In Marjorie Prime, a Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Jordan Harrison, pixelated holographic robots called “Primes” help humans navigate and renew their memories, some sweet, some grief-laden.  Constructed sparely, with deep rivers of emotion under …Read more

After seeing Fellowship for Performing Arts’ moving adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ profound novel The Great Divorce, playing at The Pearl Theater, I had the chance to speak with Max McLean, who adapted the novel along with playwright Brian Watkins.  Mr. M …Read more

The talented and affable Tim Connell, in his cabaret show Here’s the Thing… at Don’t Tell Mama, shares songs and stories about the diversity of life’s moments.  An accomplished singer, dancer and actor with Broadway, Off Broadway and National tour cr …Read more

After a fifteen year hiatus, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is back in New York, bringing to life a rotating cast of forty characters in his new show The Daisy Theatre at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.  Mr. Burkett is a puppeteer virtuoso and da …Read more

I’m a history buff and lover of musical theater so an evening at 54 Below celebrating Broadway’s St. James Theatre with The Ensemblist and The Bowery Boys, two of NYC’s top podcasts, was a perfect pairing.  The two podcast duos, Tom Meyers and Greg Y …Read more

You’ve probably heard of the New York International Fringe Festival, which is now in its 19th year.  But have you ever heard of FringeJR?   FringeJR is part of FringeNYC and features family-friendly shows specifically geared for kids ages 5 to 12.  O …Read more

Embracing the room with love, Broadway legend Donna McKechnie in her show “Same Place, Another Time” at 54 Below regaled us with stories and songs of a life well lived, in the theater and in New York from the 1970’s until now. Her adoring audience, w …Read more

It seems apropos to meet up with dedicated theater artists Jessi Blue Gormezano and KJ Sanchez in a slightly battered second floor theater space off of 10th Avenue on 52nd Street; the kind of space that is fast disappearing as the Hell’s Kitchen neig …Read more

Centennial celebrations have already commenced for Frank Sinatra, the greatest popular vocalist of the 20th century, born on December 12, 1915. “Very Good Years: The Intimate Sinatra,” a wonderful tribute by acclaimed jazz baritone Richard Malavet, k …Read more

Playwright Catherine Filloux possesses a calming presence amidst the cacophony of a bus load of tourists eager to munch pastries and slurp cappuccinos at Amy’s in midtown Manhattan. Fortunately we are able to snag the quietest table in the back for o …Read more