Comedy is a tough racket. And Adrienne Truscott is new to the game, or so she told the rowdy, expectant crowd packed into Joe’s Pub for last Saturday’s midnight performance of her one woman stand up performance, Asking For It. While comedienne may no …Read more

Underland, director Mia Rovegno and playwright Alexandra Collier’s new play on stage now at 59E59 Theaters, starts as any coming-of-age teen story might. Two girls, Violet and Ruth, clad in school uniforms, light up a joint behind their school, share …Read more

Annie Golden’s career had fairytale beginnings. Performing at the legendary venue CBGB with her punk band The Shirts, she was spotted by director Miloš Forman, who gave her a role in his film adaptation of Hair. From there, her résumé has run the gam …Read more

Gregory Charles was born to entertain. Before he turned ten, the pint-sized piano man was performing both at home in Canada and abroad; later, as a television and radio personality, he continued to promote his boundless love of music and talent for p …Read more

Adrienne Truscott has a difficult time explaining to people what she does. She’s a dancer, a circus performer, a writer, and a teacher. She’s one half of the “neo-vaudevillian” burlesque act the Wau Wau Sisters. She’s no stranger to performing. But t …Read more

The shadowy lit office of the private detective, the distressed dame, the missing person. To successfully lampoon a genre, you first have to faithfully reproduce it in as recognizable of terms as possible. Stolen Chair’s Kill Me Like You Mean It, the …Read more

Many New York theaters strive to mine the creative brainpower of the city to keep churning out the newest, freshest, most cutting edge work they can find. Mint Theater Company, a modestly sized playhouse tucked mere steps away from the blinding Broad …Read more

For his theatrical debut in New York City, Austin Smith is hitting the ground running in a big way. His lead role in An Octoroon at Theatre for a New Audience encompasses not one but three characters, including a portrayal of the playwright, Branden …Read more

As a theater critic I have seen work that has surprised, confounded, amazed, and delighted me, but never before have I been quite as humbled as I was in the face of the epic – and clocking in at close to five hours including intermissions, it does fe …Read more

It is a great feat in theater to create a universe so full and so convincing that it sits with audience members, deep in their gut, long after they leave the theater. Such was the case in Miranda Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of Joe Pinta …Read more