Art of Leaving,Art,Archduke,Laowang,Everything is Here,Fa**ots & Their Friends,Meet The Cartozians,Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes Magos,1998,Bum Bum (Or, This Farce Has Autism),Diversion,Hedda Gabler,Seat of Our Pants,Reunions,Plugs shorturl.at/t59yg @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Ethan Lipton’s THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS:Based on Thornton WIlder's play The Skin Of Our Teeth is about a family that survives many apocalyptic events thru the centuries with their sometimes disgruntled maid. 😀😍 End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/LMwcf

Yasmina Reza's ART: 3 longtime friends argue over the merits of an expensive painting that could ruin their friendship. Spectacular cast! 2 HAPPY FACES End 12/21 bit.ly/2iigtST artonbroadway.com

Peggy Stafford’s EVERYTHING IS HERE:3 friends in retirement community bond over theater class. Weird but enjoyable; Love the cast. Reminded me of when I was in rehab for knee. Loads of fun! 🙂End 12/20 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/JDZFR

Alex Lin’s LAOWANG:A CHINATOWN KING LEAR: Granny gets sizable cash. 2 grand kids fight over it while 3rd only cares about Granny. Unscrupulous developer plays everyone. Will greed destroy family? Beautifully acted. 2😃 End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/06I7h

Dave Osmundsen’s BUM BUM (OR, THIS FARCE HAS AUTISM) is about autistic performers causing chaos at a live telethon as they fight to be themselves against the odds. Wonderful cast! Won't bum you out! HAPPY FACE PLUS End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/O1zjO

Jeffrey Scharf’s REUNIONS:Music-Jimmy Calire takes 2 short stories: J. M. Barrie's The 12 Pound Look & Quintero Brothers’ A Sunny Morning & turns them into a fine musical about unexpected reunions.😍 cast! HAPPY FACE PLUS End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST www.nycitycenter.org

Anne Marilyn Lucas’ ART OF LEAVING :Mama boy in midlife crisis wants to divorce accomplished wife who puts him 1st.His parents & their kid & fiance weigh in. Felt like bad sitcom from the 70’s. UNHAPPY:Eva HAPPY:Audience End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/RqDBk

Talene Monahon’s MEET THE CARTOZIANS:An interesting historical play about US vs. Tatos Cartozian that took place in 1924 about ethnicity of Armenians. 100 years later still discussing.Spectacular cast! MAJOR HAPPY FACE.End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/PTEpk

Lyrics & Lyricists: Christian Borle & Skye Mattox’s THE LOVERS, THE DREAMERS & ME:THE SONGS OF PAUL WILLIAMS: Paul Williams' extensive catalogue w/added treat of Paul Williams in person sharing anecdotes of life,career, & sobriety.😃 12/8 at7:30pm bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/yovaY

Else Went's INITIATIVE: We discover this group of high schoolers as they discover themselves in this riveting 5 hour play. ABSOLUTE HAPPY FACE Last Show: Sun. 12/7 at 2pm bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/1qvUZ

Ghotbeddin Sadeghi’s THE PEARL – MORVARID: Historical story of Genghis Khan trying to recover the enemy’s huge pearl stash. Will he find the Princess & get the pearls? Persian w/subtitles. Ferociously acted. HAPPY FACE MINUS End 12/7 bit.ly/2iigtST here.org

Rajiv Joseph’s GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES is how 2 scarred,scared people try to connect thru the years. Will they be able to heal each other? Kara Young & Nicholas Braun are wonderful! 2 BIG HAPPY FACES End 12/28 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/H5OdH

HI! DRAMA: Reviews: Playing Shylock, Richard II, Are The Bennet Girls OK? Hard Love, Practice, Other, Queens. INTERVIEW: Meggan Dodd (Epic Players), PLUGS: youtu.be/rVnHSjWYS94 @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Shakespeare's tale of Richard II,a beleaguered king gets an outstanding 1980s style production with an astonishing performance by Michael Urie. Mark:HAPPY FACE Eva:MAJOR HAPPY FACE End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/X64CV

Mark Leiren-Young's PLAYING SHYLOCK:Soft-spoken Saul Rubinek discusses the nature of Shakespeare’s Shylock & how he is presented in modern theater. It is his way to honor his actor dad & talk about his family's Holocaust history. 🙂😃End 12/7 bit.ly/2iigtST tfana.org

Nazareth Hassan’s PRACTICE :How far actors will go to commit to director & audience to commit to play w/o an intermission for 2 hours & still another hour of torture for the characters & us;At least cast good. VERY UNHAPPY End 12/14 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/e3OkE

OTHER:Poignant solo show by Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel is a funny & heartfelt story of an actor w/ multiple,ambiguous ethnicities who battles anxiety & how he tries to fit into the unlikeliest places after 9/11. 2😍🥰End 12/6 bit.ly/2iigtST www.othertheplay.com

Emily Breeze’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice : ARE THE BENNET GIRLS OK? is about the importance of marriage,society, propriety & economy. Excellent Cast.Edoardo Benzoni remarkably played all males. 😍End 12/21 bit.ly/2iigtST bedlam.org

At MTC: Martyna Majok’s QUEENS is a confusing play about a variety of women immigrants living in an illegal basement apartment in Queens,NYC w/excellent cast & illustrious Marin Ireland. 2 MIXED FACES End 12/7 bit.ly/2iigtST www.manhattantheatreclub.com

Kim Ima's READY FOR COMPANY AND OTHER FAMILY TALES: Delicious & delightful presentation of Kim’s Japanese-Jewish-American family followed by cake & tea. 2 HAPPY WELL-FED FACES End 11/23 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/aLXGl

Leon Ingulsrud & Brooke Shilling’s WAKE delivers a textured,multivalent meditation on mourning—refusing easy answers & honoring grief in all its unruly, uncompromised complexity. HAPPY FACE MINUS End 11/23 bit.ly/2iigtST www.59e59.org

Ethan Coen’s LET’S LOVE: More about sex, anger, & angst than love. Short random scenes. Mostly about a cheating husband & an angry wife who hires a tough to beat up her husband. Great actors in unappealing play. MIXED FACE End 11/22 bit.ly/2iigtST atlantictheater.org

ROB LAKE MAGIC:Good old fashioned magic show w/ all the tricks & illusions that anyone who has ever gone to a magic show will be familiar with.But w/the added bonus of the Muppets;Lots of flashing lights. HAPPY FACE -11/16 at 3pm bit.ly/2iigtST www.roblake.com

Gotham Storytelling Festival: Gabe Mollica’s THE BIG PICTURE: He sorts out “where he is in life” & “where society thinks he should be”. Very engaging HAPPY FACE PLUS 11/16 at 6pm bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/l3kBa

Brandon Kyle Goodman’s HEAUX CHURCH delivers heaux-ly chaos in the best way. Puppets, therapy, raunch, joy, and deeply human truth. Come ready to shout “I love you, Heaux!” STEPHEN: 😍 Ends 11/21 arsnovanyc.com/events/heaux/ bit.ly/4i28K5s

Erica & David Laros’s MY GHOSTSis still in the works, but the magic is already there—a writer battling Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jack Wilson as they haunt him toward greatness. A brilliant new musical taking shape. www.myghostsareinme.com bit.ly/3WWCPd2

HI! DRAMA: Reviews: The Honey Trap, Buena Vista Social Club, Heaux Church, Did You Eat, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Pygmalion, The Other American, Kyoto, The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire, My Ghost, Caroline, Nothing Like Broadway, The Big Picture,PLUGS shorturl.at/2WLRe @theatrecritics.bsky.social

David Rackoff’s NOTHING LIKE BROADWAY:Wannabe cabaret singers,spies,mysterious pill converge for fun, Fringey show w/heightened music,high falutin plots & plenty of hijinks.Cast-funny & can sing!EVA:😍 STEPHEN:Mixed Face End 11/23 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/yVW14

Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson’s KYOTO:Lengths Don Pearlman will go to sabotage climate control summits. Fascinating behind scenes look from 1989 as world leaders grapple w/climate change. Remarkable cast. 🙂End 11/30 bit.ly/2iigtST www.lct.org

Preston Max Allen’s CAROLINE:3 generations of women coming to terms w/past drug addiction, trans kid, redemption. Beautifully acted. Especially by River Lipe-Smith as Caroline. 2 HAPPY FACES End 11/16 bit.ly/2iigtST mcctheater.org

Linus Karp & Joseph Martin's GWYNETH GOES SKIING: Terry Sanderson's suit vs.Gwyneth Paltrow gets hilarious,clever must see treatment. MAJOR HAPPY FACE End 11/16 bit.ly/2iigtST www.sohoplayhouse.com

John Leguizamo’s THE OTHER AMERICANS:Latino family up against the American Dream;Dad's expectations for son.Fraught & funny. Outstanding cast & production. 2 HAPPY FACE+ End 11/23 bit.ly/2iigtST publictheater.org

Zoë Kim’s DID YOU EAT? is a brutal portrayal of what it means to be a daughter in South Korea & the idea of what is love language.Did you eat? could mean I love you & other things as well.Elegantly performed. HAPPY FACE-End 11/16 bit.ly/2iigtST publictheater.org

Marco Ramirez’s BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB looks behind 1997 Grammy award winning album of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB going back to 1956.We see the younger & older versions.Sacrifices made.Pulsating music.Lithesome ensemble. 2 😍🥰 bit.ly/2iigtST buenavistamusical.com

Leo McGann’s THE HONEY TRAP:Years later coming to terms w/incident from Irish Troubles.Superbly acted & fraught w/suspense. Stephen: 😀 EVA: HAPPY FACE - Had trouble w/the casting.Young actors didn't match older versions. End 11/23 bit.ly/2iigtST irishrep.org

Shaw's PYGMALION: Cockney flower girl has Prof. Higgins teach her to speak properly & what it does to both of them. Finally the proper Shaw version. Beautifully acted & directed! MAJOR HAPPY FACE End 11/22 bit.ly/2iigtST gingoldgroup.org

Clifford Odets’ 1935 play AWAKE AND SING: MARK:Depression era Jewish family is given a thoughtful & satisfying production. 😃 EVA:Non-Jews acted like Jewish caricatures w/stereotypical accents.Very insulting;No set,props. 😠 End 11/8 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/huIEs

Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming's BAT BOY:THE MUSICAL w/Music & Lyrics-Laurence O'Keefe:Unhinged tabloid story turned campy musical bout boy found in cave & transformation back into society. MIXED FACE😍1st act😞2nd act End 11/9 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/0ZCoj

Folksbiene's HANNAH SENESH:Based upon her diaries & poems.She lived during rise of Nazis in Hungary.Jennifer Apple astoundingly goes as Hannah from adolescent,teen,young woman & her own mom.Spent time in Palestine. 2😍🥰End 11/9 bit.ly/2iigtST nytf.org

Torrey Townsend's JEWISH PLOT starts with an amusing Victorian Melodrama & degenerates into a harangue about Israel, Gaza & who knows what else. Stay for delightful 1st part & flee before the forever monologue attacks you. 😍😠End 11/7 bit.ly/2iigtST www.jewishplot.com

HI! DRAMA: REVIEWS: Punch And The We Were No More Nothing To Take You From The Hand Of G-d Oh Happy Day! Blue Cowboy Dreadful Episodes INTERVIEWS: Rosie Corr (Matt and Ben) Lauren Duca (How Embarrassing Is Jesus?) PLUGS shorturl.at/BSN5Q @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Tim Blake Nelson’s AND THEN WE WERE NO MORE:A lawyer represents a murderess scheduled for execution in a dystopian future w/painless executions. Disappointing play but great performers. 2 MIXED FACES End 11/2 bit.ly/2iigtST www.lamama.org

David Cale’s BLUE COWBOY: David Cale in Idaho tries to write impossible screenplay surrounded by elk, sheep & mountains. Unexpectedly befriends a cowboy & his dog. Tender & Hilarious. Cale's a master story teller. BEYOND 😍End 11/15 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/282MR

Jordan E. Cooper’s OH HAPPY DAY: Son returns home to save family from flood,but won't listen to him because of his past mistakes & present life style.G-d or trio of Divas try to help.Exquisite acting & singing. 2 HAPPY FACE End 11/9 bit.ly/2iigtST publictheater.org

James Graham's PUNCH: Working class Nottingham lad kills another young man with one punch in a brawl; Thru a strange but deep connection with the dead boy’s parents, he becomes a better person. Fantastic Cast! 2 😍🥰 End 11/2 bit.ly/2iigtST www.manhattantheatreclub.com

Joshua William Gelb & Normandy Sherwood’s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: Theater in Quarantine’s take on the infamous tale of the malicious over-controlling Phantom haunting his muse Christine. Inventive & ingenious. Perfect Halloween treat! 😍End 11/3 bit.ly/2iigtST nyuskirball.org

Happenstance Theater: Mark Jaster, Stephanie Baird (Musician) Sabrina Mandell, Gwen Grastorf, Sarah Olmsted,Thomas Jay Owen’s DREADFUL EPISODES are anything but dreadful.Gorey inspired. Darkly funny vignettes.Choreographed mayhem.Perfect Cast! 2😍🥰End 11/2 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/Xa5Kc

Gilbert & Sullivan’s YEOMAN OF THE GUARD: Handsome & brave man about to be executed that has everyone in a tizzy. Lots of pursuing of prisoners & lovers. Tender & hilarious. Glorious Cast!My fave G&S;Love the jester. 😍10/26 at 3pm bit.ly/2iigtST nygasp.org

Talking Band: Ellen Maddow’s TRIPLICITY directed by Paul Zimet: We come to see the richness and beauty of 3 ordinary New Yorkers in this intimate city symphony. 2 MAJOR HAPPY FACES End 10/26 bit.ly/2iigtST shorturl.at/IuMr9