“Slaughterhouse-Five,” a play based on the novel by seminal author Kurt Vonnegut, played several dates in August at The C.O.W. (21 Clinton Street). The play was part of the NY International Fringe Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North Am …Read more

Just days after Robert Mugabe won yet another rigged election in Zimbabwe, “Breakfast with Mugabe” made its New York City premiere on August 7th, presenting a moving fictional portrayal of the country’s volatile political state. The screenplay by Fra …Read more

“Strange Rain”, a mysterious noir, thriller, and love story, is a multifaceted roller coaster playing at the NY International Fringe Festival. The play revolves around a impossibly long streak of rain that is plaguing NYC, and who or what may be resp …Read more

Billed as “a new madcap musical for revolutionaries of all ages,” and directed by Julie Arenal and Jay Binder, “Timmy the Great” is a fun, if slightly muddled, good time — especially if you’re a contemporary of the 9-year-old protagonist.  Running n …Read more

“Soul Doctor,” the new musical about the life and music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, had a bumpy ride to Broadway, including poor pre-Broadway reviews on the road and promising but not quite “money” notices when the show played off-Broadway. But the pr …Read more

“Why You Beasting?” is definitely one of the most enjoyable shows in this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. Mr. Donovan (Shane Zeigler) steps into a high school practically begging to be hired, little does he know the degree of difficult …Read more

“I Am a Moon,” is a dark comedy about the difficulty of interacting with each other and ourselves. Through a small, disparate cast, director Marios Theocharous uses writer Zhu Yi’s long and powerful monologues and sparing dialogues to focus on the de …Read more

There’s an innocuous little moment in the iconic New York film “Moonstruck” that sticks with me every time I see it: Cher’s character, Loretta, asks “Where’s the Met?”  It’s silly, I know, but as a long-time opera-lover, it makes me sad: how does thi …Read more

StageBuddy loves theater!  And we love to see people’s careers blossom, especially when “we knew them when.” Such is the case with Christina Bianco. We had her on our Live Show several years ago, and now her YouTube video “Christina Bianco Diva Impre …Read more

Relativity describes the dependence on the perspective from which the viewer considers things. Jay Prasad’s “Einstein”, now playing at the beautiful Theatre at St. Clement’s, makes full use of the scientist’s famous concept by inviting us to consider …Read more