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...

In a small black box theater, the floor, walls, and ceiling set the stage before our performer ever does. The deep black everything gives...

At the end of “Message in a Bottle,” writer and performer Michelle Drozdick reassures her audience that the story they’ve just seen is...

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...

Amanda Nicastro has a story to share, and it’s a tale often reserved for doctors’ charts or intimate conversations between family members...

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

Just down the stairs inside the new Upper West Side restaurant, the Oxbow Tavern, awaits a theater of velvet Victorian couches and...

According to Wikipedia, the unicorn is a wild creature, a symbol of purity and grace. Its horn has the power to render poisoned water...

“Entangled” is a play of two interwoven monologues. Greta and Bradley don’t know each other, but their stories are connected by a...

With a name like “Sexodus,” it’s got to be good. At once comedy and straightforward sexual awakening how‑to guide, “Sexodus” by...

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...

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....

It has been over a decade since I last visited the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Company. The off‑Broadway house, which is located in...

There are very few performances that shake you to your core, leaving you breathless. But “Accidentally Brave” is not only a performance;...