HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry Program in New York City presents the debut tour of Chilean company Silencio Blanco, who are bringing their show Chiflón, el silencio del carbón to American audiences. The company is known for their exquisitely simple pupp …Read more
Any time Carson Elrod is onstage audience members are assured the ultimate kind of comedic performance: the one that engages with their brains, while tickling their funny bone. As the servant Cliton in David Ives’ adaptation of The Liar, Elrod delive …Read more
Director Roger Simon brings to life a story of hidden pasts, secrets, and hope for a better future through acceptance of that which we cannot change, and the strength we find to change what we must. Now playing at 59E59 Theaters, The Dressmaker’s Sec …Read more
Richard Maxwell’s Good Samaritans takes place in the dining hall of a rehabilitation center where a counselor (Rosemary Allen) and her patient (Kevin Hurley) engage in a conversation about pain and life that slowly begins to mirror the world outside, …Read more
History is being rewritten from the point of view of the slaves who shaped it. The Department of Fools presents A History of Servitude, a series of vignettes performed in the style of commedia dell’arte, a type of street theatre developed during the …Read more
A decade or so from now—if books still exist—some publisher may release an anthology: Essential Plays from the Trump Era. God knows what the future’s passionate and witty playwrights will create from whatever slouches its way out of D.C. in the next …Read more
Those looking for clear narrative arcs and thematic structures will find the impressionistic Tell Hector I Miss Him, playing at Atlantic Theatre Company’s Second Stage, difficult. The meandering work tracks the lives of several Puerto Ricans, using b …Read more
Now in its 11th season, the FRIGID Festival will bring 30 shows to UNDER St. Marks and the Kraine Theater, February 13 through March 5. We had the opportunity to ask several of this year’s participants about their work. Below are responses from ten o …Read more
Now in its 11th season, the FRIGID Festival will bring 30 shows to UNDER St. Marks and the Kraine Theater, February 13 through March 5. We had the opportunity to ask several of this year’s participants about their work. Below are responses from seven …Read more
On February 6th, distinguished guests, friends, and journalists got together at the ASCAP headquarters in New York City, to honor the recipients of this year’s Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre. Named after the late composer and lyricist Edward Kleban, …Read more