After a fifteen year hiatus, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is back in New York, bringing to life a rotating cast of forty characters in his new show The Daisy Theatre at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.  Mr. Burkett is a puppeteer virtuoso and da …Read more

Popesical!, a musical by Adam Overett, is set during the papal conclave, the election in which cardinals vote for a new pope, and it features a motley crew of cardinals who are put through successively absurd tests to prove their fitness for the papa …Read more

Composer Barbara Anselmi knows what it takes to sustain a career in the theater. From the ripe old age of five, Anselmi was moved by music and the magic of the orchestra and knew it had to be a part of her future. From her early experiences music dir …Read more

On October 1st, three short plays will be debuting as part of Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Short Play Development Project. These three plays, with the provocative titles Swollen, Wasted, and B in Oblivion were written by K. Krombie, Conor Guzman, an …Read more

From the 18th through the late 20th centuries, women and young girls deemed fallen were forced to atone for their “sins” at labor camps in Ireland known as Magdalene laundries. These women, many of whom were prostitutes, single mothers, rape victims, …Read more

When Stephanie J. Block asks me to “edit her brilliantly” at the end of our chat, I realize I’ll be unable to fulfill her request; for there is not a single word I want to get rid of, or change, from our conversation. What she describes as “talking t …Read more

Some stories linger in the incubation stage. Patiently—or not so patiently—they wait to be told, to make their way into the public consciousness. Then, uncannily, when they finally burst into daylight, they show up in multiple iterations. The tale of …Read more

Magmanus, a circus duo made up of an extra-large juggler and a petit acrobat, will be opening the 2015-16 Skirball Center season on September 25 and 26 with their gravity-defying contemporary circus, Attached. The contemporary circus performers Magnu …Read more

When 14-year-old Leonard Pelkey disappears one day, leaving behind no clue of where he might’ve gone, his friends and family are surprised to discover the many lives he touched in their small New Jersey town. From the cranky clock store owner, to his …Read more

In the year 2040, in a world without plays and cancer, there is always the ‘system’ to provide us with art and anguish. But in Max Posner’s new play Judy, that system can be as unreliable and sensitive as the dysfunctional basement dwelling family me …Read more