618 stories from The New York Theatre Experience
Great theater can happen in the most unexpected of places, under many different circumstances. At times, it may be found in five acts of Shakespeare with a sold-out Broadway house. Maybe it'…
All's Well That Ends Well is the first offering to open this summer in Central Park and this production is well worth a visit. This is often called one of Shakespeare's "problem" plays becau…
The new production of the classic Calderon de la Barca play at Repertorio Espanol is a bold and brave production that nevertheless fails to coalesce into a satisfying evening.
"Maturity is knowing your limits," says Carmela, a feisty yet pragmatic nursing home resident in Lina Gallegos's charming Locuras en Wichita (Wild in Wichita). Carmela thinks she knows her l…
Diminished Fifth presents a series of fictionalized conversations focused on five women who were deeply impacted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. An important point for the pla…
Here's how it all evolved: Baba Brinkman made a show about The Canterbury Tales, combining his knowledge of hip-hop and Chaucer. When Dr. Mark Pallen, author of The Rough Guide to Evolution,…
If you like zombie stories, and even if you don't, there is much to like about AntiMatter Collective's wild west apocalypse piece Death Valley. Originally developed as a five-part serial in …
A highly stylized adaptation of Hamlet performed in Korean, Hamyul feels like a traditional drama that could have been performed in the ancient Korean court. Coming out of that aesthetic, Op…
Bromley is one of New York theatre's true originals. His playwright's voice is unique and unmistakable: no one else writes like him, and when you hear something from one of his plays, you kn…
The ancient art of cantastoria is alive and well at HERE. Cantastoria uses song and illustrations to tell a story but I won't go too far into the history of this old form of storytelling bec…
The American Shakespeare Factory is presenting William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at The Red Room. Upon entering the space audience members are greeted immediately with a barrage …
Have you heard of Bessie Smith? I hadn't, but I love the Blues and decided to take a trip to St. Luke's Theatre to find out what this woman, credited as the most successful Blues singer of t…
The word that comes to mind for this production is "shocking": shockingly well written and performed, and shockingly true. In 2002, reporter Amit Paley requested that Harvard University make…
What messes with your head more than "a new New York play"? This is the subtitle of Yes We Can from Down Payment Productions, and it is accurate because it shows a diverse cast of urban char…
The writers are some of New York's finest known and up-and-coming writers: Bekah Brunstetter, Samuel D. Hunter, Neil LaBute, Kate Moira Ryan, Diana Son, Jeff Tabnick, and Emily Chadick Weiss…
We’ve now confirmed all of the artists who will be performing at our Book Launch Event for Plays and Playwrights 2011! As a reminder, the Launch is on Wednesday, June 29th, at Judson M…
Jackie Mason lovechild Sheba Mason's story.—Save $5
In its workshop debut at Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks festival, Jason Grote's Civilization (All You Can Eat) is an intermittently effective meditation on contemporary America's overconsumptio…
I first came in contact with Irondale Ensemble in the early 1990s when one of its founders and Executive Director, the actor Terry Greiss, was a guest speaker at a class I was taking in Thea…
A screenwriter becomes entangled in the life of a university professor under investigation for a grisly murder.—Save $10
Four days on a westbound train in 1914.—Save $10
Two erotic stories of betrayal and voyeurism.—Save $10
A comic, bawdy, passionate play set amid the chaos of the Restoration in 1660.—Save $10
Beautiful writing, striking direction, and a slew of excellent performances await you at The Play About My Dad, the final entry in this year's Americas Off Broadway Festival at 59E59. This n…
A Night of Deadly Serious Comedies features two one-act plays by modernist masters Eugene Ionesco and Luigi Pirandello. These two avant-garde pieces have very specific, intellectual meanings…
