It’s been said it takes five to ten years to get a musical produced, which obviously makes writing a musical a genuine labor of love.  I was fortunate to experience a few of these labors of love recently at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s …Read more

The “play within the play” has been a useful dramatic trope at least since Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which the actions in the traveling players’ “The Murder of Gonzago” help young Hamlet attempt to “catch the conscience of the king.” Lawrence Dial now …Read more

Vietgone is not the first attempt to portray the Vietnam War onstage, but its novel approach and innovative structure are not to be missed this season. Qui Nguyen’s play at Manhattan Theatre Club has all of the ingredients of solid entertainment: a c …Read more

When we think of Shakespeare, we often think of his mastery of the English language, his undeniable brilliance with words. The Combative Theatre Co., however, takes a different approach, focusing on stage combat as a storytelling method. Presented by …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. We Live in Cairo, by Daniel and Patrick Lazour, is one of eight new musicals this year. What was the first musical …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Joe Schmoe Saves the World, by Brett Ryback, is one of eight new musicals this year. What was the first musical tha …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Benny & Joon, by Kirsten Guenther (book), Mindi Dickstein (lyrics), and Nolan Gasser (music), is one of eight n …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Mortality Play, by Alana Jacoby (book/lyrics) and Scotty Arnold (music), is one of eight new musicals this year. Wh …Read more

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 28th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 27 and 28 at New World Stages. Soho Cinders, by Anthony Drewe (book/lyrics), Elliot Davis (book), and George Stiles (music) is one of eight new mu …Read more

Tony Kushner’s epic Angels in America remains a landmark of contemporary theatre, and how could it not? It tackled the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, and millennium anxiety, without losing sight of the humanity of the characters at its center. …Read more