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Off-Off-Broadway

Night Song For The Boatman

The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributors Anjali Koppal and Saurabh Paranjape Nightsong For The Boatman, a new play by the late Jovanka Bach and brought to life as a loving tribute by her husband John Stark, is an odd creature. Ostensibly a modern take on the ancient Greek play ‘Alcestis’, Nightsong is a strangely ... Read The Full Article...

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A Wonderfully Flat Thing

Mark Twain’s short story A Fable gets a dazzling rebirth in A Wonderfully Flat Thing, when Manju Shandler (the artistic director who had previously designed masks and puppetry for The Lion King on Broadway) brings her creative talent to this small but charming production which appeals to everyone from age three and up.  The script ... Read The Full Article...

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Anyone For A Swingin’ Threesome? is a trio of comedic One Act Plays put together by Just Ask Productions. I like One Act collections, and collections of short stories. Besides being short, I also like that – as collections – they are of different origins (even if by the same author) and that the world ... Read The Full Article...

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In the modern day of striking computer graphics, photo-shopped pictures and short attention spans, it is not easy to impress a sophisticated New York theater-goer with a hundred years old romance play in black and white, especially when it’s only acted in the form of ardent letters. Yet, the remarkably talented crew of Opus d’Amour ... Read The Full Article...

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David Martinez, Michael Hodge, Laura Careless and Jeff Takacs (photo by Corey Tatarczuk)

I’m not going to say a word.  First – take a look at this.  Then we’ll talk. NUTCRACKER ROUGE (Extended Teaser) from Austin McCormick on Vimeo. Just when you think that an Austin McCormick experience can’t get any more divine, any more sensual, or any more stunningly wicked, he whips up another tray of tempting ... Read The Full Article...

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4 Cents Review – When 2 reviewers each give their 2 cents. Today it takes both Tortora-Lees (Karen and Stephen) to give The Land Whale Murders the consideration it deserves. For those of you who have already had the opportunity to experience a play by writer Jonathan A. Goldberg (such as The Luck of the ... Read The Full Article...

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(Stephen Mosher Photos courtesy of Adam Magazine)

Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories (directed by Jay Rogers, and featuring music written by Keith Thompson, Larry Rosen and Carol Hall  – who wrote music and lyrics for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) is a powerful message disguised as a sweet lil tale about a gal who started out life sittin’ on the porch ... Read The Full Article...

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If you weren’t familiar with the body of work playwright Monica Bauer has produced, upon hearing the title of her latest show, BALLS!  The Testosterone Plays, it would be very easy to mistakenly dismiss this as a night of 2 one-act plays that do nothing more than skewer fifty percent of the population.  Delve a ... Read The Full Article...

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Sunilda Caraballo

Within seconds of meeting Sunilda Caraballo you’re smiling back at her – because besides greeting you with a long rambling hello, she’s turned on a thousand watt smile that’s impossible to not return.  Bubbly, energetic and easy to be with, Sunilda welcomes you into the mess of her apartment that can’t seems to stay clean ... Read The Full Article...

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Usually when THM has a giveaway we run a contest and only one very lucky winner gets a pair of free tickets to a show.  But, because Monica Bauer and her team are such fans of the site, and because they had such a wonderful time participating in our 1 year anniversary party they would ... Read The Full Article...

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Doctor Frankenstein

There is a very good reason why some stories are told under the cover of darkness – hidden from the world and everything that takes place during the mundane trivialities of the day.  Because some stories aren’t meant for the daylight.  Only a blanket of blackest night will give some words that extra visceral thrill, ... Read The Full Article...

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In vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. Jeremiah 46:11 To call T. Schreiber Studio’s  Balm in Gilead a “play” is an understatement.   Step into the Gloria Maddox Theater and find yourself stepping back in time – to a sensation, a memory, a peek into a world that few escaped and ... Read The Full Article...

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