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The Day I Accidentally Went to War

In this blisteringly funny and profoundly affecting solo performance, comedian and storyteller Bill Posley invites us not merely to witness his life’s extraordinary detour into war, but to walk beside him, combat boots on the ground, through terrain where absurdity and anguish march hand in hand. The Day I Accidentally Went to War is a truth bomb.

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The Value

This was a once-in-a-blue-moon circumstance. The Rockaway Theatre Company debuted a brand new play, by a playwright from Utah. The Value's dialogue is intriguing, keeps you guessing, on your toes, and pushes you to ponder much of human nature. Here’s Amanda Montoni’s review!

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BLOOD, SWEAT, AND QUEERS

The past may be a distant country, but here it speaks directly to the fractured, ongoing present. As Blood, Sweat, and Queers unfolds, the life of Zdeněk Koubek resists the neat labels history—and theater—so often crave. Check out Tony Marinelli’s review!

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CRACKED OPEN

A lifetime ago, it was not uncommon for families to send away a child who was neurodivergent or had a mental illness - not for recovery, but forever. Cracked Open is a great look at how far we’ve come, but how far we still have to go. Read our review by Nicole Jesson.

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bent through glass

Bent through Glass is a play that should come with a trigger warning. Within the intimate setting of Under St Marks, Alex Koltchak shares an emotionally raw account of a family devastated by loss and the many faces of grief that follow. Read our review written by Brian Connor.

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Sadec 1965: A Love Story 

Flora Le splices time sequences, traveling between lands in Sade 1965: A Love Story. Piecing recollections of a conversation with her friend in Montreal, she thinks back to her teen years seeking unavailable men, using drugs, experiencing an HIV scare, and then finally, choosing to set her sights on college. By age 31, wanderlust combines with the necessity to visit her father's homeland in Vietnam.

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Humpty Dumpty

Eric Bogosian and Ella Jane New's play, Humpty Dumpty, predates Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Perhaps the only thing Humpty Dumpty didn’t foresee is the price of eggs. Check out our review by Nicole Jesson.

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STUCK

What seems to be a melancholic ending of two people who will never share a happy ending is anything but that—Stuck is a declaration that the act of self-love is the ultimate vindication. JJ Ivey's play steams up the NYC Fringe Festival. Check out our review written by Bianca Lopez.

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Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus

Writer and director Zoe Senese-Grossberg’s retelling of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus is a spectacle of a classic told in the most combustible, soul-clenching, and fuel-igniting way. Check out our review by Bianca Lopez.

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CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS

Welcome to writer/director William Electric Black’s CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS. Mr. Black takes us on an audacious reimagining of classic literature The Lord of the Flies in his stellar new play. Check out our review by Bianca Lopez.

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The Big Secret

To be a voice for the voiceless is a responsibility few are boldly willing to take. Writer and performer Brad Lawrence does just that. In his witty, hyper-focused and candid way, Lawrence keeps you laughing, smiling, engaged and always contemplative in his show, The Big Secret, on the Under St. Marks stage.

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B*tchcraft

Part performance art, part concert, part play, B*tchcraft takes the audience on a visceral journey. Bitch shares her story of growing up as a quiet girl in an abusive household, breaking free to become an artist who unapologetically claims her queer, feminist, and creative identity. B*tchcraft is nothing short of empowering.

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(beyond) doomsday scrolling

(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling is not your typical theatrical experience. It’s best to leave all expectations at the door. You may think you know what this presentation is all about, but you’ll quickly be proven incorrect. Check out our review, written by Amanda Montoni.

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January

Paula Cizmar explores many topics in this 90-minute play, January. While the primary focus is another senseless gun death. There is also the violence that is poverty, the violence that is the polarizing politicization of gun deaths, and the violence that is the media. For our reviewer, Nicole, it was all too much.

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Loneliness Was a Pandemic

Alex Kopnick directs a masterful chess match between Human and Robot in Oliva Haller's Loneliness is a Pandemic. As the play explores what makes a human human, it explains just why a Robot can never be an artist. They are incapable of suffering. Better still, they cannot comprehend voluntarily suffering. Check out our review written by Nicole Jesson.

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Frankenstein

This review is written from the perspective of a near-blank-slate audience member. Under the direction of Jorden Charley-Whatley and presented by City Gate Productions, I gained thoughtful and unforeseen insight as to what the madness of Frankenstein is all about: the human condition. Check out the review written by Amanda Montoni.

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Villain Era 

This play is her phoenix from the ashes. Smart, funny, honest and sincere, Star Stone tells us how she lost her name, and most of her self-worth. Check out our review written by Nicole Jesson.

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cunnicularii

Sophie McIntosh has touched upon something bigger. Our reviewer, Amanda Montoni says this about cunnicularii: “I have not had children, but as a person who has lost herself in a role she played for the sake of someone else, I very much appreciate Sophie and Nina Goodheart's work on cunnicularii. It’s so easy to lose sight of ourselves and our health when we have any form of a relationship. Sophie makes it a point to say through a Mother and Child, that we do not own each other. We do not belong to each other. We simply belong. Together.” Read the full review here!

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Asexuality! A Solo Musical

This 80-minute play isn’t without its twists and turns. “You waited until minute 67 to tell me!?!” I watched the practice of happiness - practice - something we’re all working towards. And I witnessed such a moment of pure joy: when someone finds their truth. Check out our review of Asexuality! A Solo Musical, written by Nicole Jesson.

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Meet the Review Team

  • Malini Singh McDonald Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

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  • Nicole Jesson Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    A proud SAG-AFTRA & AEA member, Nicole has worked for The Huntington Theatre, Delvena Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company and Wellesley Summer Theatre as well as producing and directing with Catbox Cabaret and le black Kat theatre. A graduate of the Actor Studio Drama School and Emerson College, she is the author of the children's book Iggy the Snake. Her new short play The Other Woman debuts in Boston Autumn 2025.

  • Tony Marinelli Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    Tony Marinelli is an actor, playwright, director, arts administrator, and now critic. He received his B.A. and almost finished an MFA from Brooklyn College in the golden era when Benito Ortolani, Howard Becknell, Rebecca Cunningham, Gordon Rogoff, Marge Linney, Bill Prosser, Sam Leiter, Elinor Renfield, and Glenn Loney numbered amongst his esteemed professors. His plays I find myself here, Be That Guy (A Cat and Two Men), and …and then I meowed have been produced by Ryan Repertory Company, one of Brooklyn’s few resident theatre companies.

  • Amanda Montoni Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    Amanda Montoni is a professional hat-wearer. One of those hats is, yes, you guessed it, Writer. She has had her short stories, poetry, and children's books published by multiple companies. Her plays have premiered both on stage and in podcast form. Her poetry collection, Thoughts While Singing, was the creative spark for her podcast, The Sweet Madness Podcast, where she interviews fellow theater lovers, poets, and writers as well as any other guests that bring sweetness to the world. Theatre has always been her lifeline, so when she jumped from Actor/Choreogrpaher/Director to Reviewer, she could not have been more thrilled to see her worlds come together.

  • Niranjani Reddi Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    Niranjani Reddi (she/they) is a playwright, actor, and producer based in NYC . Previous credits include: Shiv's Project (Priyanka), Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas at The Tank (Playwright and Producer), Alley Between the Houses (Zera), While We Wait (Grace), Whippoorwill Calls (Director). She’s extremely passionate about all things related to Indian and Indian-American representation within the Western performing arts space. She works to center these stories in her own work, whether it’s in plays she’s written, or projects she’s acted in. She’s incredibly excited to continue building a community of artists based in and around NYC, who are interested in engaging with the same kind of work she is.

  • Bianca Lopez Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

  • Marcina Zaccaria Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    Marcina Zaccaria has written and edited profiles for Howl Round, based at Emerson College, and has held temporary positions at Conde Nast and Rodale Publishing. Marcina is the Theatre and Opera Editor at The Theatre Times, and her clips can be found online. She has covered theatrical productions for The Brooklyn Rail and TheaterPizzazz.com. She currently enjoys handling editing and layout for Bio Books for professionals at a NY based non-profit organization, and previously worked at EdLab at Columbia University, editing articles for Teachers College Record and the New Learning Times.

    As a Dramatist, Marcina Zaccaria has written Village, My Home, performed at the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City. Marcina's One Act play, All About Image, was performed at the Broadway Bound Festival on Theatre Row. She has read applications and coordinated rehearsal space for the LIT Space Grant Residency Program and participated at the Catwalk Artist Residency where she wrote The Incalculable Present. A member of the League Of Professional Theatre Women, she was the Co-Chair of Julia's Reading Room where she enjoyed a virtual reading of her play, Love, the TV, and Me.

    Marcina Zaccaria received her undergraduate degree from Tisch School of the Arts, and holds an MFA from Columbia University.

  • Penelope Deen Reviewer Theatre Beyond Broadway

    Award-winning multidisciplinary theatre professional with a distinguished reputation for crafting groundbreaking performances. Renowned for her work on stage, innovative movement direction, and international experience, she is dedicated to creating transformative art that captivates audiences and fosters cultural enrichment.