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Theater

May, 2012

Sad clowns, mad scientists

By Colin Mixson
Theater: There are scientists, there are mad scientists, and then there are mad-clown scientists. Comment.

Attention deficit theater

By Natalie O’Neill
Theater: You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you’ll cry — but make it quick because each of these plays are ten minutes long. Comments (3).

Kafka’s daddy issues take center stage

By Will Bredderman
Theater: The master storyteller had a father — and you can learn all about his guilt, affection, and resentment for that man in this one-actor show. Comment.

April, 2012

Adults stage plays written by fifth graders

By Sol Park
Courtesy of Bushwick Starr
Theater: Big things have small beginnings, especially for these child playwrights. Comment.

Their eyes are watching her

By Aaron Short
Theater: A play about famous writer Zora Neale Hurston is a true character study — and not just of the writer herself. Comment.

Night on the ‘Town’ — Gallery Players take on Broadway classic

By Colin Mixson
Theater: It’s a big Broadway play in a little Brooklyn theater. Comment.

March, 2012

‘Raisin in the Sun’ doesn’t prune with age

By Natalie O’Neill
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Theater: The Gallery Players powerful take on the racially-charged classic “A Raisin in the Sun” is the Morgan Freeman of plays: it’s more than 70 years old and still relevant. Comment.

Back to the Futurists

By Sol Park
Theater: The spirit of the Russian revolution is here — but you have to bring your own manifesto. Comment.

Presto Chango in DUMBO!

By Juliet Linderman
Theater: A wacky magic show called “The Elephant Room” is headed to St. Ann’s Warehouse. Comment.

February, 2012

Sheepshead Bay on off-Broadway

By Daniel Bush
Photo by Elizabeth Graham
Checkin’ in with: Hometown playwright’s new play hits the stage. Comment.

Classic Kushner play ties Reagan to Hitler

By Dan MacLeod
Theater: An early work by the man who brought you ‘Munich’ comes to Brooklyn College Comment.

High seas at St. Ann’s

By Juliet Linderman
Theater: Eugene O’Neill’s early plays chronicle the life of a sailor. Comment.

January, 2012

The ‘Importance’ of love!

By Juliet Linderman
Theater: In a musical rendition of “A Man of No Importance,” The Gallery Players explore themes of love, acceptance and equality. Comment.

‘April’ in wintertime

By Juliet Linderman
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Theater: The Heights Players bring a springtime classic to the stage. Comment.

To beat, or not to beat?

By Daniel Bush
Theater: That is the question in Bay Ridge-based Genesis Repertory’s racy BDSM re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic. Comments (3).
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