Inside – A Unique Theater Experience at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
There are a couple of things to know should you decide to embark on the 70-minute journey that is Inside, playing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The first is that you should dress for the weather, whatever it may be. A portion of the performance takes place outdoors, and if it’s a […]
Nibbler: Coming of Age with Alien
Nibbler is an odd beast. By that I mean the play and the (we can surmise) titular character. The latter is a gangly green guy with a habit of popping up when people are at their most vulnerable, in flagrante delicto or enjoying some solo stimulation. (There are quite a few adult situations in this […]
Mary Speaks for Generations of Mothers and Sons
At a time when so many people in positions of power are working so hard to revise history and gaslight the general public, every voice that speaks to the truth of the powerless, to the disparity of treatment toward people of different colors or religions, and to the suffering of the innocent is a voice […]
The Gorgeous Weight of ephemera
“This is not normal, and it never will be.” There are three acts in the ephemera trilogy by Kimi Maeda: “The Homecoming,” “The Crane Wife,” and “Bend.” The truth of the matter, however, is that “Bend” alone is worth the price of admission, making the first two visually stunning, strikingly creative pieces gifts of light […]
Mysterious and Wild: Life According to Saki
The life of Saki is a story unto itself story. Much like the characters the iconic British writer created in his later years, Saki—the pseudonym of journalist Hector Hugh Munro—spent his youth in exotic locales. He mourned tragic losses, including that of his mother by a freak accident when he was still a toddler, and […]
Lord Buckley Is All That Jazz
Cats, kittens and all you beautiful people, you simply mustn’t miss His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley and the man who stands in for the legend, one Jake Broder. Buckley’s hep, you hear? A hipster in the original sense of the word—not a lick of flannel in sight, opting for a white waistcoat and tails—and Broder […]
Linger in The Waiting Room
Aristotle posited that a perfect story is one whose entire action, the protagonist’s personal evolution as well as their physical journey, takes place in the space of one day. By that account, Leah Kaminsky would do the Greek mind proud. Her story, The Waiting Room, now the recipient of the Australia’s 2016 Voss Literary Prize […]
Nursery Noir: The City That Cried Wolf
What do you get when you put nursery rhymes in the seedy back alleys and darkened docks of a noir yarn? You get something twisted and delicious, like The City That Cried Wolf, now running at 59E59 Theaters. We all know the way it goes: Hardened gumshoe is hired by a jealous husband to follow […]