{"id":6234,"date":"2025-10-17T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/6234\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:25:08","slug":"a-superbloom-of-daring-theatre-hits-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/6234\/","title":{"rendered":"A Superbloom of Daring Theatre Hits New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Preston Max Allen\u2019s \u201cCaroline,\u201d directed deftly by David Cromer, a onetime wild child, Maddie (Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz), re\u00ebngages with her estranged mother, Rhea (Amy Landecker)\u2014the penitent young woman hunched in flannel, the elder one cold beneath her Candice Bergen hair style. Allen\u2019s reparative narrative, though, actually revolves around Maddie\u2019s nine-year-old daughter, Caroline (River Lipe-Smith), who has only just claimed her pronouns and, as the title tells us, her name. For most of the play, the two well-meaning adults find themselves mired in old hurts, and so it\u2019s lucky that Caroline\u2019s got her own decision-making steel. Lipe-Smith\u2019s matter-of-fact maturity makes such \u201cand the children shall lead\u201d optimism believable; you want to find this charismatic talent afterward to ask the kid to run for office.\u2014H.S. (M.C.C.<\/a>; through Nov. 16.)<\/p>\n

Bar Tab<\/p>\n

Taran Dugal checks out a brand-new Bushwick dive.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Illustration by Patricia Bola\u00f1os<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s New York, dive bars are an increasingly rare species, steadily losing their place in the economic food chain to sexier establishments that are more amenable to influencers and their algorithms. Turbo Pizza<\/a>, in Bushwick, then, is a breath of fresh air: that rare new dive which feels like it\u2019s been around for decades\u2014neon tubing, battered pool table, sticky floors, and all. On a recent weekday, a group of friends settled into a leather booth, the speakers above them blaring a pop-punk track from the early two-thousands. One friend, spotting a section of the menu titled \u201cSHOTS!,\u201d headed for the bar and ordered the Jolly Rancher, a sugary concoction of vodka, cranberry and pineapple juices, and peach liqueur. \u201cI think we might be out,\u201d the bartender said, rummaging elbow-deep in the fridge before extracting a bottle of viscous scarlet liquid. Out came a massive whiskey glass. \u201cYou\u2019re in luck. I\u2019m going to top you off\u2014not sure how long this\u2019ll last.\u201d The friend felt a pang of pre\u00ebmptive regret. Back at the table, gastronomic decisions were unfolding: the rest of the group was taking advantage of the kitchen\u2019s Detroit-style pizzas, including the Burrata Soppressata, a sweet-spicy m\u00e9lange of hot honey, basil, and chile flakes. This was followed by the fried ravioli, which hit a spot that only a sufficiently greasy small plate can. By now, the Jolly Rancher had vanished, as had a round of the house\u2019s elegant dirty Martini, whose shortcomings in grit were made up for in potency. Napkins were crumpled; plates were licked. The group motioned for the check, but found stiff competition for the bartender\u2019s gaze, which was locked (in standard dive protocol) on that night\u2019s Mets game. Even here, the attention economy prevails.<\/p>\n

A New Yorker Quiz<\/p>\n

Guillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d is out today; can you identify these other spooky stories?<\/p>\n

Published in 1948, this story features an old ritual in which one villager is stoned to death. Hint: \u201c\u00a0\u2018It isn\u2019t fair, it isn\u2019t right,\u2019 Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published in 2009, this story features a tall scarecrow figure with a misshapen Halloween pumpkin for a head. Hint: \u201cShe wondered if the strange glistening to the air had always been there but in her previous, protected life she hadn\u2019t noticed it<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published in 2014, this story features a ring with a blue-green stone shaped like an elephant, infused with the spirit of a ghost. Hint: \u201cHe can\u2019t do anything to you unless you give him permission<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

P.S. Good stuff on the internet:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Preston Max Allen\u2019s \u201cCaroline,\u201d directed deftly by David Cromer, a onetime wild child, Maddie (Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5610,5609,1472,9,11,10,1470,5611],"class_list":["post-6234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-_sensitivecontent","tag-goings-on","tag-magazine","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-onecolumnnarrow","tag-textbelowcenterfullbleednocontributor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}