The work on display by Neil LaBute, Matthew Lopez and Vicki Ramirez at 59E59 Theaters’ Summer Shorts series proves why these playwrights are the voices of contemporary American theatre. LaBute, the biggest star of the three, is the series’ big draw a …Read more

In Yussef El Guindi’s Threesome, a sexual escapade becomes the window into a world of double standards, faux convictions and misogyny as three people must come to terms with the fact that they’re not as liberal, or liberated, as they thought. When th …Read more

According to the hilarious musical RUTHLESS! people will go to any lengths in order to become famous, as we see in little Tina Denmark (a sensational Tori Murray), a sweet girl who dreams of nothing else but life in the theatre. When she isn’t chosen …Read more

A number of shows being performed all over the country all deal with the same thing: aging. There’s Mid-Life the Crisis Musical, Menopause the Musical, Mid-Life 2; the Crisis Musical, and many home-made regional productions of shows pertaining to the …Read more

In Butcher Holler Here We Come, now on stage at The Tank, writer Casey Wimpee and director Leah Bonvissuto have teamed up to create an emotionally dark yet stunning portrait of humanity in crisis. It seems kismet that the play found its way to the Ta …Read more

Poor Mrs. Smith (David Hanbury) has lost her dear cat Carlyle and in order to find him she’s put on a show titled Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-tacular in hopes that he will come back to her, and also to recruit some fellow searchers among the audience m …Read more

When Manuel (Gil Perez-Abraham) arrived in the United States as a child, he had no idea that growing up his dreams would seem almost impossible to realize thanks to an issue of bureaucracy. He and his mother (a splendid Tami Dahbura) are undocumented …Read more

If you are lucky enough, you live near a certain wondrous place of happiness: the theatre built for and by the community. Community theatre is a place where the spirit of brotherly love, collaboration and a celebration of theatre brings people togeth …Read more

Perhaps it’s testament to Pope Francis’ current status as the hip representative of Catholics on earth that we get to see a show as fresh and funny as Pope! An Epic Musical which for all its irreverence and zaniness, dares to see the position of Bish …Read more

 The rivalry between Tonya Harding (Tracy McDowell) and Nancy Kerrigan (Jenna Leigh Green) is part of modern lore, and while the word “musical” is the last thing anyone would think about when discussing the tragic nature of their endless competition, …Read more