Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Repertorio Español, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: The dramatic situations that unfold in this production are made intriguing and believable through strong performan…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:28AMSunday, January 12, 2014
Under the Radar, The Japan Society, Off Broadway
By Zak Risinger
BOTTOM LINE: A crazy Japanese meditation on the human psyche, complete with bizarre humanoid characters, a multi-leve…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:17PMBeckett Theatre at Theatre Row, Pipe Dream Theatre, Off Broadway
By Greg Solomon
BOTTOM LINE: Exploring an old classic in a fresh way, a strong ensemble helps to iron out flaws in th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:54PMLa MaMa, Off Off Broadway
By Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: The great Peggy Shaw returns with an acclaimed solo show that celebrates creativity in the midst of aging and infirmity.
Let’s …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:17PMSaturday, December 28, 2013
59E59 Theaters, Off Broadway
By Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: A rare chance to catch the legendary cabaret singer in New York.
Timed for the Winter Solstice and Christmas week, Bri…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:33PMMonday, December 23, 2013
By Molly Marinik
The end of the year is reflection time, when critics near and far pick their "best-of" lists. While we could tell you our favorites of 2013, our say doesn’t count f…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:22AMThursday, December 19, 2013
59E59 Theatre, Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: Squonk Opera's return to New York wows aurally more than visually.
Pittsburgh-based Squonk Opera has played on stages of all s…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:14AMTuesday, December 17, 2013
Kraine Theatre, RadioTheatre/Horse Trade, Off Off Broadway
By Shani Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: A unique holiday show that resurrects the art of live Christmas storytelling.
In the simple…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:24AMSunday, December 15, 2013
Minetta Lane Theatre, Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: A dazzling and daring downtown burlesque of The Nutcracker.
You need to go see Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rog…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:32PMThe Gallery Players, Off Off Broadway
By Jordan Swisher
BOTTOM LINE: The Gallery Players ambitiously tackles Peter Shaffer's masterpiece about a boy's fanatical obsession with horses…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:42AMSaturday, December 14, 2013
Signature Theater, Off Broadway
By Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: An autobiographical solo show written by the late August Wilson and performed by one of his disciples is an occasionally fru…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:20PMFriday, December 13, 2013
Atlantic Theater Company, Off Broadway
By Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: The prolific Irish playwright and director Conor McPherson returns to the theater that is his off Broadway home with …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:45AMThursday, December 12, 2013
Teatro Circulo, One Year Lease, Off Broadway
By Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful, intimate and emotionally effective play.
The curtain opens on two characters preparing a m…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:59PM59E59 Theatres Theatre, Off Broadway
By Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: This wonderful production wraps you in a cozy warm blanket of jazz history, humor, and live music that you'll lo…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:59AMTuesday, December 10, 2013
Cort Theatre, Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Two wonderful revivals in rep, with performances well worth the price of admission.
Sometimes talent graces New York stages that…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:43PMMonday, December 9, 2013
Signature Theatre, Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: Exquisite dance, beautifully performed, is not enough to make this an engaging dramatic production.
According to progra…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:00AMSaturday, December 7, 2013
Paper Mill Playhouse, Off Broadway/Regional
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: Is it in Jersey? Yes. Is it worth traveling to Jersey to check it out? Double yes.
Child is in a poor livin…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:58AMHERE, Off Off Broadway
By Jack Smart
BOTTOM LINE: A whimsical tale about security and a testament to the power of puppetry.
HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry Program is one of many cont…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:39AMTuesday, November 26, 2013
Belasco Theatre, Broadway
By Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: One of the greatest Shakespearean actors of our age is back in New York with an unusual but triumphant double bill.
What do the b…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:52PMBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
By Seth Bogner
BOTTOM LINE: The Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars are joined by a steller cast of singers and dancers in this exciting new musical re…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:54PMJapan Society, Off Off Broadway
By Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A unique journey through the life of a planet, set in the winding halls of Japan Society.
The one thing I love about…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:26AMSunday, November 24, 2013
The Flea Theater, Off Broadway
By Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: An Updike-esque take on marriage and family.
This fall, the tiny Flea Theater is home to the world premiere of A.R. …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:25PMTheater for the New City, Off Off Broadway
By Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: Four one-act plays come together in an evening of thought provoking entertainment.
Roger: “Half-hearted…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:21PMSaturday, November 23, 2013
The Flea Theater, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: An experimental new play about reality, a generation facing dead ends, and the Olsen twins.
Grace (Katherine…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:43PMWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
By Geri Silver
BOTTOM LINE: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder is a new musical comedy starring the show-stealing Jefferson Mays as eight comical mu…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:50PMThursday, November 21, 2013
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: A timely thriller with the intent to entertain rather than commemorate.
Along with the 50th anniversary of the 1963 assassin…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:39PMTuesday, November 19, 2013
Gemini Collisionworks and The Brick Theater, Off Off Broadway
By Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful, weird work of theater brought to you by one of the hardest working playmak…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:59PMMonday, November 18, 2013
777 Eighth Avenue Theatre, International Studio Theater, Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: Cuban homophobia begins to unravel in this occasionally touching but often heav…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:32AMSunday, November 17, 2013
Theatre for the New City, Ego Actus, Scandinavian American Theatre Company, Off Broadway
By Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A duo of Norwegian theatrical gems get their due on this sid…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:04PMFriday, November 15, 2013
Second Stage Theatres, Off Broadway
By Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: The great William Finn is back with a quirky, heartfelt musical adaptation of an Oscar-nominated tale of misfits, Proust…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:42PMThursday, November 14, 2013
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Geri Silver
BOTTOM LINE: A terrifically well-acted, well-directed British production of Samuel Beckett’s 1957 radio play.
Samuel Beckett’s All T…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:48PM 
