The largest musical theater festival is here, and if you’re a theater lover they’ve got just the thing for you.  With musicals ranging from serious to strange and everything in between, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) showcases new shows …Read more

My first introduction to the ancient tale of Mulan was through Disney as a kid.  The story of a daughter who goes to war disguised as a man in place of her father, aiding successfully to win the battle.  Great music, fun characters and exquisite anim …Read more

You might know Adrienne C. Moore from the Netflix sensation Orange is the New Black, on which she plays Cindy Hayes.  In person, she’s funny, courageously bold, endearingly sweet, and a pleasure to speak with.  This summer, she’s gracing the stage as …Read more

Off-Broadway’s Avenue Q is a show with puppets that rocks the socks off adults.  While you’re totally engaged in the puppet-on-puppet action, it’s easy to forget the actors who bring these extraordinary characters to life.  Darren Bluestone plays Rod …Read more

Let’s go back to the ’90s, before technology took over and pay phones and hand maps became quite irrelevant. In “CLONED! The Musical” Wally Waterman, a genius inventor, is on the verge of creating a teleporter when he accidentally clones himself.  Th …Read more

We all choose to go to the theater for a myriad of reasons, be it inspiration, escape or the opportunity to see a familiar face upon the stage…I sat at the Palace Theater looking at the bare empty stage, flooded with excitement and anticipation as …Read more

In our series Behind the Stage Door, StageBuddy goes inside New York Theater’s Off and Off-Off Broadway theater venues to give the inside perspective of the space, introducing you to the administrative team before you decide where to put up your next …Read more

When last we spoke with Zest Collective, they were gearing up to release a new movement-based web drama, “Launch”.  The young company is continuing to break boundaries and re-create what it means to be a dancer in our society, with two live performan …Read more

What could have been a life on hold for writer/performer Joseph Assadourian became the discovery of skill that has transformed his life — and that of anyone who sees his one person show, “The Bullpen”, now at the Playroom Theater. Assadourian began …Read more

Hot Season, a new play by Evan Mueller, is guaranteed to give you chills like you’ve never had before.  In this science fiction drama, the horror takes place only a few feet from you — a very different experience than one you’d have while eating pop …Read more