OFF-BROADWAY THEATER REVIEWS

Those who have lived through it may agree that war is hell, but for the central character of David Hare's 1978 drama, Plenty, the excitement of confusing, distracting and demoralizing the Germans in occupied France was a slice of heaven compared with living as a woman in post-war England....

While Jonathan Larson's RENT, his 1996 East Village adaptation of Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa's LA BOHEME, presents a romanticized look at bohemians living in poverty for the sake of their art, his TICK, TICK… BOOM!, now getting a superb Off-Broadway revival via Keen Company...

Despite a string of bad fortune that has kept them moving from venue to venue to venue, the genius director/choreographer Austin McCormick's Company XIV, with its distinct style mixing classical dance, burlesque, acrobatics and pop music presented in an erotic baroque fashion inspired by the courtly...

See 'ORWELL IN AMERICA' at 59E59 Theaters now through October 30th. Written by Joe Sutton and directed by Peter Hackett, the play is a fascinating depiction of what may have occurred if Orwell had visited the U.S on a book tour....

Though solo performer Sarah Jones is rightfully celebrated for her exacting skills that quickly morph herself into a seemingly limitless collection of female and male characters of diverse ages, ethnicities, nationalities and personalities, she doesn't seem to get proper credit as a playwright....

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary to rethink a centuries-entrenched conception, it must be done with ideas audacious and revolutionary enough to forever upset the status quo. That was true in a small, stuffy Philadelphia room in 1776, and it is true now at Orlando's Mad Cow Th...

The NYC premiere of The Birds is onstage at 59E59 Theaters now through October 1st. It is written by the celebrated playwright, Conor McPherson and directed by Stefan Dzeparoski as part of 1st Irish Festival. The play is a fascinating, outstanding adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's spine tingling no...

Hilarity abounds at Bears in Space, the zany, captivating show currently at 59E59 Theaters through October 2nd. Directed by Dan Colley and featuring a talented cast, this theatrical event combines puppetry and storytelling techniques in perfect measure....

'Touch' is an affecting play wonderfully staged with superb acting. It is now onstage at 59E59 Theaters through September 4th....

If the plot and characters of Leslye Headland new drama THE LAYOVER appear to be contemporary versions of some old film noir feature you used to watch so often on VHS that the images on the tape deteriorated into grey and white streaks, it may be merely be a suggestion planted into your head by vide...

Shakespeare's seldom-performed wartime drama is set in contemporary times....

An all-woman cast plays out the story of John Wesley Powell's expedition to the Grand Canyon....

The 1979 Off-Broadway musical was the first collaboration from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman....

Cynthia von Buhler's Speakeasy Dollhouse: The Bloody Beginning grew out of the artist's lifelong fascination with the mysterious death of her Italian immigrant grandfather, Frank Spano, in 1935. Originally conceived as a one-night event, Speakeasy Dollhouse took on a life of its own and since 2011 h...

In iLuminate you're transported on a thrill seeking yet mind-boggling ride. The energetic nine-member troupe is full of expert dancers who dance full-throttle the entire show. Their unified razor-sharp work is worthy of the precision of the Radio City Rockettes....

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Rogers' drama about the negotiations behind the Oslo Accords is funny and entertaining without undercutting the seriousness of its subject....

Encores! Off-Center brings back a 1978 musical inspired by interviews with runaway children....

Conor McPherson's subdued ghost story reopens the Irish Rep's newly refurbished home....

Janet McTeer and Cush Jumbo lead an all-woman company in a play that can be troublesome for contemporary audiences....

Set designer Dane Laffrey has placed 15,000 pounds of sand on stage for this seaside romance....

Halley Feiffer's romantic comedy has a comedian and a millionaire guarding their wounds as their mothers are treated for cancer....

Jonathan Brielle's musical of the famed Irish novelist stars Matt Bogart and Whitney Bashor....

Charlayne Woodard stars as a mother whose stroke leads to what might be the discovery of a family secret....

The lost 1924 Marx Brothers vehicle has been reconstructed and mounted in a crisp and buoyant new production....