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Mikel Murfi Trilogy. Photo by Gili Benita
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

Mikel Murfi Trilogy

Mikel Murfi is quite simply astonishing in this extraordinary performance of an ordinary life, a simple, beautiful life, the life of Pat Farnon.

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Poster for A Star Without A Name by the PM Theater Company
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

A Star Without A Name

Enchanting, exciting, and theatrical in movement and staging, PM Theater Company presents Mihail Sebastian’s  A Star Without A Name at Theatre at St. Clements.

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The Enchanted Island, Before the Cell of Prospero - Prospero and Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1) MET DP109509.
Off Broadway
Victoria L. Dammer

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

The Resident Acting Company in New York City celebrated the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio with a performance of The Tempest on November 16 at The Players.

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War Words at A.R.T./New York. Photo by Jeremy Verner
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

War Words

War Words, these are true stories of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are the best of us and the worst of us.

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Doc Doughtery. Photo by Daniele Butera
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

Godzilla’s Prince at Pangea

Doc Dougherty’s show at Pangea, Godzilla’s Prince, is an epic story of not only survival from an abusive childhood in Irish New York but of perseverance and kindness, of love that transcends the Homeric horrors one child had to endure. He had a boyhood of violence inflicted by both family and school. Sadomasochists can be found everywhere even in the supposed sacred confines of religion.

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Monica Mist as The Queen from "Snow White." Lorena Guillen Castillo as one of the Three Little Pigs. Photo by Jonathan Slaff.
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus

Aging is Not a Fairy Tale

Aging is Not a Fairy Tale at the Theater for the New City is a delightful, charming, humorous admixture of favorite fairy tales and characters. The repartee was well crafted and sophisticated, and the cast masterfully executed the many subtle and less subtle jabs with splendid, natural timing and assurance.

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A Scene from Telling Tales Out of School. Photo by Lia Chang
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

Telling Tales out of School

Telling Tales out of School is a quick-witted, sharp, intelligent look at the world of the Harlem Renaissance and its artists. These women are each strong and fearless, witty and dry, considerate and caring.

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Redwood, a new play written by Brittany K. Allen, directed by Mikhaela Mahony choreographed by Sasha Hutchings
Off Broadway
Holli Harms

Redwood

Redwood, now playing at Ensemble Studio Theater, is a story with layers upon layers of human history, it is a story of immediacy, of familiar and unfamiliar light, of purpose and perception. How the story unfolds in its flash dance, aerobics, and musically wonderful theatrical on-fire staging is stupendous, joyful, and ravishing.

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The Constant Wife performed by the Out of the Box Theatre Company, Inc. Artwork by Bob Johnson
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus

The Constant Wife

The Constant Wife was charming, fun, witty, droll, elegant, and deserving of the full house and extended ovations. From the onset, listeners were drawn into a mesmerizing plot of well-crafted characters. The company frolicked while gliding through hypocritical attitudes and gender roles prevalent in early 20th-century society.

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