Yes, Virginia, there are awards for off-off-Broadway. Not only that, unlike so many other award ceremonies smooshed together at the end of the Broadway season, the New York Innovative Theater Awards happen in late September – the 30th, to be precise. …Read more

Marjorie Gunner, a veteran theater critic who headed the Outer Critics Circle for a quarter of a century, died on Saturday at the age of 91. A writer for the Italian Tribune and the New Voice of New York newspaper who then devoted her later professio …Read more

Can one single event really crush your life’s dream?  For Cal Arbus, the protagonist of Marc Spitz’s “Revenge and Guilt”, the dream of becoming a rock ‘n’ roll star was crushed by the words of his teen idol, wannabe rock legend Marvin “Major” Cohen ( …Read more

Amazing news for Broadway fans: Tony-winning actress Patina Miller, of “Pippin” fame, has just been cast in “The Hunger Games”.  Between getting engaged, winning her first Tony, and now adding the role of Commander Paylor to her accolades, Miller mig …Read more

If you’re looking to get some entertainment treasures and support a good cause with your purchases, then you should attend this year’s Broadway Flea Market, September 22nd from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’ …Read more

If you haven’t already made it Downtown to the Flea Theater to see “The Recommendation” I suggest you do.  I got an opportunity to see it last week and later caught up with the magical Barron Bass who plays Dwight Barnes in the play.  We sat outside …Read more

– Editors Update: Jan 2014 – 80’s Prom will have several special showings throughout 2014, see the show link for dates. Arguably the most commercially successful improvo-tainment since “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”, “The Awesome 80s Prom” will be turning …Read more

While standing in the Jack Theater in Brooklyn, I glanced at the aluminum foil hugging the walls and wondered whether this new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “All God’s Chillun Got Wings”, jointly presented by Ithaca-based Civil Ensemble and Above th …Read more

Playwright Victor Cahn’s portrayal of choices and regrets in his two-character play “A Dish for the Gods” is well done.  This unit-set one-act revolves around a successful writer’s remembrances of her college professor/mentor/lover. The two complex c …Read more

Saturday evening, I had the pleasure of getting to know Tennessee Williams — not the real Tennessee Williams, of course, but the man as interpreted by actor/writer William Shuman, who presented his insightful solo show “En Avant! An Evening With Ten …Read more