Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour was once given the gift of a wet garment. Yet random presents are requested from audience members during his latest off-Broadway play, Nassim. This deeply personal and profound theater experience from the author of White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a 75 minute interaction between the playwright, the audience, and a new actor at every performance.  To describe it in detail is to reveal too much. It is best experienced with an open mind and a tender heart.

There’s a new drug on the market. MCC Theater is peddling the mind-altering substance in its’ impressive Hell’s Kitchen home. It’s called Alice By Heart and it comes in the form of musical theater. Side effects include visions of hookah huffing caterpillar, an overbearing queen (redundant for Hell’s Kitchen), a jabberwocky, mock turtle, march hare, and a magpie. Such side effects are not fatal and last for 90 minutes. Still, it’s one of the safest and more enjoyable trips you’re bound to take.

Ben Vereen is back. Actually, he hasn’t been far from the public eye with recent television appearances on Magnum P.I., Sneaky Pete, and Bull. Last fall, he packed the house for two performances at The Cutting Room. Next week, he’ll take his groove further uptown to Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Her competition might be dead, but Tina Denmark‘s terror will reign forever on the internet. The central character from the 2018 London production of Ruthless! The Musical has found residency on Broadway HD, the streaming digital platform.