Playwright Sam Shepard and director Robert Woodruff were on a roll together in the late 1970s and early 1980s, teaming up for a series of well-received dramas centered on that favorite of themes: The American Family. Curse of the Starving Class (1978 …Read more
In The Christians, playwright Lucas Hnath’s self proclaimed “big-little play about faith in America,” now onstage at Playwrights Horizons, opposing theological and ideological structures that shape our society are given an achingly human face. Theate …Read more
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. Lift, by Daryl Lisa Fazio (book/lyrics) and Aaron McAllister (music), is one of eight new musicals this year. We c …Read more
After gaining critical acclaim at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her play Belfast Boy, Kat Woods returned to the annual festivities this year with a new hit, Wasted, starring British up-and-comers Will Merrick and Serena Jennings. Wasted, in …Read more
Betsy Wolfe craves a challenge. Traveling from coast to coast, from Broadway to opera, and Off-Broadway, there is not a single aspect of performing she will not try to conquer, and who can blame her? Blessed with a magnetic stage presence and a versa …Read more
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. We caught up with Andrea Daly (music) and Jeff Bienstock (book/lyrics) about Legendale, one of eight new musicals a …Read more
We talked to the playwrights and composers behind the shows selected for Fringe Encores, here’s Christian de Gré, the talented writer and co-director of Beware the Chupacabra! (our review). Just how many times did you watch King Kong before and durin …Read more
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. We caught up with Timothy Huang, whose Costs of Living is one of eight new musicals at the festival this year. Cost …Read more
In the 90 minutes of Ken Jaworowski’s Believers, the playwright packs a whole lifetime, opening up the past and present of what could be any couple living right here, right now. In this Workshop Theater production, directed by Alex Dmitriev, two sets …Read more
In its seventh annual celebration of horror master H.P. Lovecraft, RadioTheatre puts on another series of staged readings in the style of ’40s radio dramas. As part of New York’s FRIGID Festival, for two weekends RadioTheatre will be honoring the lat …Read more