Two funny and very different shows, one from an unusual improv troupe, the other from a performer who grew up in a rather unusual family
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Where Are You? (New York)’ – Dances with Death
In her collage-theater piece 'Where Are You? (New York)' Singapore- and New York-based creator Sim Yan Ying 'YY' explores many of the ways we deal with a loved one's death – including dance, music and humor.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Dead + Alive’ – a Comic, Macabre Clown Show
Comedy, juggling, music and the macabre mingle in this darkly riotous clown show.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘L’Amour à Passy’ Spotlights Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutionary War Sojourn in France
'L'Amour à Passy' offers a memorable Madame Brillon but an unappealing Benjamin Franklin in this new two-hander.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs’ from Flux Theatre
Flux Theatre takes on the climate crisis with a dystopian theatrical vision drawing on Greek myth, glam rock, and time travel.
Read More »Theater Interview: Pulitzer Finalist Kristina Wong on Solo Pandemic Comedy ‘Sweatshop Overlord’
"I like projects that come to an end. That's probably why I can't see myself running a theater company because it perpetually goes on forever."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Complicity’ Explores #MeToo in Hollywood
An absorbing, pungently played exploration of the stark truths and confounding complexities that spawned the Hollywood edition of the #MeToo movement.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ from Smith Street Stage
A new production of 'Measure for Measure' takes the measure of cruelty and love with innovative staging and an excellent cast.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Our Man in Santiago’ by Mark Wilding
Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Walt Disney Faces the Animators’ Strike of 1941 in ‘Burbank’ by Cameron Darwin Bossert
The play acutely dramatizes the strike using only three characters, and suggests parallels with our age that go beyond the current resurgence of union organizing.
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