Muswell Hill Barrow Group Main Stage Theatre Snapshot Review: Utterly Absorbing Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer The Barrow Group Theatre Company and The Pond Theatre Company present Torben Betts darkly comic, “Muswell Hill”. It’s social realism that pokes and prods at our first world ‘problems’ with a sharp Stanley knife blade. It is utterly absorbing and knocks you off your axis for a bit. You’re also laughing out loud as the dialogue bounces you around like a 4X4 ramping a sand dune, leaving your stomach queasy from the sudden jolts. It’s a high octane theatrical adrenaline sport and you’re quickly addicted. It’s 2010 and we’re in

Let Me Cook for You Theaterlab Snapshot Review: Completely Engaging Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer Theaterlab presents “Let me cook for you” - an exquisitely intimate dinner party play. Only twelve audience members are given the opportunity to “dine” with Orietta Crispino as she sates your hunger with a masterful memoir. It’s one of those truly unique New York theatrical moments that you want to witness. Orietta is making us dinner. Along with celery, peppers and marinated tofu you’ll get to savor the delicious ingredients of foreign accents, past desires, impossible hungers, horoscopes, myths, numerology and blemished beauty. She carves up her past in bite size episodes

Lady MacBeth and Her Lover The Directors’ Studio Snapshot Review: Excellent Performances Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer The Directors Studio presents Richard Vetere’s “Lady Macbeth and Her Lover” –an intense oedipal complex fuelled psychological conversation. It’s an exploration of a myriad of female archetypes drawn from a male perspective against the backdrop of a poet’s creative process. The mentor, muse and manipulator roles fight for dominance in this intellectual discourse passionately performed by Maja Wampuszyc and Christy Escobar. The story involves the lives of a mother (Hope) and daughter (Emily) and their complicated relationship with the shadow filled Corinne. The pursuit of a higher art –poetry,

A Kind Shot Barrow Group Studio Theatre Snapshot Review: An Engaging Journey Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer We’re in exquisite memoir territory with Terri Mateer as she coaches us through her life’s upheavals and celebrations with humor and heart. She is a consummate storyteller with a mighty presence. Terri is a striking 6’1” blonde, ex-pro basketball playing bombshell, model, architect, actress and activist. Her story is devastating and necessary. With the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements gaining traction, this is an important contribution towards helping women find their line in the sand. A Kind Shot takes us on a hectic journey where you sometimes forget to

The Gideon and Hubcap Show for Kids, Adults and Everyone Else A Living Room Near You Snapshot Review: Undiluted Joy Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer I took my inner child to see Gideon and Hubcap’s soul tickling show. These two wonder wielders perform together in homes across the US and the world. This year they turned their attention to divining a children’s show and expertly broke the genre mold in the process. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day but I knew that was going to change because I was off to see these two marvelous music-making fun stokers. You get

Even Olympians Have Asthma United Solo Festival Snapshot Review: Instantaneously Likeable Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer Rosemary Cipriano is a gifted storyteller. In “Even Olympians Have Asthma” she presents a stand up comedy set that is so fresh and engaging you feel like you’ve had a positivity exfoliation. It is no surprise that she was the winner of the 2017 United Solo “Best Stand Up” award. Cipriano is instantaneously likeable. You feel like you are hanging out with your new best friend as she shares stories of boys, bars and boozy bad behavior with you. Her material is millennial magnificent. She puts you right at the

"A" Train United Solo Festival Snapshot Review: Best Production Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer On Sunday night, November 19, at the United Solo 2017 awards ceremony “A” Train won “Best Production” of the festival and it truly deserves this title. It’s an exceptional piece of work written and performed by Anne Torsiglieri that deals with a mother navigating the challenges of raising a son with autism. It’s a sophisticated musical, a gut wrenching memoir and a tour de force solo performance. This production is sure to have a very long life as it’s both theatrically innovative as well as educative. After giving birth to twins, Anne Torsiglieri

An Actress Confession Theater Row Snapshot Review: Beautiful and Delicate Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer “An Actress Confession” written and performed by Ji Young Choi is an intense ode to human fallibility and how we can stand up stronger after we fall. It is a beautiful and delicate micro memoir cloaked in fragility and inspires us to interrogate our vulnerabilities so we can move positively forward. In this confession Ji Young paints a complex picture of the life of an actress in New York City. She spends years auditioning for Broadway productions in the hope of landing that elusive, big lead role. We watch her transform

20th Century Blues Pershing Square Signature Center Snapshot Review: Resounding Success Jacquelyn Claire, Reviewer I’ve seen this production three times and it’s still marinating my feel good cells. I find it incredible that a play that tackles the sensitive issues around growing older can leave you feeling so rejuvenated and alive. I think the resounding success of this production is the intensely, authentic ‘friendship’ created by the four central characters combined with a sublime text that feels like a vital conversation. For 40-years a group of friends have been getting together every year for a group shot. The passing of time is photographed by