Beyond his fascination with dead presidents, as seen in the likes of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the workshop of Here’s Hoover! The Historic Herbert Hoover 2014 Comeback Special, composer Michael Friedman is interested in telling stories about y …Read more

1951 saw Broadway fall in love with Audrey Hepburn playing the innocent but oh-so-canny “Gigi” in the Anita Loos play of that title. 1958 caused a similar infatuation with Leslie Caron when the play was turned into a well-remembered movie musical. 19 …Read more

On April 3rd and 4th the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) held its bi-annual literary festival titled Emerge: New Mediums, New Voices at the Asian American Writers Workshop. Staying true to the title, the festival featured a range of S …Read more

A Broadway show about foul-mouthed hand puppets . . . could such a thing ever work? Ask the producers of “Avenue Q” (which is still running in its off-Broadway transfer). Okay, but can another show about sock puppets acting out have similar success? …Read more

Robert Dubac is bringing his humor and talent to New York City with two crowd-pleasing one-man shows.  The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? follows Dubac’s journey figuring out what women want, while The Book of Moron seeks to find the truth in an endles …Read more

Adrienne Truscott has a difficult time explaining to people what she does. She’s a dancer, a circus performer, a writer, and a teacher. She’s one half of the “neo-vaudevillian” burlesque act the Wau Wau Sisters. She’s no stranger to performing. But t …Read more

Sunday Night Improv is an improv jam full of diverse performers from varying troupes in NYC, hosted by the veteran improviser, film maker and author Tom Soter. At most improv theatres you will see a group performers in their 20s and 30s mocking life …Read more

Rehana Lew Mirza is the first South Asian playwright to have her work be produced by the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company. I spoke to her about her journey as a playwright, the Ma-Yi Writers Lab and her latest work, Soldier X, …Read more

When David Hare’s romantic drama, “Skylight”, first reached Broadway in 1996, critics lauded the show’s balance of emotional, inter-personal drama with the playwright’s realization that class and hierarchy have informed the arc of the characters’ liv …Read more

In the 1990s, Laura Eason was a singer, songwriter and bass player for the Chicago indie rock band Tart. Today, she brings her rock origins to the stage with The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, a play about the eponymous owner of Frank’s Bar, a legend …Read more