OFF-BROADWAY THEATER REVIEWS

Samuel D. Hunter's drama of a mundane little community is in itself a rather mundane evening....

After a two-month Broadway run, the story of the rockstar rabbi returns Off-Broadway with a pared-down script....

Recently Ghostlight Records released the astounding original cast recording of VENICE. The Off-Broadway musical features a book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax, lyrics by Sax and Rosen, and additional music by Curtis Moore. The cast album is quite possibly one of the most exciting recordings I have...

Truman Capote's short story doesn't provide enough plot for this two-act musical....

Peter Mills and Cara Reichel revamp their wonderful F. Scott Fitzgerald musical of nearly ten years ago....

Sam Shepard's riff on Sophocles is a chore to comprehend....

John Doyle cuts Rodgers and Hammerstein's experimental musical extensively and casts actor/musicians....

Young Jean Lee's new drama may actually be a satire....

Come one, come all to the musical you help create. Just a few blocks north of the heart of Times Square, the vastly talented improv actors, orchestra, and crew of BLANK! THE MUSICAL are treating audiences to the opening and closing night of a musical. (No, they're not reviving the 1988 production of...

Simon Stephens' tense and chilling drama attempts to explain why the unthinkable is becoming more commonplace....

Quincy Tyler Bernstine offers beautiful understated pathos in Heidi Schreck's touching new drama....

John Hawkes does some stellar work in David Auburn's intimate drama....

Douglas Carter Beane and Kathleen Marshall whip a movie classic into a fun new musical....

HAPPY KARAOKE FUN TIME has been kicking around for some time now. Last night, this plucky group of improv heroes just ended their (first) Off-Broadway run at The Davenport. With the goal of "bridg[ing] the gap between NY theater-goers and improv comedians," HAPPY KARAOKE FUN TIME allows audiences to...

David Rabe's 1972 Tony-winner darkly satirizes America's self-image during the Vietnam era....

The South African Isango Ensemble's production of 'The Magic Flute: Impepe Yomlingo,' strips away some of the glossy sheen of Mozart's master work, leaving a show that is more down to earth and yet still revels in the joy of the composer's music. Under Mark Dunford May's direction, this 'Magic Flute...

Parks emulates Greek drama in the first three parts of her nine-play cycle....

Itamar Moses and Michael Friedman's provocative and ambitious new musical is based on Jonathan Lethem's 2003 novel....

Emily Dickinson is played with a more contemporary feel in the new Off-Broadway production....

Don't feel blue if you didn't win the Saturday Night Live taping and/or rehearsal lottery. The award-winning Israeli slapstick theatre ensemble Tziporela is making their American debut with a five-week run at The Players Theatre with their show ODD BIRDZ. Until recently I had never heard of this gr...

Eli Bolin, Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree's telling of the creation of an unusual indie magazine is imaginative and spirited ....

The Tony-winning actor's largely autobiographical drama is about growing up black, gay and Christian....

Carey Perloff's offers an exquisite production of Stoppard's tale of an English poet in colonial India....

Director Ivo van Hove has three pairs of actors simultaneously playing out Bergman's dissolving partnership....

You simply must visit The Civillians' new home. A downtown mainstay, the investigative theatre troupe began their Metropolitan Museum residence September 12th their revealing and brilliant cabaret, Let Me Ascertain You in the Petrie Court Cafe....