Monday, June 3,2013

“Far From Heaven”

Music by Michael Korie & Scott Frankel
Book by Richard Greenberg

Based on Todd Haynes’s celebrated film starring Julianne Moore, a perfect housewife discovers that her ideal of Heaven may be closer to a nightmare.

Monday, June 3,2013

“Mommalogues”
by Sharon Glassman and Gretchen Klinedinst-Furst

at Marvell Repertory Theatre

To place a finger on the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters sounds like an impossible task, maybe even a messy one depending on who you’re talking to.

Monday, May 27,2013

“Showgirls! The Musical!” by Bob and Tobly McSmith

at XL Cabaret, Nightclub & Lounge

If imitation is considered the highest form of flattery, then ‘Showgirls! The Musical!’ currently playing at XL, is a fervent homage to the cult ninties film.

Thursday, May 23,2013

“I Wanna Destroy You”
by Joshua Conkel

at the Beckett Theater

Depending on your personal sensitivities, you’ve probably noticed that most gay characters in mainstream plays and television are predictably one-dimensional.

Thursday, May 23,2013

“The Golden Dragon”
by Roland Schimmelpfennig

at the New Ohio Theater

The play opens onto a busy night in the kitchen of The Golden Dragon, a Chinese Thai Vietnamese restaurant. The actors perform a ballet of precision as they cut, chop...

Friday, May 17,2013

“Shut Up, Emily Dickinson”
by Tanya O’Debra

At Under St. Mark’s

Based on historical accounts of Dickinson, the poetess was notoriously irritating by always demanding attention, boasting fake illnesses, and obsessing over death.

Friday, May 17,2013

“Surviving Mommie Dearest”
by Christina Crawford

at the Snapple Theater

Anyone who has seen the 1981 film “Mommie Dearest” or read the 1978 autobiographical book upon which it was based is all too familiar with the physical and emotional abuse that young Christina Crawford suffered at the hands of her movie-star mother, Joan Crawford.

Thursday, May 16,2013

“The Notebook of Trigorin”
by Tennessee Williams

at The Flea

When asked to name his favorite authors, Tennessee Williams is reputed to have replied “Chekhov! Chekhov! Chekhov!”

Thursday, May 16,2013

“Chemistry of Love”
by Jill Campbell

at La Mama

When friends gather to celebrate the conceptual artist Lara’s (Kim Merrill) nomination for a half-million-dollar grant, which is contingent on her producing and presenting a brilliant new work to an anonymous committee.

Tuesday, May 14,2013

“A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney”
by Lucas Hnath

at Soho Rep

They say that you should never meet your heroes.

Music by Michael Korie & Scott FrankelBook by Richard Greenberg