Sunday, June 17, 2012
Atlantic Theater Company, Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Storefront Church is a neatly-drawn contemporary play about right, wrong, and getting what you need materia…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:53PMFriday, June 15, 2012
The Flea, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: These Seven Sicknesses is a stunning return of a Drama Desk-nominated production based on Sophocles's plays.
These Sev…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:17PMWednesday, June 13, 2012
Duke Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Cock is a strong play with a fabulous cast and superb direction.
Mike Bartlett’s Cock plays nightly for thrille…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:07PMTuesday, June 12, 2012
Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks 2012, HERE, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A social critique on the life of the veteran back home, as told through an odd and funny family …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:59PMApartment Above Lucky Cheng's, One Old Crow Productions, Off Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
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SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:06AMSunday, June 10, 2012
Atlantic Theater Company, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: An evocative script combined with excellent performances makes this an engrossing production.
The play Chimic…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:19AMFriday, June 8, 2012
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: A gripping new drama (with to-die-for comic touches) featuring outstanding performances, a strong script and lovely directio…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:30PMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Roundabout Theatre, Laura Pels, Off Broadway
By Haytham Elhawary
BOTTOM LINE: An enjoyable and accomplished tale of how we strive to achieve our youthful ideals while struggling with …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:21PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Little Shubert Theatre, Off Broadway
By Benjamin Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: A British comedic duo re-tells the entire Harry Potter series in a madcap 70 minutes, that are hilarious and enjo…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:26PMSaturday, June 2, 2012
Fort Jay at Governor's Island, Off Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: This site-specific Civil War drama from a new point of view is a display of virtuosic acting and directing d…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:39AMWednesday, May 23, 2012
303 Bond Street Theatre, Company XIV, Off Off Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: A delicious dance opera as beautiful as it is entertaining.
Despite the tides of time con…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:02AMMonday, May 21, 2012
Westside Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: An engaging and funny window into secular Jewish culture and the subversive potential of laughter.
Fifty years a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:57PMSunday, May 20, 2012
T. Schrieber Studio, Off Off Broadway
By Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: An over-the-top musical comedy about a crossdresser trying to catch the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Jack the Ripper, t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:04PMFriday, May 18, 2012
Dixon Place, The Talking Band, Off Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: Light on the story line, but heavy on quirky musical numbers, this shows amounts to a humorous rock c…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:06AMWednesday, May 16, 2012
The Flea, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Brilliant short plays that are totally naughty, silly, and just really clever.
The Wundelsteipen (and Other Difficult Roles f…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:53PMMonday, May 14, 2012
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This powerful historical play sheds light on the little known story of suffragette Alice Paul, aided in part by a well w…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:14PMSunday, May 13, 2012
HERE, New York Neo-Futurists, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: An existential journey with a video game theme.
Anyone who remembers the 1980s will delight in You are in…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:03PMAstoria Performing Arts Center, Good Shepard Church, Off Off Broadway
By Benjamin Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: The Secret Garden is proof that the arts are in bloom in Astoria
The Astoria P…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:26AMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Theatre Row, The New Group, Off Broadway
By Benjamin Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: David Rabe’s new play about youth in crisis during the historical explosion of the early '60s never quite i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:01PMMonday, May 7, 2012
St. James Theatre, Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Leap of Faith is a bland but enthusiastic musical about an con-man who finds a reason to change his ways.
As I settl…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:09AMThursday, May 3, 2012
59E59 Theatres, Off Off Broadway
By Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: An intelligent, quirky and deeply moving solo show that explores the parallel between mental illness and whale evolution.
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SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:51PMWednesday, May 2, 2012
The Secret Theatre, Flux Theatre Ensemble, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A complex and engaging new play that satisfies both brain hemispheres.
Science nerds, your t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:27PMTuesday, May 1, 2012
Site-specific, various venues, Off Off Broadway
By Julie Feltman
BOTTOM LINE: The Foreplay Play’s apartment setting, playful honest dialogue, and naturalistic acting makes this thea…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:24PMAbingdon Theatre Complex, Off Off Broadway
By Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: An only-in-New-York romantic comedy set on a Brooklyn rooftop.
Travis McHale’s set, the Brooklyn apartment bu…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:16PMBedlam, Access Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: An exceptional cast brings medieval France to life in this classic of modern theatre, directed in an experiment…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:28PMMonday, April 30, 2012
Cherry Lane, Barefoot Theatre Company, Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A riveting drama that focuses on the ways successive generations of Holocaust survivors are poison…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:33PMFriedman Theatre, Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A historical portrait informs of an interesting time in America; though not always dramatically compelling, there is much to e…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:33PMSunday, April 29, 2012
Music Box Theatre, Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Perfectly silly and completely delightful -- everything you expect from a first-rate British farce.
One Man Two Guvnors exis…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:36AMThursday, April 26, 2012
Minetta Lane Theatre, Off Broadway
By Haytham Elhawary
BOTTOM LINE: A playful score delivered by a terrific cast make for a highly entertaining jazz-infused musical.
So before I star…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:19PMTuesday, April 24, 2012
Cort Theatre, Broadway
By Zak Risinger
BOTTOM LINE: An extremely dark comedy with a powerhouse performance by Linda Lavin.
After a sold out run at The Vineyard in 2011 (read the Thea…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:39PMMonday, April 23, 2012
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: A fun, nostalgic Gershwin-style musical comedy with a fresh take.
The “new” musical Nice Work If You Can Get It begins when …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:38PM 
