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Duncan Pflaster Duncan Pflaster is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced all over. He also has been known to direct, write music, play the ukulele, and (if his arm is twisted) act. He won second place in the 2009 Stage and Cinema's New York City Theater Review Contest. www.duncanpflaster.com






'Bloody Lies': Kind of Anemic
July 17, 2007

Yet another humorous take on the vampire legend, 'Bloody Lies' is silly and nonsensical if at least entertaining.

'Guilty' - Of Nothing in Particular
'Guilty' - Of Nothing in Particular
July 6, 2007

Nancy Manocherian's new play 'Guilty' tries to be a gripping portrait of friends in decline, but doesn't quite get a grip.

theAtrainplays, vol xxii: You Can Take It
June 21, 2007

theAtrainplays, a theatre-without-a-net writing/composing/directing/acting experience, had its 22nd incredible incarnation June 20th, with an all-star cast.

Spitting in the Face of the Devil: a Hellish Delight
Spitting in the Face of the Devil: a Hellish Delight
June 19, 2007

Bob Brader's one-man show about his relationship with his late father is a fascinating monologue in the style of Spalding Gray.

Time Flies and Others by Ives
Time Flies and Others by Ives
June 10, 2007

Bohemian Archeology produces 6 of David Ives' less-familiar one-acts with aplomb, making for an enjoyable evening of laughter.

Penetrator: The Bear Necessities
Penetrator: The Bear Necessities
June 10, 2007

A harrowing play about male bonding, paranoia, and stuffed animal abuse is given a powerful and scary updated production by Working Man's Clothes.

"The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard"
May 29, 2007

Greg Romero's play 'The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard' is a fractured journey through the lives and hearts of a man and woman.

'Hey You, Light Man!' - Illuminate Me!
'Hey You, Light Man!' - Illuminate Me!
May 26, 2007

An engaging revival of a little-seen absurdist work from the 1960s makes some confusing choices.

Phallacy: Sometimes a Statue is just a Statue
Phallacy: Sometimes a Statue is just a Statue
May 19, 2007

'Phallacy', the new play about Art and Science currently playing a limited engagement at the Cherry Lane, is a witty and entertaining play about chemistry (both biological and personal).

f***plays: Somewhat Flaccid.
April 2, 2007

A series of 8 new plays about sex is less naughty than it thinks it is.

Fugue: Who are you again?
March 22, 2007

'Fugue', a play about amnesia by Lee Thuna and directed by Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, is an uneven piece, but thanks to some incredible acting, when it's good, it's very very good.

EATfest, Series C: Art, People, Great Ones
March 19, 2007

Emerging Artists Theatre presents their Spring EATfest 2007, featuring 9 new one-act plays. I saw three wonderful ones in Series C.

We Call Her Benny – No "…and the Jets" jokes, please
March 8, 2007

Just opened for a limited engagement as part of the Frigid Festival, We Call Her Benny is a careening roller-coaster of wit, passion and alternative life choices.

Sweet Bird of Youth
March 5, 2007

T. Schreiber Studios has been granted special permission from the estate of Tennessee Williams to produce Sweet Bird of Youth; this terrific production proves that permission was justified.

The Secret of Mme Bonnard's Bath: 'Saudade
February 9, 2007

The New York premiere of the new play by Israel Horovitz is beautiful and good, but vaguely unsatisfying.

At Least It's Pink: a Trashy Little Show – Copy That.
January 25, 2007

At Least it's Pink is a delight- a raunchy, hilarious, surprisingly touching, potty-mouthed delight.

Israel Horovitz's New Shorts: nine actors, nine new plays
January 12, 2007

Israel Horovitz is an undisputed master of the short play format, and in this new collection, he does not disappoint.

The Germans in Paris: History is Impersonal
January 9, 2007

In the late 1840s, Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, and Heinrich Heine were all, apparently, chums; young men in the prime of their lives, Germans living in Paris, supporting each other's work and helping each other out. From this convenient collision of revolutionary artists and artistic revolutionaries, Jonathan Leaf spins his play The Germans in Paris into a thought-provoking piece of theatre.



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