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
With the presidential election just around the corner, William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus hits especially close to home. Red Bull Theater’s current production, which has been expertly executed by director Michael Sexton, features an all-star cast, tell …Read more
The Gallery Players’ The 39 Steps is like really entertaining clockwork. The talents of the cast and the production team combine to keep this fast-paced comic whodunit moving without a hitch. In fact, some of the funny moments of the cast “breaking c …Read more
An aficionado of the New York theater scene, Broadway historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper has spent years researching and interviewing the keepers of Broadway’s greatest secrets and compiling them in her Untold Stories of Broadway series — …Read more
The tragic life of Judy Garland has been the object of works of fiction before including an Emmy-winning miniseries and Broadway musicals like End of the Rainbow; however, her early life remains rather unexplored, which is why Chasing Rainbows feels …Read more