Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Dot
Off Broadway, Vineyard Theatre
Reviewed by Ken Kaissar
BOTTOM LINE: A funny yet serious new play about a family's struggle with their mother's descent into dementia.
Susan Stroman dir…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:20PMMonday, February 22, 2016
Tom & Eliza
Off Off Broadway, JACK
Reviewed by Artem Yatsunov
BOTTOM LINE: A tightly directed and acted absurdist comedy on the disappointing nature of life, relationships, books, and bath…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:09AMThursday, February 18, 2016
Buried Child
Off Broadway, Pershing Square Signature Center, The New Group
Reviewed by Michael Hartung
BOTTOM LINE: An abrasive and fascinating look at an American family, Sam Shepard’s …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:27AMTuesday, February 16, 2016
Old Hats
Off Broadway, Signature Theatre
Reviewed by Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Two highly skilled clowns and a charming band make for an irresistible evening of entertainment.
Old Hats h…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:20PMMonday, February 15, 2016
Fen
Off Off Broadway, IATI, Red Garnet Theatre Company
Reviewed by Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: A sad, funny, and unromantic look at life in a working-class English community, with characte…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:20PMSunday, February 14, 2016
Defendant Maurice Chevalier
Off Off Broadway, American Theatre of Actors, Nascent Productions
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: World-famous entertainer Maurice Chevalier returns to Fra…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:28PMFriday, February 12, 2016
Malefactions
Off Off Broadway, Chinatown Soup, Cradle Theatre Company
Reviewed by Antonia Lassar
BOTTOM LINE: A powerhouse ensemble wrestles with an introspective tangle of race, class, ge…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:34PMThursday, February 11, 2016
Cyrano de Bergerac
Off Off Broadway, Resonance Ensemble at The Theatre at St. Clement's
Reviewed by Angel Lam
BOTTOM LINE: A new adaptation of the classic French play using a multi-talente…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:09AMWednesday, February 10, 2016
Prodigal Son
Off Broadway, New York City Center Stage I, Manhattan Theater Club
Reviewed by Zachary Conner
BOTTOM LINE: An intelligent and provocative coming-of-age story set against the b…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:37PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
The Grand Paradise
Off Broadway, 383 Troutman Street, The Third Rail
Reviewed by Stephen Kaplan
BOTTOM LINE: The perfect escape from a cold winter to a unique and thoroughly immersive 1970…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:40PMMonday, February 8, 2016
Utility
Off Off Broadway, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Amoralists
Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: The strong cast in Emily Schwend's memorable play shows us a few days in…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:57AMFriday, February 5, 2016
WASHER/DRYER
Off Broadway, Theatre Row's Beckett Theater, Ma-Yi Theater
Reviewed by Angel Lam
BOTTOM LINE: A comedy about relationships, ethnic relatives, and New York City real estate.
U…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:36PMWednesday, February 3, 2016
Snow White
Off Broadway, Minetta Lane Theater, Company XIV
Reviewed by Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This dazzling one of a kind dance piece mixes burlesque, baroque, ballet, acrobatics, …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:09PMTuesday, February 2, 2016
yeah, i met this girl
Off Off Broadway, UNDER St. Marks, Elsinore County
Reviewed by Shani Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: A funny and thought-provoking dissection of the man/woman mating dance that…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:52PMO, Earth
Off Broadway, Foundry Theatre at HERE Arts Center
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: A genuine, skillful, and joyful adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s Our Town as seen thr…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:28AMMonday, February 1, 2016
Sojourners
Off Broadway, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, The Playwrights Realm
Reviewed by Brett Aresco
BOTTOM LINE: Make a date with The Playwrights Realm for some of the best acting you’ll se…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:14PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Death of the Liberal Class
Off Off Broadway, New Ohio Theatre
Reviewed by Rachel Abrams
BOTTOM LINE: A comedy about a dysfunctional family predicting an economic apocalypse makes its world …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:26PMFriday, January 29, 2016
Creditors
Off Off Broadway, The Wild Project, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix Theatre Ensemble's production of Strindberg's Creditors is fresh, effecti…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:31PMThursday, January 28, 2016
I and You
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theaters, Merrimack Repertory Theater
Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: Lauren Gunderson's play about a sick girl and her classmate offers a surprise t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:48PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
Off the Desk: Tales of a Mediocre Stockbroker
Off Off Broadway, The Workshop Theater
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: A true story about what happens when a kid with rock star dreams ch…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:40AMSunday, January 24, 2016
Theban Plays
Off Off Broadway, The Brick
Reviewed by Rachel Abrams
BOTTOM LINE: An avant garde fantasy on the Oedipus Cycle contemplates ancient themes in a modern context.
I wonder if th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:39PMFriday, January 22, 2016
Wide Awake Hearts
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres
Reviewed by Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This well-acted, well-produced play offers a gut-wrenching peek into the downfall of two couples’…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:27PMWednesday, January 20, 2016
Skeleton Crew
Off Broadway, Atlantic Stage 2, Atlantic Theater Company
Reviewed by Billy McEntee
BOTTOM LINE: Skeleton Crew is a poignant and effective conclusion to Dominique Morisseau's D…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:33PMMonday, January 18, 2016
Touch
Off Off Broadway, UNDER St. Marks, Cave Theatre Company
Reviewed by Brett Aresco
BOTTOM LINE: An astronomer mourns his wife’s disappearance as he and those around him search for con…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:04PMSunday, January 17, 2016
LaBute New Theater Festival
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres, St. Louis Actors Studio
Reviewed by Michael Hartung
BOTTOM LINE: An exciting evening of new short plays that range from successfull…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:08PMSaturday, January 16, 2016
Key Change
Off Off Broadway, 4th Street Theater
Reviewed by Mateus Ferreira Ciucci
BOTTOM LINE: A short and dense theatrical spectacle that delivers bitter truths with poetic justice and su…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:14PMWednesday, January 13, 2016
The Offending Gesture
Off Off Broadway, Connelly Theater, The Tank, 3-Legged Dog
Reviewed by Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: This play with music pokes at war and power through the lens of Nazi …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:45AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
The Changeling
Off Broadway, Lucille Lortel Theater, Red Bull Theater
Reviewed by Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: The more things change, the more they stay the same: this very old play about p…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:06AMMonday, January 11, 2016
Sanctuary
Off Broadway, Theatre Row's Lion Theater, Yardley Productions
Reviewed by Artem Yatsunov
BOTTOM LINE: A one-woman show with compelling visual design and projections examining fema…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:45PMThursday, December 24, 2015
The Imbible: Christmas Carol Cocktails
Off Broadway, Elektra Theatre
Reviewed by Jesse Tendler
BOTTOM LINE: DA fun cabaret style show, infused with a cappella melodies, that follows the new…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:16PMMonday, December 21, 2015
A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House
Off Broadway, The Merchant's House Museum, Summoners Ensemble
Reviewed by Brett Aresco
BOTTOM LINE: Dickens would have been proud of this passionat…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:04PM 
