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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Fern Hill’ by Michael Tucker
Michael Tucker's new play takes a refreshing look at aging and avoids old-people stereotypes, with drama, laughs, and a star-studded cast.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘LadyShip’ by Laura Good and Linda Good at NYMF
A polished new musical reveals the stories of the female convicts sent to the Australian colony in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Caroline’s Kitchen’ by Torben Betts
A madcap story of family secrets and thwarted love trashes the household of a popular London cooking-show doyenne.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ’55 Shades of Gay: Balkan Spring of Sexual Revolution’ – a Kosovo Burlesque
Harking back to the 20th-century theatrical avant-garde, the LGBTI-themed political burlesque '55 Shades of Gay' from Kosovo reminds us of the endurance of homophobia.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Random Acts’ Written and Performed by Renata Hinrichs
Atticus Finch is on Broadway, but 'Random Acts,' Renata Hinrichs' penetrating and much more intimate evocation of our racist history, is just six blocks downtown.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Trick or Treat’ by Jack Neary
The specter of his wife's advancing Alzheimer's disease throw Johnny (Gordon Clapp) and his family into a dizzying whirlpool of anxiety as family secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Richard Masur in ‘The Net Will Appear’ by Erin Mallon
Richard Masur stars as an old man bowed with tragedy who strikes up a friendship with the troubled little girl next door. In the process both reveal the raw tenderness of their respective lives.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Noura’ by Heather Raffo at Playwrights Horizons
A seemingly settled Iraqi immigrant family meets a young refugee and old wounds open in this fine new drama.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ at the Public Theater
Clever staging and conceptualizations coupled with sensitive performances by lead actors Peter Kim, Francis Jue, and Michelle Krusiec result in an innovative, vibrant, and exciting work.
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