How many of us sit in the audience secretly wishing that we had the courage to be up on stage, sharing that same passion as our favorite star? Well, now you can! With New York serving as the theater capital of the world, home to the Great White Way a …Read more
If you’ve ever wondered how busy bartenders juggle all those orders while trying to deal with unsavory customers like frat boys, stumbling drunk girls, and the sad sack regular who constantly regales everyone with his woes, then go see Last Call now …Read more
Topher Payne’s moving comedy, Perfect Arrangement, presented by Primary Stages at the Duke on 42nd Street will appeal to a broad audience with its sharp dialogue and beautiful visuals, and that’s important, because this plucky piece of theater is a T …Read more
Ann Hampton Callaway’s The Hope of Christmas arrives in stores today. We spoke to the multi-talented composer about working with lyricist William Schermerhorn, getting into the holiday mood at odd times of the year, and how she might bring one of the …Read more
Between the colonial and the carnal, there is much that is shared; amongst them, brutality, oppression, lust and debatable boundaries. In the case of Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine, performed in the round (set-d …Read more
What a joy to be alive in a time when we can see acting titans James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson onstage together! Their mano a mano in Donald L. Coburn’s The Gin Game is among the most electrifying in recent theatre, and yet, their work is so subtle …Read more
We talked to Three Day Hangover co-founder David Hudson and director Kristin McCarthy Parker about their immersive production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and what they think is the future of theatre. Dracula in a church has got to be the most blasphemo …Read more
It hasn’t been that long since we last saw Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening on Broadway, in fact it’s been less than a decade since the original production closed, so why revive it so soon after? Besides the following the musical has …Read more
Lights burn bright on a tapestry, and drums and voice wail louder than any jet fighter. La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in association with Object Collection hosts a rousing call to revolution with cheap&easy OCTOBER. Object Collection has craf …Read more
One of the theaters where I — and incidentally, playwright Frank Winters — went to college was always a bit of a fixer upper. Shoddy stagecraft from the many shows in rep littered the floor. The fire curtain had huge tears through it. Finally, my s …Read more