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Glass & Parwaz Playhouse
Cast and Crew of Parwaz Playhouse’s debut production, Glass. New Yorkers often forget that the theater is a treasure. For when you live amongst the fixed twinkle of Broadway, the art of mimicking life...
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White Woman Street
Springtime, 1916. Irish expatriate and soldier-turned-outlaw Trooper O’Hara is adrift in the baring woods of Southern Ohio. Thirty-some years away from home, Trooper’s leather face is furrowed, the...
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Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath
Before you stick your head in the oven, consider your lasting image. Premeditated asphyxiation by carbon monoxide bears quite the posthumous stigma. Next time you’re in Starbucks, ask a fellow...
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Jazz Choreography Enterprises
There was a time, quite recently, when my knowledge of jazz dance was limited to the works of Bob Fosse. And by “the works of Bob Fosse,” I mean Chicago—the film version—and I only watched that one...
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Last Minute Christmas Gift
Mistakes Were Made, Craig Wright’s one man play starring Michael Shannon has just been extended until February 27th at The Barrow Street Theater. Shannon is mesmerizing to watch at full speed for 90...
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Edna O’Brien’s Haunted
Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce’s fictional doppelganger, once quipped: “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” Now, it’s a wonder how many essays, stories and reviews (just like this...
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The Promise
Tartan Week is upon us and you know what that means: seven days of Scottish culture and history—bagpipes, Robert Burns readings, and a sudden surplus of Bellhaven ale at your local watering hole. At...
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Lust Really, Not Love
Upon entering the Robert Moss Theater for a viewing of The Movement Workshop Group’s (MWG) presentation of Wanderlust, I had a flashback. It was the damndest thing. I was instantly transported to...
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Dublin by Lamplight
Michael West’s Dublin by Lamplight, now playing at 59E59 as part of the 1st Irish Theatre Festival, is a vaudevillian portrayal of Dublin circa 1904. And if 1st Irish is indeed a “celebration of the...
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When Matt Met Sally
I’m always hesitant to go to one-person shows. With only one actor, there’s no possibility of the chaos that comes from strong characters knocking heads with one another. A two-person play seems...
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