Murder, Margaret and Me has had a highly successful run in England and recently enjoyed its American premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival. The one-woman show portrays the relationship between three English icons. Two are real, myste …Read more
Just the other evening I was walking down a Manhattan street when I felt the first hint of autumn’s chill; the cool breeze that heralds New York’s transformation back into Woody Allen’s town, the city I fell in love with so many years ago. I stopped …Read more
The Elephant in the Room begins with a distinct atmosphere of menace, and at first I could not put my finger on what was causing it. Three young women: roommates Felicia, Quinn and Talia, squeezed tightly together on a small couch, address the audien …Read more
There are stories so true and yet so bleak that many people don’t really want to hear them. Life Without Parole is one of these. Yet the play, produced by Working Artists Theatre Project in association with Karah Gravatt and Robert Tyrer and presente …Read more
When the popular British comedienne Margaret Rutherford was cast as Agatha Christie’s brilliant amateur detective Miss Jane Marple for a series of British movies in the 1960s she wasn’t quite sure she wanted the job. And Christie wasn’t quite sure sh …Read more
Walking into the Robert Moss Theatre to see the premiere performance of Catherine Yu’s The Sun Experiment, presented by Helikon Rep as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, I understood next to nothing about the life and ideas of Ludwig …Read more
With the horrors of the Gaza conflict ongoing and with recent demonstrations here in New York by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sympathizers, Samira is a very relevant theatrical work. Presented by The Present Company as part of the New York Int …Read more
The New York International Fringe Festival has now begun, with over 200 shows to choose from. We spoke with playwright Dave Chapman whose show Over plays at the Sheen Center through August 21. StageBuddy: Dave, we spoke briefly on opening night and …Read more
Emily Brontë, Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare are represented by movement, projected images and selections of the esteemed authors’ own words as Wing to the Rooky Wood, presented by Renaissance Now Theatre & Film, takes center stage as part …Read more
Shakespeare’s most fascinating and troubling character, Shylock the money lender, has returned to haunt the stage once again in “The Merchant of Venice”, presented by The Shakespeare Forum, a group of talented New York artists dedicated to exploring …Read more
