This intense new play hurls us into a deadly thicket of politics and diplomacy, international business intrigue, the clash of cultures, and jihad through the fictional story of a British hostage in Somalia.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Helvectica’ by Will Coleman
Lovely writing and solid acting make Will Coleman's literate, thoughtful one-act shine, but an unorthodox structure prevents it from achieving a dramatic arc.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): A New Twist on Zombie Apocalypse in ‘Rizing’ by Jason Tseng
Flux Theatre Ensemble executes Tseng's brash post-zombie-apocalypse premise with equal parts psychological grace and horror-story panache.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pelican’ by August Strindberg
Late in his career, August Strindberg wrote four short works he called "chamber plays" for his own new theater, which opened in Stockholm in 1907 with this weird one-act influenced by the playwright's studies of Swedenborg and incorporating his interest in the occult.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Sensuality Party’ by Justin Kuritzkes
'The Sensuality Party' is a disturbing, fascinating, weirdly funny dive into the psyche of a generation as seen through one very talented writer's novelistically observant eye.
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): ‘Wolf in the River’ by Adam Rapp
Magnificently acted, beautifully written, and claustrophobically staged in the round with a pile of dirt in the center, the cast running and slinking in circles behind the audience, 'Wolf in the River' is a jolt of dark energy.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘So Amazing!’ by Diana Brown – Solo Show Chronicles Cult Escape
Diana Brown digs into her own experience in a cult in her entertaining and thoughtful, if unpolished and not entirely satisfying, autobiographical solo show.
Read More »Theater Reviews (NYC): ‘Sprucehaven B’ and ‘Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Investigator’ at FRIGID New York
There's violence in Isabel's past, and now things seem to be spiraling out of control again. Ultimately, an edgy situation turns into a nightmare in Mark Cornell's chilling 'Sprucehaven B.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Fen’ by Caryl Churchill
Stellar acting and Patricia Lynn's crisp direction rocket this revival of one of the prolific playwright's classic works into the top tier of Off-Off-Broadway accomplishment.
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