Identity, self vs. state, radicalism, liberalism: there are just some of the themes at play in True Believer, a solo play developed at Theaterlab written by Asa Merritt and performed by Kersti Bryan. These themes collide in ways that are in equal par …Read more

Before the Irish Rep’s production of The Belle of Belfast begins, projections of Belfast during the Irish Troubles are projected onto a brick wall. Most of the photos are of friends posing and citizens going about their day. Interspersed among them, …Read more

Bard envy consumes the lead character of Something Rotten! an Elizabethan playwright by the name of Nick Bottom (Brian D’Arcy James) who simply can not understand why he’s unable to write a single hit, while his rival William Shakespeare (Christian B …Read more

Rye Silverman is a stand up comedian from Ohio rocking it in Los Angeles, and with her hilarious forthcoming album, Intimate Apparel, and a new role as ModCloth’s first transgender model (they even named a dress after her), she’s definitely one to wa …Read more

Comedy is a tough racket. And Adrienne Truscott is new to the game, or so she told the rowdy, expectant crowd packed into Joe’s Pub for last Saturday’s midnight performance of her one woman stand up performance, Asking For It. While comedienne may no …Read more

The most frequently heard pronoun in an autobiographical solo show is ‘I.’ The ‘I’ in 8 Stops, one of the two solo shows currently running in rep at the Cherry Lane Theatre, is Deb Margolin, and her complex tale weaves motherhood, cancer, grief, gett …Read more

April 8, 2015 marked a unique occasion as some of Broadway’s greatest composers got together in a showcase of their chorale pieces conducted by the one and only Judith Clurman of Essential Voices USA. The Di Menna Space for Classical Music turned int …Read more

It was a night to remember. One could pretty much use that expression about every single performance of The New York Pops, and yet it seems that with their tribute to Frank Sinatra on April 10, 2015, they were simply outdoing themselves. The last con …Read more

After his breakthrough role in The Nance, Jonny Orsini’s career seems to be in constant ascent; in less than three years he has appeared on Broadway three times, has done Shakespeare on both coasts, and has played small roles in films with the likes …Read more

A New York legend by all means, Julie Halston has become synonymous with show business; having appeared on stage, film and television she simply seems to have done it all. And yet, she is constantly on the move. In 2015 alone she appeared onstage in …Read more