Deep in the run-down neighborhood of Skid Row, timid floral assistant Seymour Krelborn is skyrocketed to fame when he discovers a strange and unusual plant that he names “Audrey II” after his sweet but self-sacrificing coworker. Soon, Seymour has it all – cash, glory, and the girl of his dreams – but his good fortune […]
Archives for September 14, 2019
Stormy Weather
IN Series says: Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the story of colonization and subjugation is retold from the perspective of Sycorax, mother of Caliban and mistress of Ariel. Without voice in the original, here she has the agency to present her own journey. Told with the music of Billie Holiday in poetic-prose written by Sybil […]
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
Prologue Theatre says: When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. […]
Crystal Creek Motel
Flying V Theatre says: It is 2003, somewhere up North. Well off the beaten path. A place you’d find yourself despite yourself. No questions asked as long as you pay in cash. Everyone wants something more. At the Crystal Creek Motel, we’ve seen it all… Join the flies on the wall and witness a series […]
Andar Sin Pensamiento / Walking Without Thinking
Casa de la Luna says: “Andar sin Pensamiento” begins with a tango, transits through a friendship and halts when it reaches love. You will laugh, dream and recognize yourself in this humor-filled play. in Spanish with English surtitles Andar Sin Pensamiento / Walking Without Thinking by Jorge Horacio Huertas Directed by Mario Marcel
My Fair Lady
From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady. Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production is “thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was” (The New York Times). Boasting such classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain […]
My Barking Dog
The Edge of the Universe Players 2 says: A woman. A man. A wild coyote. A societal upheaval? . one troubled man, one isolated woman, and a wild coyote who shows up at their apartment building, changes them, and perhaps starts a major change of human civilization. “And the question is: Are the coyotes the […]
Review: Love Sick, Theater J’s seductive musical
In its best moments Love Sick—the opening show of Theater J’s 2019-20 season in its newly renovated space—is a brilliantly woven tapestry of competing forms. The music, written by Ofra Daniel and Lior Ben-Hur, blends mellifluent middle-eastern melodies with the plucky refrains of modern musical comedy.  Daniel’s script, adapted from the Hebrew bible’s Song of […]