Daily Life Everlasting isn’t so much a play as a collage of dance, spoken word and physical theatre. Some of it is absolutely thrilling, like a blow-out dance party complete with strobe lights and people stripping down to their skivvies. It can also …Read more

Water and public speaking are among the things that people fear the most. In the solo show Underwaterguy, actor, musician, visual artist and free diver Steve Underwood bravely tells his life story by way of his love of water, all while acknowledging …Read more

Swiss-born writer, explorer and enigma Isabelle Eberhardt is a subject worthy of an epic. Killed in 1904 by a flash flood in Algeria, Eberhardt lived by her own set of rules, often eschewing patriarchal codes of propriety asserted by both her Victori …Read more

It’s a post-sexual revolution world and Rosario is hung up on the 1970s counterculture she was once a part of. The glory days are over for this flamenco dancer and now she hangs around an old stage in San Diego, waiting for someone, anyone, to show u …Read more

Christina Bianco finally gets to speak in her own voice. I recently had the chance to interview the multi-impressionist actress, singer and star of the Off-Broadway one-woman play Application Pending, a comedy about the harrowing process of kindergar …Read more

An older former couple reflecting on the trajectory of their relationship. A 25-year-old woman losing her virginity. A gay man witnessing a motel room gang bang. A romance between two people who have never met in the flesh. All are stories played out …Read more

In Wyoming, Brian Watkins’ new family drama playing at Theater for the New City, the Tuttle family’s long buried past is unearthed during Thanksgiving.  We spoke with the playwright about his fascination with Western America, analog technologies, and …Read more

You needn’t be a lover of cake to enjoy the side-splitting, slapsticky series of sketches, Everybody Gets Cake! But if you happen to be, you’re in for a treat. Physical theatre company Parallel Exit has created a non-stop frenzy of familiar comedic t …Read more

At first, it begins like any other party. You arrive and the hostess greets you as a guest. You grab a nametag and a drink, and settle into your surroundings, a small East Village apartment. You make small talk with some strangers. You notice there’s …Read more

I recently interviewed Alex Webb, playwright and musical director of Café Society Swing, currently in its final week at 59E59 Theaters. Webb, an Englishman, skillfully transformed the story of New York businessman Barney Josephson and his beloved jaz …Read more