Native Speech: Radio Ga GaNovember 25, 2008Boomerang Theatre company presents a grittily realized revival of Eric Overmyer's neglected 'Native Speech', which features a virtuosic performance by Vinnie Penna, as part of Boomerang's 10th Anniversary repertory season.
Summer and Smoke: Body and SoulNovember 25, 2008Boomerang Theatre Company presents a beautifully realized production of the classic Tennessee Williams play 'Summer and Smoke', as part of their 10th Anniversary Repertory Season.
2008 Fall EATfest Series ANovember 13, 2008Emerging Artists Theatre?s 2008 Fall EATfest continues with Series A: 6 one-act plays by Patrick Gabridge, Wayne Paul Mattingly, Staci Sweeden, Ted LoRusso, Kathleen Warnock, and Chris Widney.
Sleepwalk With Me: Bedtime StoriesNovember 12, 2008Nathan Lane presents Mike Birbiglia's hilarious one-man show "Sleepwalk With Me"- the stand-up comedian's first foray into theatre.
2008 Fall EATfest, Series C: Old FlameNovember 11, 2008Emerging Artists Theatre's Fall EATfest continues with Series C: 'Old Flame' by Richard Ploetz, a rather tepid romance about love among the elderly.
2008 Fall EATfest, Series BNovember 10, 2008Emerging Artists Theatre presents 13 new plays in three Series as part of their 2008 Fall EATfest. Series B includes 6 new short plays by Eric Appleton, Lisa Romeo, Andrew Rosendorf, Greg Frier, John A. Donnelly, and Sara Jeanne Asselin.
The Blood Brothers Present... The Master of HorrorOctober 18, 2008Nosedive Productions, for their third installment of their spooky theatre series 'The Blood Brothers Present…' present new stage adaptations of Stephen King short stories (authorized by The Master).
Bedroom Farce: Too Many Beds, Too Little RestOctober 14, 2008Alan Ayckbourn's comic romp 'Bedroom Farce' hasn't been given a real New York revival since its seven month Broadway run came to an end in 1979. Who better to revive it than The Actors Theatre Company (TACT), who specialize in reviving underappreciated plays from days gone by?
Chekhov Lizardbrain: Iguana be SedatedOctober 10, 2008Pig Iron Theater Company returns to New York with the hilarious and brilliant 'Chekhov Lizardbrain', a comedy inspired by Anton Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' and autistic author Temple Grandin's inquiries into the evolving contortions of her own brain.
NYMF: Jason & Ben: Savior BehaviorOctober 6, 2008Matthew Loren Cohen's new 2-person musical 'Jason & Ben' is an intriguing look at manipulative mind games in a burgeoning Gay relationship. Part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Lilli Marlene – A Sigh is Just a SighOctober 5, 2008Linn Maxwell's one-woman show 'Lilli Marlene' explores the music of WWII from the perspective of three friends living in America, England, and Germany.
NYMF: Fancy Boys Follies: Losing My GrindOctober 3, 2008'Fancy Boys Follies' is a rather tired, but fitfully amusing, vociferously Gay musical revue by David Pevsner, one of the creators of 'Naked Boys Singing'. An official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Flip Side - The Water's Always WetterSeptember 30, 2008The Talking Band presents Ellen Maddow's new experimental multimedia play 'Flip Side', in which 6 actors play two sets of very different people whose lives are barely separated.
NYMF: The Jerusalem Syndrome: Milk and HoneySeptember 29, 2008Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen's new musical 'The Jerusalem Syndrome' spins an unusual mental delusion that afflicts visitors to the holy land into a rollicking and joyous original musical.
Small Craft Warnings: Things that FloatSeptember 24, 2008White Horse Theater Company delivers up an excellent production of Tennessee Williams' rarely-performed classic 'Small Craft Warnings', playing through October 5th at the Workshop Theater Company.
NYMF: Bedbugs!!! The Musical: Once Upon a MattressSeptember 22, 2008Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter's new musical about a futuristic plague of mutant hair metal bedbugs is a hilarious romp with some kickass tunes. Currently part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF).
Zombie Joe's 'Masque of the Red Death': Joe on PoeSeptember 12, 2008Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre comes to New York (from their native Los Angeles) to present their Poefest: theatrical adaptations of three Edgar Allen Poe pieces -
'The Masque of the Red Death', 'The Bells', and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', employing their 'tastefully macabre' story theatre style.