25 stories by "Christopher "caz" Caswell"
It must be mentioned that this excellent cast has an incredible charge put before it, to recreate some of the most legendary dances from Broadway and Hollywood, all of which were performed b…
I come from a family of nurses, and apparently so does playwright Scott Organ whose play "Diversion" is set entirely in an ICU nurse's breakroom. Organ has clearly done his homework, because…
This play (with occasional music by Golden Globe-nominated songwriter and composer Leland) spends most of its first half setting up the two main characters, embellishing on their personaliti…
This self-aware parody depicts a show within a show, where the cast breaks the fourth wall, comes out and greets the audience, and tells us they're about to put this thing on. With tongues s…
Smith's script, which is heartily laden with day-to-day chatter and feels slightly long, still finds perfect opportunities to divulge important messages about friendship, love, empowerment, …
Scenes progress, and it becomes clear that nothing which happens in Dick and Jane's house makes a whole lot of sense, and that's absolutely the point of Leverett's witty, clever, and smart p…
By all outward appearances, the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew on West 86th Street is an unlikely location for a performance space, but deeply nestled into its 2nd floor can be found the …
The good news is that "Little House on the Ferry" is full of heart and brimming with laughs. Sook's use of the space is commendable even if she struggles to wring a few ounces of earnestness…
"Lust, jealousy, and personal politics" are the punches promised by the publicity tag line for award-winning playwright Yussef El Guindi's new play "People of the Book," currently on the boa…
There is no program for the event nor a press script, which makes sense, since "The Spirits' Speakeasy" is less theater and more experience. There are missed opportunities for the actors to …
Grant's work is well-known to many, but this intimate, compact little revue featuring four actors, Matelyn Alicia, April Armstrong, Patrice Bell and Brian Davis, is an enjoyable, informative…
Director/writer Suzanne Karpinski has made a valiant effort to corral the chaos by encouraging the audience to get a card stamped by the actors in the various spaces, presumably in the hopes…
As a work of writing, "A Good Day to Me Not to You" is blisteringly funny and seems deceptively shapeless, almost like a meandering evening of stand-up comedy, until it comes together to a f…
Olson might very well be the three-way love child of Thomas Dolby, Bill Irwin, and Max Headroom. He carries the show with an unbridled, infectious, childlike enthusiasm, sharing what he know…
Both Garelik and Samuel's performances as teens are fully formed and not stereotyped; their portrayals as young adults at their ten-year high school reunion are just as authentic. Direction …
Borelli as Doris Day is charming and appealing; her voice is not quite as strong as Day's, but it is pretty and expressive, especially in quieter, more intimate moments. At the peak of some …
Lightweight, the cleverly titled one-woman play currently being performed at the SoHo Playhouse, shines an important light on the subject of anorexia, and who better to tell her own story wi…
As for the play itself, "Love + Science" tells a good story, even if not necessarily a new one. It's largely another history of AIDS with a few scientific sprinkles thrown in. Where Glass' s…
There's no shortage of race-related storytelling in today's theater and film arenas, and it takes a special entry to become seen among the offerings. "Being Chaka" is one such play; thoughtf…
The direction by Nicholas Viselli ultimately misses a key point in this plot, which is that Alan and Annette should be staged as perpetually trying to leave Veronica and Michael's apartment.…
Matt O'Shea as Matthias and Rachel Gatewood as Sheila in a scene from Frank Tangredi's "Muse" at The Tank (Photo credit: Bronwen Sharp) Christopher Caz, Critic Greenhouse Ensemble offers its…
Fortunately for us, "Magisian" Drance is quite the storyteller. Under the reasonably succinct direction of Jackie Lucid, he spryly moves around the space, emphasizing parables with chalk dra…
Borinsky's dialogue is filled with colorful, quirky lines which are often funny and entertaining, but the entire script borders on absurdity without a cohesive through point. There are a han…
Setting aside societal shame and judgment, anonymous sexual encounters have their benefits. If the chemistry works, then there's the immediate gratification in the form of pleasure. If the c…
Norris' smart and effective script is packed with controversy; its characters are stained by the trauma in which their lives have been steeped, and it's uncertain they will ever feel clean a…
