From January 6-16, the Museum of the Moving Image will present its First Look Festival, which this year features films from over twenty countries, most of which are NY premieres. Now in its sixth year, the festival is a great showcase for cinema that …Read more

StageBuddy’s critics look back at their favorite theater of 2016. Some of the most compelling acting I saw on a stage in 2016 happened in the sanctuary of St. Johns Lutheran Church on Christopher Street in late spring, where the ever-industrious Aust …Read more

With the new year around the corner, our film critics wrote about the one movie that made 2016 unforgettable for them. You don’t get much out of a synopsis of La La Land, and I’ll spare you the same handful of cinematic references being passed from r …Read more

The Romanian Film Initiative and the Jacob Burns Film Center will be presenting the 11th edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema from December 1-8. Our critics discuss four essential films of the 2016 edition. Dogs In Dogs, a young man from the …Read more

We sat down with performance artist Heather Anne Chamberlain and Marseille-born actor/director Ludovic Coutaud to chat about the differences between European and American theatre, what it means to collaborate artistically and their new show A Very Ab …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. We Live in Cairo, by Daniel and Patrick Lazour, is one of eight new musicals this year. What was the first musical …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Joe Schmoe Saves the World, by Brett Ryback, is one of eight new musicals this year. What was the first musical tha …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Benny & Joon, by Kirsten Guenther (book), Mindi Dickstein (lyrics), and Nolan Gasser (music), is one of eight n …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Mortality Play, by Alana Jacoby (book/lyrics) and Scotty Arnold (music), is one of eight new musicals this year. Wh …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Soho Cinders, by Anthony Drewe (book/lyrics), Elliot Davis (book), and George Stiles (music) is one of eight new mu …Read more