East Side Stories, Back Again NYC Reviews and Tickets

73%

(4 Reviews)

Positive

50%

Mixed

50%

Negative

Members say

Great acting, Great staging, Slow, Refreshing, Thought-provoking

About the Show

"East Side Stories, Back Again" is the 14th collection of new, short works based on the rich history and eclectic character of New York’s East Village and Lower East Side.

This year's featured plays are:

"Counting Pedestals" by Carlos Jerome

A community college student, focused on survival after a bid in prison, finds an unlikely bond with his mathematics professor.

"Iriomote"by Arlene Jaffe

An eco-tour guide faces off against an arrogant resort developer determined to turn the natural paradise of Iriomote Island into a capitalist utopia not unlike the East Village.

"The Poor Door" by Leonard Goodisman

Two women meet in an entrance hall, each insulted that the other is there, and find they have more in common than they expected.

"Ray's Candy Store" by Rachael Carnes

An aspiring actress, finding life in the city more difficult than she expected, meets a bona fide New Yorker: owner of the (truly) famous Ray's Candy Store who offers her a new perspective, and an egg cream.

Member Reviews (4)

Slow, Thought-provoking, Great staging, Great acting

See it if Gentrification & sacrificing flora & fauna for progress.Second half, a math prof sacrifices for parolee student.Then egg creams & suicide.

Don't see it if Four shorts in seventy-five minutes divided by fifteen-minute intermission on a grey rotatating set.Where the writing fails,the acting wins. Read more