According to José Antonio Méndez’s famous bolero glory awaits mortals in heaven, but for those of us lucky enough to be alive and kicking, La Gloria can be found at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Subtitled as “a Latin cabaret”, this two-h …Read more

We sat down with performance artist Heather Anne Chamberlain and Marseille-born actor/director Ludovic Coutaud to chat about the differences between European and American theatre, what it means to collaborate artistically and their new show A Very Ab …Read more

Ralph Peña has been at the forefront of Asian-American theatre since the early 1980s. He is a founding member and current Artistic Director of Ma-Yi Theatre Company, an award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company that cultivates the development and pr …Read more

When we hear the name “Mozart,” we think, of course, of Wolfgang Amadeus, the composer whose music and life story remains so present in our modern culture. There was, however, another Mozart: his older sister, Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart. Also a musi …Read more

The Other Mozart is astounding from start to finish, with one actor, one set and a trove of history and humor that tells the story of Nannerl Mozart, the oft-forgotten elder sister of world-famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Visually stunning a …Read more

If you don’t have a child, find one. And if that fails, go to Harlem Repertory Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz anyway. No one will judge you. This stupendous stage production based on MGM’s classic motion picture is a glorious delight. The story moves alo …Read more

Broadway’s Jarrod Spector has been living that jukebox life from the ripe age of three. Inspired by the music of his parents, Spector’s journey has taken him from Star Search to the Great White Way. Starring in hits such as Jersey Boys and Beautiful: …Read more

In Company XIV’s latest “baroque burlesque ballet” Paris, Charlotte Bydwell plays a dual role (quite literally) as Zeus the emcee and his other half Fifi, a shy, tuba-playing showgirl. The inventive role requires the actress to wear a half tuxedo, ha …Read more

Larissa FastHorse started out as “the only ballet dancer she] knew in the middle of the prairie,” but is now a playwright whose works are produced all over the United States and beyond. As an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Sicangu Tr …Read more

Feminist theory has a long and complicated history, one that playwright Gina Gionfriddo grapples with directly in her play Rapture, Blister, Burn. Gionfridd tackles the movement’s primary tenets and grapples with a complicated question: how can women …Read more