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'Loud Speaker' Hits Us Over the Head

The jokes may have been fresh 86 years ago, but ReGroup Theatre’s slapdash production of John Howard Lawson’s antiquated political farce “Loud Speaker” is neither relevant nor funny.

'The (*) Inn' Is Too Averse to Emotional Connection

Target Margin’s revival of the classic Yiddish drama “The (*) Inn” turns a potentially haunting and emotionally explosive plot into an unaffecting exercise in flat storytelling.

Canadian Prize Winner 'The Drawer Boy' Makes Belated NY Debut

Michael Healey’s quietly intense “The Drawer Boy,” from Oberon Theatre Ensemble, paints a portrait of devastating heartbreak leavened by the surprising healing power of theater.

92-Year-Old Drama 'The Detour' Surprises and Compels

“The Detour,” Owen Davis’ observant 1921 take on the American Dream, at Metropolitan Playhouse, is being led by a should-be-seen performance from Michelle Eugene.

'VGL 5’4” Top' Tells It Like It Is

Author-actor Lucas Brooks’ “VGL 5’4” Top,” a solo show in the Frigid Festival that surveys the sexual culture of gay men, is a boisterously perceptive if familiar entertainment.

‘Maison des Reves’ Is Not What Dreams Are Made Of

Directed by Gretchen Cryer in the Frigid Festival, Talie Melnyk’s “Maison des Reves,” about feminist prostitutes in Imperial Russia, comes across as stiff and agenda-pushing.

This Meta 'Iphigenia in Aulis' Is a bit Much

Powerful performances help this overly directed, aggressively modernized version of Euripides’ “Iphigenia in Aulis,” at La MaMa, which references Eric Shanower’s “Age of Bronze.”

'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!”

'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 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.