Lift, written by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley and directed by Marshall Jones, III, takes place in the confines of the elevator cart that hangs by a thread after an explosion.  This culturally relevant and suspenseful play presented by the Tony Aw …Read more

On hearing a Tsonga tale about some magical birds that caused havoc and destruction until they were tamed by the playing of an enchanted flute, it occurred to director Mark Dornford-May how reminiscent the story was of Mozart’s masterpiece, The Magic …Read more

Voices of the Tarantate is an original piece written and directed by Alessandra Belloni. This dance-opera tells the story of Belloni’s internal healing, and how she then shared that with others through the “tarantalla,” the spider dance. In honor of …Read more

At the time of its publication in 1914, Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons elicited highly polarized reactions. The work of short prose poems, which is divided into three sections (“Objects”, “Food”, and “Rooms”) explores mundane objects with experiment …Read more

Our host, Robb Coles, hangs out with Vicky Kuperman, who recently had sold out shows at the United Solo Festival. She has a new Comedy Album coming out called “When I Could Feel” (Find it on Itunes) and has recently written a book called “The Russian …Read more

It is easy enough to catch a Broadway show, but if you want to see where the glitz and glamor gets its start, come to The Songwriters’ Salon, a once a month offering at The Times Square Arts Center. StageBuddy recently had a chance to chat with the c …Read more

Encompass New Opera Theater celebrated it’s 2014 Gala at the National Arts Club by gathering together the who’s who of musical theater for a concert honoring Tony and Academy Award winning legend Joel Grey and award winning composer Jeanine Tesori. T …Read more

Before tonight, I classed myself as a Neil Gaiman agnostic. The English author, whose stories are being adapted by OldSoundRoom in their newest production, October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things, always struck me as simply competent. I found i …Read more

For nearly a decade Jake Lipman has been on a mission to produce, “thought provoking comedy”. Jake is the Artistic Director of Tongue in Cheek Theater Company and this fall and as she heads into her second producing decade she presents two different …Read more

At the beginning of his show Bad With Money, Ben Rimalower sings a bit from Judy Garland’s “I’d Like to Hate Myself in the Morning”, in which the legendary performer declared she would “raise a little hell tonight” and think about the repercussions l …Read more