Before The Shining, Poltergeist, and “Children of the Corn”, there was The Turn of the Screw. Henry James’s 1898 novella drove home a truth that parents or caretakers know all too well: children can be really, really scary. In James’s time ghost stor …Read more
Most of us celebrate our birthdays with a few close friends, one too many tequila shots, and cake (on which we’ll subsist for the next couple of days as well), but Emmy-award-winning composer, Lance Horne is celebrating it with a unique show at Birdl …Read more
National Black Theatre consistently brings revolutionary work to Harlem and is a staple in conversations about the black experience and theater in New York. In their 46th Season, dedicated to black women playwrights, they are bringing Carnaval by Ob …Read more
You begin to understand that you are not entirely safe as a theater-goer before you even take your seat for Going Once! Laughing Twice!! In lowbrow tux and sneakers, Brian Jaffe – who authored the play – barrels through the crowd to bully the poor b …Read more
The Assembly Theater Project’s latest production, That Poor Dream, written collectively by its members and the performers and directed by Jess Chayes, takes a unique approach to age-old class struggle. Inspired by Dickens’ Great Expectations, and set …Read more
There are records of people soaking in hot water pools, for relaxation and medicinal purposes, that go back at least ten thousand years. Hot springs and baths were an essential part of life in Rome, Egypt and Greece, and Native Americans swore by the …Read more
The Magnet Theater hosts America’s top musical improvisers at The Sixth Annual New York Musical Improv Festival from October 16 – 19, 2014. This three day event features over 100 performers creating fully improvised musical performances ranging from …Read more
When January Feels Like Summer, a co-production between the Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Women’s Project, is a tale of broken people finding love and connection. They also have to make difficult adjustments in their lives, find the courage to live …Read more
This Fall, the Drama Desk Award-winning Godlight Theatre Company, widely praised for their stage translations of challenging literary works, marks their 20th Anniversary with the world premiere of their stage adaptation of National Book Award-winner …Read more
In Catherine Butterfield’s new play It Has to Be You, which opens October 12 at the Abingdon’s Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, three children visit their mother, suspecting she has Alzheimer’s; they soon learn that Mom is sane, but has taken on a much youn …Read more
