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

You might have seen Gentry Isaiah George on the numerous Ailey II posters around the city and on subway platforms, suspended in the air with divine grace and power.  This young accomplished dancer, poet, and new Artistic Director of Zest Collective, …Read more

Ciaran O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore are a match made in theater heaven. The two have been bringing their unique talents to productions of classic and contemporary theater by Irish and Irish-American writers since 1988, when they founded the Irish Rep …Read more

“Flung into the future by a bumbling Sea Witch, a crew of misfit pirates now only have one chance of returning home: performing the greatest pirate epic ever seen on stage!” So opens the prologue of this off-Broadway story for all ages, “The Greatest …Read more

Prior to going on stage the members of The Improvised Shakespeare Company know nothing about the one-hour play they will create. When the curtains open they have nothing but their tunics, pantaloons, and incredible wits. The ensemble asks the audienc …Read more

To strip or not to strip was never a question at Bardlesque, presented by The Cyn Factory as part of the 5th Annual Winter Burlesque Blitz at the Kraine Theater. Clothes were indeed removed during recitations of Shakespearean soliloquies. Skin was ba …Read more