Ryan Lee’s first paid acting job after college was a lord in “The Winter’s Tale”, and every night for the production’s six-month run, he listened to Shakespeare’s words.  Now, he presents his concepts and ideas about the play in his own production wi …Read more

Women still find themselves struggling to get their time in the spotlight as they fight to make up only 20% of the entire theatre arts workforce. The Women’s Project Theater, originally founded in 1978, is the nation’s oldest and largest company focu …Read more

It’s refreshing to witness a theater company using art to give voice to those who literally can’t speak for themselves.  David Stallings’ “Dark Water” deals with issues of immigration, religion and politics in the swampland of Louisiana — all throug …Read more

Just last week, Page Six reported that Emma Thompson surprised the cast of “Heathers: The Musical”, by showing up to one of their rehearsals.  The Oscar winner, who was in rehearsals for the New York Philharmonic’s production of “Sweeney Todd”, decid …Read more

The Frigid New York Fringe Festival, now in its 8th year, keeps getting better and better.  With ticket prices that won’t break your pocket, Frigid is notable for being the only festival of its kind on the East Coast where 100% of all box office proc …Read more

The Oscars might not be bigger than the Tony’s to Theater Lovers but twas a good night for Broadway especially after John Travolta butchered veteran Tony Winner and “Frozen” star Idina Menzel’s name. In retrospect it might have been just the boost ne …Read more

He was Malcolm (in the Middle)’s dad and then a high school teacher gone very wrong. What else is left for Bryan Cranston but to play the president of the United States. The 36th president, to be exact: Lyndon Johnson, who came into office with the d …Read more

It’s rare that an original cast will reunite after their closing night — and even rarer for a cast to come together after fifty years.  It was therefore an extra special treat to talk with the original cast of “West Side Story”, who joined the origi …Read more

While Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, and Alexandra Socha are great actors, Jeanine Tesori’s score is the real star of “Fun Home”, the off-Broadway musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir that premiered at The Public in September. The story, ab …Read more

The hit romantic comedy “Handle with Care” may make you believe in the power of destiny.  Starring Charlotte Cohn and Broadway legend Carol Lawrence (the original Maria of “West Side Story”), it tells the story of a young Israeli woman who travels wi …Read more