Fizzy direction, brutally comic onstage energy, crafty songs and costumes, and overall technical sheen bring to pulse-pounding life this new musical version of Dumas's never-tired story of Marie Duplessis, the Lady of the Camellias.
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Theater Review: ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ by The Trip
This experimental treatment of the ancient myth takes in video, music, dance, and the online world as it plays with your expectations.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Wild Women of Planet Wongo’
This immersive sci-fi fantasy musical is crammed with good-natured energy and nonstop campy humor.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Unveiled’ Written and Performed by Rohina Malik
In her five monologues about post-9/11 anti-Muslim sentiment, Malik comes across as one of those actors whose performances seem powered as much by moral spirit as by craft.
Read More »Interview: Flux Theatre Ensemble’s August Schulenburg on Open Source Theatre
Recently Flux began publishing its budget with its Open Book program. Then the company again broke ground by debuting a pay-what-you-can policy it calls Living Ticket.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Salvage’ by August Schulenburg
Skillful writing, perfect casting, topical timeliness, and fine creative teamwork make 'Salvage' one the very best efforts in Flux Theatre Ensemble’s nine-year history of fine productions.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Feast’ by Cory Finley at The Flea Theater
A couple's surface sheen hides serious interpersonal, perhaps psychological problems - and Matt's bathroom is a gateway to much more than innocuous pipes and sewers. Or is it?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘The Nomad,’ a New Musical by Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney
Swados's newest musical expands out of its narrative thinness with sheer artistic energy, solid performances, and, not least, commitment to its highly stylized presentation.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Hair’ at the Secret Theatre
Despite the show's inherent flaws, I had a great time at the energetic new Secret Theatre production of the classic flower-power musical.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘No One Loves Us Here’ by Ross Howard
An almost flawless cast brings to life this dark domestic comedy, one big step removed from reality.
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