Phrases, hashtags and statistics abound about gender and racial parity in the American theater today. Theater artist Nandita Shenoy, a multi-talented petite powerhouse, doesn’t just talk about these pressing issues, she’s doing something about it. H …Read more
Being in a production of A Chorus Line is almost a rite of passage for any actor trying to make it into musical theatre. An irony really, for the show is about nothing if not last chances; it’s a musical about people who have one last chance of being …Read more
Brendan Gall’s Wide Awake Hearts (at 59E59 Theaters—directed by Stefan Dzeparoski for Birdland Theatre) is one of those plays in which life imitates art, hell is other people, and you always kill the thing you love. It’s the sort of play where the cl …Read more
Company XIV’s dark and dramatic production of Snow White takes the stage this season with its signature XIV flair. Hilly Bodin, a newcomer not just to Company XIV, but to the New York dance scene, has landed the title role, and we talked to her about …Read more
The ingenuity of Austin McCormick — the choreographer, Artistic Director and founder of Company XIV — shines in Company XIV’s production of Snow White. He’s taken on Cinderella, The Nutcracker and, now, this darkly stylized burlesque ballet version …Read more
Chris Hedges’ Death of the Liberal Class, published in 2010, was a rousing, if slightly bleak essay about the perils of capitalism, and how it was a beast allowed to run amok by both Republicans and Democrats, American society according to Hedges was …Read more
The first annual Exponential Fest, created as Brooklyn’s reaction to the host of mid-winter theater fests in the city, pulls no punches. In Biter (Every Time I Turn Around), remounted for the Festival after last year’s run, theater collective Title:P …Read more
To a liberal New Yorker, the Tea Party is all that is wrong with America. But what if the opposite were also true? Wouldn’t a Tea Partier say the exact same thing of liberals? In Rich Orloff’s documentary-style play, Chatting with the Tea Party, the …Read more
In an era when children’s entertainment is often a flamboyant bonanza constantly bombarding the senses, The Very Hungry Caterpillar show feels refreshingly personal and unassuming. The set, costumes, and script are modest, but colorful, and the produ …Read more
Funnyman and theatre geek extraordinaire Ben Cameron is back with an all new season of Broadway Sessions (Thursday nights at The Laurie Beechman Theatre), after a successful hosting appearance at the very first BroadwayCon, Cameron will bring some of …Read more