Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Babe” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater (Through Sunday, December 22, 2024)

Abby (Marisa Tomei) has co-produced records with Gus (Arliss Howard) for thirty-two years. She had been his right hand, but her name never appears on the album as co-producer. She finds talent. Gus takes the credit. Recognition is not the only problem. Gus is a misogynist and a prime example of toxic masculinity in the workplace and elsewhere. Abby colludes…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Blood Quilt” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitze E. Newhouse Theater (Through Sunday, December 29, 2024)

Families of any number, age, or culture often meet for special occasions, some more special than others. Depending on the mix of those above descriptors, these get-togethers result in quite different outcomes ranging from collegial to catastrophic. These gatherings can be around any number of holidays or around some specific tradition. Those celebrating a specific tradition are often annual events….

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Off-Broadway Review: “Shit. Meet. Fan.” at MCC Theater’s New Mills Theater (Through Sunday, December 15, 2024)

As the characters are pressured into having their dirty laundry aired in the new play “Shit. Meet. Fan.” which is now in an extended run at MCC Theater, the list of reasons why the show does not work becomes longer than the clothesline. The cast may be the one reason the show is worth seeing, but that is not enough…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Beacon” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 24, 2024)

In Nancy Harris’s “The Beacon,” currently on at the Irish Repertory Theatre, four characters navigate through life’s rough waters. Three make it. One is still lost at sea. The back wall of Beiv’s (Kate Mulgrew) cottage on an island off the coast of West Cork is made almost entirely of glass and looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean. Angst and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “DRAG: The Musical” at New World Stages (Through Sunday, March 30, 2025)

November 19, 2024 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | "DRAG: The Musical", Aaron Rhyne (projection design), Adam Honoré (Lighting Design), Alaska Thunderf*ck as Kitty Galloway (through 1/11/25), Ashley Gordon, Aurora Sexton (makeup design), Cameron Mitchell Bell, Christine Shepard, Domino Couture (wig design), Drew Levy (sound design), Eddie Korbich as Drunk Jerry, J. Elaine Marcos as Gloria Schmidt/Rita LaRitz, Jan Sport as Savannah St. James, Jason Sherwood (scenic design), Joey McIntyre (through 11/24/24) plays the straight man Tom Hutchinson, Joseph Verlezza, Jujubee as The Tigress, Justin Andrew Honard, Kodiak Thompson, Lagoona Bloo as Tuna Turner, Luxx Noir London as Popcorn, Marco Marco (costume design), Matthew Murphy, New World Stages, New York Theatre Reviews, Nicholas Kraft, Nick Adams as Alexis Gillmore, Nick Laughlin as Puss Puss DuBois, Remi Tuckman and Yair Keydar alternate the role of ten-year-old Brendan Hutchinson, Teddy Wilson, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Thomas Constanza

“DRAG: the Musical” which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. The title lives up to its name, providing the audience with a glimpse into the multifaceted world of drag. The show is not a “drag” (excuse…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Deep History” at the Public Theater’s Shiva Theater (Closed Sunday, November 10, 2024)

October 25, 2024 | Off-Broadway > | "Deep History", Annette Mees, Buzz Cohen, David Finnigan, Joan Marcus, Joseph Verlezza, music by Reuben Ingall, New York Theatre Reviews, Public Theater, Shiva Theater, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, video design by Hayley Egan

The Public Theatre is currently offering the North American Premiere of “Deep History,” written and performed by David Finnigan, which addresses the critical subject of global warming and climate change. The playwright hales from Ngunnawal country in Australia and works with climate and earth scientists, to create theatre and games that may shed some light on the current situation the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Vladimir” at New York City Center Stage I (Closed on Sunday, November 10, 2024)

At first glance, Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Vladimir,” currently at New York City Center Stage I, might receive a “what’s new” reaction from the audience. But the importance Erika Sheffer’s well-constructed play takes us far beyond the boundaries of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s Russia. “Vladimir” focuses on the enduring themes of love and relationships, the dichotomy of freedom and oppression, and the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Big Gay Jamboree” at the Orpheum Theatre (Through Sunday, January 19, 2025)

The Orpheum Theatre is hosting the newest campy musical “The Big Gay Jamboree,” with a book by Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage. Ms. Mindelle, who is known for the cult favorite “Titanique,” also pens the lyrics and composes the music with Philip Drennen. The show is splattered with pop culture, musical theater, and gay social behavior references that are sure…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Counter” at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Closed on Sunday, November 17, 2024)

October 9, 2024 | Off-Broadway > | "The Counter", ” Susannah Flood as “Katie”, Amy Warren as “Peg”, Anthony Edwards as “Paul, Christopher Darbassie (Sound), David Cromer, David Roberts, Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, Meghan Kennedy, New York Theatre Reviews, Richard Hodge serves as Production Stage Manager, Roundabout Theatre Company, Sarah Laux (Costumes), Stacey Derosier (Lights), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Walt Spangler (Sets)

Life secrets and surprises are somewhere on the menu at the way-upstate New York diner where Paul (a quiet, thoughtful, and intense Anthony Edwards) has “good coffee made with a bad machine” nearly every morning except Sunday. Paul and server Katie (a perceptive and secretive Susannah Flood) have exchanged what might be described as casual conversations for the past two…

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Off-Broadway Preview: Royal Family Productions Two-Part Adaptation of “Ann of Green Gables” Runs October 17 through November 4, 2024

October 3, 2024 | Off-Broadway, Uncategorized, water for > | "Anne of Green Gables", Anne of Green Gables: Finding Home, Chris Henry, David Roberts, L.M. Montgomery, New York Theatre Reviews, Royal Family Productions, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

New York: Outer Critics’ Circle award-nominated Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, will present Chris Henry’s two-part adaptation in full of LM Montgomery’s classic novel, Anne of Green Gables. The first part, Anne of Green Gables: Finding Home, was presented in a substantially different version in 2019, and…

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