If it has ever seemed to you that the typical “coming of age” trope is getting a bit stale, then Jon Provan’s two hour anthology of adolescent growth and development will revive your interest in the genre. In Coming of Age, simplistic, yet powerful d …Read more

While we all read Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in high school, few of us ever experience life imitating art. Such is the case in Brian Sutton’s Searching For Romeo, now at the Alice Griffin Jewel Bow Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre …Read more

Why write a play about Ethel Rosenberg, you may ask? We already know the ending (spoiler alert: she dies); and we all know the evils of McCarthyism, but it’s old news, a relic of the fifties. But Joan Beber’s new play, Ethel Sings: The Unsung Song of …Read more

Among the many very nice things about Cloned!, the backyard-ish little musical now playing at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is that your lack of a date for the evening is unimportant. What matte …Read more

The largest musical theater festival is here, and if you’re a theater lover they’ve got just the thing for you.  With musicals ranging from serious to strange and everything in between, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) showcases new shows …Read more

My first introduction to the ancient tale of Mulan was through Disney as a kid.  The story of a daughter who goes to war disguised as a man in place of her father, aiding successfully to win the battle.  Great music, fun characters and exquisite anim …Read more

You might know Adrienne C. Moore from the Netflix sensation Orange is the New Black, on which she plays Cindy Hayes.  In person, she’s funny, courageously bold, endearingly sweet, and a pleasure to speak with.  This summer, she’s gracing the stage as …Read more

For those who have seen William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a thousand times, The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s rendition of this classic tale, Romeo n Juliet, adapted and directed by Justin Emeka, is like nothing you have ever seen. This producti …Read more

Playing through September, the Red Poppy Ladies’ Mulan the Musical serves up a unique blend of storytelling, dance, kunqu-style movement and, of course, a whole lot of drumming. The show from the Beijing-based female percussion group tells the tradit …Read more

Happy Fourth of July! There’s nothing more American than a good stage musical. Literature, books, music but no other art-form is as ensconced in American tradition as the stage musical. It’s the reason the major players in the contemporary (20th cent …Read more