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The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Off-Broadway

Robeson Sings Again

by Jena Tesse Fox — April 27, 2005
Miriam Jensen Hendrix's bio-drama about the famous singer and political activist gets its premiere at the Blue Heron....

Bonnie Parker: A Vicious Circle

by Jena Tesse Fox — April 16, 2005
The legendary outlaw gets the stage to herself in Dixie Lee Sedgwick's overly long one-woman play....

Fascinating Aida in Absolutely Fascinating: What's the Word I'm Looking For?

by Michael Dale — April 16, 2005
Help me come up with the proper adjective to describe this act...

Golden Age: In this issue: Archie and Jughead Surf the Web

by Kerrie Smith — April 11, 2005
Evidently, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa loves pulp. ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by Jena Tesse Fox — March 30, 2005
Shakespeare's fizziest of comedies falls flat in this uninspiried new production at Theatre Row....

Eyewitness Blues: Playing It Cool

by Michael Dale — March 28, 2005
Jazz, flamenco, blues, hip-hop and slam poetry flavor Mildred Ruiz and Steven Sapp's story of a musician and his muse...

Jewish Thighs on Broadway: Super Trouper

by Michael Dale — March 22, 2005
Penny Orloff's solo play of a life in theatre recalls horny leading men, a major Broadway flop and thirty years of dieting...

Gorilla Man: Puberty Can Be So Unkind

by Kerrie Smith — March 15, 2005
Poor Billy. At 14, he's woken up to discover that he's growing hair in all the wrong places....

Woman Before A Glass: Dripping With Class

by Michael Dale — March 11, 2005
Mercedes Ruehl stars as Peggy Guggenheim, modern art collector and collecter of modern artists...

A Very Naughty Greek Play

by Jena Tesse Fox — March 7, 2005
Aquila Theatre Company revisits Aristophanes's The Wasps in this manic new musical....

Altar Boyz: What Would Jesus Shout-Out?

by Michael Dale — March 3, 2005
A giddy new musical spoofs Christian rock and teenage boy bands...

LingoLand: Word to the Word-Wise

by Michael Dale — March 2, 2005
The York's new revue of Kenward Elmslie's lyrics, poetry and verse bubbles over with the eccentricities of American English...

Critical Darling

by Jena Tesse Fox — March 1, 2005
A young bohemian forces three artists to examine their hearts and minds in Barry Levey's new comic drama at Theatre Row....

Shockheaded Peter: Thumb-Sucking Goodness

by Michael Dale — February 23, 2005
'Sometimes we have to be cruel to be kind. And sometimes we have to be cruel... well, you know... for recreational purposes'...

Measure for Measure moves Minute by Minute

by Amanda Scarpone — February 16, 2005
The Oberon Theatre puts on another stellar performance, it's just a bit too long...

The Musical of Musicals - The Musicals!: The Comedy's High as an Elephant's Eye

by Michael Dale — February 15, 2005
You don't have to be a musical theatre expert to love this spoof of Broadway's most famous hits...

The Years....Just Right

by Amanda Scarpone — February 12, 2005
The Oberon Theatre Features a Jewel to Kick Off 2005...

Sabina: Freud, Jung and the Woman Who Came Between Them

by Michael Dale — February 11, 2005
Marin Ireland is fascinating in Willy Holtzman's sensual pschological drama...

Counsellor-At-Law: A Supreme Revival

by Michael Dale — February 7, 2005
John Rubinstein stars in The Peccadillo Theater's outstanding production of Elmer Rice's 1931 drama...

Review: Shylock

by Jena Tesse Fox — February 5, 2005
Gareth Armstrong's fascinating study of Shakespeare and anti-Semitism re-opens the Perry Street Theatre....

Dirty Works: Sex, Drugs and a Lot of F***ing C***s

by Michael Dale — January 25, 2005
Stiff Upper Lip premieres Jamie Linley's drama of sex workers and drug dealers in London's slums...

Don't Make Fun of Jesus

by Jena Tesse Fox — January 25, 2005
Sherri D. Sutton tells her own life story of growing up Baptist and Gay in her new one-woman show....

A Powerful Aphrodisiac

by Jena Tesse Fox — January 19, 2005
Rob Handel's new drama examines the allure of political power, and the effects of an intern's diseappearance on a congressman's children....

The Pirates of Penzance: NYGASP-ing With Delight

by Michael Dale — January 18, 2005
It's also a treat to see this G&S classic produced in a style more in keeping with its operetta roots. It is an operetta, after all....

Revew: Under The Bridge- Not Since Kelly

by Michael Dale — January 7, 2005
Kathie Lee Gifford and David Pomeranz offer us another example of why authors of musicals should stay away from bridges...
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