The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Jaime Jarrett about the musical Normativity. What was the first mu …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Brett Sullivan about his musical The Last Word. What was the first …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Tink director Rachel Klein. What was the first musical that made y …Read more
One of Greek drama’s most powerful developments was the agon, or contest. Typically this means a contest of wills, a battle between two strong individuals, both of whom are justified, either morally or legally. Sometimes the agon intensifies with nei …Read more
The Forest Hills Stadium may have been rained on earlier in the day (audience members were asked to relinquish their umbrellas at the door) but it stayed dry for a concert featuring the New York Pops, the city’s only symphonic orchestra that speciali …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Lisa and Leonardo lyricist/co-writer Ed McNamee about the mysterie …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Geoff Davin, creator of The First Church of Mary, The Repentant Pr …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with director, choreographer, and co-writer Andrew Palermo, whose music …Read more
The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Scott Gilmour (book/lyrics) and Claire McKenzie (music), the creat …Read more
The Strawberry One-Act Festival, founded by Riant Theatre Artistic Director Van Dirk Fisher in 1995, will feature 29 one-acts, as well as five full-length plays. We caught up with six of the playwrights about their work. John Ronan – “The Early Bird …Read more