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1 day ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
If your Instagram algorithm is anything like mine, you may have seen Vineyard Theatre’s time-lapse video of building the set for Bowl EP: a 3D space meant to look like an abandoned pool, functioning as an actual skateboarding bowl. This set, at once bare-bones and yet complex in a way unlike anything else on stage right now, is only the jumping-off point for Nazareth Hassan’s intriguing new play.
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2 weeks ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
There’s something about a god stranded among mortals, working their way back to divinity, that captures the heart of an audience. Hercules did it. Thor did it. And now, in Saheem Ali’s Goddess, it’s Marimba’s turn. Weaving the Kenyan legend of the goddess of music with a modern-day love story, Goddess bursts onto the stage at The Public Theater with an explosion of joy.
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1 month ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
When Ceremonies in Dark Old Men first premiered off Broadway nearly 60 years ago, author James Baldwin remarked that it was “the most truthful play I have seen in a long time.” For many, Lonne Elder III's play captured the experience of trying to exist in a system — in a country — hostile to one’s very being as a Black American. This is the crux of the story of the Parker family, never directly addressed, but ever-present.
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1 month ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
The pirates of Penzance have once again made land on Broadway, but things are a little different this time. For one thing, these pirates (with an exclamation mark!) are not from Penzance. Instead, they prowl the waters of New Orleans, and they have the tunes to show for it. Rupert Holmes's adaptation, titled Pirates! The Penzance Musical, infuses the Gilbert and Sullivan classic with jazzy beats, Caribbean influences, and all the celebration of Mardi Gras.
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1 month ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
British playwright Caryl Churchill has long been considered a mover and a shaker in theatre. The Public Theater’s presentation of Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp., a collection of four of her most recent short plays, is no exception. Throughout the wildly different narratives, each one packed with suspense, runs a current of violence and discomfort, prodding at the status quo.
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2 months ago | 
playstosee.com | Austin Fimmano
The scene has been set for director Rebecca Frecknall’s A Streetcar Named Desire to dazzle New York. After a sweep of the 2023 Olivier Awards, the entire cast has reprised their roles for a limited run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They prove to be nothing less than magic, no matter which side of the Atlantic they’re on. The trio leading this revival are a powerhouse. Anjana Vasan, perhaps best known as the lead of We Are Lady Parts, is an achingly sad Stella Kowalski.
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2 months ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
It’s a season of Shakespearean tragedies. On the heels of starry New York productions of King Lear and Romeo + Juliet from the fall, director Kenny Leon’s hotly anticipated production of Othello is finally on Broadway. With Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in the storied roles of Othello and Iago, it promises the showdown of a lifetime in this tragedy about a military commander whose fatal flaw is trusting everyone except his own wife.
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2 months ago | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
With Cirque du Soleil’s reputation for top-notch performances, the circus being back in town is enough of a reason to race to Randall's Island. But Cirque du Soleil: Luzia, subtitled A Waking Dream of Mexico, is definitely one not to miss. Created as a love letter to the country, the spectacle showcases the best of Cirque’s acrobatic feats amid bright colors, vibrant music, and rich culture.
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2 months ago | 
playstosee.com | Austin Fimmano
Avalona, A Musical LegendYou never know which doors in New York will transport you to a different world, and at The Sanctuary at St. Paul & St. Andrew (also known as the West End Theatre), this is doubly true. By night, this imposing Methodist cathedral becomes a theater – and inside the theater, Avalona, A Musical Legend will take you into a different realm entirely. The Sanctuary really is the perfect venue for this show.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
newyorktheatreguide.com | Austin Fimmano
The image of a rikishi, or sumo wrestler, feels like a relatively ubiquitous one, but the intricacies of the sport itself — Japan’s national sport and a sacred ritual in the Shinto religion — are much less universally understood. But in Sumo at The Public Theater, playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring and director Ralph B. Peña pull back the curtain just a bit.
