Seat Filler

Pants on Fire’s Metamorphoses
Winner of the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, this ephemeral London import — adapted and directed by Peter Bramley with lovely original music by Lucy Egger — relocated Ovid’s epic tales of transformation to WWII Britain. Told with shabby chic stagecraft by a comely cast, the magically reimagined myths included that of Narcissus, here a matinee idol admired by gals and fellas, and stalked swimmer Hermaphroditus.
The Flea Theater, closed January 30.

A Small Fire
In this haunting literal metaphor — the third collaboration between out playwright Adam Bock and out director Trip Cullman — Michelle Pawk stunned as Emily, an earthy broad who loses four of her five senses before her daughter’s wedding. Victor Williams made an unexpected impact as Billy, a gay African-American construction manager in Emily’s construction firm, who races pigeons and laments the AIDS-related death of his partner.
Playwrights Horizons, closed January 30.