Pari…
Sexy… sultry… repressive " Hollywood 1953, an underground nightclub where everyone's got a secret.—Save!
