Interpreting the work of Samuel Beckett is for some, an undertaking as formidable and imposing as the contours of the playwright’s granite features. For others, his trademark characters’ oblivion to the slapstick of their own mishaps and the melancho …Read more
At age 10 Avi Hoffman (born Avrum Ber, in 1958) made his theatrical debut in a Yiddish Folksbiene Theater production called Bronx Express. In the decades that followed, the performer, a son of Holocaust survivors, has appeared in a wide range of thea …Read more
Elena, a new play by Roark Littlefield, tells one of the strangest true love stories of all time. It will be given two staged readings, both open to the public, at The Medicine Show Theatre in Manhattan. The play tells the story of Carl Von Cosel, a …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. On the Eve, by Michael Federico (book) and Seth and Shawn Magill (music/lyrics), is one of eight new musicals this …Read more
Trivia nights turns me into a monster. Ask any of my friends and you’ll discover how much they fear being in my team on trivia nights, because I will undoubtedly become a combination of Monica Geller and The Hulk at some point. Part of it is my terri …Read more
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
