When the lights rise on William Goulet’s new play Filler, the off-kilter relationship between its central characters, Marian (Gabriele Schafer) and Adler (Ross Pivec), is firmly established: She is trying to walk him through a sexual role-play sessio …Read more

The York Theatre Company hit its 100th Musicals In Mufti on November 8 with their production of Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night. The company’s dedication to nurturing lesser-known works deserving of a second look has earned its shows 31 Drama Desk, …Read more

Nefarious Laboratory’s Awesome People, part of the 3rd Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, showcased a multitude of storytelling talent, hosted by Brad Lawrence, a favorite with Moth audiences. In the teeny black-box theater UNDER St. Marks, four pe …Read more

The People’s Improv Theater is hosting the second annual all-new solo comedy festival, bringing you up to 80 performances November 14-16. Each hour only costs $5 and holds a unique adventure of solo performances ranging from 60 minutes to 15 minutes …Read more

A few thousand years later, not a whole lot surpasses the Oresteia of Aeschylus in terms of good old-fashioned family dysfunction on an epic scale. The myriad conflicts of the House of Atreus do not ever die, the bloody ends of its primary members as …Read more

Summer is behind us but this weekend The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), an organization that has filled New York City’s hunger for new, emerging and eclectic musical offerings during the slow summer months, will celebrate their 2014 season …Read more

A man stands alone on stage under a single light. He is speaking fast, wringing his hands, his eyes unfocused, head twitching excitedly. He is talking about the future of music, how one day, what a composer thinks up will automatically be transmitted …Read more

It might be over-the-top to call Omar Sangare a “man with a mission”, but as founder and Artistic Director of the United Solo Theatre Festival, he has certainly spent a good deal of time, energy, and passion in promoting the one-person show in its ma …Read more

Baruch Performing Arts Center’s theater is buzzing with activity; people are scurrying above me on catwalks focusing lights and drills buzz on the stage as the production crew assemble the set for Encompass New Opera Theatre’s production of A Wake or …Read more

Raymond McAnally is a big guy, giant really, in stature and heart. He’s also a magnificent and insightful actor who is bringing his solo show Size Matters to the American Theatre Group, November 12 through November 23. Size Matters tells the tale of …Read more