Based on the never ending number of Shakespearean revivals every year, one might think that staging a production of a Shakespeare play was a rather easy thing to do. Of course we all know that nothing could be further from the truth. With the complex …Read more

Imagine you’ve worked hard at your job all year, and on your summer break (or “hiatus” as it is known in the trade), you go off to tackle a job that is many times harder than the one you are on break from. That’s just what Joe Morton, one of the ense …Read more

Off-Broadway theater has always been about experimenting. Why not, then, turn an Off-Broadway stage into your old high school science lab? Why not, indeed. Especially with a teacher like Dave Maiullo, a charismatic and committed science geek who take …Read more

Whether someone is a Broadway watcher, or a TV or film buff, you have likely seen actor Joe Morton craft his characterizations, often with far more depth than the roles required. His early years found him cast in one Broadway show after another, star …Read more

Life is all about change, often referred to as “metamorphosis” by the natural science folks. We all do it as we grow, but some do it more than others. One such person is young playwright and leading actor J.B. Alexander, the author and star of the Pr …Read more

Evenings of multiple one-act plays are almost always a joy. With the limited time most off Broadway productions have to put themselves together, shorter pieces allow each of the ensembles more time to polish a production.  With their If on a Winter’s …Read more

“Join world-renowned mixologist and raconteur Anthony Caporale for a boozy romp through the history of alcohol.” So reads the promotional material for this stand-out production which was part of this summer’s New York International Fringe Festival — …Read more

Even for those of us that weaned on the fine arts, Rudolf Bauer is not a household name — certainly not the household name he expected to become post WWII when he emerged from a German prison and came to America with Solomon R. Guggenheim as his spo …Read more

The promotional material on Dylan Coburn Gray’s Boys and Girls, part of the 1st Irish Festival, describes it well: “Emerging from the Irish spoken word scene, this play paints the Dublin nightscape in pyrotechnic verse; 4 intercut voices muse, tease, …Read more

Though billed as a “comedy for kids 7 to 107 years old”, Robinson (to) Crusoe isn’t your average children’s story. It takes place on a deserted island in the Asian Pacific Ocean, where two men have been stranded. One has come from a sunk Korean ship, …Read more