A seafaring journey with folk music comes to the New Victory Theater

As New York theatergoers decide which of this season’s shows to see next, they may want break away from Broadway for an evening to take in PigPen Theatre Co.’s The Old Man and The Old Moon, now playing at the New Victory Theater. This extraordinarily imaginative, wonderfully written, beautifully produced staging, which includes lively music performed by seven gifted actors, is a rare example of true theater magic. PigPen Theatre Co. is a band of seven theatrical brothers who began performing together in 2008 as freshmen at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Since then they’ve made names for themselves with their collaboratively written and, with Stuart Carden, directed The Old Man and The Old Moon. While the New Victory specializes in shows for kids, this finely executed production, with its toe-tapping indie-folk music, accomplished puppetry and shadow play, and touching story, is a draw for audiences of all ages.