BWW Review: QUILTING THE SUN Shines at Theater For The New City
Step aside, Joseph; your amazing technicolor dreamcoat has some serious competition.
Off-Broadway Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Off-Broadway.
BWW Review: Lois Robbins Chronicles Her Sex Life in Solo Play L.O.V.E.R.
When the lights go up on Lois Robbins' solo piece, L.
BWW Review: TECH SUPPORT at 59E59 Theaters – A Unique Show that Entertains and Charms
The NYC Off-Broadway premiere of Tech Support is currently on stage at 59E59 Theaters through September 21.
BWW Review: A Vaccination Debate Fuels Jonathan Spector's Sharp and Empathetic Social Commentary EUREKA DAY
Sure, it's a bit early in the game, but what might turn out to be the funniest scene to hit New York stages in this young theatre season occurs at the end of the first act in Jonathan Spector's sharp and empathetic social commentary, EUREKA DAY.
BWW Review: Public Works' Adaptation of Disney's HERCULES Celebrates New Yorkers Via Greek Mythology
While the name Walt Disney will certainly be familiar to all those arriving at the Delacorte for Public Works' stage adaptation of the 1997 animated musical feature Hercules, hopefully a good deal of them will leave Central Park remembering the name Lear deBessonet.
BWW Review: CONTACT HIGH from Theater 511 Soars at Ars Nova
The whole of Contact High from Theater 511 is greater than the sum of its parts, which is a good thing in light of this show's plethora of moving parts within its kaleidoscopic plot.
BWW Review: Therapy is Child's Play in Bess Wohl's Engrossing Drama MAKE BELIEVE
One of the tightest ensembles of actors you're apt to see applying their craft on a New York stage these days is the quartet of youngsters portraying siblings aged 5-12 in Bess Wohl's engrossing drama of childhood memories, Make Believe.
BWW Review: World Premiere of PATIENCE Explores Competition and Commitment at The Paradise Factory
In Patience, Daniel (Joshua Gitta) is a former prodigy who is now the world's #1 professional solitaire player.
BWW Review: Lena Hall and Bradley Dean Devour The Stage in Jim Steinman's Wildly Oddball BAT OUT OF HELL
'They're out of control,' an exasperated Bradley Dean cries out in a plea of victimization.
BWW Review: GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW Is Fun For The Whole Family
Like most things in New York City, one can judge the quality of something by how long it's been around.
BWW Review: BLUE MAN GROUP Shows NYC What Connection Is All About
Performance art.
BWW Review: Jonathan Cake and Kate Burton Shine in Shakespeare's Political Drama CORIOLANUS
It was forty years ago when Shakespeare in the Park's Delacorte Theater was last invaded by The Bard's CORIOLANUS, but perhaps The Public's politically-minded artistic director Oskar Eustis thought this would be a good time to present a drama about an inexperienced politician who initially gains fav
BWW Review: Domenica Feraud's RINSE, REPEAT Explores The Cycle of Habits That Trigger Eating Disorders
Perhaps if, like most first attempts at playwrighting penned by a young unknown who is also cast in the leading role, Domenica Feraud's RINSE, REPEAT had a modestly-produced premiere production in a small black box theatre, this reviewer would be more enthused to recommend an interesting work in pro
BWW Review: Company XIV's QUEEN OF HEARTS Brings Extra Sizzle To New York's Summer
It's doubtful one will find a more romantic, nor a sexier theatergoing experience within the five boroughs this summer than seated close to someone special in one of Theatre XIV's cozy champagne couches when nearly directly above you, aerialists Marcy Richardson and Nolan McKew are performing a sens
BWW Review: SUMMER SHORTS at 59E59 Theaters is an Engaging Seasonal Theatrical Event
Gather your group and enjoy a seasonal entertainment treat.
BWW Review: Halley Feiffer Translates Chekhov into Millennial in MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW
Like Aaron Posner's UNCLE VANYA-inspired LIFE SUCKS, still packing in the disillusioned masses at Theatre Row, the new offering by MCC is more of a freestyle riff on its sullen source material, lifting subtext to the surface in contemporary vernacular and shaving the whole thing down to a quick-pace
BWW Review: Spiritual Resistance in the rewarding HANNAH SENESH at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Spiritual Resistance in the face of oppression is the theme for this season of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
BWW Review: Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman's ROAD SHOW Explores Reinvention and Resiliency
When he passed on at age 60 in 1933, Addison Mizner was best known as the architect whose Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean style helped define the emerging visual culture of South Florida.
BWW Review: AT BLACK LAKE by Necessary Digression at The Tank
The thought of spending time at a lake for a reunion tends to conjure up images of relaxing on the dock, grilling food, and mixing drinks with conversation.
BWW Review: IN THE PENAL COLONY at New York Theatre Workshop
IN THE PENAL COLONY open at New York Theatre Workshop
BWW Review: The New Musical Comedy TWOS A CROWD at 59E59 Theaters is a Charmer
The NYC premiere of a marvelous musical, Two's a Crowd is now onstage at 59E59 Theaters through August 25.
BWW Review: Uganda's Intolerance For Homosexuals Tears Apart a Christian Family in Chris Urch's THE ROLLING STONE
In the second act of Chris Urch's excellent drama about a particularly ugly era of Uganda's intolerance of homosexuals, The Rolling Stone, James Udom is granted what might be considered the most challenging acting assignment to be currently witnessed on a New York stage.
BWW Review: Joe Iconis Exploits Annie Golden's Sterling Vocals in Grindhouse Tribute BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER
Sometime between the era when a tap-dancing hopeful would go out there a youngster and come back a star and nowadays when tourists go out to Applebee's hungry and come back with a less than satisfying dining experience, many of the Broadway venues on that legendary strip of real estate called 42n
BWW Review: Mitchell Jarvis Returns To ROCK OF AGES in 10th Anniversary Production
When bookwriter Chris D'Arienzo's 1980s hair-band tuner Rock of Ages moved from Off-Broadway's New World Stages to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in April of 2009 - with a score made up of rock classics by Journey, Styx, Asia, Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, Foreigner and a bunch of others - it was, to this
BWW Review: BLACK HOLE WEDDING at New York Music Festival
Technically, the silver lining of the black hole trash compactor featured in Black Hole Wedding is that whatever it doesn't suck in, it stretches out: a golf club, clothing, even a pom-pom shaking marketing director.
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Hold AMT Theater (10/26-11/15) |
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Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck New Victory Theater (10/17-10/25) |
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Spooktacular Players Guild of Leonia (10/23-10/25) |
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LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA Repertorio (11/15-12/31) |
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EN EL TIEMPO DE LAS MARIPOSAS Repertorio (1/07-12/31) |
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FunikiJam’s WORLD MUSIC FAIR Actors Temple Theatre (10/17-12/05) |
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LA GRINGA Repertorio (2/08-12/31) |
