The dining scene of New York’s Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. In our first installment of thEATer, we chatted with Karen Ele …Read more
Some time between the coleslaw and the dancing gnomes I decided it was a fool’s errand to try to overthink Now Is The Time. Now Is The Best Time. Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life., the latest “junk spectacular” (their words) by Brooklyn based theate …Read more
When the characters in The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead speak, what comes out is a jumble of words: lyrical, emotional, tautological. A man in overalls sits with a watermelon in his lap. Where d …Read more
There is no more satisfying way to get your spook on during Halloween season than the award-winning RadioTheatre’s annual festival of works by HP Lovecraft, which was held at Kraine Theater in the East Village. Being an audience member at a live perf …Read more
The multi-talented Shara Ashley Zeiger is bringing a face to homelessness this fall, with her new work, Roughly Speaking. Founder and Artistic Director of the Platform Group, Zeiger is passionate about creating work that gives a voice to those who ne …Read more
The St. Bart’s Players Gears Up to Celebrate its 90th Anniversary in 2017 and Reflects on the Community that Has Sustained Them; Current Season Features the Stephen Sondheim Musical “Company” The St. Bart’s Players — New York’s longest running commu …Read more
The Ma-Yi Theater Company’s Among the Dead has officially raised the bar for all theater productions. I write this review knowing there are not enough words to do justice to playwright Hansol Jung’s masterpiece. The writing, the direction (by Ma-Yi A …Read more
“Kids in the Balcony is one of the most inspiring music education programs I know of, and we’re so proud that it’s been serving New York City kids for 25 years. The New York Pops works with school partners to identify the kids who need this kind of e …Read more
Comprised of two separate plays with the central theme of Hurricane Katrina, Lost Voices shows the human level of the ravages of ever-present climate change. Each of the plays has a cast of three, and the set from the first play is deconstructed to m …Read more
If you are familiar with Company XIV, you may be surprised (and humored) to find the company performing Paris in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church — you may even feel you’re in the wrong place. Inside, however, is the Irondale Theater, an old …Read more