OFF-BROADWAY THEATER REVIEWS

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Yes, interactive Off-Broadway shows are a thing, and they can be really entertaining. The latest offering in the genre is THAT BACHLORETTE SHOW, which is a flirtatiously fun 90 minute dance party from the creator of THE AWESOME 80S PROM. More party than theatre, this frivolous concoction packs in th...

Anne Hathaway is excellent in Julie Taymor's striking production....

Austin Pendleton's production is marked by questionable acting and confusing staging....

Maria Aitken's charming mounting of Patrick Barlow's humorous adaptation is back Off-Broadway....

THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE is a glittering example of a musical that captures and is imbued with that magic in every perfectly cast note and each keenly written lyric. Celebrating Ghostlight Records' release of the original cast recording, members of the cast and creative team came together at Joe's P...

Kerry Butler is hilarious as the First Lady in a madcap musical spoof....

Taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie and edited by Alan Rickman and journalist Katharine Viner, the play MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is known for being controversial. At its heart, it is a play that exposes the atrocities that occurred during the Second Intifada. The politics surrounding the Gaza S...

With humor and drama, this unique theatrical piece reveals the vulnerable life of the artists and gives insight to the their circumstances as they travel from town to town performing in second-rate music halls....

The sounds of the seventies are alive and well in musical theatre. Taking lessons he has learned from previous outings, Michael Freidman's compositions for THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE fly based on his keen ear for integrating disparate musical modalities into the fabric of musical theatre. These elemen...

Lerner and Loewe's Gold Rush musical is full of good humor and lovely melodies....

'C.O.A.L.' is now onstage at 59E59 through Sunday, March 22nd. This thought provoking piece of theater is an interesting exploration of the lies that people tell to protect themselves and harsh realities. The show is written by David Brian Colbert, directed by Craig Baldwin and is wonderfully perf...

Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda's two-person musical spans a decades-long relationship....

Melissa James Gibson's relationship drama doesn't live up to the promise of its opening scene....

See 'Lonesome Traveler' now at 59E59 through April 19th. It is a completely entertaining and inspiring show....

Doug Wright imagines the conflict as Gustav Vigeland sculpts a bust of Henrik Ibsen....

Cush Jumbo is a thrilling talent and her solo play about Josephine Baker is beautifully done....

SoHo Playhouse is known for presenting NYC with some of the finest hysterical yet thought-provoking material that modern theatre has to offer. Enter Baba Brinkman's RAP GUIDE TO RELIGION, a comical 90-minute one act that explores the Darwinian and psychological imperative and power the construct of ...

Naomi Wallace's drama is thick with poetic language and symbolism but exceedingly thin on clear story-telling....

Abundance, now playing at the Beckett Theatre, was commissioned in 1989 and is based on true life stories of pioneering women . . . Clearly well researched, Abundance manages to feel both intimate and sweeping . . . Director Jenn Thompson makes one feel like a voyeur. When unexpressed, emotions are ...

Bathsheba Doran's funny and touching play involves the love between a pair trying to figure out their sexual orientations....

ALTAR BOYZ opened Off-Broadway at Stage 4 of Dodger Stages on March 1, 2005. The award-winning, hit musical comedy closed after 2,032 regular performances on January 10, 2010. For two very special performances at 54 Below on March 1, 2015, actors who played the now iconic fictional Christian boy ban...

How nice is too nice?...

Keen Company gives Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald's chamber musical a fine revival....

Tanya Barfield's newest paints a vivid picture of a relationship through dozens of quick, non-linear scenes....