A mixed experience awaits at the Flea Theater's retrospective of plays by the influential Mac Wellman.
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Theater Review (NYC): A New Translation of Strindberg’s ‘The Father’ by Robert Greer
Directed with Shakespearean grit and sweep, this new Strindberg production at Theater for the New City illuminates both the strengths and the weaknesses of the 1887 play about the battle of the sexes.
Read More »Book Review: Arabicity Edited by Juliet Cestar & Rose Issa
'Arabicity', edited by Juliet Cestar and Rose Issa, is a wonderful collection of visual art which also serves as excellent introduction to the world of modern Arabic art.
Read More »Review: ‘That’s Not Tango: Astor Piazzolla – A Life in Music’ at Jazz at Lincoln Center
'That's Not Tango: Astor Piazzolla, A Life in Music' paired vivid performances of a dozen or so pieces with a fascinating first-person recounting of the composer's life.
Read More »Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Queen of Hearts’ from Company XIV
Company XIV's spangly, turbocharged dance aesthetic, as energetic and psychedelic as ever, is all the more immersive in the company's own Brooklyn nightclub-theater.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Leaving Eden’ – A New Musical at NYMF
A new musical takes a new look at the extra-biblical legend of Lilith, Adam's rebellious first wife.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘In the Penal Colony’ by Miranda Haymon, from the Kafka Story
Miranda Haymon's dramatization of Franz Kafka's short story aims to adapt Kafka's conceptual horror to present-day racist mass incarceration.
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 »BC Arts: NYC Celebrates Astor Piazzolla in Music and Theater
'That's Not Tango' and the Neave Trio at Lincoln Center declare July the season for the music of the great Argentine tango nuevo composer Astor Piazzolla.
Read More »Theater Review (Beach Haven, NJ): ‘Flashdance: The Musical’ – What a Feeling!
The production is nothing less than Broadway caliber – but in an intimate theater setting.
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