Summer theatre breaks
As an abrupt departure from my usual theatre review, I offer up the following inexpensive and free theatrical performances, confident that you will find something to enjoy here! Every July, [...]
Amusement parks and Auschwitz
In 2.5 Minute Ride, now onstage at Profile Theatre, playwright Lisa Kron takes a slice of her own life and builds it into something universal. Each summer, the Kron family faithfully visited [...]
Kicked into the promised land
Young Omar (Michel Castillo) and Young Cindy (Madeleine Tran) are immigrants, brought to this country at an early age by their parents. They meet on the day they are sworn-in as citizens, and [...]
An unsuitable vengeance
I looked at the wedding band on my left hand, fourth finger, and began [writing Mothers and Sons]. I thought about the young man who had come to New York to be the gay man he knew he already was. [...]