Nobody does organized fandom better than Melissa Anelli, the popular author and webmistress, is also the co-owner of Mischief Management, the company behind conventions: LeakyCon, GeekyCon and starting in 2016, BroadwayCon. Anelli, who was one of the …Read more
One of the most talked about international theatre pieces of the decade is finally making its New York debut at the Under the Radar festival. In Germinal (January 6-9), Halory Goerger and Antoine Defoort use various elements to build the world from s …Read more
Guillermo Calderón’s Escuela (January 13-17 at the Public Theater) takes place in 1987 Chile and focuses on the efforts of a group of young activists who are training to help overthrow Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. Concealing their identi …Read more
In Now I’m Fine (January 12-17), Ahamefule J. Oluo leads a band of musicians who help him tell a story about “keeping it together”. The pop-opera takes inspiration from events in Oluo’s life and features vocalist okanomodé. Oluo was kind enough to re …Read more
In one of the most in-depth interviews she’s given in what has remained, a very much private life, Maggie Smith explained to Nancy Banks-Smith of the Observer how she perceived theatre, “I’m never shy on the stage. Always shy off it it. You see, the …Read more
The sound of waves crashing against a sandy shore. A beach ball rolls from the side downstage. A female voice recites lines from a poem created by an artificial intelligence. Images of palm trees, the ocean and sand fade on the back wall of the stage …Read more
Marjorie Prime begins inside a house filled with modern, streamlined furniture in soft pastels, where we meet 85 year old Marjorie (Lois Smith) as she sits in an older-looking recliner. She’s talking to the handsome Walter (Noah Bean) who is asking h …Read more
One of my favorite productions this year was Manual Cinema’s ADA|AVA, a quietly stunning production filled with outstanding visuals. The shadow puppetry piece blended theatre and film to tell the story of an octogenarian grieving the loss of her sist …Read more
1. Oklahoma! Something quite extraordinary took place over the summer at Bard College, where visionary director Daniel Fish took a 70 year old musical (the very first “groundbreaking” Broadway musical in fact) and turned it not only into something of …Read more
Deep into the process of rehearsing and shaping their new musical theater piece The Good Swimmer, a First Look Presentation at the 2016 Prototype Festival, librettist Donna Di Novelli and composer Heidi Rodewald took a few minutes of precious time t …Read more
