The Christians Written by: Lucas Hnath Directed by: Les Waters Playwrights Horizons/Mainstage Theatre Production website 💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5. Along with a good number of New Yorkers, I went to see The Christians fully ready to celebrate a roasting, lampooning and biting satire on those who call themselves fundamental Christians – – but boy … Continue reading The Christians
Here’s a crazy idea! Let’s take the American classic Awake and Sing!, written by Clifford Odets, that tells the story of three generations of an immigrant Jewish family struggling with economic, political and familial issues – – and let’s take this oh-so-Jewish story and cast it with an all Asian cast. Crazy, huh? That is exactly what the Public Theatre did with the combination of Awake and Sing! and the National Asian American Theatre Company!
And it worked! Oh boy did it work!
TransMasculine Cabaretby Vulva Va-VoomNYC Theatre Fringe Festival at 14th Street Y April 13, 2024Production website💉💉 out of 5. This second slice of Fringe Theatre for the trip certainly worked better than the first. To begin, the artist actually cared and invested in their message and how it was being shared. The story told was of … Continue reading TransMasculine Cabaret
Created by 600 Highwaymen for Talking BandFeaturing Ellen Maddox & Paul ZimitPerelman Performing Arts CenterFebruary 16, 2024Production website💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5. The Following Evening was a piece of theatre history and theatre magic. Theatre legends were working alongside the cutting edge of theatre present. The production was created by 600 Highwaymen – one of perhaps the most … Continue reading The Following Evening
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villaincreated and performed by Patrick PageDirected by Simon GodwinDR2 TheatreFebruary 10, 2024Production website💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5. All the Devils are Here This masterpiece of theatre takes its title from The Tempest, in which William Shakespeare famously wrote, “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” … Continue reading All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain