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On Broadway, “What The Constitution Means To Me” Exorcises A Troubled American Ethos

Posted by Michael Appler | 1st Apr 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

In Heidi Schreck’s hands rests a divine power which only the best of storytellers wield to purge...

David Herskovits’ “Marjana And The Forty Thieves”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 31st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

You know The Thousand And One Nights both better and worse than you realize. You may know it by a...

“El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba” At Harlem Stage

Posted by Abigail Weil | 30th Mar 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

Creating riveting theater out of the problem of a bureaucratic oversight is no easy feat. Luckily...

Sasha Velour’s “Smoke & Mirrors”: Long Live The Queen

Posted by Abigail Weil | 29th Mar 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Is Sasha Velour a drag queen? It’s debatable. She’s certainly a drag royalty, having won the ninth...

At the Barrow Group, “Perp” Is An Intimate, Challenging Look at Disability That Must Be Seen

Posted by Michael Appler | 29th Mar 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

We tend to think of disability as unlike other monuments of cultural identity, like race or...

Goof Troupe: Little Lord’s “Skinnamarink”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 21st Mar 2019 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

Sport is sometimes defined as a task with arbitrary but necessary constraints. Education is never...

On Broadway, “Kiss Me, Kate” Is True To Fashion, For Better Or Worse

Posted by Michael Appler | 19th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Anyone who tells you that Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate isn’t, or can’t be, a kick in the teeth to...

“Skinnamarink” at Next Door at NYTW

Posted by Jack Wernick | 18th Mar 2019 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Skinnamarink is a deliriously diverting new production by Little Lord, a performance ensemble that...

Theatre Of The Real And Embracing The Politics Of The Current Moment: Heidi Schreck’s “What The Constitution Means To Me”

Posted by Lucas Kernan | 16th Mar 2019 | Essay, New York, United States of America

“Man can change the world with bayonet and with science, but only art can renew it, in play, in...

Great Ape: “Chimpanzee” at HERE Arts Center

Posted by Abigail Weil | 15th Mar 2019 | New York, Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Of all the non-human animals that human animals love, the primate is the most embarrassing. (The...

“Be More Chill” Brings Broadway Viral, Rewiring The High School Musical

Posted by Michael Appler | 14th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

The high school musical’s calling card has always been the “be yourself” thematic. A nerdy,...

At SoHo Playhouse, “Fiercely Independent” Demystifies Divorce

Posted by Michael Appler | 10th Mar 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

In 1977, Margaret Trudeau somewhat famously told People Magazine that “it takes two to destroy a...

Who’s His Daddy?: Jeremy Harris’ “Daddy” at Signature Theatre Center

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Mar 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

The English author Samuel Butler once quipped grimly that the death of a father was “a new lease...

Invigorated By A New Cast, “My Fair Lady” Continues to Enchant Broadway

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Lincoln Center has reissued its mandate for Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 classic, casting off whatever creative anxiety earlier dogged the production and staging a decidedly lighter, exuberant My Fair Lady.

“Ajijaak On Turtle Island”: New York Stories Old And New

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Mar 2019 | New York, Puppetry, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

On a recent Sunday afternoon, at the New Victory Theater, timelines collided. The New Vic, founded...

At Roundabout, Can “Merrily” Still Roll Along, Reimagined?

Posted by Michael Appler | 5th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Fiasco Theater has dared to tempt fate yet again with Merrily, staging a buoyant, light-on-its-feet reimagining that’s stripped the musical of its original clutter, aiming, instead, for the story’s thematic heart.

Tears of a Clown: “American Juggalo”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

What is a juggalo? Let me think for a second…Oh! He gets butt-naked and then he walks through the...

Meshuggah, Nein? “Fiddler” In Yiddish

Posted by Abigail Weil | 24th Feb 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

In 2004, Gwen Stefani, lately of the band No Doubt, released a song called Rich Girl which sampled...

Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater

Posted by Michael Appler | 22nd Feb 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Irondale’s innovative and triumphant “Galileo” is Bertolt Brecht at his most excellent, cradled by an ensemble of dynamic and invested performers and pitched inevitably toward its audience with a playful, conscious eye toward its own didactic mission.