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Jan 18, 2025 | broadwaybaby.com | Richard Beck |Off Broadway

By Richard Beck | 19th Jan 2025 | Off Broadway Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland became the talk of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe not once, not twice but three times, with their remarkable talent and innovative approach to theatre that draws on clowning, lighting, sound and movement. Dressed in related costumes, they wrap these elements around absurdist scripts to create shows that challenge ideas of gender and confront political and social norms.

Dec 2, 2024 | theatrecriticism.com | Off Broadway

By SCOTTY BENNETTConsider, if you will, a blizzardlike night, a cozy inn on the brink of closing forever, suddenly brought back to life by the arrival of two very different groups of travelers who crashed into one another. One was a group of men dressed as women, flamboyant in their actions and dress, and the other was religiously quiet, reserved, and plain in dress and actions.

Jul 16, 2024 | theatrecriticism.com | Off Broadway

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)After several decades in development and through various iterations, Empire, the musical that tells the story of the construction of the Empire State Building during the early days of the Great Depression and the men and women who literally bolted it into place, has finally bowed in the city that boasts the monumental and iconic structure.

Jun 10, 2024 | theatrecriticism.com | Off Broadway

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)With the rapid rise of blatant antisemitism in the world today, there is probably no better time than now for the presentation of Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s Here There Are Blueberries.

Apr 23, 2024 | broadwayplayblog.com | Off Broadway |On Broadway |Valerie Rigsbee

The Outer Critics Circle Award nominations are out, with Stereophonic yielding the most nominations for this year’s plays with seven total. A lot of the same shows that got nods from the Drama League also got recognized by the OCC, and with this announcement The Cottage, Grey House and The Shark is Broken now join the roster of 2023-24 nominated shows. The Outer Critics Circle Award winners will be announced on May 13 and celebrated in a ceremony on May 23.