F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing is often criticized for being a triumph of wit and style over any real substantive meaning. While that may well be in dispute among literary critics, it certainly seems to have been taken to heart by the writers o …Read more

There was palpable anticipation at the Public Theater as audiences stirred in their seats, awaiting the newest work by provocateur and downtown darling Young Jean Lee. The much lauded Lee has challenged conventions with her intrepid brand of theater …Read more

When was the last time you were told to keep your phone on in the theater? Isn’t there, wasn’t there a law about that in New York City? Not at Blank! The Musical, the new Off-Broadway show that opened November 17 at New World Stages. At Blank! having …Read more

Playwright David Auburn, known widely for Proof and The Columnist, is a Pulitzer and Tony award winner. His latest play, Lost Lake, explores the tenuous relationship between two strangers, Veronica and Hogan, who are both experiencing personal crises …Read more

Although Christopher Marlowe was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and was said to have influenced the Bard, he never achieved the same renown as Shakespeare due to his sudden death at age 29. If he had lived, he might have been as prominent, if …Read more

We’ve got eating to do at popular coffee shop Serendipity 3, which has just unveiled a dessert in honor of Tony Award-winning musical Pippin. The “Pippin High-flying Sundae” is a big top extravaganza consisting of three scoops of ice cream doused wit …Read more

Samuel Beckett, perhaps the twentieth century’s greatest playwright, met his idol James Joyce in Paris during the late 1920s. The young writer actually assisted Joyce in the completion of his final work Finnegan’s Wake. What ideas passed in intimate …Read more

Keisha Zollar is an improviser and actress who is making waves in the comedy scene.  She performs weekly on the Lloyd team ‘Astronomy Club’ at UCB East, and you may also have seen her on Orange is the New Black, featured in October’s issue of Glamour …Read more

Leo Tolstoy alleged, “All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” With all the flair of a magician, Heidi Schreck conjures both in her new play Grand Concourse, now running at Playwrights Horizons …Read more

William Goulet is the writer/director of Filler, a serio-comedy about Marian and Adler, a married couple whose lives are irrevocably changed by the visit of two repairmen.  The world premiere play opened Sunday at 64E4, and Mr. Goulet was kind enough …Read more