The sincere flirts with the absurd in Atlantic Theater's new productions of Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano" and "The Lesson." He's usually credited as the founder of the theater of the absurd, but ...

Mr. Martin (Bald Soprano) Off-Broadway The Bald Soprano/ The Lesson 1963 Mr. Smith (Bald Soprano) Off-Broadway The Bald Soprano/ The Lesson 1963 Mrs. Martin (Bald ...

New York — There's nothing quite as mundane — and ripe for the spoofing — as awkward social conversation. For a few moments in "The Bald Soprano," Eugene Ionesco's classic bit of absurdist theater, ...

Marie Off-Broadway The Bald Soprano and The Lesson 2004 Mary Off-Broadway The Bald Soprano and The Lesson 2004 Mr. Martin Off-Broadway The Bald Soprano and The Lesson 2004 Mr. Smith Off-Broadway The ...

Two one-act plays by absurdist writer Eugene Ionesco, each with an excellent new translation by playwright Tina Howe, are now offered in a fine production at the Atlantic Theater Company. Both plays ...