Tag: Theatre Row
Resonant lessons in history and humanity in ‘Lady Patriot’ at NYC’s...
Set in Richmond, VA, in the key years of 1861-65, through the duration of the Civil War, Lady Patriot, written and directed by Ted Lange...
Sketchy glimpse at addiction and recovery in ‘Sober Songs’ Off-Broadway at...
Mark Twain is credited with giving writers the sound advice to “Write what you know,” and that’s what librettist, composer, and lyricist Michael Levin...
A family’s struggle with mental illness in ‘Cracked Open’ at NYC’s...
When eighteen-year-old Tilde experiences the onset of mental illness, her family struggles to navigate the conflicting diagnoses, complexities of treatment, and social stigma, their...
Pride and ambition conflict with Socialist ideals in the Mint’s NYC...
After Garside’s Career, a cautionary tale of the ill effects of pride and ambition by English playwright Harold Brighouse, made its successful US debut...
Feminist critique of misogyny and more in ‘Mrs. Loman’ at NYC’s...
In her unauthorized sequel to Arthur Miller’s 1949 tragedy Death of a Salesman, playwright Barbara Cassidy considers what might have happened to Willy Loman’s...
Origins of a classic form of Japanese theater in ‘Okuni: The...
Performed in Japanese with brief thematic narrations and projected translations in English, Amaterasu Za’s world premiere of Okuni: The Woman Who Created Kabuki at NYC’s...
Coming of age and learning hard lessons in ‘Sump’n Like Wings’...
Mint Theater Company’s NYC premiere of the 1925 coming-of-age story Sump’n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs – whose Green Grow the Lilacs, written in 1930,...
Combining the reality and fantasy of dementia in ‘{IN}TANGIBLE A Circus...
While living in a care facility, Q, a woman struggling with dementia, is visited by her family and her memories in the world premiere...
Idealistic account of student resistance against Nazi oppression in ‘White Rose’...
Inspired by the true story of the titular group of university student-activists who took a stand against Hitler and led a youthful resistance against...
Gingold Theatrical Group deftly skewers social and military pretense with Shaw’s...
Although it was only the fourth in his canon of 65 plays, George Bernard Shaw's farcical three-act comedy Arms and the Man, written in...
A Victorian woman’s view of what makes a happy ‘Partnership’ at...
The final installment in Mint Theater Company’s three-play series of undeservedly forgotten works by English playwright Elizabeth Baker is the American premiere of Partnership,...
Dystopian future of corporate AI in the new musical comedy ‘In...
Do you ever feel like corporate technology is taking over your life and the world, it might not be the best thing for personal...
Discovering the superhero inside in the indie-rock musical ‘Lizard Boy’ at...
A smash hit at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with an original cast recording that has been streamed more than three million times on...
Cracks in the façade of civility in TBTB’s off Broadway debut...
When Henry hits Benjamin in the face with a stick at the local playground in Brooklyn’s upscale Cobble Hill neighborhood, breaking two of the...
NYC’s United Solo announces 2022 Special Award nominees
In conjunction with this year’s 13th annual United Solo Festival - the world’s largest solo theater festival, now playing at Theatre Row through November...
GTG’s funny fast-paced one-act update of Shaw’s ‘Candida’ at NYC’s Theatre...
When playwright George Bernard Shaw created his original romantic comedy Candida in 1894, written in response to Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House and first...
Hank Curry brings laughter to ‘Confusion’ in NYC’s United Solo Festival
Now in its thirteenth year, United Solo Festival is back at NYC’s Theatre Row through November 20, with dozens of shows from across the...
C is for colorful, clever, and cute in ‘Sesame Street: The...
Since its debut in 1969, TV’s iconic Sesame Street children’s show has been entertaining and educating kids for 52 seasons in the US, has...
Physics and human behavior collide in ‘Strings Attached’ Off-Broadway at Theatre...
In Pulse Theatre’s Off-Broadway premiere of Strings Attached at Theatre Row, playwright Carole Buggé explores the uncertainties of physics and human behavior, which collide...
A cautionary fairytale of unrequited love in ‘Prince Charming, You’re Late’...
In TigerBear Productions’ world premiere of Prince Charming, You’re Late at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, writer/performer Billy Hipkins, a veteran Broadway dresser with 27 shows...