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BEING, AND BECOMING, A JEW
Two new solo plays explore—in very different ways—the question of what it means to be Jewish. Theodore Bikel's Sholem Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears looks back at the heyday of Yiddish literature and theatre, while Yisrael Campbell's Circumcise Me is a humorous look at one man's conversion from Catholicism to Judaism.
In the photo is Theodore Bikel in a scene from Sholem Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears.
EXCITING NEW PLAYWRITING VOICES
The Public Theater is presenting The Brother/Sister Plays, a trilogy by 29-year-old playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. Distinguished international playwright Saviana Stanescu reviews the work for nytheatre.com....And New York Innovative Theatre Award-winnning playwright Bekah Brunstetter has a new piece at the Sanford Meisner Theatre called Mine. Read David Gordon's review.
NEW IN NYTHEATRE VOICES
Meet Chisa Hutchinson, author of the forthcoming new play She Like Girls. Chisa's interview, now posted in nytheatre voices, is a fascinating introduction to this young playwright's work. Read the interview.
CYRANO
The Queens Players are currently presenting Rostand's famous romance Cyrano de Bergerac at their brand new venue in Long Island City. Read Sophia Bushong's delightful review. Cyrano tells the story, as you probably know, of a soldier and poet with an oversized nose who falls in love with a beautiful young woman but fears his looks will keep her from loving him.
WHERE'S THE SNOW?
Holiday fare is already popping up all around NYC. At the WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden, Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk has returned once more. This spectacle of acrobatics, clowns, and aerialists is wrapped around a tale of a boy searching for a magical land of snow. Read Jason Grossman's review.
THE VERGE
Performance Lab 115 presents a rare revival of Susan Glaspell's 1921 play. It's about a botanist trying to create new forms of life. Our reviewer Fred Backus calls this production bold and disturbingly unique. Read Fred's rave review.
THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN
The Actors Company Theatre is presenting a rare revival of Sidney Howard's 1932 comedy, which is about a middle class family who suddenly find themselves pursued by art critics and collectors because they own paintings by a now-deceased and very fashionable artist. Read Kimberly Wadsworth's review.
PARTY WITH INVERSE
Inverse Theater presents Cycatrix Adaptitude, a new show described as a performance event within a party experience. There's comedy, song and dance, a movie, and the high-flying wordplay we associate with Inverse's artistic director, Kirk Wood Bromley. Read Martin Denton's review.
IT'S THAT OLD DEVIL MOON
Finian's Rainbow, last seen on Broadway in 1960 (and originally presented back in 1947) has just arrived at the St. James Theatre. Read Martin Denton's review. The best part of this show, not surprisingly, is the score, which includes great songs like "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," "How are Things in Glocca Morra," and "Look to the Rainbow."
THEATRE FOR THE ADVENTUROUS
Take a look at some of the best in unusual, inventive, out-of-the-ordinary, under-the-radar indie theater on INDIETHEATER.ORG. Currently featured: The Lily's Revenge and Brecht on Brecht.
