Bushwick finally has its own murder-mystery novel—and it’s a good one, too! Journalist Andrea Bartz, who established herself as a scholar of hipsterdom as co-author…
Immersive Theater Invites You to Solve a Mystery With the Help of a Pyschopomp
Thrill-seekers rejoice! There’s a new high-stakes psychological immersive play in town, and the subject is none other than death and mortality. The Mortality Machine, by…
Immersive Musical OSCAR at the Crown Promises to Be a Wilde Ride
On a recent afternoon at 3 Dollar Bill in East Williamsburg, a group of performers brainstormed ways to involve the audience in their upcoming site-specific…
Kat Cunning Explores the Dark Side of Sleeping Beauty in CNTRL
In the past years, we’ve seen Kat Cunning on the stage with Company XIV singing Lana del Rey’s songs better than Lana del Rey, in…
Matthew Thurber’s New Graphic Novel Is a Surreal Skewering of the Art World, But Don’t Call It Satire
Matthew Thurber’s new graphic novel, Art Comic, is absurdist, surreal and a little bit slapstick. After all, it follows a group of Cooper Union graduates—…
Cynthia von Buhler Works Her Immersive-Theater Magic On Harry Houdini
Artist and director Cynthia von Buhler arrived at our appointment carrying a case containing her new pet rabbit Agatha. The cuddly, two-month-old rescue curled up in…
Kyoto Becomes a Fever Dream in Masaaki Yuasa’s Trippy New Anime Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Ever wish for more adult-oriented anime that doesn’t veer into hentai territory? Sometimes, you’re just not in the mood for candy-colored kink, you know? Thankfully, there’s a new booze-themed…
Color Factory Didn’t Just Measure Up to Other Immersive Experiences, It Blue Them Away
I was so ready to start this review with: “I can’t believe people paid money for this and there are already plenty of sold-out time slots.”…
Mini Doc Immerses You in the Theater Group That Made the Sleep No More of Brooklyn
Are you one of those people who always meant to go see one of the high-octane immersive-theater productions by Williamsburg-based Third Rail Projects, but never…
How Hillary Clinton Inspired a Hilarious Reimagining, Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf
What do Tennessee Williams, slash fiction, and the comment sections of family-planning sites have in common? Well, they’re all widely discussed in Everyone’s Fine with Virginia…