Off-Off-Broadway Review

'Macbeth OP' Is Both Fair and Foul

The Shakespeare OP Players’ production of “Macbeth” aims to perform the work as it may have sounded to its first audiences, but also noteworthy is the dedication of the large cast.

'Good Person of Szechwan' Wipes the Didactic Dust Off Brecht

If Bertolt Brecht could visit La MaMa to see the Foundry Theatre’s slapstick, pastiche-filled production of “Good Woman of Szechwan,” I suspect he’d smile and think, “Finally!”

Amusing and Touching, 'The Man Who Laughs' Evokes Chaplin and Keaton

Stolen Chair’s “The Man Who Laughs,” an adaptation of a Victor Hugo novel about a freak, is rivetingly rendered by five adept actors in the fashion of a 1920s silent-movie melodrama.

'Moose Murders' Is Still a Bomb

The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective revival of “Moose Murders,” Arthur Bicknell’s notorious 1983 Broadway flop parodying Agatha Christie murder mysteries, is bad all over again.

‘The Fever’ Proves Quite Contagious

Wallace Shawn’s 1990 Obie-winning monologue “The Fever,” at La MaMa in a new adaptation by French-Romanian actor Simona Maicanescu and Swedish director Lars Norén, is riveting.

There Isn't Much Depth in 'The Red and the Black'

Director Deloss Brown’s adaptation of French novelist Stendhal’s complex masterpiece “The Red and the Black,” at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, reduces it to a domestic comedy.

'The House of Von Macramé' Is Bloody Fun

“The House of Von Macramé,” Joshua Conkel and Matt Marks’ delirious new musical at the Bushwick Starr, mixes the cattiness of high fashion with the gore of a slasher movie.

'The Steadfast' Looks Affectingly at Reluctant Warriors

Artist Steve Alpert commissioned playwright Mat Smart to dramatize his painting “Legacy,” and “The Steadfast,” from Slant Theatre Project, looks at soldiers in America’s wars.

Experimental 'Here We Are' Says Substantive Things

Judith Malina’s “Here We Are,” the Living Theater’s final show at its current home, is a hugely engaging combination of participatory avant-garde political theater and summer camp.

‘The Future Is Not What It Was’ Is Messy but Promising

Michael Rabe’s “The Future Is Not What It Was,” the inaugural production of the Kindling Theater Company, is a veritable soup of a play with intriguing hints of promise.