New York City is full of struggling actors who keep the faith that their big break, their moment in the spotlight, is just around the corner. Billy Hipkins, writer and star of For the Benefit of Miss Jennie Gourlay, knows more than anyone that these …Read more

[LinkButtonRight] Just a couple of months ago, when plans were announced to bring Larry David’s new play, “Fish in the Dark”, to Broadway, even inside theater people knew precious little about the show. People assumed it was a comedy, and word got ou …Read more

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. In Gillian English’s production of Get Around Me!, presented by The Theatre Elusive and part of the 9th Annual FRIGID Festival (February 18 – March 8 at the Kraine Theater and UNDER St. Marks), a young …Read more

All through rehearsals and early previews, Larry David tried to keep people in the dark about his new play, “Fish in the Dark”, which opens on Broadway this Thursday (March 5). A seemingly private and prickly fellow by nature, David nevertheless had …Read more

The current Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni has had a troubled existence. When it debuted in 2011, some of the words critics used to describe it were “timid” and “dreary”. New York Times music critic Zachary Woolfe …Read more

From Glee to Godspell, and Pacific Overtures, Telly Leung has become one of the most beloved musical theatre actors of his generation, having lent his pristine voice to a varied array of characters in the years since his stage debut. But he might be …Read more

Shortly before 9/11, playwright Brian Sloan placed an ad looking for a roommate. Little did he imagine how much his neighborhood would change in just an instant. Inspired by the responses he got on his ad, he wrote a play called WTC View, in which a …Read more

A few years before he became famous for his comedic turns in Ugly Betty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and the delightful Buyer & Cellar, a fresh-out-of-college Michael Urie starred in a play called WTC View, in which he played …Read more

Many New York theaters strive to mine the creative brainpower of the city to keep churning out the newest, freshest, most cutting edge work they can find. Mint Theater Company, a modestly sized playhouse tucked mere steps away from the blinding Broad …Read more

Being a teenager is not easy; with hormones streaming through your system with little regard for your social life, grades or self-esteem, and the fear of discovering you don’t belong in any of the acceptable cliques because you have too much acne or …Read more