Entertainment Weekly reported this week that everybody’s favorite absorbent, porous and yellow invertebrate, SpongeBob SquarePants, may someday come to Broadway. At its annual “upfront” presentation of its TV offerings, Nickelodeon announced that the …Read more

From the African-American experience to the choppy waters of international adoption, award-winning playwright Tanya Barfield is not afraid of a challenge. Her courageous writing has been awarded with a Lilly Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and a Pulitz …Read more

The Last Five Years first made its Off-Broadway debut in 2002 – it ran at the Minetta Lane Theatre for two months – and while critics adored it, perhaps not many expected it to become a bona fide cult classic. The original cast recording featuring No …Read more

Tony-winner Lillias White has the kind of voice that’s both majestic and soothing, qualities that perfectly fit the real-life character she’s currently playing onstage in Alan Govenar’s Texas in Paris. White plays Osceola Mays, an elderly Texan widow …Read more

In Rasheeda Speaking, Tony-winner Tonya Pinkins plays Jaclyn, an office worker pitted against her co-worker Ileen (played by Oscar winner Dianne Wiest) when claims of arrogance and incompetence against the former, force the latter to supervise her ev …Read more

For his theatrical debut in New York City, Austin Smith is hitting the ground running in a big way. His lead role in An Octoroon at Theatre for a New Audience encompasses not one but three characters, including a portrayal of the playwright, Branden …Read more

Actor, writer, director, and producer Glenn Quentin sat down with us to discuss his latest theatrical venture, the world premiere of CrackBaby, now playing at The Griot Festival. It is a piece that delves into the psyche of young urbanites grinding a …Read more

Overnight, “will it or won’t it?” has turned into “when will it?” Even before Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical, “Hamilton”, opened at off-Broadway’s Public Theater last night, the buzz was hot, and speculation had the production searching frantically …Read more

Another year means another season of the acclaimed series Broadway by the Year, which is now celebrating its fifteenth year. Organized, produced and hosted by the remarkable pop culture critic Scott Siegel this year’s season will feature some of the …Read more

Christina Bianco finally gets to speak in her own voice. I recently had the chance to interview the multi-impressionist actress, singer and star of the Off-Broadway one-woman play Application Pending, a comedy about the harrowing process of kindergar …Read more