Maybe it’s just us, but even with spring’s approach an unusual degree of anomie seems to be hanging over everything, slightly twisting and darkening many of the new season’s shows. Not all of them, of course; it is possible to still to see truly lighthearted fare on stage. So do you want to see something that matches the prevailing mood or challenges it? Here are a few options that go both ways: more ›

Attention closeted Boy Band fans - or even if you're just simply closeted, does Gothamist have a show for you. We had a blast at the satirical Christian boy band extravaganza Altar Boyz , a fun, pleasant surprise in the less-than-crowded arena of Off-Broadway musicals. more ›

Grimes goes into Nicolai Ouroussoff's and Ben Brantley's territories with a quasi review of the Dodger Stages, a new off-Broadway venue with three stages, on West 50th. You know the Dodger Stages, it's at Worldwide Plaza between 8th and 9th Avenues, where there was a $2 movie theater that showed fairly recent releases; they later charged $2.50, then $3, to stay in business (Gothamist knew the movie theater had problems when we saw a man masturbating to a Mel Gibson movie). Anyway, Grimes seems to have a pretty good time at the "theaterplex" and gives the Dodger Stages bathrooms the thumbs-up. And he revealed himself in January after he stepped down. Gothamist on Grimes's announcement he was leaving the restaurant beat and his interview with Newsweek. more ›

We love the word mesmerize and don’t find occasion much to use it enough in our daily vocabulary, so Gothamist is doubly happy to report that we were mesmerized by the revival of renowned puppeteer Basil Twist’s SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE at Dodger Stages. more ›