Linda, currently running at the Manhattan Theatre Club, takes the name of a single character, the protagonist of the story, but represents generations of women struggling with “new” feminism, one that encourages women to have it all. The play, writte …Read more
Marcy Lovitch isn’t into the business of letting audiences keep a nice and happy distance from themselves and the action onstage. She causes us to look at ourselves in that metaphorical mirror that is ‘The Theatre’ when it is used effectively. Lovitc …Read more
We were lucky enough to interview May Adrales, whose directing work has been lauded nationwide. This past season, she helmed the critically acclaimed production of Vietgone at Manhattan Theater Club. Her latest endeavor is directing Betty Shamieh’s T …Read more
Sweeney Todd, arguably one of the darkest pieces in the musical theater canon, becomes darker yet in the fantastically staged new production from the UK’s Tooting Arts Club, performed at Greenwich Village’s Barrow Street Theater. The entire space has …Read more
In David Mamet’s The Penitent, making its Off-Broadway debut at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church turned Linda Gross Theater, one of the two theaters run by Atlantic Theater Company (co-founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy and thirty of their d …Read more
Raging hormones meet unexpected terror in the world premiere of writer/director Erica Schmidt’s All the Fine Boys, presented by the New Group at The Pershing Square Signature Center. In truth, this is not a play about friendship, but it introduces it …Read more
What our world needs now is light, hope, and pure bliss, and Broadway’s Trent Armand Kendall has answered the call with his new musical, LOUIS-AND-ELLA! The musical reunites jazz legends Louis Armstrong (Trent Armand Kendall) and Ella Fitzgerald (NaT …Read more
With its mentor project, the Cherry Lane Theatre pairs emerging playwrights with established mentors to celebrate new work from new artists. Kicking off this year’s series, Ren Dara Santiago presents The Siblings Play, a touching portrayal of three s …Read more
When you’re watching a play where dinosaurs and woolly mammoths are treated like modern household pets, it’s freezing cold in the middle of August, and actors continually stop mid-sentence to break character, you know you’re seeing something truly un …Read more
When Wes buys what is probably the most disheveled building in New Orleans, he plans to use it as the launching point for his soon-to-be fashion empire. That is, until he learns about the building’s history – by literally visiting it. Creator Max Ver …Read more