NYTHEATRE PICKS
WHAT'S HERE: A sampling of ten highly recommended shows according to nytheatre.com's reviewers. Follow the show title links to learn more about each one and to read the review.
Elaine Stritch and Milton Craig Nealy in a scene from The Full Monty
THE FULL MONTY: Elaine Stritch and a host of other great performers make this revival of the musical about six unemployed guys who become strippers a very entertaining evening of theatre. PICK OF THE WEEK!
BIRD MACHINE: A new physical theatre piece by Concrete Temple Theatre inspired by words of Leonardo Da Vinci.
DAYDREAM: A short adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream crafted for young children and their families, and performed (for free!) in Prospect Park. Delightful.
HOSPITAL 2009: Axis Company presents their annual four-part serial, which explores the inner life of a comatose man. The "Traveller" this year is an astronaut trapped on a ship lost in space.
NEXT TO NORMAL: A searing, intimate new Broadway musical about a woman dealing with mental illness. Alice Ripley stars.
OUR TOWN: A revival of Thornton Wilder's classic play that reveals all of its wisdom and potency. Directed by David Cromer, who also plays the Stage Manager.
SWEET STORM: A charming romantic comedy about a newlywed couple who honeymoon in a treehouse.
THE AMISH PROJECT: Jessica Dickey gives a tour de force performance as seven different characters in this solo show of her own devising, which is inspired by the 2006 shooting of ten Amish children.
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Alan Ayckbourn's great trilogy about an adulterous affair gone awry is great fun. It's presented in the round at Circle in the Square.
THE TEMPERAMENTALS: A smart and entertaining play about Harry Hay and his circle, the men who founded the Mattachine Society in the early 1950s, which was the first gay rights organization in America.
