News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Duncan Pflaster - Page 9

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






Edward II: Boys Not on the Side
December 3, 2007

(Re:)Directions Theatre Company's adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's 'Edward II' is a smooth adaptation and a luxurious treat for the eyes.

Acts of Love: ...Don't Win a Girl's Heart Anymore
November 19, 2007

'Acts of Love', a play by Kathryn Chetkovitch, is given a great production directed by Marc Geller, which has just been extended at Theatre Row.

Runner Stumbles: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Subpoena?
November 9, 2007

When a nun is killed in a small town, the priest she used to know is accused of her murder. The Actors Company Theatre's revival of Milan Stitt's 1975 religious potboiler 'The Runner Stumbles' features some excellent performances.

Fall EATfest Series B: Deceiving Appearances
October 25, 2007

Emerging Artists Theatre continues their bi-annual EATfest, a collection of 18 one-act plays in three series. Series B, the second 6 plays, are about how people are not always what you expect from appearances.

Fall EATfest, Series A: Strange Relationships
October 22, 2007

Emerging Artists Theatre kicks off their bi-annual EATfest, a collection of 18 one-act plays in three series. Series A, the first 6 plays, sheds some interesting light on different relationships.

Say Your Prayers, Mug!: Meta-Gangsters
October 20, 2007

Todd Michael's play 'Say Your Prayers, Mug!' is an amusing romp through the clichés of 1930s gangster films, performed by an outstanding cast.

The Night of Nosferatu: Gruesome Toothsome
October 12, 2007

Stanton Wood's 'The Night of Nosferatu' is an atmospheric vampire spookfest, as performed by Rabbit Hole Ensemble.

I Used to Write on Walls: The Rippling Mr. Talented
October 8, 2007

Bekah Brunstetter's new play 'I Used to Write On Walls' is full of excellent performances and great dialogue.

NYMF The Beastly Bombing: O Men of Dark and Dismal Fate
October 6, 2007

'The Beastly Bombing', Julien Nitzberg and Roger Neill's Gilbert and Sullivan pastiche with modern themes, is the Very Model of Postmodern Operetta Plots.

The Coffee Trees: Not Enough Caffeine
October 4, 2007

'The Coffee Trees', Arthur Giron's transplant of Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard' to 1997 Guatemala, is an interesting homage.

NYMF Love Sucks: Punk's Labors Lost
October 1, 2007

Brandon Patton and Stephen O'Rourke's punk musical adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Love's Labors Lost' rocks so hard I think I hurt myself.

NYMF The Last Starfighter: The Hoedown Armada
NYMF The Last Starfighter: The Hoedown Armada
October 1, 2007

Fred Landau and Skip Kennon's musical based on the iconic 1984 sci-fi film is an amusing romp through a trailer park's recreation of the events of the movie.

NYMF: Bernice Bobs Her Mullet: A Hoot and a Holler
September 26, 2007

Joe Major's white-trash musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is a giggly pleasure.

NYMF: I See London, I See France (The Underwear Musical)
September 23, 2007

'I See London, I See France', Vid Guerrerio and Jeremy Desmon's new musical about a smart-girl ad exec who falls for her himbo underwear model is funny, modern, and highly entertaining- the perfect package.

NYMF: The Brain from Planet X is Mindless Entertainment
September 21, 2007

The Brain from Planet X, a musical by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel, is a rather lame spoof of 1950s horror films.

Dangerous Corner: Truth Will Come to Light
September 17, 2007

Boomerang Theatre's perfect revival of J.B. Priestley's 1932 drawing-room mystery is an edge-of-your-seat delight.

Sodomy and Pedicures: One Woman's Filthy Journey
August 25, 2007

Jessica Hedrick's one-woman show explores the empowering and funny side of anal stimulation.

Stock Home: What's the Matter with Kids Today?
Stock Home: What's the Matter with Kids Today?
August 16, 2007

'Stock Home', by Alex Goldberg, part of the Fringe Festival, is a provocative and multifaceted piece of work about kidnapping and abuse that doesn't shy away from gallows humor or troublesome conclusions.

'Two Thirds Home' - Two Thirds Excellent
July 30, 2007

A new play by Padraic Lillis gets a well-produced production by Broken Watch theatre company.

I'm in Love With Your Wife: Putting the Spice in Spouse
I'm in Love With Your Wife: Putting the Spice in Spouse
July 18, 2007

Alex Goldberg's hilarious new play about marital infidelity is given a wonderfully side-splitting production as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival



  …       9     




Videos