The Downtown Urban Arts Festival brings six weeks of multi-disciplinary cultural offerings to lower Manhattan, including theater, film, music and poetry. We caught up with two theater artists whose work will be shown at Joe’s Pub at The Public in Apr …Read more

In Fragmented Frida, actress/writer Andrea Dantas takes on one of the most iconic artists of the twentieth century to tell a story about how someone who was dealt all the wrong cards, managed to win the game of life. The play runs from April 11-16 at …Read more

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Sébastien Soldevila, Co-Founder and Artistic Co-Director of the exciting Montreal-based circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers of the Hand). The company that choreographed Broadway show Pippin, imme …Read more

Meeting the in-laws tends to come with a fair amount of friction, and that’s never more true when religious and political opinions don’t align. That’s the focus of Zayd Dohrn’s play The Profane, currently at Playwrights Horizons, in which an engageme …Read more

Entering the space at HERE where Sara Farrington and Reid Farrington are putting the finishing touches on their CasablancaBox feels a little bit like going back in time. There are people dressed in 1940s costumes, references to air raids and the war, …Read more

The dining scene of New York’s Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. In this installment of thEATer, we spoke to Gelsey Bell, who’s …Read more

Every time Henri speaks in The View UpStairs, the world stops to listen. Not only because she is the woman running the bar where the show takes place, but also because she is played by the incredible Frenchie Davis whose voice has always demanded we …Read more

Sweeney Todd, arguably one of the most loved shows in the musical theater canon, has returned to New York this season in a completely revamped, immersive production, helmed by UK based Tooting Arts Club and directed by Bill Buckhurst. We got the chan …Read more

Tony winner Levi Kreis is back with Broadway at the Keys a new album featuring some of his favorite showtunes done in jazzy, intimate arrangements. Kreis turns big, brassy songs like “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin into soulful takes that wouldn’t be o …Read more

There’s no question immigration is a hot-button issue in America today. With protesters crowding the streets of America as our President sends out executive orders left and right, it’s a topic on everyone’s mind, which makes Urban Stages’ Angry Young …Read more