OFF-BROADWAY THEATER REVIEWS

The co-authors based their drama on their experiences teaching a prison workshop....

If the plot of A.R. Gurney's newest seems more than vaguely familiar, that point is eventually fully acknowledged by the playwright....

Cady Huffman directs a one-nighter of burlesque, circus arts and fake autobiography....

Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll take center stage in a one-woman play. 'Lucky Chick' depicts the story of Felicity, a New York City teenager who was plucked from the audience of a Grateful Dead concert and became the underage girlfriend of Bob Weir - the guitarist of the band....

The New Group's production is impressive but the 2005 post-apocalyptic drama is tedious....

Deborah Zoe Laufer's morality drama is inspired from an actual court case....

By now theatregoers and satirists alike can quickly define an Annie Baker play....

Daniel Sullivan's starry storybook production is full of funny bits and clever turns....

Fernanda Coppel's story of a woman sports agent and a high school basketball phenom is packed with interesting issues....

When I think of NYMF, I typically think of quirky musicals that would otherwise slip through the cracks of mainstream theatre. HELD MOMENTARILY: A NEW MUSICAL, with book, music, and lyrics by Oliver Houser, fits perfectly into this box, and given its previous performance history at 2014's New York I...

My favorite thing about attending NYMF is the fact that I truly never know what to expect from the works I see there. Walking into SINGLE WIDE, I was expecting a completely irreverent musical soiree along the lines of David Nehls and Betsy Kelso's THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL. Instead, I ...

Transport Group's new theatre piece has a seven member ensemble portraying the famous deafblind woman....

Howard Barker's 1984 drama of art and politics is said to be Jan Maxwell's final stage appearance....

The Birdz are back by popular demand, and they're as funny as ever. Last October, I had the pleasure of reviewing Tziporela's ODD BIRDZ, when the hilarious sketch comedy troupe made their US Debut at New York City's The Player's Theatre. While back with the same show, some bits have been tweaked and...

Colin Quinn explores the rich diversified heritage of New York City one ethnic joke at a time....

Andrew Lippa's substantially revised version of his adaptation of Joseph Moncure March's Jazz Age narrative poem features an outstanding cast....

Brooke Adams is a charming symbol of optimism in Samuel Beckett's landmark of existentialist theatre....

Ellen Greene doesn't just reprise her iconic performances as Audrey, she deepens it....

Melissa Ross' funny and emotionally engaging play takes on a genre made familiar by Chekhov and Wasserstein....

Douglas Carter Bean's funny and sentimental new comedy has Patti LuPone as an amateur playhouse diva....

The musical inspired by William Finn's near-death experience gets a revised concert mounting from Encores! Off-Center....

Atlantic Theater revives a double bill of David Mamet one-acts....

Chris Noth does not command attention in a disjointed adaptation of Marlowe's classic....

Summer in New York City is always a great time to brush up on your Shakespeare. It seems there is always some novel way to (re)experience the works of William Shakespeare. Fitting into this idea, Alex Ates and Patrick Greeley's THE SHAKESPEAREAN JAZZ SHOW is a triumphant tour de force that pristinel...

A single gay man keeps losing his straight female best friends to marriage in Joshua Harmon's sentimental comedy....