“Entangled” on Mass Shootings and Making Sense of the Universe
“Entangled” is a play of two interwoven monologues. Greta and Bradley don’t know each other, but their stories are connected by a...
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Cynthia Darling
May 7, 2019
“Sexodus”: An Ecstatic Departure
With a name like “Sexodus,” it’s got to be good. At once comedy and straightforward sexual awakening how‑to guide, “Sexodus” by...
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Cynthia Darling
Apr 17, 2019
Environmental Solutions with a Beat in “Rap Guide to Climate Chaos”
To attend Baba Brinkman’s “Rap Guide to Climate Chaos,” one part of his Rap Guide Trilogy, is to be led through an artistic and political...
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Kia Standard
Apr 17, 2019
A Young Biracial Man Faces a Black-and-White World in “The Day I Became Black"
Within the first few moments of “The Day I Became Black,” writer and performer Bill Posley sets the tone of the show with a disclaimer....
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Kia Standard
Apr 17, 2019
“Made in Puerto Rico” Feels Like Home
It has been over a decade since I last visited the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Company. The off‑Broadway house, which is located in...
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Kia Standard
Apr 9, 2019
The Accidental Hero: A Woman’s Courageous Journey in “Accidentally Brave”
There are very few performances that shake you to your core, leaving you breathless. But “Accidentally Brave” is not only a performance;...
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Alex Miller
Apr 7, 2019
“Say Something Bunny” is a Deep Dive Into Family History
S.M. Kobayashi, a young woman who resembles a blend between Devon Aoki and Aubrey Plaza, enters the space. A video of two spinning discs...
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Cynthia Darling
Apr 6, 2019
“Whore”: A Daughter Speaks Back to Her Misogynist Father
“Don’t be bad, be good!” drawls a disembodied voice laced with mock sexiness at the start of Suzanne Tufan’s autobiographical one‑woman...
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Kia Standard
Mar 22, 2019
Tulis McCall is “At Your Service”
Seated on a bar stool on a bare stage, drink in hand, Tulis McCall is “At Your Service” in a wise‑cracking, truth‑telling Public Service...
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Mehr Gunawardena
Feb 28, 2019
Not-So-Random Acts
“Random Acts” by Renata Hinrichs is a racially charged performance that shines a light on the experiences of a white minister’s daughter...
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Kia Standard
Feb 22, 2019
Lena Hall: An Audition Master
Lena Hall’s voice blows your hair back, in a good way; it’s high‑voltage, like travelling through a wind tunnel at one hundred miles per...
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Kia Standard
Feb 10, 2019
LatinXoxo: Virgin, Whore, Matador
As he enters through the crowd at Joe’s Pub, crowned with a halo of bamboo and roses, Migguel Anggelo is anything but subtle. He belts...
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James Bartholomew
Feb 3, 2019
Getting to the Root of What Divides Us in “Red State Blue State”
Colin Quinn doesn’t claim to have all the solutions, but he knows exactly what the problems are. Sex, violence, politics, religion – the...
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James Bartholomew
Jan 22, 2019
Sex, Drugs, Murder: “Bleach” Leaves a Stain That Won’t Come Out
It’s no secret: paying your way in the big city can be a tall order. So, when Tyler – Chinatown busboy by day, rentboy by night – finds...
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Chance Morgan
Jan 7, 2019
“Smoker” is Smooth and Satisfying
We may think we know all there is to know about smoking. It’s all around us, both in our lives and in pop culture. We have seen the...
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Kia Standard
Jan 4, 2019
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame
When God created movie stars, Bette Davis was nobody’s ingénue. She was more like a dame, a flawed, brazen, wise‑cracking storyteller...
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Dana Zhang
Jan 3, 2019
“Unconventionally Intimate”: Breaking Expectations
Writer and actor Alexandra LaPlante says that many people come away from seeing “Unconventionally Intimate” thinking that she is either a...
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Austin Kaiser
Jan 3, 2019
A Sensuous and Mysterious Quest at “St. Kilda”
“St. Kilda,” now playing at Torn Page, a performing space in a brownstone on West 22nd Street in Manhattan, is about a girl who travels...
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Alex Miller
Jan 3, 2019
“Saint Ex” is Aviation Gone Wrong
Nathan Gebhard walks down the wooden floors of Torn Page, a historic theater in Chelsea. His outfit, designed by Clara Cavins Wolford, is...
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James Bartholomew
Dec 17, 2018
A Poetic Journey in “Words That Move”
Writer and performer Max Stossel has a lot on his mind. Politics, gender, love, sapience, addictions to social media and pornography –...
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