What happens between two childhood best friends when they go off to separate colleges? What is the effect of technology and social media on the communication between friends? What happens when you no longer remember why you are friends with someone? …Read more

Festivals come and go, and with them so do the artists. But the Fire This Time Festival stands out from the crowd, as they continue collaborating with their artists after their initial season, creating a unique network which fosters new relationships …Read more

Rebecca Hall, a Golden Globe nominee for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, makes her Broadway debut last night, Jan. 16, in “Machinal”, a landmark 1928 drama by Sophie Treadwell. The play, based on the true story of a woman given the electric chair for mur …Read more

“A Brief History of the Soviet Union” is not your average history lesson.  In this comedy by The Hive Theatre Company, four actors play over twenty characters to tell the history of the world’s largest country — and in only 100 minutes!  It might so …Read more

“The Portrait”, which opened last night, is a two act, no intermission play featuring an ensemble cast of seven characters. The performers are all quite accomplished and capable, and do their best to bring this new material to life. The cast includes …Read more

Jay Scheib’s rendition of Anton Chekhov’s early play “Platonov, or The Disinherited”, presented at The Kitchen in Chelsea, is a heady combination of brilliance and weirdness. In his version of the play, Scheib throws together the dynamics of eight pe …Read more

In 1939, Communist novelist Lee Ransom wants to publish his book “Let the Red Flags Unfurl” with an uptown publishing company; however, his editors ask that he get rid of three radical characters and add a narrator — guaranteeing an advance and high …Read more

The Fire This Time Festival gives a platform for early career playwrights to voice new stories of the 21st Century.  This year they add to its 10-minute play tradition a full-length play: Camille Darby’s “Lords Resistance”.  Darby’s play tells a stor …Read more

Judging by audience reaction and box office tallies before the show even opened, the new Broadway production, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”, would seem almost critic-proof. Still, the reviewers get to have their say once the premieres, which i …Read more

He already took over Lincoln Center for an exclusive screening of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” but Ben Stiller is back after the movie’s world premiere to talk about the delicate art of satire with celebrated author George Saunders. The two wil …Read more