OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER REVIEWS

End Times Productions presents the 6th edition of their annual winter comedy/music revue 'Naked Holidays', which lives up to its name....

Flux Theatre Ensemble presents the New York City premiere of Adam Szymkowicz's hilarious Superhero Romantic Comedy 'Hearts Like Fists' at The Secret Theatre in Queens....

Third Rail Projects presents 'Then She Fell', an immersive theatrical experience based around Lewis Carroll's Alice books. Now extended through January 9th....

Lunar Energy presents 'By Rights We Should be Giants', a new play by Nadia Sepsenwol & Tim Van Dyck, inspired by Anton Chekhov's 'Three Sisters'....

If you're familiar with NYC, you know it doesn't lack in comedy, theater, and tours - they abound just as much as rats, Starbucks, and curse words. But what if you combined all three? No, I'm no talking about how you cursed a blue streak when you spotted a rat while ordering a light mocha frapp - I'...

People today may be familiar with Spring Awakening, the hit rock musical from 2006. What people may not be familiar with is the source for the Sheik/Sater musical: the play Spring's Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Even more surprising? Wedekind wrote that play in the late 1800s and it debuted in New Yo...

Australian Made Entertainment presents the New York Premiere of Louis Nowra's play 'Cosi'....

No Tea Productions presents 'SPACE CAPTAIN: Captain of Space', Jeff Sproul's parody of campy 50s sci-fi serials....

I wrapped up the day at "Story Time with Mr. Buttermen: Fables for Adults Living in the Modern World." Although this was a musical comedy that wound up being much lighter fare than "Rated M for Mature", they essentially had a lot in common. It made for a the perfect twin bill. Essentially, "Story ...

Diverse City Theater Company's limited run of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award nominated playwright Lee Blessing's 24-year-old, politically motivated play TWO ROOMS plays its last week at the Lion Theatre at Theater Row on 42nd Street until Friday, August 24....

Jonathan Yukich's play 'American Midget', produced by Trembling Stage in FringeNYC, is a darkly amusing theatrical romp....

It's closing night for TADA! YOUTH THEATER's EVERTHING ABOUT SCHOOL (ALMOST). Conceived by Eric Rockwell, Everything About School (Almost) has music and lyrics by Brad Alexander along with Daniel Acquisto, Deirdre Broderick, Helen Chayefsky, Richard Chiarappa, Van Dean, David Ganon, Keith Gordon, Br...

Midtown Manhattan (and Times Square in particular) has become "Disneyfied" like a theme park attraction ever since the city cleaned up the area and traded sex stores, junkies, and tramps for storefronts, jumbotrons, and tourists. It's a lot to take in, especially for those who travel in and try to j...

'Sovereign', the hotly-anticipated final installment of Mac Rogers' riveting sci-fi 'Honeycomb Trilogy' does not disappoint....

Jewish immigrant families in America in the early 1900s faced so many challenges in the new country that their experiences inspire many plays, and the New Worlds Theatre Project celebrates this rich history with their newest production, Welcome to America. Jewish immigrant families in America in the...

TADA! YOUTH THEATER is back again with the World Premiere of UP TO YOU. The creative team includes book and music by Eric Rockwell, lyrics by Joanne Bogart and direction by Janine Nina Trevens. The limited engagement at TADA! Youth Theater (15 West 28th St. 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10001) continues thro...

Lunar Energy Productions presents Katherine Sherman's noir fairy-tale 'Christopher Marlowe's Chloroform Dreams' at the Red Room....

The Management presents the premiere of Larry Kunofsky's social satire 'Your Boyfriend May Be Imaginary', at Under St. Marks....

Blast Radius, the second installment of Mac Rogers' epic science fiction Honeycomb Trilogy, touches down at the Secret Theatre in Queens....

The Active Theater presents a revival of Richard Greenberg's metaphysical period comedy 'The Violet Hour'....

American Bard Theater Company presents their extravagant adaptation of Shakespeare and Wilkins' 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre'....

For being billed as "a hilarious new comedy," Heiress Production's play Thirds by Jacob M. Appel and adapted by Kevin Brewer misses the mark, but still provides an entertaining night at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre (now through March 18). Despite the stock characters, it is more than just simple laugh...

Part of adulthood is learning how to reassess and readjust in the world, but it's one of the hardest aspects of life to master. This is especially true when the world turns out to be not as pretty and full of opportunity as we thought when we were younger. This realization is the focus of Mark Snyde...

In today's obsessed with being obsessed society, it is a wonder why the "cult" hasn't been thrown around more. The obvious cult-prit would be a certain "church" with many a celebrity follower but with high profile media dominating forces like Kim Kardashian, The cast of Jersey Shore, and Tea-Parties...

TADA! YOUTH THEATER's original production, The History Mystery, is running now at the TADA! Youth Theater (15 West 28th Str. 2nd Floor). With book by Janine Nina Trevens, music by Eric Rockwell and lyrics by Margaret Rose, The History Mystery is directed by Ms. Trevens. Starring members of TADA!'s ...