by Hazen Cuyler This is certainly not his finest play. It’s not even a completed play. In its original form, this untitled work is about five hours long. Several loose adaptations of Platonov have made it to the stage since Anton Chekhov’s early death (he died at just 44 of...
Blessed Unrest’s The Snow...
by Hazen Cuyler It’s not an easy assignment to create children’s theatre. At its worst, the end result can give the impression of being generic or insincere. Blessed Unrest’s current production of The Snow Queen written by Matt Opartny, directed by Jessica Burr and...
Wired For War: Cry Havoc!
by Samuel L. Leiter Stephan Wolfert’s Cry Havoc! is a deeply impressive one-person play about the horrors of war. It isn’t, however, so much an anti-war play—the morality or necessity of war itself isn’t being questioned—but an outcry against what war...
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
By Eric J. Grimm Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s fascination with melodrama inspired some of the most piercing works of cinema and stage in the 1970s and 80s, particularly as he focused the refined and ludicrous elements of the genre on complex women and queer characters....
The Fantastic Journey of the...
By Marcina Zaccaria The Annotated History of the American Muskrat begins with an historical lesson. Sharing the story of the American muskrat, Boston based Circuit Theatre explores their pioneering spirit. In a transformative theater space, a ward full of hospital...
Are We Human
By Marcina Zaccaria Androids and discussion of next generation are featured in John Kaplan’s Are We Human, performed at this year’s Ice Factory Festival. Director Margarett Perry (Paloma, One Slight Hitch), captures the spirit of the 23rd Annual OBIE Award-winning...
Body: Anatomies of Being –...
A daringly naked exploration of body image, love and friendship. by Joel Benjamin Blessed Unrest, the adventurous theater company is currently in residence at the New Ohio Theatre in the West Village, presenting Body: Anatomies of Being, a daring examination of body image...
Wresting and Roaming: New York...
by JK Clarke Perhaps the most poignant moment in Bedlam Theatre’s latest production, New York Animals—a new play by Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) with songs by the legendary Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater, now in its world premiere at the New Ohio Theatre—is...
In Fields Where They Lay
A beautiful expression of the holiday spirit in the midst of carnage and uncertainty. By Joel Benjamin In Fields Where They Lay, a new play by Ricardo Pérez González, is the most potent exploration of the meaning of the Christmas spirit this holiday...
