Off-Off-Broadway Review: “In the Master’s House There Are Many Mansions” at FringeNYC 2016 at Teatro LATEA at the Clemente

August 16, 2016 | be more chill, house that will, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, the field, the house | Tags: ,

“Their relative ineffectiveness, however, is reflective of larger forces that combined over many decades to make blacks in the city all but invisible. And by now, the truth is that the black community has few genuinely influential advocates in San Francisco’s centers of power, the business community, and at City Hall.” – Amy Alexander, “The Atlantic” Following fifteen minutes of…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “Anonymous, Anonymous” at FringeNYC 2016 at the Kraine Theatre

August 15, 2016 | hamlet, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, Uncategorized, working at fringenyc | Tags: ,

“The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” – William Shakespeare, “Hamlet,” Act II, Scene 2. If a play has no playwright, is it a play? If a playwright’s play is entitled “Anonymous, Anonymous,” is he or she really a playwright? When is any play finished? When it has a working title? When the playwright fulfills…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “Naked Brazilian” at FringeNYC at 64E4 Mainstage

August 14, 2016 | LGBTQ+, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway | Tags: , ,

One of the many solo shows being presented as part of the N.Y. International Fringe Festival is “Naked Brazilian,” written and performed by Gustavo Pace. The script follows his life from childhood in Rio de Janeiro to the streets of New York City and beyond elaborating on copious experiences that contribute to his engaging journey to the present day. The…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “The Unusual Tale of Mary and Joseph’s Baby” at FringeNYC 2016 at the SoHo Playhouse

August 14, 2016 | hand to god, house that will, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, pond theatre company, the house | Tags: ,

“When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.” – Matthew 2:16 Don Chaffer’s “The Unusual Tale of Mary and Joseph’s Baby”…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “The Cleaning Guy” at FringeNYC 2016 at the Huron Club at the SoHo Playhouse

August 13, 2016 | house that will, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, the house | Tags: ,

It is rare to find a solo show in the NY International Fringe Festival that includes original music and lyrics: that welcoming combination can be found in Paul Adams who happens to be “The Cleaning Guy.” A transplant from Kansas, he has been cleaning NYC apartments for the past twenty-five years and has an incredible roster of clients and their…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “Let the Devil Take the Hindmost” at the SoHo Playhouse

August 13, 2016 | house that will, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, the house | Tags: ,

Among the shows opening the FringeNYC 2016 season is “Let The Devil Take the Hindmost,” a new play by Maya Contreras who – in a program note from the playwright – shares that she penned the play in response to the horrific crimes fueled by systemic and institutionalized racism. It deals with a family that, in resolution, blames its dysfunction…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “Black Magic” Transcends Death at FringeNYC 2016 at the Soho Playhouse

August 13, 2016 | black no, house that will, LGBTQ+, NY International Fringe, Off-Off-Broadway, the house | Tags: , ,

“I was not born for death and yet I have died a thousand times, he thought. And now I am born again for these hard times.” – Kathryn Lasky, “Frost Wolf” In forty powerfully engaging minutes, the cast of “Black Magic” explores the lives of seven slain black men “in the era of Orlando, Ferguson, and Black Lives Matter.” These…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Implications of Cohabitation” Flounders at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row

August 11, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, the visitor, visitor, waitress | Tags: , ,

The Homeless Man (David Pendleton) sums up Nelson’s (Anthony Ruiz) dilemma in a simple phrase, “You should know there are implications to cohabitation.” Nelson is the husband and father of two families and he has not fulfilled either of those roles with any distinction from their beginnings. After the death of his wife Caitlin, Nelson wants to “make nice” with…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Newton’s Cradle” at the New York Musical Festival at the Pearl Theatre

August 9, 2016 | NY Musical Theatre, Off-Broadway | Tags: ,

“Newton’s Cradle” is an earnest attempt to create a serious musical that sheds some light on the subject of Autism by revealing some significant situations experienced by Evan Newton, who is living with this disorder. It joins the ranks alongside the Broadway play “Curious Incident” in trying to bring to the forefront the consequences associated with this condition and how…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Summer Shorts 2016 – Series B” at 59E59 Theaters

August 9, 2016 | american psycho, Off-Broadway | Tags:

“BLACK FLAG” – Written by Idris Goodwin and Directed by Logan Vaughn The success of Detroit native Deja’s (Suzette Azariah Gunn) freshman year depends – as it always does for every first-year college student – on having a congenial roommate. Her Facebook conversations with that roommate Georgia native Sydney (Francesca Carpanini) have gone well as does the initial “in the…

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