Ever since making her debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Liz Callaway has made a name for herself as one of Broadway’s very best. From Evita to Cats, she has starred in some of the most iconic musical theatre productions and has also …Read more
Ever since making her debut, Jessica Molaskey has made audiences swoon with her unique voice and commanding stage presence. From great Broadway spectacles like Chess, Cats and Sunday in the Park with George, to the intimacy of her shows at Cafe Carly …Read more
As a theater critic for more than 25 years, I’m used to getting free tickets to the plays I see, be they off-off-Broadway showcases or the latest multi-million dollar blockbusters in Times Square. It’s part of a long-standing tradeoff between produce …Read more
Years ago, during a heated, college-theatre class debate on the subject of risk-taking in theatre, I, with the untamed and unearned arrogance of youth, scornfully declared, “You people have no idea what it means to take risks. All this talk of emotio …Read more
The Public Theater continues its long-standing commitment to present Shakespeare to as wide an audience as possible with its Mobile Shakespeare Unit. This company performs in prisons, shelters, and other venues in underserved communities. Now they’ve …Read more
I’ve been an ardent fan of the actor and writer Simon Callow since seeing his Orlando in As You Like It at the National Theatre years ago when I was a drama school student in London. Since then I’ve enjoyed his work in numerous films, his one man sho …Read more
Three insignificant souls try to make the most of their humdrum lives in the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama The Flick by Annie Baker, hailed by The New York Times as “one of the freshest and most talented dramatists to emerge Off Broadway in the p …Read more
This month, Retro Productions, a theatre company that presents “retro theatre” pieces with a historical perspective, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a revival of George S. Kaufman’s showbiz comedy The Butter and Egg Man. Originally produced …Read more
Marin Mazzie fans are fortunate that Broadway’s wonderful soprano has finally released a solo album after more than two decades of charming us on the stage. Following in the line of previous stage performers, the album Make Your Own Kind of Music is …Read more
“Nothing is easy and simple anymore,” declares Lori, one of the protagonists of Blackout03. Both plays I attended at HERE Arts Center as part of the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival, Blackout03 and Bed Bugs and Hot Pockets, revealed to the audience th …Read more
