Thursday, August 23,2012

“King Kong”

Written and directed by Dan Bianchi
at The Kraine Theater through September 15

In presenting “King Kong” as a radio play, Horse Trade Theater Group and RadioTheatre forego spectacle and force their audience to focus on writer/director Dan Bianchi’s script.

Wednesday, August 15,2012

Quest for the West: Adventures on the
Oregon Trail!
At Theatre 80 as part of Fringe Fest

Book by Julie Congress, Ryan Emmons, Zachary Fithian and Jen Neads Music and Lyrics by Rebecca Greenstein and Danny Tieger Directed by Ryan Emmons

Get your wagon ready for a trip down the Oregon Trail with No. 11 Production’s new interactive comedy.

Saturday, August 11,2012

The Last Smoker in America at the Westside Theater

Book and lyrics by Bill Russell; music by Peter Melnick

Review by Ethan Kanfer Like a lovechild of George Orwell and vintage Mad Magazine, Bill Russell and Peter Melnick’s ferociously energetic satire skewers a wide spectrum of modern phenomena

Thursday, August 9,2012

“Sweet Charity” at Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B

Music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by Dorothy Fields;
book by Neil Simon

The New Haarlem Arts Theatre’s production of “Sweet Charity” is at once compelling and confusing.

Wednesday, August 8,2012

“New Girl in Town” at The Irish Repertory Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Book by George Abbott

Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna Christie, New Girl in Town is a classic tale: a beautiful but fallen woman meets a dashing man...

Tuesday, August 7,2012

“Bullet for Adolf”

Written by Woody Harrelson and Frankie
Hyman; directed by Woody Harrelson

We all know that Woody Harrelson is funny, so it’s no surprise that his new play, co-written with long-time friend Frankie Hyman...

Sunday, August 5,2012

“Titanic! A Folk Rock Opera” at The Living Theatre

Music & Lyrics by Low End

The comfortable and legendary Living Theatre in the East Village is a historically perfect space for the reprisal of a popular local classic - Titanic! A Folk Rock Opera.

Tuesday, July 31,2012

“Miss Lilly Gets Boned” at The New Ohio Theater

By Bekah Brunstetter

There’s an elephant in the room. And no, I’m not referring to Miss Lilly’s burgeoning sexual frustration.

Wednesday, July 25,2012

Tombstone: The Legend of Wyatt Earp A Rock Musical

Book, Music & Lyrics by Brandon Wood at the June Havoc Theatre

Slinging guns and guitars while singing and acting is not an easy thing to pull off for a performer in a show with such complexity.

Thursday, July 5,2012

Triassic Parq: The Musical

Book and Lyrics by Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz, and Stephen Wargo at The Soho Playhouse

What happened that fateful day at Jurassic Park when the dinosaurs escaped to wreak havoc on those silly humans?

Written and directed by Dan Bianchiat The Kraine Theater through September 15