BWW Review: Immersive Production I CAN'T SEE Frights and Delights Manhattan
Immersive Production I CAN'T SEE Frights and Delights Manhattan
Off-Off-Broadway Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Off-Off-Broadway.
BWW Review: Actions Speak Louder Than Words in Hlubny's THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Director Lauren Hlubny takes the idea of violence and molds it into something theatrically beautiful with her play Thoughts and Prayers, produced by Danse Theatre Surreality and now in performances at TADA! Youth Theatre.
BWW Review: Mac Wellman's mini-masterpiece THE INVENTION OF TRAGEDY at The Flea Theater
How to describe the oratorically dense, frequently hysterical and mind-buzzingly creative The Invention of Tragedy? How does Shakespeare sound to a young child? 'Let there be a dragon of trees and washing without wash cloths bags cats wardrobes bungle things and other things traps and twerps and
BWW Review: Thrillingly Memorable and Devastating DECKY DOES A BRONCO at The Royal Family Performing Arts Space
When you are a very lucky theatergoer, a play can transport you to a different time and place and age.
BWW Review: A woman uses science to comprehend America in THE CHAOS THEORY OF NOW at Theater For The New City
When I sat down to see The Chaos Theory of Now, I found the pre-show music selections to be quirky.
BWW Review: 5th Dimensional Realness is REVOLUTIONARY at Theater For The New City
With the not so faint wisps of fascism blowing all around the world today, artists seem compelled to paint the future.
BWW Review: Greek tragedies are recounted in BAD NEWS! I WAS THERE... at NYU Skirball Center
Arriving at New York University's Skirball Center, I was handed two green cards.
BWW Review: SEE YOU at The New Ohio Theatre from The Bridge Production Group
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BWW Review: Mac Wellman's skewering of America in BAD PENNY and SINCERITY FOREVER at Flea Theater
'I do not feel compelled by reason to accept this theory of evolution, nor the periodic table of elements, nor the theory of global warming, nor the supposed crimes against the Jews attributed to one Rudolf Hitler.
BWW Review: Psychological aftermath of war is explored in BOOGIEBAN at 13th Street Repertory Theatre
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the mental health condition explored in DC Fidler's play Boogieban.
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: EMERGENCY Has Hearts Racing at Hudson Guild Theater
Written by a father-son team (the perfect combination of doctor and composer), EMERGENCY features book, music and lyrics by Jeff Foy and Jacob Foy and is directed by Jeremy Quinn.
BWW Review: An actress lands the role of a lifetime (or does she?) in WAITING FOR JOHNNY DEPP at Teatro SEA
Rita Donatella is a struggling wannabe actress working in a science lab and donning the white coat.
BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: FAMILY'S A HOOT IN DAVIDE FERRARI'S SUNDAY DINNER at Hudson Theater Guild
Written and produced by Davide Ferrari and directed by Alexa Harris, a?oeSunday Dinnera?? debuts as part of the New York SummerFest Theater Festival.
BWW Review: Florida gets squishy in SEA LEVEL RISE: A DYSTOPIAN COMEDY at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival
The music from 2001: A Space Odyssey opens Sea Level Rise: A Dystopian Comedy.
BWW Review: Identity Politics Twist in MONICA: THIS PLAY IS NOT ABOUT MONICA LEWINSKY at 59E59
This review is not about Monica Lewinsky.
BWW Review: LADYSHIP Struggles to Set Sail at the New York Musical Festival
The New York Musical Festival presents a wide variety of new musicals in the form of readings, concerts, and full-scale productions.
BWW Review: A WHITE MAN'S GUIDE TO RIKERS ISLAND at The Producers Club
A White Man's Guide to Rikers Island transports the audience from the privilege and prominence of a New Jersey golf club to the cacophony and brutality of New York's Rikers Island.
BWW Review: Racial injustice is explored in the confessional A WHITE MAN'S GUIDE TO RIKER'S ISLAND at The Producer's Club
Riker's Island is New York City's notorious jail complex.
BWW Review: Women are 'Stronger Together Than Alone' in THE BACHELOR GIRLS
It's a time of change for the women of The Bachelor Girls-and that means swing dancing, ditching their corsets, and learning to be an independent woman in 1920s London.
BWW Review: Truth is questioned in the play BARABBAS at Theater For The New City
According to the Bible, there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem which allowed a crowd to commute a prisoner's death sentence.
BWW Review: A Blast to the Past in THE SHOEBOX
Kate Brennan's The Shoebox transports audiences back in time to high school and early adolescence.
BWW Review: IMMINENTLY YOURS at The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.
The tragicomedy Imminently Yours buoys some historically heavy subject matter with a contemporary lift, giving voice to the experience of multiple generations of African-Americans who thrive in a contradictory space where secrecy and support are both critical to survival.
BWW Review: The Lessons of Love and Loss is Nuance Theatre Co's RABBIT HOLE
Rabbit Hole, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, tells the story of a mother and father stricken with unending grief after the accidental death of their four year old son; theirs is a reality that isn't fair or deserved, but must simply be dealt with.
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BWW Review: Layered stories trapped in the dense dialogue of [VEIL WIDOW CONSPIRACY] at Next Door @ NYTW
Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), the parentheses of the title [Veil Widow Conspiracy] hint at this play's structure.
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A Tom Lehrer Cabaret The Green Room 42 (7/29-7/29) |
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Oil & Whiskey The Bitter End, Laurie Beechman, Prohibition, The Rat NYC (7/15-8/12) |
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Rock Never Dies Hard Rock Cafe (5/29-8/30) |
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SAY MY NAME AMT Theatre (7/23-7/26) |
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Shangri-La-La, a comedy musical about Siegfried & Roy American Theatre of Actors (ATA) (7/25-7/26) |
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Shrek, the Musical! Emelin Theater (7/09-7/12) |
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That Math Show Theater555 (6/11-8/16) |
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New Victory Dance: Program B New Victory Theater (7/22-7/22) |
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ATW Play Reading: El Tiempo Que Tenemos by Ollie Corchado Actors Theatre Workshop (7/11-7/11) |
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Dr Kara Kibara – The Love Guru Brooklyn Art Haus (7/16-7/16) |