When the Signature Theatre commissioned a work from legendary South African playwright Athold Fugard, he retraced his steps back into an unfinished piece on Nukain Mabuza, a relatively unknown outsider artist, also South African, in order to create T …Read more

At The New York Pops’ Christmas 2014 concert, a young singer by the name of Arlo Hill practically stole the show from Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Morrison; performing a number called “Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah”, the baritone’s voice fi …Read more

You’ve got to give it to Scott Siegel, he always knows how to surprise you. His Broadway by the Year series, now in its landmark fifteenth season, is a perennial reminder that Broadway is much more than its hits, and we were reminded of that with the …Read more

A thoughtful and realistic look into the depths of a woman’s right to choose, Melissa’s Choice takes audiences on one woman’s personal journey. Playwright Steven Somkin explores a controversial issue in a compassionate and insightful way. Under Mel C …Read more

With the glow of a flashlight and a stage set to look like a cabin alternate for Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead, Tiny Little Band’s newest production, Ghost Stories, is a sensory journey directed by Stefanie Abel Horowitz that touches on el …Read more

Fatalism, consumerism and a heady love triangle lead to a deliciously wicked conclusion in director Lucia Cox’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ One Hand Clapping. The 1961 novel, originally published in the UK under the pseudonym Joseph Kell, is a fri …Read more

Metropolitan Room will host the 2015 annual fundraising gala on Sunday, May 17th for Cabaret Cares/Help Is On The Way Today. Actress/singer Anita Gillette will receive The Ruth Kurtzman Lifetime Achievement Award and performers Gary Lizardo and Ricky …Read more

Coffee and Biscuit is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House set in 1950’s suburban America with puppets. At first, the idea seems outlandish and twee. A classic play that revolutionized the theatre and was a major step forward for feminism d …Read more

The fourth night of the IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival NY was presented at the beautiful and intimate Casa Italiana in Greenwich Village. There in the downstairs auditorium, I experienced Cingomma, written and performed by the wildly talented Jes …Read more

SEE or SKIP: The Audience VENUE: Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, to June 28, 2015. INFO: Broadway continues its slavish Anglophilia with this look at the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Still in power at age 89, HRH came to power in 1952, whe …Read more