Though it’s exceedingly difficult, there are many ways for a musician to get his songs on Broadway. One way is to go to workshops, collaborate with theater veterans and have a half-dozen musicals ready to go at any given time. Another is to become a …Read more
Have you ever watched a great YouTube video and thought: I wonder what that might look like live? Israeli choreographer Renana Raz responds to YouTube videos on stage with her company YouMake ReMake, bringing new light to the original works. Now, LAB …Read more
In our new series Behind the Stage Door, StageBuddy goes inside New York Theater’s Off and Off-Off Broadway Theater Venues to give the inside perspective of the space, introducing you to the administrative team before you decide where to put up your …Read more
Two performers, one piano and no accompanying musicians. Is that enough for a satisfying cast recording? That’s the frame on which the Off-Broadway murder-mystery musical-comedy “Murder for Two” is built on. The story is a good-natured spoof of every …Read more
We’ve all been there before. At one point or another in our creatively genius lives we’ve had an idea or inspiration that we felt was so personal to our own identity, no one else would understand. That is the story of Alex, who along with his brothe …Read more
If the Mint Theater’s program is to be believed, Jules Romain’s “Donogoo” premiered in Paris in 1930 and caused – even for the French – quite a sensation. This seems likely; this is a comedy with a darkly cynical edge to it, and one all the more pote …Read more
This past Saturday in the midst of Brooklyn’s hottest mixed media festival, a different type of festival was taking place in Williamsburg at the Brick Theater. In full swing, The Comic Book Theater Festival continued to rave on with a new show for gr …Read more
Detroit, NY, a ten minute play festival featuring works written by Detroit writers, opens on June 19 at New York’s 4th Street Theater. The objective of the festival, presented by The Dirty Blondes, is to bring the story of Detroit to New York City th …Read more
In “The Taste of It”, which recently had its world premiere at the Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios, playwright John Adams tells the story of an explosive 70s era romance between a brilliant dancer (Ross) and driven young director (Sheila) living in Bos …Read more
Take it from an English major, Gertrude Stein is a tough nut to crack. In her bold (and at first glance, very strange) modernist writings, narrative meaning comes secondary to the exploration of language and sound. That’s why it’s fitting, yet certai …Read more