In Butcher Holler Here We Come, now on stage at The Tank, writer Casey Wimpee and director Leah Bonvissuto have teamed up to create an emotionally dark yet stunning portrait of humanity in crisis. It seems kismet that the play found its way to the Ta …Read more
Now in its 24th season, the National Asian-American Theater Company (NAATCO) is presenting Awake and Sing!, Clifford Odets’ Depression-era play about the Bergers, a Jewish family, living in the Bronx and contending with financial hardship and each ot …Read more
Tziporela, a highly inventive comedy troupe from Israel is currently appearing in Odd Birdz at The Players Theater in Manhattan. Who is Tziporela and what is Odd Birdz? Stagebuddy chased down Tziporela members Gal Friedman, Ben Perry and Efrat Aviv t …Read more
Poor Mrs. Smith (David Hanbury) has lost her dear cat Carlyle and in order to find him she’s put on a show titled Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-tacular in hopes that he will come back to her, and also to recruit some fellow searchers among the audience m …Read more
When Manuel (Gil Perez-Abraham) arrived in the United States as a child, he had no idea that growing up his dreams would seem almost impossible to realize thanks to an issue of bureaucracy. He and his mother (a splendid Tami Dahbura) are undocumented …Read more
If you are lucky enough, you live near a certain wondrous place of happiness: the theatre built for and by the community. Community theatre is a place where the spirit of brotherly love, collaboration and a celebration of theatre brings people togeth …Read more
Perhaps it’s testament to Pope Francis’ current status as the hip representative of Catholics on earth that we get to see a show as fresh and funny as Pope! An Epic Musical which for all its irreverence and zaniness, dares to see the position of Bish …Read more
The rivalry between Tonya Harding (Tracy McDowell) and Nancy Kerrigan (Jenna Leigh Green) is part of modern lore, and while the word “musical” is the last thing anyone would think about when discussing the tragic nature of their endless competition, …Read more
The Calico Buffalo is an enchanting adaptation of the children’s book by E.J. Stapleton, who adapted his own work into a musical with musics and lyrics co-written by Peter Stopschinski. The story takes place in an ancient land ruled by buffalos, who …Read more
In a secluded little parlor in a beautiful midtown hotel there is perhaps the finest, most intimate magic show I’ve seen since Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants cast its spell over New York City back in the 1990s. This is no small claim; parlor magic …Read more