Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root uses the case of the Jena Six as a template to examine the origin of prejudice and racism. Set in a high school in the American South, the play shows teenagers going about their daily lives seemingly unaware of …Read more

Children, adults, and everyone in between will delight in Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company’s stupendous marionette version of the classic fairy tale The Pied Piper, now playing at The New Victory Theater. In this lavish production, 410 handc …Read more

For Hiro (Satomi Blair) “Kentucky” is the antonym of “home”. Upon arriving to her home state, or the state where she was born as she would prefer one referred to it, she spends about half the time reminding people her “home” is in New York City. That …Read more

Part of the Brits off-Broadway series at 59E59 Theatres, City Stories fuses drama and music and weaves a series of interconnected love stories into a journey through the city of London. We asked the writer and director James Phillips and singer and s …Read more

Set in modern-day Toronto and 1960s Egypt, This Time is the newest presentation by Rising Circle Theater Collective, a nexus of artists of color creating original work. The play, based on the memoir by Rising Circle member Kareem Fahmy’s grandmother …Read more

Nico Tortorella is a very funny guy, and while he hasn’t had a chance to show off his comedic chops in television shows like The Following (it’s about serial killers!) or Younger (a comedy sure, but he’s the romantic interest, rather than the comedic …Read more

Evening-1910, a new musical at the Axis Theater, poetically intertwines moments of New York history from the turn of the last century with softly drawn portraits of characters seeking their dreams and discovering their paths have many bends and curve …Read more

Pioneering American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, who rose to prominence during the 1940s and dominated the airwaves in the 1950s, has become a storied figure in the decades since his 1965 death. With his brooding eyes, deep and authoritativ …Read more

Life is all about change, often referred to as “metamorphosis” by the natural science folks. We all do it as we grow, but some do it more than others. One such person is young playwright and leading actor J.B. Alexander, the author and star of the Pr …Read more

Ann Hampton Callaway has built a career in the entertainment industry that will live on for generations to come. In addition to performing on numerous television shows and specials, as well as in the Broadway musical, Swing! (in which she was also a …Read more