Tag Archives: Off-Broadway

A typhoon of a performance by Sophie Melville drives toward – and justifies – a wrenching twist. Directed with just-shy-of-frantic energy by Rachel O'Riordan, Sophie Melville's Effie is a raw slice of humanity, baring her ragged soul and bringing us her milieu, a few of the people in her life, and a critical encounter with a war veteran that bends the arc of her history toward, if not justice, a kind of heroism.

As a 'Ragtime' newbie, I wondered how E.L. Doctorow's three connected stories of early-20th-century America fit together in a musical theater context. The answer, on the evidence of this fine new production, is: brilliantly.

This nightmare future scenario asks: Are citizens responsible for crimes their lifestyles have perpetuated?

William Kunstler was a towering figure in the 1960s and 1970s; wherever he went controversy followed him.

Is open marriage a sacrifice of marriage bonds or an enhancement?

The first musical from this fabulously inventive puppeteer ensemble may be the troupe's most charming production yet. Brightly gripping, and written and directed in a classic fabulist style, it's replete with innovative marvels of illusion.

Sir Noël Peirce Coward is a cultural icon you may be surprised to know inspired Elton John, Sting and Paul McCartney to sing some of his songs.

Are you down with being hip or are you uptight as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs?

This play, this production, is a masterwork that will resonate with you long afterward.

This compelling play from Holland digs into the guts of a couple's personal tragedy while maintaining a subtle distance by means of delicately off-natural dialogue.