Erica Schmidt

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Cyrano” at the Daryl Roth Theatre

Edmond Rostrand’s play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” written in verse in 1897 is one of, if not the most tragic love story of all time. It introduced the word ‘panache’ into the English language and Cyrano himself remarks about his own “panache” in the play. This of course refers to his skillful swordplay, exquisite poetry, adroit musicianship and finally the hallmark…

Off-Broadway Review: “All the Fine Boys” at The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center’s Ford Foundation Studio Theatre

March 1, 2017 | Off-Broadway, pershing square, the nap > | Abigale Breslin, Alex Wolff, Amy Rubin, Angst, Bart Fasbender, Erica Schmidt, Ford Foundation Studio Theatre, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Croiter, Joe Tippett, Monique Carboni, Pedophile, Pershing Square Signature Center, The New Group, Tom Broecker

Under the ruse of “receiving consent” from a minor, pedophile Joe (played with a remorseless arrogance by Joe Tippett) plays out an erotic asphyxiation fantasy with fourteen-year-old Jenny (played with a delusional naiveté by Abigale Breslin) in the basement of his suburban South Carolina home after “abducting” her from her home earlier. It does not matter whether Jenny got into…