An adaptation of a horror novel, a majestic performance by Len Cariou and a powerful play in Spanish, were highlights of the New York stage this year.
Tag: Theater for the New City
Anton Goes To Heaven (?)
A disaffected beer-drinking young American nationalist commits suicide in this exhilarating take on “No Exit”; his mother and grandfather torment him.
The Christmas Express
Santa Claus’ plan to use a new high-powered sled is combatted by a dastardly villain in this charming and smart new musical that is vividly performed.
Leaves
A happily married Black couple’s 31st anniversary celebration is complicated by the arrival of the wife’s two sisters in this entrancing domestic drama.
Days And Nights
Bina Sharif and Kevin Mitchell Martin vividly portray two Manhattan tramps in Sharif’s latest existential two-character one-act play.
The Speed of Sound
Two young male and female singer-songwriters meet in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields in this engaging and bittersweet musical; life’s harshness intrudes.
A 2023 10 Best List
Two deceased Black female playwright’s works, personal Off-Off-Broadway shows, and two Broadway revivals were highlights of the New York stage this year.
A Stitch in Time
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” inspires this satirical musical set in a mythical nation ruled by an authoritarian president; it’s performed by a peppy cast.
Life is a One-Act Play
Bina Sharif and her husband Kevin Mitchell Martin uproariously portray locked-down NYC roommates in her thoughtful play about society during the pandemic.
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.