Rooftops: The Plot Chickens
Wreckio Ensemble presents 'Rooftops', a fascinating new play by Karly Maurer, set in a dystopic future where debtors are forced into sexual slavery....
Tartuffe: But for the Grace of Dog
Dog Run Rep presents Jeff Cohen's adaptation of Moliere's Classic 'Tartuffe', updating the setting to 1930s Depression-Era New York....
The Chiselers: You Don't Have To Watch Dynasty
Mark Finley's hilarious new play 'The Chiselers' is an homage to campy soap opera heroines. Presented by Emerging Artists Theater as part of its Spring 2009 EATfest....
Figaro/Figaro: This Plum is Too Ripe
(re:)Directions Theater company presents 'Figaro/Figaro', Eric Overmyer's adaptation of 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Beaumarchais, combined with Horvath's satiric sequel 'Figaro Gets a Divorce'....
The Real Thing: Truth Hurts
T. Schreiber Studio presents Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Thing', part of their 40th Anniversary Season....
Kaspar Hauser: a foundling's opera
The Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of 'Kaspar Hauser: a foundling's opera', a music-theater piece by Tony-nominee and Obie-winner Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney of 13P....
Memory River: A Kind of September
Emerging Artists Theatre presents the world premiere of Vanda's 'Memory River' (inspired by the true story of a man with no long-term memory), as part of the Spring EATfest 2009....
Fresh Kills: Fetal Attraction
Working Man's Clothes presents the New York premiere of Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's play 'Fresh Kills', a gritty and surprising thriller about a married man whose dalliance with a teenage boy brings more trouble than expected....
American Rapture: Lonely as a Coyote
Oberon Theatre Ensemble presents 'American Rapture', an evening of several short plays by Alex Dinelaris combined with the classic one-act 'Hello Out There' by William Saroyan....
Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire
Mark Sam Rosenthal's one-person show 'Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire' is a touching and amusing riff on Tennessee Williams iconic character, setting her amongst the post-Katrina detritus of New Orleans....
Raised in Captivity: What's the Matter with Kids Today?
Red Fern Theater Company produces Nicky Silver's absurdist dark comedy 'Raised in Captivity'....
Cornbury- The Queen's Governor: History's a Drag
Theatre Askew presents the long-awaited premiere of William M. Hoffman and Anthony Holland's 'Cornbury: The Queen?s Governor', an historical fantasia on Edward Hyde, the third English Royal Governor of New York- who reportedly favored women?s clothing....
Hollow Log: The Dude Subsides
Lawrence Dial's comedic thriller 'Hollow Log' is amusing but unsatisfying....
Shadow of Himself: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Rabbit Hole Ensemble presents Neal Bell's 'Shadow of Himself', a modernist retelling of the epic of Gilgamesh, as a parable about modern masculinity....
ZERO: Dude Glorious Dude
'Zero', the one-man show by Danny and Robert O?Connor, starring Danny O'Connor, is an entertaining look at the male psyche, exemplified in 6 characters....
Native Speech: Radio Ga Ga
Boomerang Theatre company presents a grittily realized revival of Eric Overmyer's neglected 'Native Speech', which features a virtuosic performance by Vinnie Penna, as part of Boomerang's 10th Anniversary repertory season....
Summer and Smoke: Body and Soul
Boomerang Theatre Company presents a beautifully realized production of the classic Tennessee Williams play 'Summer and Smoke', as part of their 10th Anniversary Repertory Season....
2008 Fall EATfest, Series B
Emerging Artists Theatre presents 13 new plays in three Series as part of their 2008 Fall EATfest. Series B includes 6 new short plays by Eric Appleton, Lisa Romeo, Andrew Rosendorf, Greg Frier, John A. Donnelly, and Sara Jeanne Asselin....
Missa Solemnis, or The Play About Henry: By Their Fruits
Roman Feeser's play 'Missa Solemnis, or The Play About Henry' is a cliché and plodding (based on a true story) look at one Gay Mormon's doomed fight to reconcile his religion with his same-gender attraction....
Lilli Marlene – A Sigh is Just a Sigh
Linn Maxwell's one-woman show 'Lilli Marlene' explores the music of WWII from the perspective of three friends living in America, England, and Germany....
Flip Side - The Water's Always Wetter
The Talking Band presents Ellen Maddow's new experimental multimedia play 'Flip Side', in which 6 actors play two sets of very different people whose lives are barely separated....
'In Conflict' Begins Previews Sept. 18th at Culture Project
Based on Yvonne Latty's acclaimed 2006 book of the same name and adapted and directed by three-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Douglas C. Wager, In Conflict captures the unheard voices and unpredictable experiences of 15 Iraq War veterans whose lives have been changed forever. ...
Fringe: There Will Come Soft Rains
Sinking Ship Productions delivers ingenious new stage adaptations of three science fiction tales, using elements of story theatre, puppetry, and video. Part of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival....
Fringe: CYCLE – A Vaudeville Comedy
In Rose Courtney's 'CYCLE - A Vaudeville Comedy', an unsure young woman goes in search of The Secret of Success, helped by an itinerant vaudeville troupe flung to our age from the 30s. Part of the New York International Fringe Festival....
Summer Shorts 2: Series A
Summer Shorts 2nd annual Festival of New American Plays includes 4 impressive one-act plays. Review of Series A....
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