On June 18, 2015, Mallorcan cantaora Concha Buika, headlined The Town Hall as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival. She was effusively received by the audience who cheered so often, that on many occasions she missed her cue to start singing. Her recit …Read more
There is a scene in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria that perfectly encapsulates its nihilistic worldview, as we see a group of television executives asking a character what famous actor would play a person he once knew. As the character being interrog …Read more
In Daniel Talbott’s Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait (playing through June 27 at the Gym at Judson) Seth Numrich plays Smith, an American soldier stationed in an isolated desert outpost with only another soldier (Brian Miskell) keeping him comp …Read more
The close relationship between creation and destruction is at the center of Rajiv Joseph’s provocative Guards at the Taj, which chronicles humanity’s historical need to wreak havoc as the aftermath, or justification, of grand displays of greatness. S …Read more
On Monday June 1, 2015, some of New York’s greatest entertainers got together at the Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center for the fifth edition of “Night of a Thousand Judys”, Justin Sayre’s annual Judy tribute meant to benefit The Ali Forney Ce …Read more
In a career that spanned more than five decades and over two hundred films, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa became one of the true poets of cinema. He became interested in painting from a very early age and as a teenager, his passion for images led …Read more
With credits in shows like The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Little Mermaid and Anything Goes, Robert Creighton is certainly one of the industry’s most beloved character actors, but what he does in the title role of Cagney is something else altogether. …Read more
On Saturday May 30th, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presented a show called “Broadway Spectacular” in which conductor Todd Ellison (currently seen on Broadway as the music supervisor for An American in Paris) led a program of some of his favorite …Read more
On June 12th, Xanadu star Cheyenne Jackson will present a brand new show at The Town Hall where he will be joined by special guest star, Tony winner, Laura Benanti. Last seen on Broadway in The Performers, Jackson has been busy off-stage doing work i …Read more
Leigh Silverman’s directorial trademark can be summed up in one word: bold. Her theatre credits include plays and musicals as varied as Lisa Kron’s Well, Tanya Barfield’s Blue Door and David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish, all of which have in common the st …Read more
