Kate Dimbleby has a passion for exploring the work of female singers. A decade ago, she toured her one woman show Fever! The Making of Peggy Lee internationally; her newest project, now having its US premiere at 59E59th Theaters, highlights the lesse …Read more

Much to the disappointment of its die-hard fans and despite rave reviews (including a valentine from The New York Times), Broadway’s newest reboot of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell’s musical, Side Show, will close on January 4, 2015. Because impendin …Read more

Theater, I like to believe, is in essence an experimental art form. Outside of Hollywood’s bounds of studio guidelines and million dollar budgets, it is a completely free space to test boundaries, play with language, and say something that’s never be …Read more

There is probably not a single musical theater lover unfamiliar with the 1987 production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. The James Lapine-directed show became the ultimate how-to-make a musical guidebook once it was broadcast on PBS in 1991 (wi …Read more

On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of sitting down with a few of the women behind About Face, a new immigrant drama on stage at Williamsburg’s The Brick. I spoke with playwright Essie Martsinkovsky, director Anna Strasser, and actress Charity Schu …Read more

Currently on stage at the intimate Access Theater in SoHo is What We Know, a contemporary American retelling of Chekhov’s play Three Sisters. The tale focuses on three sisters, all raised in “The City,” now forced to reside in the family’s country ho …Read more

Dropping a mere two weeks after the broadcast, Peter Pan LIVE! (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event) was released on December 16, and surprisingly it’s among the best cast recordings released in 2014. Once we’re able to “see” past Allison …Read more

Editor’s Note: As we look back at 2014, we are highlighting some of the best shows, performances, theater-related products and experiences the year gave us; for we will surely be talking about them for many years to come. West Side Story is such a Ne …Read more

Evenings of multiple one-act plays are almost always a joy. With the limited time most off Broadway productions have to put themselves together, shorter pieces allow each of the ensembles more time to polish a production.  With their If on a Winter’s …Read more

Editor’s Note: As we look back at 2014, we are highlighting some of the best shows, performances, theater-related products and experiences the year gave us; for we will surely be talking about them for many years to come. Jory (Karen Pittman) has jus …Read more