Associated Press
'Body Awareness' stirs up awareness of one's body
Back Stage
Body Awareness reviewed by Leonard Jacobs
One never knows whether a bit of staging is the director's idea or the performer's, but you get the sense that Kohlhaas recognizes her cast's wonderful self-possession.
Jollyship the Whiz-Bang reviewed by Kerri Allen
A "pirate puppet rock odyssey" sure sounds like a gimmick, but -- avast ye readers -- it's a gimmick that works.
Variety
Ricky Jay sets B.O. record at Geffen
'52 Assistants' breaks bank at playhouse
'Boys' shuffle fuels rumors
Legal issues, move plague Webber musical
Review: Body Awareness
There's a sly clue in Walt Spangler's set design that suggests how the world of "Body Awareness" is going to fall apart. Playwright Annie Baker, making her Off Broadway debut, drops a liberated lesbian couple in Vermont, gives them socially aware jobs, and fills their fridge with organic grape juice and vegetarian soup. But in their boho-tasteful kitchen, the cabinets are twice as tall as they are. Even if they tried, they couldn't reach the top shelves, and they have similar trouble living up to their ultra-lefty standards.
Review: Jollyship the Whiz-Bang
Mr. Punch lives. Nick Jones and Raja Azar's ridiculous pirate-puppet rock musical "Jollyship the Whiz-Bang" is a plot-free, fury-filled gremlin that walks, talks and wields a club like a vintage Punch and Judy show, but with musical chops considerably more modern (think recent Modest Mouse). The whacked-out tuner is exactly as much musical as you can stuff into the tiny Ars Nova, but the close quarters just make it feel like the cast party started early. As Punch himself might say, that's the way to do it.
Wall Street Journal
Albee a 'Young Troublemaker' at 80
After turning 80, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee still considers himself a young troublemaker. A point he proves with his latest work, "Occupant," an evocation of the late sculptor Louise Nevelson.
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