Jon McCormick

Holiday Show SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID Returns to the Axis Theatre

Axis Theatre Company will present the 23rd annual production of its family holiday show, Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid. Learn more about the show here!

Axis Theatre Will Stage Encore Run of New Staging of TWELFTH NIGHT

Due to popular demand and critical acclaim, Axis Theatre Company is thrilled to present an encore engagement of its celebrated new staging of William Shakespeare’s most heart-breaking comedy, Twelfth Night.

Axis Theatre Company to Present William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT

Axis Theatre Company will present a new staging of William Shakespeare's most painful comedy, Twelfth Night. Learn how to purchase tickets.

AXIS Theatre Company to Present SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID Interactive Play

AXIS Theatre Company will present 'SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID,' an interactive play adapted from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Randy Sharp's WASHINGTON SQUARE to Return to Axis Theatre in March

Axis Theatre Company will present a return engagement of Washington Square, a contemporary take on Henry James’ novel.

Photos: First Look At OFFAL ENDINGS At Theatre Row

Get a first look at the new dystopian dark comedy Offal Endings, envisioning an immediate future of privatized assisted suicide with government and media complicity, now playing at Theater Row through January 29, 2023. 

Cast Announced for OFFAL ENDINGS World Premiere at Theatre Row

Side of the Road Theater Company has announced the cast for the world premiere of Offal Endings, a dystopian dark comedy envisioning an immediate future of privatized assisted suicide with government and media complicity, written by John H. Klemeyer.

Axis Theatre Company to Present SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID, Adapted From a Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale

Axis Theatre Company will present the 21st annual production of its beloved family holiday show, Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid. Adapted from the classic fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm, this festive, interactive winter play runs December 2–18 and is written and directed by Axis Artistic Director Randy Sharp.

Axis Theatre Company to Present New Adaptation of Henry James's WASHINGTON SQUARE in October

Axis Theatre Company will present the return of Washington Square, a contemporary take on Henry James’s novel. Adapted and directed by Randy Sharp, the production features original music by Paul Carbonara, a cast of four, and is performed in the heart of Greenwich Village, a few blocks from the story’s 19th-century setting.

Axis Theatre Company to Present WORLDS FAIR INN

Following celebrated performances in June, Axis Theatre Company will present a remount of Worlds Fair Inn, an absurdist comedy written and directed by Randy Sharp. Worlds Fair Inn takes inspiration from the failures and genius of three men.

Axis Theatre Company Returns to In-Person Events with WORLDS FAIR INN

Axis Theatre Company will return to in-person events with the world premiere of Worlds Fair Inn, an absurdist comedy written and directed by Randy Sharp. Running June 2–19, Worlds Fair Inn takes inspiration from the failures and genius of three men.

Axis Theatre Will Present WASHINGTON SQUARE, a New Adaptation of Henry James' Tragicomic Novella

Axis Theatre Company presents Washington Square, a contemporary take on Henry James' tragicomic novella. Adapted and directed by Axis Theatre's founder and Artistic Director Randy Sharp, the production features original music by Paul Carbonara, a cast of four, and is performed in the heart of Greenwich Village, a few blocks from the story's 19th-century setting. Previews for Washington Square begin on March 11 at Axis Theatre (1 Sheridan Square, Manhattan), with a press opening set for March 15, for a limited run through April 11, 2020. Tickets are on sale now at axiscompany.org.

BWW Review: LAST MAN CLUB at Axis Theatre

Earth, air, water, and fire - every vital element reaches critical risk level in Last Man Club, an engaging, dystopian mood piece from writer/director Randy Sharp at Axis Theater. This tense one-act historical drama blows in with gale force as Sharp and her creative team unearth the allure and agony of manifest destiny compounded by an environmental crisis. We see hope through an apocalyptic lens as tragedy howls outside the door.

BWW Review: Atmospheric and riveting LAST MAN CLUB at Axis Company

There are no sure bets in theater.  That's the excitement and reality of live performance and creative risk taking.  There are, however, reliable pockets of extraordinary levels of sustained excellence.  One can presume a visit to the small Greenwich Village basement space of the Axis Company will include mind-blowing ambiance.  Last Man Club beautifully overloads the senses and transports you to the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.

LAST MAN CLUB Returns June 5-28

Axis Company presents a return engagement of Last Man Club, written and directed byAxis Artistic Director Randy Sharp, June 5-28. The "atmospheric, expertly structured one-act drama" (The New York Times), presented first in 2013 and now again as part of Axis's 20th anniversary season, exemplifies the company's work-raw, unblinking theater, staged in Axis's intimate West Village space, that frequently explores dark moments in America's past. As news stories about the acceleration of climate change and its human toll break daily, the production takes audiences to the Dust Bowl, another era of environmental and economic strife catalyzed by unrestrained human greed.

Axis Company Announces 20th Anniversary Season

Axis Company today announces its 20th Anniversary Season, which kicks off a bold new work: the world premiere of Strangers in the World, written and directed by Axis Artistic Director Randy Sharp (March 13-April 6). The company celebrates two decades of making raw, unblinking theater in its intimate West Village space with a lineup that exemplifies Axis's body of work-its artistry in exploring dark moments in America's past, and its mastery at staging moving first-person narratives. 

Axis Company Announces Stage Adaptation of HIGH NOON

Axis Company today announces the remount of High Noon, their adaptation of the screenplay for the 1952 Western film, devised by an ensemble led by Artistic Director Randy Sharp. The play returns October 3-27, following an acclaimed first run in January of this year.

Axis Company Announces Stage Adaptation of HIGH NOON

Axis Company today announces the remount of High Noon, their adaptation of the screenplay for the 1952 Western film, devised by an ensemble led by Artistic Director Randy Sharp. The play returns October 3-27, following an acclaimed first run in January of this year.

Axis Adapts HIGH NOON for the Stage

Axis Company presents High Noon, an adaptation of the screenplay for the 1952 Western film, devised by an ensemble led by Artistic Director Randy Sharp. In Axis' High Noon, the Wild West is not the place of heroes and rollicking adventure, but a landscape of overbearing nothingness where humans, and their troubled moral compasses, are cast in glaring light. As a town awaits the alleged return, and potential revenge streak, of a released murderer on an incoming train, their just-married, retiring marshal decides to try to rally a crowd to fight him.

Randy Sharp to Direct Sidney Kingsley's DEAD END at Axis Theatre

Axis Company has announced that Randy Sharp, who has won acclaim for directing Edgar Oliver's celebrated trilogy of solo performances charting his life in New York City, will stage a new production of Dead End, Sidney Kingsley's seminal play about kids growing on the streets of the City during the Great Depression.