“Antony and Cleopatra” is a story of love in the time of war. As much of the world descends into conflict, it seems appropriate that this story should come to the New York stage: the Public has done so with great bravura and solid theatricality. Tare …Read more

The hit romantic comedy “Handle with Care” may make you believe in the power of destiny.  Starring Charlotte Cohn and Broadway legend Carol Lawrence (the original Maria of “West Side Story”), it tells the story of a young Israeli woman who travels wi …Read more

Megan O’Leary’s one-act play “Charlotte the Destroyer” chronicles the downward spiral of a once-successful children’s book author, whose vain efforts to transition to adult novels lead to depression and alcoholism. Charlotte, the heroine of her popul …Read more

“Bronx Bombers” closes this weekend, and you won’t want to miss it in its home stretch. The show assembles a cast portraying some of New York’s finest athletes — and we went behind the scenes with Casting Director Stephanie Klapper to find out how s …Read more

In the story of “Macbeth”, the King is out in battle when he receives the news: “The Queen, my lord, is dead.” Anais Koivisto, the director of “Something Wicked”, picks us up from the edge of the seats where Shakespeare leaves us, and provides insigh …Read more

Sure, you’ve got the Tonys, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards to honor theater, but what about cabaret, jazz, stand-up comedy and other staples of New York nightlife? The MAC Awards do their bit for cabaret, but it’s the Bistro Awards, now i …Read more

“Til Divorce Do Us Part”, a new original musical inspired by the true story of writer and choreographer Ruthe Ponturo, is the musical to catch this season.  Ponturo takes her experience of a tragic divorce and uses comedy through song and dance not o …Read more

If you shoved “Rosemary’s Baby”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, and “Fatal Attraction” into an atom smasher, the result might come out looking something like Erin Mallon’s new play, “Branched”, now playing at the HERE Arts Center.  New Age yuppies Tamara …Read more

“Art is the thrilling spark that beats death – that’s all.” Brett Whiteley With lamentations over the deaths of the Amato and the City Opera fading, LoftOpera has come along at just the right time. In its sterling production of Puccini’s “La Boheme”, …Read more

Plays tend to fall into two general categories: those where the characters change or grow and those where the characters’ past is revealed, allowing us to see why they are as they are. “Dying City” by Christopher Shinn (nominated for a Pulitzer for d …Read more