Playwright Eric Simonson is becoming a specialist in plays having to do with real-life sports icons. His “Lombardi” played a healthy run at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater in 2010-11, and “Magic/Bird”, about basketballers Magic Johnson and La …Read more
When George Faison of The Faison FireHouse Theater puts on a show, you have to attend. And when he presents a free production, you need to run to the theater as fast as you can. On Tuesday, The Tony Award Winner Faison along with the beautiful Cher …Read more
“On the final night of her reign as World Queen of the Cocoa Bean, the glamorous and eccentric Cookie Conwell fulfills her lifelong dream of hosting “The Chocolate Show!” where she must choose her successor. Who will be the next to wear the solid cho …Read more
There are so many things that can go wrong in an evening of 10-minute plays, but The Fire This Time Festival gets it right. With six great new plays written by emerging playwrights — all of them with engaging voices rooted in truthful experience — …Read more
Hilariously funny and touching, the incredible actor John Fico performs in the solo show “Made For Each Other”, written by Monica Bauer and directed by John FitzGibbon. With a series of direct addresses to the audience, Fico takes you through the lov …Read more
Authenticity, in language and delivery, is not always easy to convey. And thus having Spanish actor Pep Muñoz play Ricard, a fictitious character inspired by a Catalan activist and bank robber Enric Duran, gave “39 Defaults” a necessary sense of real …Read more
In the year 2012, Team iLuminate dazzled judges and audience members of “America’s Got Talent” with their glow in the dark dancing which combined popular pop hits with unique wireless lighting suits (Sharon Osbourne called them “groundbreaking”). Dur …Read more
Award-Winning Playwright Monica Bauer’s solo show “The Year I Was Gifted” is an intimate look at a year in her life, trying to survive in an elite boarding school for the arts where she met her first gay friend, the late Bill Sherwood. An icon in th …Read more
Kids grow up so fast. I took my 7 year old to see “Piggy Nation”, and while he had a very good time, he also commented that the show is was obviously for “little kids”. I would have to agree that the target audience for this enjoyable little product …Read more
New York! Are you Single? Dating? Partnered? Married? Divorced? Estranged? Or somewhere in between all that? Human-to-human connection is what it’s all about and Valentine’s Day isn’t going away, so make a night of it and watch a play. In the theat …Read more