Forbidden Broadway Rude Awakening: Mama, Who Bored Me...
Gerard Alessandrini's newest edition of the long-running satirical revue may not be most vicious version of the show but it certainly ranks up there among the best.
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Dividing The Estate: Unstately Manners
It's taken 18 years for The great Horton Foote's terrific Reaganomics-era comedy to trickle down to New York since its 1987 premiere but director Michael Wilson's very funny and very human production at Primary Stages is well worth the wait....
Edge: Sylvia Plath's Pain and Poetry
Paul Alexander's one-woman play examines the life and death of the legendary poet....
The Misanthrope: I Could Have Had a V-8
Moliere's classic comedy gets buried under Ivo van Hove's high concept production...
'A Yorkshire Fairie Tale' Begins Previews Tonight, 9/28
Previews begin tonight, Friday, September 28 for the On The Leesh Productions, Inc. production of A Yorkshire Fairie Tale by Thomas H. Diggs, Off Broadway, at the Michael Weller Theatre...
The Power Of Darkness: Crime and Punishment
The Mint provides a rare opportunity to see Leo Tolstoy's drama in an impressive and gracefully staged production...
100 Saints You Should Know: Faith Healing
Having faith, losing it and trying to understand it are the key issues in this warm, funny and engrossing play, blessed with an exceptional cast in director Ethan McSweeny's moving production....
Neva Small's Not Quite An Ingénue: Something More
In Neva Small's solo show her career full of meaty roles in unsuccessful musicals is glossed over in such a pixyish, upbeat manner that you might find yourself perpetually wondering what she's leaving out.
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Walmartopia: Marked Down
A promising Fringe musical protesting Wal-Mart labor practices loses its bite after being revised for Off-Broadway....
Iphigenia 2.0: Not Getting Married Today
Playwright Charles Mee and director Tina Landau adapt a play by Euripides into an abstract pageant that not-so-subtly questions current American foreign policy, amidst some good laughs, some interesting visuals and some scantily clad boys and girls.
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Will Durst's Bipartisan Bashing: Yesterday's News
Political humorist Will Durst is a funny guy but many of his jokes seem rescued from the recycling bin rather than ripped from the headlines.
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Opus: Sweet Music
Michael Hollinger's smart, funny and ultimately shocking and downright breathtaking comedy/drama about a string quartet gets a sparkling production at Primary Stages...
Masked: Family Values
Ilan Hatsor's tense 1990 drama of three West Bank Palestinian brothers gets its New York debut after over 100 productions worldwide....
The Black Eyed: Unanswered Questions, Unquestioned Answers
One person's terrorist is another person's martyr in Betty Shamieh's skillfully written play that is deceptively cute, funny and entertaining without ever undercutting the seriousness of its issues of violence, heroism and gender....
My First Time: Getting To Know You
Ken Davenport's new theatre piece is inspired by the nearly 10-year-old web site where guests are invited to anonymously submit the glorious (or gruesome) details of their first sexual encounter....
Surface to Air: Scratching the Surface
David Epstein's new drama about war and its survivors is running at Symphony Space. ...
'Guilty' - Of Nothing in Particular
Nancy Manocherian's new play 'Guilty' tries to be a gripping portrait of friends in decline, but doesn't quite get a grip....
The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero: Running on Empty
Marissa Kamin's new play takes a look at the pressure affecting teenage girls today....
Elvis People: Don't Be Cruel
Doug Grissom's play about the effect Elvis Presley had on American lives seems an earnest, if ineffective, effort....
theAtrainplays, vol xxii: You Can Take It
theAtrainplays, a theatre-without-a-net writing/composing/directing/acting experience, had its 22nd incredible incarnation June 20th, with an all-star cast....
Sessions: Doctor In The Dark
Psychoanalysis sings again in Albert Tapper's therapy musical...
The Return Of The Prodigal: He's Baaa-aack
The Mint Theater presents the American premiere of St. John Hankin's comedy about a loveable slacker...
Tickled by Tease!
With its final performance at the Cutting Room on Monday, June 11, Tease! A Night of Burlesque can look back at a successful three show run which consistently had crowds cheering and begging for more. ...
Tea
Velina Hasu Houston's excellent work is receiving a less-than-excellent revival at Pan Asian Rep....
Crazy Mary: One Flew Over The WASP's Nest
A.R. Gurney's latest may not rate up there with his best, but it's a rather sweetly off-beat near-love story featuring a heartwarming comic turn by Kristine Nielsen...
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