The largest musical theater festival is here, and if you’re a theater lover they’ve got just the thing for you.  With musicals ranging from serious to strange and everything in between, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) showcases new shows …Read more

My first introduction to the ancient tale of Mulan was through Disney as a kid.  The story of a daughter who goes to war disguised as a man in place of her father, aiding successfully to win the battle.  Great music, fun characters and exquisite anim …Read more

You might know Adrienne C. Moore from the Netflix sensation Orange is the New Black, on which she plays Cindy Hayes.  In person, she’s funny, courageously bold, endearingly sweet, and a pleasure to speak with.  This summer, she’s gracing the stage as …Read more

Happy Fourth of July! There’s nothing more American than a good stage musical. Literature, books, music but no other art-form is as ensconced in American tradition as the stage musical. It’s the reason the major players in the contemporary (20th cent …Read more

Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan was one of the most delightful surprises to open during the last Broadway season (read our review here). In the title role, Daniel Radcliffe proved he’s becoming one of the greatest actors of his generation …Read more

Off-Broadway’s Avenue Q is a show with puppets that rocks the socks off adults.  While you’re totally engaged in the puppet-on-puppet action, it’s easy to forget the actors who bring these extraordinary characters to life.  Darren Bluestone plays Rod …Read more

Tony nominee Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess) has just taken on duties as the title character in the record-breaking The Phantom of the Opera and at least judging from the performance we attended, he might be the reason why Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this …Read more

After a stellar New York run in 2012 at Lincoln Center’s LCT3, Disgraced is finally making its way to Broadway and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The play which deals with Islamophobia and prejudice, is one of the smartest, most thought-provoking piec …Read more

Let’s go back to the ’90s, before technology took over and pay phones and hand maps became quite irrelevant. In “CLONED! The Musical” Wally Waterman, a genius inventor, is on the verge of creating a teleporter when he accidentally clones himself.  Th …Read more

In our series Behind the Stage Door, StageBuddy goes inside New York Theater’s Off and Off-Off Broadway theater venues to give the inside perspective of the space, introducing you to the administrative team before you decide where to put up your next …Read more