London Assurance
Written by Dion Boucicault
Directed by Charlotte Moore
Irish Repertory Theatre
December 28, 2019
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

You walk into the Irish Repertory Theatre and are greeted by the sweetest little postage stamp of a set.  Taking no more than 20’ in circumference, the stage is a revolve that features a simple door in the middle with a few pieces of attractive furniture flanking it.  With just a rotation or two, we are taken to all of the necessary exterior and interior locations with ease. Continue reading London Assurance →

#DateMe An OkCupid Experiment
Created by Robyn Lynne Norris
Written by Robyn Lynne Norris, Bob Ladewig, and Frank Caeti
Directed and Choreographed by Lorin Latarro
Westside Theatre
June 30, 2019
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

I love experimenting in theatre – and I love the idea that the ever present cell phone, might, in some way to be tamed and become a help to theatre rather then its arch nemesis!  Date Me is such an experiment.  It is really much more of a comedy improvisation than a play.  When you first enter the theatre you are directed to take out your cell phone and create a mock entry on a dating site just for that performance’s audience.  It is those pictures and those “dating preferences” that become the basis for the improvisations and the fun of the evening. Continue reading #DateMe An OkCupid Experiment →

Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
Written by Halley Feiffer
Directed by Trip Cullman
The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theatre Space
June 29, 2019
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

This play just didn’t meet its audience.  I have to say that it is the first play that I have been to in NYC in which 1/5 of the audience just left at intermission.  The premise of the show was really fun.  Imagine the energy of a Chris Durange and the naughtiness of a Joe Orton tackling Chekov’s Three Sisters.  Sounds fun!  Continue reading Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow →

Smiley
Written by Guillem Clua
Directed by Ismanuel Rodriguez
Repertorio Español
June 28, 2019
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

I was a bit worried when I bought tickets to Repertorio  Espanol’s production of Smiley.  After all, it was all in Spanish and beyond a few niceties, Spanish is all Greek to me.  Two things swayed my opinion though.  They offered live subtitles above the proscenium, much like an Italian opera AND the play was brought out in the press as one of  the most interesting offerings for World Pride Month.  I took a chance and  went.  It was so damn fun and interesting.  Continue reading Smiley →

Life Sucks
Written by Aaron Posner
Directed by Jeff Wise
Theatre Row – Acorn Theatre
June 23, 2019
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

Life Sucks – totally sucked in the first 10 minutes but then moment by moment totally become one of my most memorable plays of the summer.    Life Sucks is “sort of adapted from ‘Uncle Vanya,’” as playwright, Mr. Posner puts it. (He had already gone to the Chekhov well three years ago with his well-received “Stupid _____ Bird,” based loosely on The Seagull.   Here in Uncle Vanya land, the forlorn Vanya still shares a home with the plain Sonia but now we appear to be in the United States since there is talk of student loans and American money.  Both Vanya and the brooding Dr. Aster still pine for Sonia’s stepmother, Ella. Continue reading Life Sucks →