The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse book, music and lyrics by Michael Breslin book, additional music and lyrics by Patrick Foley vocal arrangements by Michael Breslin & Dan Schlosberg music direction and orchestrations by Dan Schlosberg choreographed by Jack Ferver directed by and developed with Rory Pelsue Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center May 27, 2025 Production website 💉💉 out of 5.
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse is inspired by a photo that ran on the cover of the November 29, 2006 issue of The New York Post. The headline blared “Bimbo Summit” over a picture of much-maligned party girls Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton driving away from an L.A. nightclub. The cover was accompanied by an article titled “3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse” and featured classy upskirt photos. It was the perfect distillation of early-2000s rabid paparazzi overreach and the vicious culture of gossip that pervaded the media then and still exists today. It is here that the play poses the imaginary dramatic question – –
Irishtown Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey Irish Repertory Theatre May 24, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
The premise of Irishtown is built on a company of actors charged with putting on a play that is “Irish” enough for a theater company from Dublin to take to the New York stage. This new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth takes us behind the scenes (ala Noises Off) of a company preparing as they struggle with a new script that no one likes – – let alone understands – – let alone finds the least bit Irish – – and finally abandons – – –
Lunar Eclipse Written by Donald Margulies Directed by Kate Whoriskey Irene Diamond Stage/The Pershing Square Signature Center May 21, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
Lunar Eclipse is essentially a 90-minute one-act play in which two actors bring out the lawn chairs and spend the night watching a lunar eclipse and reflecting on their long-married relationship. As the moon goes through its various stages the characters go through their hopes, losses, and lives together. This is a world premiere of Donald Margulies’ most recent play and captures themes of both optimism and despair.
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP. Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by James Macdonald Martinson Stage – Public Theatre May 20, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
The above are the names of four very short plays written by Caryl Churchill that are woven together with a bit of acrobatic interludes to create a wonderful evening in the theatre. Actually, the first three: Glass. Kill. and What If If Only are very short and play out as the first act and Imp. stands alone as the second act. They all are tied together very loosely by themes of faith and our need for myth – – juxtaposed against the violence we live with. And, of course what we get with any Caryl Churchill play is a seductive, playful, dangerous use of language that you just don’t find that often in the theatre.
Bowl EP Written and directed by Nazareth Hassan Music by Free Fool Vineyard Theatre May 15, 2025 Production website 💉💉 out of 5.
Bowl EP and the National Black Theatre – – – from all I could read about it going into the production was NOT going to be a production geared to my demographic – but that wasn’t going to stop me from going to seeing the production and expanding my theatrical repertoire. I love challenging myself as an audience member. The play sells itself as follows: Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter need to find a name for their rap group. Through flirty interludes, cringy overshares and practicing their “ollies”, they grow increasingly closer. Skating and Smoking. Skating and Drinking. Skating and exorcising a demon. With live skateboarding and original music, enter Bowl EP:
