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.
Off-Off-Broadway Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Off-Off-Broadway.
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.
BWW Review: Halleloo! A musical celebration of 13 FRUITCAKES at La Mama
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club has programmed a month-long series called the Stonewall 50 celebration.
BWW Review: Unabashed, Unbound: UNMAKING TOULOUSE-LAUTREC By Bated Breath Theatre Company at MADAME X
Straying from the traditional 'one playwright, one narrative' dramatic structure, the through line of this devised 60-minute show is a series of 20+ vignettes skimming the life and times of notable and troubled French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
BWW Review: The raucous 1944 Democratic CONVENTION reenacted and you are there
Ever wanted to sit on the floor during a Presidential nominating National Convention? The opportunity is available in Brooklyn at the Irondale Center.
BWW Review: The Funky Reality of Shaw's GOD OF MARZ
Written by Rachel Shaw, God of Marz"takes us out of the human mind and into the realm of the Almighty, who is quite the character and as beautifully human as we can imagine her to be; she is the way I envision God to be (and hope that she is).
BWW Review: Stimulating dance festival WOMEN/CREATE! at Live Arts New York
Seven women choreographers and their companies share resources and collaborate for this one week festival of dance.
BWW Review: LAST MAN CLUB at Axis Theatre
Earth, air, water, and fire - every vital element reaches critical risk level in Last Man Club, an engaging, dystopian mood piece from writer/director Randy Sharp at Axis Theater.
BWW Review: Atmospheric and riveting LAST MAN CLUB at Axis Company
There are no sure bets in theater.
BWW Review: The Female Heroines You Didn't Know You Needed in THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941
Megan Monaghan Rivas' Three Musketeers: 1941 is an evocative, thought-provoking new work that is imperative in today's political climate.
BWW Review: LONE STAR is a Disjointed Country Concert and Play Rolled into One
Ruth Stage and the 13th Street Reparatory Company's Lone Star feels like seeing two shows in one evening.
BWW Review: Queer Consciousness and Hella Life Lessons Drive BRIEF CHRONICLE, BOOKS 6-8 at Access Theater
Absurd, engaging and frequently flat-out surprising, Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8 is a tasty mouthful of downtown theater.
BWW Review: BUTTERFLIES Overreaches Its Limits
It's hard to believe how much BUTTERFLIES manages to fit into a 90 minutes.
BWW Review: The Notorious Courtesan MADAME LYNCH Is Depicted In An Incomprehensible Spectacle With Music
In the 19th century, Eliza Lynch made her notoriety when she traveled from her native Ireland and became the mistress-wife of the president of Paraguay's son.
BWW Review: In a nightclub setting, MESSIAH pulsates with thoughts about LGBTQ youth in the African American community
When you enter the downstairs space at La Mama, multi-colored fluorescent lights illuminate a multi-level stage.
BWW Review: In THE PINK UNICORN a Texas mom wrestles with her daugher's gender neutrality
Playwright Elise Forier Edie is often asked how much of The Pink Unicorn is true.
BWW Review: Scaling the Top of the World in Golden Shards' 8000M
Written by David Greig, joined by MFA award-winning director Alice Cash and presented by Golden Shards Productions, 8000M encompasses such a wide range of dramatic feats - not taking into account the play's actual subject matter.
BWW Review: ORIGINAL SOUND Reverberates Realness at Cherry Lane Theatre
The turntables spin gold in 'Original Sound,' a fresh and frenetic take on the promise and perils of guarding intellectual content in the music industry.
BWW Review: MISEDUCATED: AN ORAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL (MIS)EDUCATION is a blast of titillating and uncomfortable performance art
Flesh Mob is a performance collective which created this interdisciplinary dance-theater work about sexual education.
BWW Review: Wrong House's SKETCHY SPRING Just Feels So Right
For two nights only, Wrong House Productions presented Sketchy Spring, an hilarious compilation of sketches with a wide berth of wacky topics covered.
BWW Review: BOUND contemplates Native sovereignty amidst escalating tensions at the border wall
Marigold Page is a Tohono O'odham woman.
BWW Review: Swipe Right--ELECTRONIC CITY by New Stage Theatre Company is a Match
In a tale as old as FaceTime, Electronic City pulses with potential as a dynamic dystopian mash-up where LED, KLM, EDM and 'news' of J-Lo's CVS H20 all vie for our short attention spans.
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Blue Gum, Brooklyn Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre (10/09-10/25) |
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"The School For Scandal" Stag & Lion Theatre (10/08-10/18) |
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54 Below DUELS Volume III: Halloween Edition 54 Below (10/25-10/25) |
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Broadway Magic Hour Broadway Magic Hour: Magic Show (7/25-1/02) |
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Falling Into Now Greenroom42 (10/24-10/24) |
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Frankenstein Manes Studio Theatre of Long Island (10/09-10/31) |
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No nos merecemos soñar Teatro LATEA (10/28-10/30) |
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Revival: How American Found Its Voice Concert Marble Collegiate Church (10/18-10/18) |
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Sparks! Reverie Room (10/21-10/21) |
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The Haunting of Miss Robusta: Second Séance The Stonewall Inn (10/17-10/21) |
