What’s being satirized in this social satire? Good question, with several answers.
View More SENSITIVE GUYS (InterAct): Satirizing the dialectic of sexAuthor: Toby Zinman
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messy
This musical theater version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, launches EgoPo’s season as a cabaret/fundraiser.
View More TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messyBROKEN STONES (InterAct): Searching through the meta rubble
What better theatrical vehicle for cynicism than “meta”: how many ways can the playwright fool an audience?
View More BROKEN STONES (InterAct): Searching through the meta rubbleIT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Walnut): A bell rings
If you’re in the mood for a misty-eyed, life-affirming moment, It’s a Wonderful Life is the show for you.
View More IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Walnut): A bell ringsBUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we are
This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments. BUYER AND CELLAR is about Barbra Streisand’s basement.
View More BUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we areKINKY BOOTS (national tour at the Academy of Music): Everybody say yeah
Seeing KINKY BOOTS every couple of years turns out to be a semi-good idea
View More KINKY BOOTS (national tour at the Academy of Music): Everybody say yeahWICKED (National Tour at Academy of Music): Something wizard this way comes
The sets are lavish, the stagecraft is spectacular, and WICKED satisfies every requirement for a Big Broadway Musical.
View More WICKED (National Tour at Academy of Music): Something wizard this way comesFUN HOME (national tour at Forrest Theatre): Hiding who you are is likely to be tragic
FUN HOME is both a musical and a family drama; it’s also an activist declaration
View More FUN HOME (national tour at Forrest Theatre): Hiding who you are is likely to be tragicHOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new play
Scene one is hilarious; scene two wipes the smile right off your face.
View More HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new playPEACEABLE KINGDOM (Orbiter 3): Can we live in peace?
A remarkable play navigating the deep waters of philosophy and the shallow waters of adults wearing animal costumes.
View More PEACEABLE KINGDOM (Orbiter 3): Can we live in peace?BUZZER (Theatre Exile): We wouldn’t come here if we didn’t live here
A provocative and dismaying story, conveyed through complex characters rather than through statistics and theories
View More BUZZER (Theatre Exile): We wouldn’t come here if we didn’t live hereHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Forrest Theater): She’s coming for you
They dusted off the rarely used Forrest Theater for this touring production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a twenty-year-old rock musical which was itself recently dusted off for a 2014 Broadway revival.
View More HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Forrest Theater): She’s coming for youHAND TO GOD (PTC): The human comedy with sock puppets
What a funny, nasty, smart show.
View More HAND TO GOD (PTC): The human comedy with sock puppetsCABARET (Roundabout Theatre): Tomorrow belongs to…
This brilliant Kander and Ebb show is about the decadence of Weimar Germany and the rise of Nazism
View More CABARET (Roundabout Theatre): Tomorrow belongs to…THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Walnut): A trivial comedy for serious people
Walnut Street Theatre’s delectable production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST finds just the right tone and style.
View More THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Walnut): A trivial comedy for serious peopleSHITHEADS (Azuka): Nice ride
Azuka’s terrific production of SHITHEADS, a new play by Douglas Williams, details the New York bicycle subculture.
View More SHITHEADS (Azuka): Nice rideLIZZIE (11th Hour): Lizzie Borden took an axe
This is what “stifled rage” sounds like. Not so stifled, but certainly enraged.
View More LIZZIE (11th Hour): Lizzie Borden took an axeAN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Broadway Philadelphia): Put on your dancing shoes, watch your spirits climb
If your dancing shoes aren’t quite up to the task, this show will do the trick.
View More AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Broadway Philadelphia): Put on your dancing shoes, watch your spirits climbGUARDS AT THE TAJ (Theatre Exile): Beauty and brutality join hands
The debate central to Rajiv Joseph’s absorbing new play isn’t just talk: when you lose this one, you really lose.
View More GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Theatre Exile): Beauty and brutality join handsRADIANT VERMIN (Inis Nua): Devilishly good home redecoration
An entertaining cautionary tale about the wages of greed and consumerism
View More RADIANT VERMIN (Inis Nua): Devilishly good home redecoration