Locombia is a complex and dramatic story of a man who lives in New York City as an artist, falls in love with a Colombian woman, and makes her his wife. This woman is smart, free, and full of spunk, but she has her political activist side that shows throughout the performance. This story is about how J. Anthony, an American […]

The afterlife may not seem like usual theater subject matter, but “The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle” is anything but ordinary. This refreshingly unique play follows the immediate hours after Eric Argyle’s death, both in his new world and the one he left behind. Addressing existential matters in a tangible and entertaining story, the performance subtly begs […]

  Night Blooming Jasmine, written by Israela Margalit, is concerned with Israeli-Palestinian relations, as told through the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers and their families. The play shifts between scenes of the Hernicks, a Jewish family in Kadima, and the Rafids, a Muslim family in El Riyad, with most actors taking on two roles. The portrayal of the […]

Even before the start of the show, Lee J. Kaplan’s performance is in full swing as viewers attempt to find their seats. Kaplan exercises strenuously, jumping rope, boxing and fighting his imaginary demons. Bully, a one man show by Lee J. Kaplan, shown during NYC’s Fringe Festival, is a visceral experience encapsulating his intense meditations on being bullied as a […]

The 2013 East to Edinburgh festival is an annual event of a delightful array of American shows on their way to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Without the need to travel to Europe to see these humorous, wacky, and serious shows, you can now spend some extra cash seeing as many as you want! The festival begins today at 59E59 Theaters […]

This past Monday, the Gotham Chamber Opera, an organization dedicated to staging lesser-known works in intimate settings, held a production of La hija de Rappaccini at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The opera, composed by Daniel Catán and written by Juan Tovar, draws inspiration from a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne and a play by Octavio Paz. It first premiered in […]

“When your feeling down about your life… think about how lucky you are”- Amy Oestreicher These were just some of the inspiring words from this brave, bold, and beautiful survivor. Gutless and Grateful: A Second Helping is the true story of how Amy, as a child, who was an aspiring theater star, had her world turned upside down. She was […]