Lara De Bruijn | Theatre Reviews Limited

Off-Broadway Review: “Devil of Choice” Falters at LAByrinth Theater Company at Cherry Lane’s Studio Theatre

May 29, 2018 | Off-Broadway > | "Devil of Choice", "Faust", Cherry Lane Theater, Daniel Melnick, David Zayas, David Zayas Jr., Elizabeth Canavan, Florencia Lozano, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Kia Rogers, LAByrinth Theater Company, Lara De Bruijn, Maggie Diaz Bofill, Megan Tomei, Melisa McGregor, Raul Abrego, Shira-Lee Shalit

“Faustian bargain: (idiomatic) A deal in which one focuses on present gain without considering the long-term consequences.” Although one of the characters in the new play “Devil of Choice,” produced by Labyrinth Theater Company at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, is a popular professor whose highly sought-after class focuses on “Faust,” he certainly disregards the implications associated with violating morality….

Off-Broadway Review: “Party Face” at New York City Center Stage II

February 17, 2018 | asi wind, Off-Broadway > | "Party Face", Allison Jean White, Amanda Bearse, Brenda Meaney, Damien Figueras, Gina Costigan, Hayley Mills, Isobel Mahon, Jeff Ridenour, Jeremy Daniel, Joyce Liao, Klea Blackhurst, Lara De Bruijn, Melanie T. Morgan, New York City Center Stage II

There is yet another theatrical party occurring on stage at City Center developed by Isobel Mahon and billed as the new comedy entitled “Party Face.” This soiree is celebrating the newly designed kitchen by the absentee husband of Mollie Mae (played with distinct dismal despair by Gina Costigan), who has just been released from the psychiatric ward after having a…