Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 35th Marathon of One-Act Plays is nearing the finish line with the opening of its third and final Series, C, last week. This leg of the race is just as varied and interesting as its predecessors, featuring CD store employees …Read more

Attending a play at the New Plays for Young Audiences Festival of NYU’s Steinhardt Program in Education Theatre is like peeking at the ultrasound of what will someday be a fully embodied creature. Now in its eighteenth season, New Plays for Young Aud …Read more

My interview with the lovely Edward Petherbridge was a refreshing reminder that age and illness are no limitations when one is passionate about one’s art. The 78-year-old, Tony Award-nominated actor has played such memorable roles as Newman Noggs in …Read more

At the beginning of the century, actress, writer and comedian Rain Pryor put together a collection of self-penned songs and spoken word that would become Fried Chicken & Latkes (the title is a reference to her Black/Jewish heritage).  Back then, …Read more

In Daniel Talbott’s Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait (playing through June 27 at the Gym at Judson) Seth Numrich plays Smith, an American soldier stationed in an isolated desert outpost with only another soldier (Brian Miskell) keeping him comp …Read more

It’s been a few days since the Tony Awards. From where I sit, it was a generally impressive show with a historic slate of winners. Before we turn over to the new Broadway seasons I wanted to discuss some of the most interesting developments from Sund …Read more

There are three likely guarantees with your ticket to any show at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest 2015: (1) You will be the very first audience to see the show; (2) the show will be a fresh new fusion of comedy, music and theater; and (3) you will leave the opul …Read more

Is there anything better than working with someone that you admire? For Martin Tackel, getting the chance to collaborate with his colleague at Hunter College, Barbara Bosch, was a unique and wonderful opportunity. Both avid travelers with a passion f …Read more

This month, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s second round of one-acts, Series B, opens right as the crowd is still catching its breath from Series A. This go around features a Global Warming Comedy of Errors, a poetic meditation on contemporary America, an …Read more

June 4th through June 7th, Isle of Klezbos and Eve Sicular are restaging J Edgar Klezmer: Songs from my Grandmother’s FBI Files, a musical documentary about government surveillance, activism in during the Cold War, and hidden family secrets with a so …Read more