Just in time for the holidays, the Secret Theatre presents a smashing new staging of the Christopher Marlowe classic 'Doctor Faustus.'
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘[title of show]’ at the Secret Theatre
With just four chairs and a keyboard director Scott Guthrie leads a full-tilt cast of five crisply through the sharp and funny series of twists and turns that make this epitome of self-referential shows shine.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Gypsy’ at the Secret Theatre
The scrappy Secret Theatre, whose snazzy production of 'Cabaret' was an Off-Off-Broadway highlight last year, has done well by another classic big musical with a sinewy 'Gypsy.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘King Lear’ at the Secret Theatre
This Lear is an old man in a care facility, wearing hospital pajamas and being sung to by the staff on his birthday. Yet, neither radical nor half-hearted, this re-conception of Shakespeare's grandest tragedy results in a respectful and forceful staging.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Cabaret’ by Kander and Ebb at the Secret Theatre
Who would have thought Kander and Ebb's classic musical of 1930s Berlin would take on political relevance in the United States in the 21st century? An intimate new production makes the point with snazzy staging and a fine cast.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Hedda Gabler’ by Henrik Ibsen
The sharp poignancy of Ibsen's classic comes through strongly in a flawed but sincere new production by the young company The Instigators. The tragic story of an unhappy young wife whose hopes of a glorious future of social ascendancy are being dashed before her eyes rings as true today as it did when Ibsen wrote it 125 years ago.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the Secret Theatre
Alberto Bonilla's powerful staging set in postwar Italy does just about everything right.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Troll’ by Ken Greller
'Troll' plunges headlong into the hyper-modern. Are our online selves our true selves at all? If not, what are they? What do their actions say about us? The questions are vividly relevant.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘City Girls & Desperadoes’ with Austin Pendleton at The Secret Theatre
Imagine one of Tennessee Williams's larger-than-life mother figures dropped into a Lanford Wilson play, and you'll have a hint at what to expect.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Hair’ at the Secret Theatre
Despite the show's inherent flaws, I had a great time at the energetic new Secret Theatre production of the classic flower-power musical.
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