Look, I’m as gung-ho as one could be when it comes to immersive theater. All right, so I’ve historically cringed at the “do we have any volunteers in the audience?” question, but I’ve always been the first to suggest a murder mystery dinner party, an …Read more
Richard Strand’s Butler, making its New York debut with the New Jersey Repertory Company at 59E59 Theaters, is, we are told, based on real events. Elegantly directed by Joseph Discher, the well-written play takes place within the first year of the A …Read more
Kyle Dean Massey has graced the screen and stage in hits such as Pippin, Xanadu, Nashville, and The Good Wife, and is appearing in Barrington Stage Company’s summer production of The Pirates of Penzance. Massey’s current role as Frederic in this humo …Read more
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School is a bright and colorful musical for young kids, with plenty of jokes for the grownups, too. Based on the book of the same name by the great Barbara Park, the musical has the title character dispensing ad …Read more
Imagine being in a long term relationship with someone who you see every day. By now you know all their quirks, tics and pet peeves. You know how they take their coffee, what their favorite song is, what side of the bed they prefer, and you can even …Read more
Having a conversation with internationally renowned theater artist and activist Lisa Wolpe is a feast for the mind and imagination. A lover of words and their power and a fierce passionate woman, Ms. Wolpe is an award winning actress, director and f …Read more
A Scythe of Time, an impressive new musical and part of the 2016 New York Musical Festival, combines expert storytelling with a musically complex score and an absolutely superb cast. Based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, How to Write a Blac …Read more
The Obie-winning Ice Factory festival presents seven new works from June 29 to August 13 at the New Ohio Theatre. We spoke with playwright Eliza Bent about love and intimacy, her favorite playwrights, and her two-hander On a Clear Day I Can See To El …Read more
The Obie-winning Ice Factory festival presents seven new works from June 29 to August 13 at the New Ohio Theatre. We spoke with director Tara Ahmadinejad about collaborating with Piehole on Ski End, a play about an abandoned ski shop at the center of …Read more
In its 30th anniversary season, PTP/NYC’s (Potomac Theater Project) directors and co-artistic directors Richard Romagnoli and Jim Petosa have revived two 1981 plays from the company’s infancy, Howard Barker’s No End of Blame: Scenes of Overcoming, an …Read more