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By David Walters Specimen, playing through June 6 at Axis Theatre, can be metaphorically about many things. It can be about the brokenness of this country and its focus on money acquisition,…
The performances are spot on. These three actors have their hands on the reins of their respective carriages and do not wander off the trail once the journey begins.
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Claws is the creepiest theatre experience I’ve ever had (in a way that I’m still recovering from).
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The Emporium, a recently discovered treasure by Thorton Wilder, completed by Kirk Lynn, is compelling, entertaining, multi-leveled, and a must see.
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For one luminous hour at SoHo Playhouse, Liz Coin builds a one-woman cathedral of positivity that admits everyone in the room. Lizzy Sunshine is part stand-up, part clown-show, part secular …
Spellbinding Strauss was a luminous reminder of why the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has become indispensable to New York's cultural landscape. Maestro Bernard and Sara Beth Pearson delivere…
Malone wrote a musical comedy?! Yep. Lemme tell ya: The tale of Cyrano De Bergerac inspired Malone to write the book for STARTSTRUCK. She then collaborated with Emily Saliers - I k…
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now closed their 2025–26 season with Strauss writ glorious: an evening of mountain air mastery, scholarly programming, and youthful artistry. Audiences hung…
Well, I’ll Let You Go is a satisfying well made play that will leave you with a feeling that you've been through something. Been through a woman's grief, been through an onslaught of well …
The production struggles to balance its two separate and very unequal protagonists but Johnny Anthony effectively embodies Lenny Bruce, bringing his swagger and nervous energy to the fore.
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Despite a promising start, right away something feels off. Instead of sparse and haunting, Maggie Cino and Scott C. Sickles’ busy script populates the play with competing storylines.
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Take yourself, take a friend, to see this exquisite performance. Ayvazian’s precision of telling a story is, every moment counts, every word conjures. This is great storytelling delivered …
The story itself is nothing that interesting, but what’s novel here is the approach. For not only is this show interlaced with frequent historical asides, but it also incorporates heavy do…
Come on - be serious here. How many of you know what or who balusters are?
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The Receptionist, written by Adam Bock, and first developed in 2006, intrigued me with its supposed “chilling relevance” of bureaucracy and complicity taking place in an office, but whil…
Canciones is one of the best interactive shows I have ever experienced. Truthfully bringing the audience together in a shared collective, taking part in, and observing the family interaction…
Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog is that rarest of theatrical experiences: a solo show that feels as expansive as a Broadway epic and as intimate as a conversation with your favorite uncle o…
I'm going to use the word "lovely" here about The Bad Daters, and I mean it in its broadest sense: touching, pleasant, uplifting, sweet, and leaving you with a good feeling about humanity up…
Season 42 of the American Classical Orchestra promises to be nothing short of magnificent. From Haydn's “Lord Nelson” Mass and transcendent J.S. Bach motets to Mozart, Berwald, and not o…
Hosted by Alex Moffat, the 41st annual ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Awards were held at NYU Skirball. This year, I found myself especially drawn to artists challenged physically, emotiona…
In the Othello in the West End Theatre’s small playing space, Bedlam is creating a whole world with a whisper of a set, a small lighting grid and a ton of imagination. In the hands of in…
Although I may have some quips with this production's interpretation and actor choice, overall it is a solid production and one that if you love Hamlet like I do, is worth your time.
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At a small planetarium (Yes, a planetarium!) on the second floor of the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan, is a lovely autobiographical memory show called 73 Seconds.
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“It could never happen here…"
It's the mindset, the seemingly overused piece of dialogue we speak out loud to ourselves, to each other, as we try to convince ourselves history won't repe…
Playing now at the Barrymore Theater, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone grapples with a nation in transition, showcasing an America shortly after the Civil War, and a community …
