Although the trek to find that special someone can be long, arduous and heartbreaking, this period of yearning offers plenty of great...

Marylou DiPietro’s “In Love with Cancer” takes the audience through her experience of being diagnosed with “the C word.” That’s exactly...

“The language of music has never been foreign to me,” declares Sean Devare, writer and performer of “First Violin.” It’s an oddly proud...

As I sat down to watch “Chaos Theory,” I knew the play would probably live up to its title. The set presented a bedroom with papers...

In “I Won’t Be in On Monday,” writer and performer Anne Stockton represents multiple characters by making believe that others are there...

Entering the fourth‑floor black box at Theatre Row, it’s difficult to believe that you could spend the next hour and 40 minutes enjoying...

Before you’re allowed to enter “The Rude Awakening,” you have to complete a short “homework assignment”: write down a question about sex,...

Returning to United Solo for its tenth anniversary season, Best Adaptation award winner “The Tall Boy” elevates Kay Boyle’s short story...

No one knows how to work a crowd quite like Diane Ripstein, the writer and performer of “Move on the Cha‑Cha’s.” From the moment she...

There’s a lot to look forward to in the United Solo Theatre Festival’s tenth anniversary season. One look at the lineup, and it’s easy to...

How many different kinds of “falls” do we go through in life? That is the question that Anita Hollander asks, and attempts to answer, in...

Teachers teach, even when the KKK comes to burn down your school. That is among the many lessons this master teacher imparts to her...

Walking into a theater that is bursting with an audience eagerly awaiting the performance to start is a very good sign. Overhearing one...

In a small black box theatre, center stage, three bar stools are neatly stacked, one on top of the other. Downstage right, a picture...

Opening this year’s tenth anniversary season of the United Solo Theatre Festival, Janis Brenner’s profound “Inheritance: A Litany” deftly...

We are greeted by a black wall with pictures of daisies on it. Rosemary Clooney’s “Mambo Italiano” plays, and I and my fellow audience...

Using music to mark specific events in one’s life is a lovely and creative way to tell a story. In “Moonage Daydream,” Mary Monahan shows...

The first thing Meirav Zur did was ask the audience for synonyms for the word “vagina.” “Cooter,” someone called out. “Whooha.” “Taco.”...

The lofty goal of condensing the tale of Goethe’s “Faust” into one roughly 90‑minute production is no small task, as Glen Williamson...

Vivian Nesbitt’s one‑woman show, “The Bark and the Tree,” won the award for Best Documentary Play when it premiered at United Solo back...