29 November 2018
Off-Broadway: The Other John Cohen
By Chris Behmke // Theatre (New York)
Have you ever thought back to some of the most difficult times in your own life, wishing that you could go back in time to reassure yourself that everything would …
28 January 2018
Agnus: A Familiar Dystopia
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
In Ise Lyfe and Matt Werner’s new play Agnus, everything about 2047 feels unnervingly familiar. A soothing artificial intelligence called “Sequoyah” relays information upon command, screen-obsessed citizens are stirred into fervors …
25 October 2017
Magic Off-Broadway: In & Of Itself
By Chris Behmke // Theatre (New York)
In & Of Itself, currently playing at the Daryl Roth Theatre until the end of 2017, may be the smartest, most surprising, and most personal show that I have ever …
05 October 2017
Sweeney with a Side of Pie
By Chris Behmke // Theatre (New York)
Tooting Arts Club’s production of Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre is the perfect thing to see this fall: part dark theatrical masterpiece, part haunted house. It’s the most creatively staged …
22 November 2016
Dead Poets Society Revitalized
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” Uncle Walt’s verse gets renewed life on stage in the millennial classic Dead Poets Society – an ode …
08 April 2015
Hand to God – A NYC Must See (Again!)
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
Last year, I gave a rave review to an off-Broadway play called Hand to God starring a (possibly) satanic puppet named Tyrone McHansley and Jason, the timid, church-going boy who …
25 February 2015
Into the Woods Off-Broadway: After “Ever After”
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
“Into the woods you go again, you have every now and then.” If you have never been Into the Woods, now is the time. Between Hollywood’s adaptation of this beloved …
01 January 2015
The 2014 My Theatre Award Nominees: New York
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
2014 ended much the way it began for many Americans – watching Idina Menzel give a cringe-worthy performance of “Let It Go” to a large crowd.* My 2014 ended in …
18 October 2014
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Indian Ink
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
I have a bit of a crush on Romola Garai’s professional acting choices. That’s not weird, is it? I mean, she is attracted to playing fantastic, intelligent, driven females. From …
28 September 2014
New York Innovative Theatre Awards
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
I know I said that the Tony Awards ended my 2014 theatre award season, but I lied. Sorry. Forgive my categorically untrue statement. This week, I attended the 2014 New …
11 April 2014
The 2013 My Theatre Award Winners: New York
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (New York)
The American Theatre Wing may be announcing the Tony Award nominations on April 29 (8:30 am ET if anyone wants to join me before work to watch it live), but …
06 December 2013
Nothing to Hide: Pure Magic
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
As the director of the new show “Nothing to Hide” at The Pershing Square Signature Theatre astutely points out in his Playbill note to the audience, there are two types …
20 November 2013
All That Fall, Fall Asleep
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
The secret to successful entertainment in any form is conceptually simple: know your audience. I suspect that the producers of Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall at 59E59 Theatre had an …
08 October 2013
Keen Company Pulls The Film Society Out of the Vault
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
Politically charged and culturally relevant plays face a significant hurdle on the revival circuit – historical context. Popular social commentary is ever changing and playwrights that take up causes are, …
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