Although best known for her early 1970s film roles, actress Karen Black — who passed away from cancer today at age 74 — paid her share of Broadway dues. The closest she had to a hit was her debut; she came in as an understudy to “Take Her, She’s Mi …Read more
Looking for a different kind of summer getaway? Throughout the month of August, New Yorkers have the chance to embark on an incredible new adventure – “The Orion Experience”, live at the XL Nightclub, Cabaret & Lounge (click here to win tickets). …Read more
Where do you find help when you realize you’ve nowhere else to go? That is the question at the center of “Help Yourself”, a witty one-woman show written and performed by Lauren Hunter and directed by Kitty Lindsay. The setting is a nondescript room – …Read more
“The Actual Dance,” is a passionate and moving one-man play written by and starring Samuel A. Simon. It is based on Simon’s personal experience with cancer and it is a story told from the rarely seen perspective of a man whose wife has just been diag …Read more
The musical “The Hills Are Alive,” part of “The 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival,” takes its title quite literally. Mocking the original 1965 film “The Sound of Music” with character changes and adjustments. The play starts by taking the “Von …Read more
The Beatles come to Broadway in the musical “Let It Be”, performing hit songs and celebrating the band’s 50th Anniversary. The show opened at the St. James Theatre on 44th Street, bringing the original cast from the London’s West End to Times Square. …Read more
“Woolly Mammoth Panic Attack” is Rated R… for raunchy, rambunctious and ridiculously funny. Matt Nagin, poet, writer, and comedian presents his uproarious one man standup show, and it was a stellar success. This show was not made for the uptight. If …Read more
Theater publicist Miller Wright, who spent the first part of his PR career with the venerable Shirley Herz firm and then opened his own office, died July 18 of what appears to be a tragic accident – falling out of his 23rd-floor apartment window. In …Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwWYE309KU0 “The Hills Are Alive!”, something of a parody and sequel to “The Sound of Music”, is coming to the Signature Center as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Check out our StageBuddy Exclusiv …Read more
Composer Alan Menken, whose theatrical successes include “Newsies” and “Little Shop of Horrors” and whose scores for Disney animated films include “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin,” has become one of the most prolific and popular songwriters in th …Read more