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Way down below the big bright lights of the expansive Broadway productions, almost south of Houston Street, sits a fresh compact theatre housing the most surprising production in NYC. This compelling one act play about (and with) a five piece rock band unfolds nearly every night. The band is at their rehearsal space, working through

Some theater types spend their time trying to break down the fourth wall. Playwright-composer Grant James Varjas and his musical 33 to Nothing concentrate on building it back up—but this time as a wall of sound. With the volume cranked (at least one groundling fled the speakers), this unpretentiously vérité rock-theater piece manages to be

Taking place during one alcohol-laced rehearsal, 33 to Nothing rocks hard and breaks hearts. This downtown NYC garage band is on the edge of breaking-up as the lead singer and his boyfriend (also in the band) are, er, breaking-up. With each year that passes that they aren’t rock stars, the incessant pull of adulthood becomes

Is “33 to Nothing” a musical or play with music? More specifically, is it a contemporary rock musical or a play combined with the rehearsal of a rock concert? Consider “Spring Awakening,” where the characters of Wedekind’s 1891 German teen tragedy suddenly break into emo-rock ballads using hand-held microphones. Or, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,”

33 to Nothing has one of the best rock scores I’ve encountered in musical theater, rivaling shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Spring Awakening. Written and composed by Grant James Varjas (with occasional musical assistance from fellow cast members John Good and Preston Clark) the well-scripted show is terrifically performed by its cast

As much rock concert as play, “33 to Nothing” depicts the death throes of a band. Written by Grant James Varjas – who also plays the band’s songwriter and artistic leader – it captures the pathos of baby boomers who are getting too old to hold on to their rock-stardom dreams. As we watch the

Off Broadway is going green: The recently remodeled Wild Project (formerly the Bottle Factory Theater) on the Lower East Side will include low-flush toilets, rooftop solar panels and organic concessions in its new incarnation. The theater will also use an eco-friendly ZAP car in its advertising. The renamed space will debut with “33 to Nothing,”

New York City and the Off Off-Broadway community will christen the city’s first “green” theatre when The Wild Project revives its production of 33 to Nothing. After a sold-out engagement in 2006, Grant James Varjas’ play with music, 33 to Nothing, will begin an open-ended run with previews beginning July 19 and an official opening