Backroom politics can make for truly awesome drama, but Kenneth Lin’s Warrior Class drains the juice out of what could have been a far more enticing show. Warrior is the second show to play this summer at the Second Stage Uptown venue, designated for up-and-coming works by emerging playwrights. One doesn’t expect perfection from these 
Between last season’s Carrie revival and Dogfight, the adaptation of Nancy Savoca’s tender 1991 sleeper hit now playing at the Second Stage Theatre, the characters played by Derek Klena have had no problem asking the girl out, whether it’s to a high school prom or a game centered around a cruel party trick. Folks who 
New York night owls know to head downtown to throw caution to the wind and see where the night takes them. Well now a small ongoing show has given them yet another chance to expect the unexpected. Joe Kurtz, the writer and a star of DIE: Roll to Proceed, playing Friday nights at The Red 
