Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Barrow Street Theatre, Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Captures the theatre producer persona and all the raving characteristics that go with it; a hilarious script and bril…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:40PMSunday, December 19, 2010
By Molly Marinik
Happy Holidays, Theasy readers! Hoping everyone has a wonderfully theatrical holiday season (in whatever way you wish to interpret that). We will be back in January …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:00AMThursday, December 16, 2010
Theatre 3, Off-Off-Broadway
By Ben Charles
BOTTOM LINE: A fishy mystery comedy with a huge helping of stupid.
Okay, I know, mammal. Whale are mammals, but "a mammaly mystery comedy"…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:10PMMonday, December 13, 2010
59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: An absurd adventure where two insane people meet for a date at a restaurant with an obsessive waiter.
Inspector Sand…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:29PMSunday, December 12, 2010
HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: A glimpse into a virtual New York inhabited by suicides, where one woman still believes in her chance to find lo…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:15PM59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway
By Di Jayawickrema
BOTTOM LINE: The story of Mr. Berry, an elderly man yearning for youthful romance, is an overly labored affair that is just saved by Br…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:17AMSaturday, December 11, 2010
HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway
By Janelle Lannan
BOTTOM LINE: As the Eyes of the Seahorse is a collaboration of live music and modern dance. The Philadelphia husband-wife team br…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:03AMWednesday, December 8, 2010
Ars Nova, Off-Broadway
By Ben Charles
BOTTOM LINE: A very entertaining live blind date happening in front of your eyes with a skilled improviser and comedienne.
I recently met Mimi. …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:50PMBaruch Performing Arts Center, Off-Broadway
By Ben Charles
BOTTOM LINE: The best post-apocalyptic puppet show you probably haven’t heard about and need to see.
Look at the picture …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:12AMTuesday, December 7, 2010
Midtown Theatre, Off-Broadway
By Darron Cardosa
BOTTOM LINE: A light-hearted musical review that breezes by and makes you laugh out loud more than a few times.
If you are wondering w…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:12AMTuesday, November 30, 2010
Atlantic Theater, Off-Broadway
By Nancy Kelly
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlantic Theater Company turns in a practically perfect Pinter production! See it and enjoy theatrical mastery on every …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:28PMSunday, November 28, 2010
59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway
By Steve Hauck
BOTTOM LINE: An impressionistic and intriguing collage of the turbulent life of Peter Sellers, with an engaging performance by David Boyle.…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:26PMSaturday, November 27, 2010
Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
By Abby Marsh
BOTTOM LINE: Tony Award winner Dennis O'Hare's brilliant performance as Norwegian nutcase Elling makes an otherwise ho-hum stage adaptation a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:06PMThursday, November 25, 2010
The Civilians, Off-Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: An investigative theatre piece that tautly coasts through the past couple years of neighborhood debate regarding The At…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:41PMTuesday, November 23, 2010
Roundabout Theatre, Off-Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: A thought-provoking investigation into the limitations of language and the pitfalls of miscommunication in the broadest…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:23AMMonday, November 22, 2010
Laurie Beechman Theatre, Off-Off-Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Boylesque spoofs the upcoming film Burlesque (and its showbiz dramedy predecessors) with drag queens and…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:38PM3LD Art & Technology Center, Off-Off-Broadway
By Janelle Lannan
BOTTOM LINE: If you've read the book, you'll be especially delighted by this production; if you've seen the movie Blade…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:43PMSunday, November 21, 2010
Walkerspace, Off-Broadway
By Steve Hauck
BOTTOM LINE: A strong production of a new play by an exciting new voice in the theater.
For a middle-aged Midtowner like myself, there is an …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:00PMSaturday, November 20, 2010
Lincoln Center Theatre, Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: Part Restoration Comedy and part panoramic saga, A Free Man of Color doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.
Is it…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:15AMThursday, November 18, 2010
59E59 Theatres, Off-Broadway
By Terra Vetter
BOTTOM LINE: Personable and vivacious acting from the ensemble in this character driven, plot skimpy play.
Set in a post World War II la…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:38PMTheatre 80, Off-Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: An interestingly disturbing, beautifully directed exploration of vain attempts at progress within a stagnant, backwoods fa…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:31PMTuesday, November 16, 2010
New World Stages, Off-Broadway
By Steve Hauck
BOTTOM LINE: This raucous, campy laughfest is consistently hilarious, and also has a heartfelt message of acceptance and inclusion.
Mem…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:32PMSunday, November 14, 2010
Milk Can Theatre Company, Off-Off-Broadway
By Markus Paminger
BOTTOM LINE: A sexy and sinful modern revamping of John Webster's 1613 play The Duchess of Malfi.
Sex and scandal rock t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:48PMSaturday, November 13, 2010
The Brick, Off-Off-Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: An abstract comedy devised by an ensemble cast using the libretto of the opera The Magic Flute.
Under the leadership …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:49PMFriday, November 12, 2010
NYTW's 4th Street Theatre, Off-Off-Broadway
By Tzipora Kaplan
BOTTOM LINE: Ehhhhh. Some things are good, but the show suffers from a lack of complex performances.
Speaking in Tongue…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:29PMThursday, November 11, 2010
HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: An abstract exploration about our souls in the modern, digital age using an ancient Chinese tale with dance and…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:04PMTuesday, November 9, 2010
Access Theatre, Off-Off-Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Extant Arts Company presents an abstract, experimental, multimedia adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts on a set of nyl…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:05PMSunday, November 7, 2010
APAC, Off-Off-Broadway
By Tzipora Kaplan
BOTTOM LINE: As tender and playful an exploration of sexual awakening and growing up as ever there was. And talking chickens!
MilkMilkLemonad…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:53PMSaturday, November 6, 2010
Kraine Theatre, Off-Off-Broadway
By Darron Cardosa
BOTTOM LINE: A musical comedy about dyke drama with great performances and cool original music.
With all the original musicals tha…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:15PMFriday, November 5, 2010
Spoon Theatre, Off-Off-Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: A terrific revival of Michael Frayn's acclaimed play dealing with the strained relationships and growth of two couples, …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:35PMBelasco Theatre, Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: A zany, frenetic musical farce providing a platform for some of the best voices on Broadway.
For a while it appeared as if Li…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:56AM 
