Shakespeare’s MACKERS was brisk,fresh,lively & intense.Frog & Peach's production asks the question "What if a Mad Man were king?"Perfectly cast.Finest production of Mackers ever seen. HAPPY FACE++ End 3/29 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/sS2yW

HI! DRAMA:Reviews:The Reservoir, Sex Life of Rabbits, Zack, Rhinoceros, Trash, Entangled, Marcel On The Train,The Monsters, Mackers. Interview:Jason Carmichael (Tied) Plugs youtu.be/zicB4X-pzdk @theatrecritics.bsky.social

James Caverly & Andrew Morrill’s TRASH are deaf roommates who get into a power struggle over removing trash.There are bloggers dating only the deaf.Lurking landlord.Jukebox translator.Audience chimes in; Fun & thoughtful 2😍End 3/28 bit.ly/2iigtST pacnyc.org

Harold Brighouse’s ZACH is a poor schlemiel that his family runs rough shod over,as well as poor neighbors. Can the beautiful heiress save him? Has a fairy tale quality to it. Spiffy cast,set & costumes. Sarah:😀Eva:😍End 3/28 bit.ly/2iigtST minttheater.org

Jim Dale recounts this positively terrifying production of Fernando Arrabal's The Architect & the Emperor of Assyria with just Mr. Dale & Anthony Hopkins.The horrors they endured under Victor Garcia's 'direction'. EAG Benefit 3/9 at 7pm. bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/vV9dK

HI! DRAMA: REVIEWS: Bug Cirque Le Swing Without Mirrors Dat, The Dinosaurs The Reservoir mention Mother Russia Footnotes INTERVIEW: Karley Wasaff (Movement Artist) PLUGS youtu.be/bYAucad_VtQ @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Jake Brasch’s THE RESERVOIR:.Deeply human account of the ravages of alcoholism & Alzheimer's. Outstanding cast led by Noah Galvin. POIGNANT HAPPY FACE End 3/22 bit.ly/2iigtST atlantictheater.org

Matthew Libby’s DATA involves company espionage w/an AI twist. Eva found premise confusing,but the actors made it suspenseful. MIXED FACE Stephen enthralled except for harsh in between scene's lighting. HAPPY FACE MINUS End 3/29 bit.ly/2iigtST www.datatheplay.com

Anthony Logan Cole & Angela Buccinni-Butch’s CIRQUE LE SWING immersive speakeasy experience.Torch Singer.Feats of contortion,magic juggling mixed w/3 course meal & booze.Elegant surroundings;SO much fun! 2 HUGE HAPPY FACES End 3/7 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/nX43Y

Lauren Yee’s MOTHER RUSSIA: 3 young folk try to make sense of new capitalistic Russia in 1992 w/Mother Russia making snarky comments.They all have impossible dreams.Poignantly & hilariously acted. Sarah:MIXED FACE+ Eva:😍End 3/22 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/FZfSG

Phanésia Pharel’s THE WATERFALL is a mother/ daughter story. Successful Bean takes care of fiancee & mom, but when is it her turn? Why can't she do what she wants? Brilliant actors in gripping play. 😍🥰End 3/8 bit.ly/2iigtST wptheater.org

Jacob Perkins’ THE DINOSAURS:Female alcoholic support group w/crackerjack cast & they all are prizes. Eva found it confusing w/time shifts:MIXED FACE Ed liked the the safe-place mentality:HAPPY FACE End 3/8 bit.ly/2iigtST www.playwrightshorizons.org

Tracy Lett's BUG is the unlikely romance of 2 lonely strangers who become obsessed with bugs. Eva found the play unlikely: UNHAPPY FACE Kristina:Horror, trauma & psychology are employed w/care & precision.HAPPY FACE MINUS End 3/8 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/rUqQN

Jerry Lieblich’s "without mirrors":Dense,poetical, philosophical musings about the root of one’s being while in a cave or hollow isolated space;Clanging reminds you of your existence. David Greenspan's mesmerizing. MIXED FACE PLUS End 3/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/uPUnl

Theodora Skipitares’ FOOTNOTES blends Greek mythology,religious zealots,archeological finds, philosophers,animals,delivery drivers,much more,all connected to walking,feet or movement;You won't be walking out of this show.😀End 3/15 bit.ly/2iigtST lamama.org

Kathleen Marshall's STARDUST: FROM TIN PAN ALLEY TO BROADWAY for 92NY’S Lyrics & Lyricists: Sheet music ruled.People gathered around a piano for entertainment. Wonderful songs beautifully sung by 6 amazing singers. 😍🥰 3/2 at 7:30pm bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/UD3Qw

Brian Dykstra’s NOT NOBODY: Hapless man vs. the system. Strong acting from cast. Caricature of lawyers & judge. HAPPY FACE (For Me) MIXED FACE (For lawyers) End 3/1 at 2:15pm bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/VGnR1

Mary Kate O Flanagan’s MAKING A SHOW OF MYSELF: 6 stories of friendship,family & survival in framework of how to shape a story.These stories will make you chuckle in recognition,gasp w/surprise & tug at your heart-strings.😀End 3/1 bit.ly/2iigtST irishrep.org

La Daniella’s GOOEY’S TOXIC AQUATIC ADVENTURE starts out pursuing a dream,but reality turns out to be much better;In Gooey's quest to Gowandaland she befriends a Rat.Full of Scmaltz & Schmutz w/puppets made real by cast. 😍End 2/28 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/94YGi

Ed Schmidt’s EDWARD is about a high school English teacher who died & left 27 objects in a box that tell his life’s story;Audience picks object.Sparks memory;How met wife,kids,world events;Convincingly told,thought real. 😍 End 3/12 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/i1DIc

3 short plays about sailors & their brutal isolated life w/O'Neill's FOG & ILE,Esther E. Galbraith's THE BRINK OF SILENCE;Wife driven mad at sea,Reflective men in lifeboat,man w/secret past.Brilliantly acted in various roles. 😀End 2/28 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/NP5Sw

HI! DRAMA:Reviews: Just Desserts,The Disappear, Beneath The Ice Of The Vistula,Hans Litten, Blackout Songs,The Cry of the Butterfly,I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, An Ideal Husband, Coriolanus, Hate Radio, Ai Yah Goy Vey! Ulysses, Kramer/Fauci.PLUGS shorturl.at/IAmoX @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Erica Schmidt’s THE DISAPPEAR:Megalomaniac filmmaker makes everyone's life miserable: Wife,kid,actors,producer,friends.Why put up w/him? Well-acted and fun if you enjoy watching selfish people in action. 2 MIXED FACES END 2/22 bit.ly/2iigtST audiblexminetta.com

Joe White’s BLACKOUT SONGS: 2-hander about 2 alcoholics & their co-dependent relationship told out of sequence & time. Very confusing, but brilliantly acted. MIXED FACE End 2/28 bit.ly/2iigtST www.blackoutsongs.com

Elevator Repair Service's rendition of Joyce's ULYSSES: A chronological but abbreviated exhausting dramatic reading of Joyce’s text with especially amazing work by Scott Shepherd and the cast. 2 HAPPY FACE MINUS End 3/1 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/tXPcj

Milo Rau’s HATE RADIO recounts the role of a Hutu radio station - RTLM - in fomenting the heinous genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda by the Hutus.Powerfully & horrifically told by outstanding cast! HAPPY FACE PLUS End 2/28 bit.ly/2iigtST stannswarehouse.org

Richard Chang’s AI YAH GOY VEY! ADVENTURES OF A DIM SUN IN SEARCH OF HIS WANTON FATHER: Quest of son in search of Jewish father in NYC.Richard Chang's gifted performer.He may not be Buddha Delight but he's boychik delight! 😃End 3/1 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/8R2O

Douglas Lackey’s HANS LITTEN: THE JEW WHO CROSS-EXAMINED HITLER is a little known historical fact how Hans Litten w/a strong sense of justice took on that upstart Hitler in 1931 before he rose to power & the consequences. 😃End 2/22 bit.ly/2iigtST www.hanslittenplay.com

Oscar Wilde’s AN IDEAL HUSBAND:How the follies of youth can catch up to you & ruin you.Conniving woman blackmails upright politician w/a priggish wife.Can he save reputation & marriage?Full of Wilde wit.Effervescent cast! 😍End 2/21 bit.ly/2iigtST www.stormtheatre.com

Nicca Ray’s THE CRY OF THE BUTTERFLY is about her dad, Nicholas Ray & his relation to his family which was non-existent. Learn more about her mom & sister; Hollywood backstory w/a soap opera plot.Great cast & costumes. 🙂End 2/22 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/mm0dV

Daniel Fish has recreated a 1993 debate between Kramer & Fauci on C-SPAN on the AIDS crisis.They have love/hate relationship as both passionate on the subject.Will Brill as Fauci and Thomas Jay Ryan as Kramer are perfect!😍End 2/21 bit.ly/2iigtST nyuskirball.org

Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray’s (Music,Lyrics,& Book) HIGH SPIRITS based upon Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirits. 2nd wife haunts & taunts couple+ Batty medium+ ditzy maid=high spirits indeed! Sparkling cast, Frothy music. 😍🥰End 2/15 bit.ly/2iigtST www.nycitycenter.org

Anne Gridley’s ANNE GRIDLEY:WATCH ME WALK felt like a fascinating TED Talk about her Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), a rare degenerative neurological disease.Full of sparkle & information in an entertaining manner. 😀End 2/15 bit.ly/2iigtST sohorep.org

Eric Faris’ CIMINO’S DEFEAT: An intimate and emotionally charged depiction of the troubled production of Michael Cimino’s western Heaven’s Gate. HAPPY FACE MINUS End 2/14 bit.ly/2iigtST www.tornpage.org

HI! DRAMA: Reviews: Marjorie Prime, And Her Children, Oedipus, Manon, Sartre and Simone,The Bookstore. INTERVIEWS: Will Friedwald (Going Bacharach)PLUGS youtu.be/nmXX4RtgPuA @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Robert Icke’s adaptation of Sophocles' OEDIPUS which he also directed is the most exciting retelling of the doomed love between Oedipus & Jocasta on the eve of election night where he's due to win by a landslide. 😍🥰End 2/8 bit.ly/2iigtST oedipustheplay.com

Jordan Harrison’s MARJORIE PRIME posits how far would you go to keep the memory of a loved one who has died to live on in a Prime (Hologram AI who has been fed all the memories you share).So poignant w/glorious cast. 2😍🥰End 2/15 bit.ly/2iigtST 2st.com

William Cane’s SARTRE & SIMONE:A COMEDY OF REDEMPTIVE LOVE:Exams Sartre/Simone's open relationship focusing on sisters they taught in High School.Camus as rival shows up.Hemingway appears.Often feels like a train wreck. 2🙂🙁End 2/8 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/phxQc

Michael Walek’s THE BOOKSTORE centers around Carey,owner of a bookstore & her employers & a young aspiring actor.We follow the year in the life of this bookstore.What we leave behind & what is ahead after death.Great cast! 😍End 2/15 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/0QtMP

Will Friedwald, Adrian Galante, Tedd Firth & Jack Lewin’s GOING BACHARACH:THE SONGS OF AN ICON: Concert of his heartfelt tunes w/surprises. Beautifully sung. Put together. Adrian Galante is an extraordinary musician. 🙂 End 2/22 bit.ly/2iigtST goingbacharach.com

Jane Harrison’s THE VISITOR:1788.Historical look at 7 Aboriginal leaders meet when these mysterious giant ships came into their harbors.Protocol is to welcome strangers,but they could be dangerous.Greet or scare them off? 😃End 2/1 bit.ly/2iigtST pacnyc.org

The HawtPlates’(Jade Hicks,Kenita Miller-Hicks,Justin Hicks)DREAM FEED:Kind of show that just washes over you.Glorious voices.Raw emotions.Spectacular lighting;An Experience rather than straightforward show,this is for you.🙂End 2/1 bit.ly/2iigtST here.org

HI! DRAMA:All That Fall,Falling Out,3 Penny Opera,Pen Pals,Juxtapose,Sima,Musical Portrait:Emma Goldman,Detonation Rat Cabaret,Shelter in Place INTERVIEW:Christopher S. Connelly-Author-Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer & Ziegfeld's Last Star.PLUGS shorturl.at/Z6KZL @theatrecritics.bsky.social

DETONATION RAT CABARET: New York's rats rise up in this visceral rock show by JC Augustin with music by Vicente Coelho. HAPPY FACE End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST theaterforthenewcity.net

E.G.,A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF EMMA GOLDMAN: Leonard Lehrman presents the story of famous anarchist Emma Goldman (Caryn Hartglass), with the focus on her love life. HAPPY FACE End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST theaterforthenewcity.net

Leonard Lehrman's opera,SIMA, is the story of an orphaned Jewish girl in Ukraine in 1905.She's adopted into a loving home but this only uncovers many hidden conflicts. HAPPY FACE End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST theaterforthenewcity.net

Off Brand Opera: Brecht/Weill's 3 PENNY OPERA updated by George Abud who channels Groucho to target the nefarious ICE.🥸. Captures the essence of 3 Penny. Exceptional cast. End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST Mark hated it:😠 Eva loved it:😍 offbrandopera.org

Michael Griffo’s PEN PALS:True story of correspondence between 10 year olds in the 50's onward.Confide about every emotional roller coaster that defines living a life. Rotating cast.Len saw Veanne Cox & Melissa Gilbert 😍End 3/15 bit.ly/2iigtST penpalsplay.com

Happenstance’s(Abrina Selma Mandell,Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas,Mark Jaster, Gwen Grastorf) latest:JUXTAPOSE: A THEATRICAL SHADOW BOX, based on artist Joseph Cornell's miniature worlds from found objects.Quirky. 😀End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST www.59e59.org

Moliere’s TARTUFFE:Hilarious tweaking by Lucas Hnath about that super-pious hypocrite,upending a family.Organ's devotion to Tartuffe could cost family everything. Spectacular cast led by Matthew Broderick. 😍End 1/25 bit.ly/2iigtST www.nytw.org