Tennessee Williams told stories about forced migration: Blanche DuBois finds her way to New Orleans only after she’s evicted from “Belle Reve”, Brick is forced into heterosexuality by societal constraints and Maggie “the Cat”’s libido, and Baby Doll …Read more
Imagined by the same creators as Full House! The Musical! and The Saved by the Bell musical Bayside! The Musical!, comes a musical on the prowl: Katdashians! Break the Musical! Marrying two very unlikely concepts–felines and the Kardashian family–t …Read more
Let’s play a little game of word association. Quick, what’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word lingerie? Sex, maybe? Victoria’s Secret Angels sprawled out lustily? Does the word make you smile? Blush? Does it make you uncomfortable? …Read more
Last time I saw the incomparable three-time Tony Award nominee Brian Murray was as the imperious Lady Bracknell a few years ago in Roundabout Theater’s The Importance of Being Earnest. In Simon Says, a new play written by Mat Schaffer and playing Off …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 John Kuntz about The Annotated History of the American Muskrat, directed by Skylar Fox and created with Foxy He …Read more
You’ve already found your way to StageBuddy (good for you!), so you know as well as I do that the theatre is a magical place. It’s a place of exploration, fearlessness, honesty and boundary pushing in all ways imaginable. But it’s not always a place …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 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