by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2025 | Review
Peak experience. Really. Tymisha Harris’s A Cabaret of Legends had me in tears. Harris’s voice is so rich and pitch-perfect, it feels surreal sometimes that she’s singing live. A celebration of Black female singers, A Cabaret of Legends overflows with substance....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2025 | Review
You preach, brother! The premise of Jean-Daniel Ó Donncada’s solo show is that we’re attending a meeting of the St. Steven’s Youth Group. It’s led by Ó Donncada, a real-life Presbyterian minister, who’s also very smart and very funny. At one point, Ó Donncada shows a...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2025 | Review
You’ve got to love a whodunnit in which the who is capitalism. In Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn), which is being performed by co-creators Emily Louise Perkins and Moti Margolin, a guy named Boris is being interrogated because he’s suspected of murdering the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2025 | Review
Lou Laurence, who wrote this piece and is performing it, has charm to burn and an appealingly deep and raspy singing voice. Overall, though, Love, Sharks & Frenching is only intermittently engaging. The premise is that Laurence is conducting a scientific...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2025 | Review
One of the first notes I wrote was, “This actor is not relaxed.” Two short pages later I wrote, “The characterization of the grandma is the best.” That second note marked the beginning of a theatrical seduction. In The Biscuiteater, writer and solo performer Jim...
