At times literally incomprehensible, but consistently engrossing, Chase: What Matters Most? is the utterly fascinating new play by the award-winning ANIMALS performance group commissioned by and currently presented at Dixon Place through October 31st …Read more
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is a far cry from his La Bohème. With this fascinating story of the singer and the painter, librettists Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica draw upon the saga of Victorien Sardou’s La Tosca for this opera about Rome in June 17, …Read more
Most operas, whether comic or tragic, depict passionate romantic love. Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser explores a different kind of passion, that of a religious journey. It concerns the poet Tannhäuser, who, at the opera’s beginning has been hanging out …Read more
It’s always thrilling to discover a fresh new voice making waves in international theater, one that not only engrosses its audience and keeps them invested in the unfolding narrative, but also forces each individual to question everything they know a …Read more
Perhaps no one else on Earth knows as much about the Great American Songbook as Michael Feinstein, which is why it was a pleasure to converse with him about his upcoming show at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in which he will pay tribute …Read more
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
