Gay Filipino American theater artist Ariel Estrada’s raw autobiographical solo show is an account of his painful life journey with ravishing stagecraft.
Category: Reviews
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Kara Young and Nicholas Braun star in this frenetic revival of the 2009 nonlinear fierce romantic drama; a couple self-harm themselves over decades.
Archduke
Patrick Page and Kristine Nielsen are in overdrive in this historical black comedy: three young men with TB are recruited to kill Franz Ferdinand in 1914.
Richard II
Michael Urie is dynamic as the tragic monarch in this exhilarating production; the costumes are modern, the set is abstract, and the cast is snappy.
Connoly
A suicidal young woman is regularly visited in a mental facility by her older sister in this challenging and resonant contemporary psychological drama.
Playing Shylock
Saul Rubinek dazzles and delights during this clever and moving autobiographical solo show about a cancelled production of “The Merchant of Venice.”
ZAGŁADA
Len Cariou is awesome as an elderly Polish former concentration camp guard detained in Queens in this spellbinding and twisty interrogation drama.
Awake and Sing!
An enthralling revival of Clifford Odets’ 1935 Jewish family drama with a multi-racial cast and minimalistic scenic design that is faithful to his vision.
One Woman And Her Dog
The odyssey of a busking homeless woman and her dog living in Times Square is depicted in this absurdist play with songs; it is enacted by a vivid cast.
Torera
A young Mexican woman’s dream of becoming a bullfighter is depicted in this Dickensian-style drama that is strikingly presented and gorgeously performed.