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Okay now, stay with me: Jamie used to be with Eric until Eric realized they were basically incompatible, though Jamie doesn’t understand why. Caleb, unattached, takes up with Jamie, though he feels basically incompatible with everyone. Jamie suspects Caleb is cheating and answers an ad on line seeking a massage while pretending to be ... Read The Full Article...
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Acts of Love is a five act play, each act self contained and delivering a message of a type of love – be it romantic, familial, waning or budding. Each of the five short plays illuminates love in the form of friendship, tentative romance, sibling tension or internal monologue. Everyone is here: the human ... Read The Full Article...
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About fifteen minutes into Duncan Pflaster‘s play, The Empress of Sex, currently showing as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, a dramatic crisis point is reached. A character, Pistos, has confessed to being in love with one of his paramours, Neara. In accord with the rules of the community of which he is a ... Read The Full Article...
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In The Wilderness written by John Kearns is a multi-layered play highlighting the struggles of the students and faculty of St. Philomena’s High School as they try to make their way through their own wilderness of the South Bronx in 1987. It is powered by two strong themes: the myth of Sisyphus (rolling his boulder up the ... Read The Full Article...
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Strap in folks, and get ready for Pageant Princess, The Musical – a live-action version of that reality show train wreak, Toddlers & Tiaras – only this show is set to music and the girls on the runway are a little taller than knee-high. But fans of the controversial reality show which runs on ... Read The Full Article...
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How do you know when you’re safe? Is it when you’re home? Or when your loved ones are around you? What about when you were a teen … how did you know it then? There’s no doubt that being a teen-aged girl is a minefield and without the right road map a young girl will ... Read The Full Article...
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Ever been in a dead end job and it seemed like you were going nowhere? Everyday the same routine? Well the title characters of the play Ye Elizabeths have been doing just that for the last several years – and they couldn’t be happier. They work as reenactors for the Old Salem Township Living History ... Read The Full Article...
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“You know what my watchword is? The phrase I live by?” asks Kathleen LaRoche, the self-reliant doctor-mother character in Jonathan Wallace‘s new play, A Brief History of Thyme. “Only connect,” she says, quoting E.M. Forster. She is in high earnest when she shares this information with Madson, the central character, her daughter’s older, roommate-cum-lover. ... Read The Full Article...
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The first thing you can’t fail to notice upon entering the performance space for Empirical Rogue‘s production of Romeo and Juliet, is the spectacular environment chashama have provided for the company. Formerly a taxi service garage on Jackson Avenue, LIC, the space retains the character of its previous functionalism, but the translation of the ... Read The Full Article...
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New York City is host to two concurrently running productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth this Spring: Aquila Theatre‘s presentation at the Gym at Judson (April 18th – May 6th), and Epic Theatre Ensemble‘s interpretation at the 47th Street Theatre (April 20 – May 26th). A stable of many a theatrical company’s portfolio, apart from its matchless, ... Read The Full Article...
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There’s a reason that the second rule of Fight Club is the same as the first rule of Fight Club. Because Tyler Durden (and by extension, author Chuck Palahniuk) understood that it’s human nature to break rules. First rule of Fight Club – don’t talk about Fight Club. Second Rule of Fight Club: DO NOT talk about ... Read The Full Article...
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Actress and Comedian Livia Scott hosts this monthly variety show, where dead celebrities are brought back to life and stellar guest performances contribute to the experience of Livia’s Castle of Enchantment at the UCB Theater East. I attended Livia’s Castle of Enchantment on Tuesday, April 24, and was pleasantly taken on a whirlwind as Livia ... Read The Full Article...
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