Off-Broadway Review

'Powder Her Face' Is Witty, Stylish, and Moving

New York City Opera’s “Powder Her Face,” a musically adventuresome, sexually explicit contemporary opera about a notorious British scandal, at BAM, both challenges and entertains.

Don’t Miss ‘The Laramie Project Cycle’

Tectonic Theater Company’s “The Laramie Project Cycle,” at BAM, pairs the original 2000 docudrama with its 2009 sequel, “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later,” to stunning effect.

‘From White Plains’ Is as Thoughtful as It Is Passionate

Fault Line Theatre’s “From White Plains,” playwright-director Michael Perlman’s new drama about high school bullying, written in collaboration with its cast, poses tough questions.

'The Mnemonist of Dutchess County' Is Too Sweet

Josh Koenigsberg’s “The Mnemonist of Dutchess County,” from the Attic Theater Company, looks inside the mind of a savant but is cluttered with cheap gags and verbal clichés.

Ives’ ‘All in the Timing’ Gets a Sparkling New Staging

David Ives’ “All in the Timing,” consisting of six one-acts on the nature of time and language, are as sharp and funny as ever in this 20th-anniversary revival from Primary Stages.

'Totally Tubular Time Machine' Scores High on the Fun Index

“Totally Tubular Time Machine,” at Culture Club, is an interactive theatrical experience in a real nightclub that’s part musical revue, part homage to popular music, and all party.

Involving ‘Luck of the Irish’ Makes for Fine Drama

Kirsten Greenidge’s time-spanning “Luck of the Irish,” from LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, is an astute play about race and class in 20th-century America with top-notch performances.

Lively 'Bunnicula' Imparts Lessons and Laughter

Charles Busch transitions from vampire lesbians to a vampire cottontail in Theatreworks USA’s “Bunnicula,” an energetic kids’ show that’s a live-action (yet very animated) cartoon.

'This Clement World' Lacks Emotional Complication

Cynthia Hopkins tries hard at St. Ann’s Warehouse in the visually arresting “This Clement World,” her new song-cycle extravaganza about climate change, but didacticism trumps art.

Swashbuckling 'The Mark of Zorro' Has Considerable Charm

“The Mark of Zorro,” from Scotland’s Visible Fictions, at the New Victory Theater, uses clever paper props and cardboard puppets to re-enact the story of the masked avenger.