Gregory Bernard

Now in its fourth year, Bedlam’s DO MORE: NEW PLAYS readings series returns with five thrilling new pieces of theater. All performances for the series will take place at the  West End Theatre (263 W 86th St). All five readings are free with RSVP, and as always there is great stuff here. Curated by Associate Artistic…

“In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.” ’•  William Penn Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) is a playwright we should all be listening to. His new play The Ally, which opened tonight at the Public Theater, is so timely and relevant, it acts as a master class in fully…

THE HUNT IS ON, BRUTAL AND UNMISSABLE The Jungle. Volcano. Life & Times of Michael K. In the last year alone, the venerable St. Ann’s Warehouse has hosted stunning theater from around the world. But last night came the most powerful, provocative theater imaginable. Not to be missed, the U.S. premiere of London’s Almeida Theatre…

FUNNY FIVE SENDS-UP SIX To the worldwide fanbase of the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s Six, fear not — the new Off-Broadway parody Five pays loving homage to the girl-power musical sensation that brings the six wives of Henry VIII together for a competition to decide which one had it worse. In Six, each queen…

A MATTRESS THAT REVIVES AND RENEWS When Encores! announced Once Upon a Mattress as part of their season’s concert series reviving American musicals, my first thought: Does this nutty chestnut need reviving? After all, there have been numerous in-your-neighborhood productions (for decades, Mattress was one of the most-produced musicals in high schools, colleges, and community…

STAGED AT AN EMOTIONAL DISTANCE, OUR CLASS IS A HARROWING REMINDER OF ONGOING ANTISEMITISM At a recent viewing of Joshua Harmon’s Broadway play Prayer for the French Republic, French Jews no longer feel safe with the overt antisemitism in Paris and ultimately ask themselves, “Why do they hate us?” In Our Class by Tadeusz SŠ‚obodzianek…

Directed by Obie-winner Chay Yew, the world-premiere of BATHHOUSE.PPTX by  Jesús I. Valles  is coming to The Flea March 19-April 22, 2024. BATHHOUSE.PPTX is an epic new play that follows Presenter, a gay Latino student, whose PowerPoint presentation on the history of cleanliness and bathing quickly starts to burst at the seams with appearances from the ghosts…

A SWEEPING MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO CHANGED ART AND CULTURE FOREVER Lempicka, the musical about the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, will begin performances at Broadway‘s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, ahead of an official opening night on Sunday, April 14 (info here, tickets here). Amber Iman, Beth Leavel, Andrew Samonsky…

DEAD OUTLAW A NEW MUSICAL FROM THE TONY AWARD ®-WINNING TEAM BEHIND  THE BAND’S VISIT Elmer McCurdy was an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose death at the hands of a Western posse ended a life of failed crime and alcoholism and began a brilliant career as a mummified side-show attraction that travelled the USA for decades. By the…

THE WHOLE PICTURE Joben Productions presents The Whole of Time by Romina Paula, an Argentinean playwright and multidisciplinary artist. The play was translated by Jean Graham-Jones, a scholar of Argentine theatre and performance, and directed by Tony Torn with a downtown, raw, intimate approach. Part of the fun of attending this 70-minute performance is getting…

On Jan. 22 & 23, 2024, Amas Musical Theatre will present developmental lab readings of Falling For Make Believe: The Life and Songs of Lorenz Hart, with music by  Richard Rodgers, lyrics by  Lorenz Hart, and book by Mark Saltzman. The true story of  Lorenz Hart is presented for the first time – his struggle with the closet…

TENNESSEE RISES AGAIN The Laurie Beechman Theatre will host the Off-Broadway sensation,  TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a solo bio-play which examines the young playwright, written and performed by Jacob Storms. Directed by Alan Cumming, the show runs January 19 – February 2, 2024. Jacob Storms in Tennessee Rising (Max Ruby) What led Tennessee…

Odd Man Out  will return for strictly-limited nine-performance engagement at  HERE Arts Center from January 9-16, 2024.Odd Man Out  is an immersive experience in complete darkness in which the audience hears, smells, tastes, and feels the story of Alberto, a blind jazz musician traveling home from New York to Buenos Aires after decades of self-exile.The story is set…