Whenever there’s a non-traditional production of the Bard’s work, it’s hard to not comment on how universal the plays are, how the themes and stories are easily transportable to any space and time. When taking on Shakespeare’s text, anything goes. Ra …Read more
Adrienne Truscott has a difficult time explaining to people what she does. She’s a dancer, a circus performer, a writer, and a teacher. She’s one half of the “neo-vaudevillian” burlesque act the Wau Wau Sisters. She’s no stranger to performing. But t …Read more
Sunday Night Improv is an improv jam full of diverse performers from varying troupes in NYC, hosted by the veteran improviser, film maker and author Tom Soter. At most improv theatres you will see a group performers in their 20s and 30s mocking life …Read more
Rehana Lew Mirza is the first South Asian playwright to have her work be produced by the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company. I spoke to her about her journey as a playwright, the Ma-Yi Writers Lab and her latest work, Soldier X, …Read more
When David Hare’s romantic drama, “Skylight”, first reached Broadway in 1996, critics lauded the show’s balance of emotional, inter-personal drama with the playwright’s realization that class and hierarchy have informed the arc of the characters’ liv …Read more
Following the success of last year’s critically acclaimed hit Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason’s new play the Undeniable Sound of Right Now explores the intersection between young and old and the choice to move ahead the times or refuse to change. Sin …Read more
In the 1990s, Laura Eason was a singer, songwriter and bass player for the Chicago indie rock band Tart. Today, she brings her rock origins to the stage with The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, a play about the eponymous owner of Frank’s Bar, a legend …Read more
For a play that features three vets dealing with issues ranging from PTSD to sexual assault, Rehana Lew Mirza’s Soldier X is surprisingly buoyant. It begins with recent recruit Lieutenant Monica Burnes trying to get veteran Lance Corporal Lynn Downey …Read more
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Gigi was last seen on Broadway more than forty years ago in 1973, a mere four years before 25-year-old Dee Hoty would move to New York City from Cleveland, in hopes of becoming a professional actress. Less than a …Read more
No one puts on a show like The New York Pops; as the largest independent pops orchestra in America, they bring the best of film, theatre and television music to Carnegie Hall, which serves as the headquarters of their annual subscription series. This …Read more