Oh, what a night! Although somewhat overcast with rain and thunderstorms in the forecast, the mood onstage for Twelfth Night in Central Park at The Delacorte Theater couldn’t have been sunnier! Twelfth Night is a typical Shakespearean comedy with di …Read more
For a fresh look at Chekov, go see The Cherry Orchard, playing at the American Theatre of Actors as part if its Classic Summer Series. Set in 1965, this production of Chekov’s final play puts a fun twist to the original somber play without losing any …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Jamie Leo and Paul Leschen about their musical ‘68. Tell us about your show! Paul: ’68 is the story of the events …Read more
What doees the word SUMMER mean? A whole lot of ice cream — or better yet, ice cream sandwiches! Imagine this: a perfect cylinder-shaped slab of ice cream nestled between two extremely soft cookies. Sound mouthwatering? It is! Roxy Haynes stopped b …Read more
We met up with George Salazar of the new show “Be More Chill” (and from the “Lightning Thief”!) where he talks about the show, social media, winning awards without knowing it, and a full behind the scenes performance of “Michael in the Bathroom”! htt …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Justin Moran, Adam Podd, David Rossetti, and Jonathan Roufeael about their musical Peter, Who? Tell us about your …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Rebecca Aparicio and Stephen Anthony Elkins about their musical Pedro Pan. Tell us about your show! Based on the …Read more
Fire in Dreamland begins with Kate (Rebecca Naomi Jones), a frustrated bureaucrat working to restore Coney Island after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, telling her story of meeting a passionate filmmaker, Jaap Hooft (Enver Gjokaj), near the beach …Read more
Long before there was the jukebox musical, there was the musical revue, and few songwriters have as many fabulous songs worthy of a musical revue than Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller. The show Smokey Joe’s Cafe, featuring 39 of their songs, opened in 1 …Read more
My Life on a Diet, starring Renée Taylor (now at the Theatre at St. Clement’s), is also the name of a book by Taylor, published in 1986. The stage version has been around for a while too. Her husband and writing partner Joseph Bologna, who passed awa …Read more