Comedian Kim Kalish and actor Orlagh Cassidy each perform affective self-written solo shows in repertory dealing with death, grief and reflection.
Category: Reviews
Not About Me
The pandemic inspired venerable gay actor and playwright Eduardo Machado to create this swirling memory play centered around the 1980’s AIDS crisis in NYC.
Beauty and the Beast
A spirited pantomime presentation of the classic tale by a Bronx-based troupe in a small café theater delighted children and adults with comedy and music.
Offal Endings
Michael Crichton meets Paddy Chayefsky in this smart futuristic satire where the disaffected are swayed toward euthanasia to harvest their organs for profit.
Frankenstein’s Monster Is Drunk
A vivacious quartet portray the famous Monster and a multitude of zanies in this amusing continuation that’s been given a snappy small-scale presentation.
Heaven
A long married Irish couple attend a wedding; comic, heartfelt and dramatic revelations abound in this sparklingly performed bittersweet confessional.
Patti LuPone: Songs from a Hat!
The legendary performer commanded at 54 Below with an exhilarating 80-minute program of standards, offbeat and novel selections, most chosen at random.
Stealing Mona Lisa
Vivacious Tori Jewell portrays the painting, spiritedly interacting with the bubbly cast of this charming and quaint musical which depicts its 1911 theft.
Oh Mary, It’s Christmas!
Mx Justin Vivian Bond’s marvelous holiday show at Joe’s Pub was livestreamed and is free to watch through December 24. “Misty” is a lovely highlight.
Ain’t No Mo’
A series of uneven connected satirical television sketch comedy-style scenes depict a future where Black Americans are coerced to resettle in Africa.