“American Captives” may seem like an unusual title for a piece about the American criminal justice system. The word “captive” recalls...

Not many mimes are known for their storytelling prowess, but not many mimes are Bill Bowers. Once described as “America’s postmodern...

You might think you know a lot about President Teddy Roosevelt. Perhaps you recognize him as one of America’s greatest presidents, for...

A multitude of musical instruments: bongos, wind chimes, and a kazoo played by Victor Y. See Yuen. He is a bespectacled man with long,...

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

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...

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...

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...

A small black stage is basked in a single beam of calming light. Its current inhabitants are a microphone and a stool. But then, there is...

The first thing you notice about the world‑famous Apollo Theater is the palatial neo‑Classical design of the proscenium facing the lower...