Broadway power couple Kelli Barrett (Dr. Zhivago, Wicked) and Jarrod Spector (Jersey Boys, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) return to Feinstein’s/54 Below this April with a brand-new cabaret show exploring their different accounts of ending up tog …Read more
Meeting the in-laws tends to come with a fair amount of friction, and that’s never more true when religious and political opinions don’t align. That’s the focus of Zayd Dohrn’s play The Profane, currently at Playwrights Horizons, in which an engageme …Read more
The key to unlocking Zayd Dohrn’s The Profane lies in the seemingly innocuous double casting of Francis Benhamou, the vibrant actor who plays Aisa and Dania, the former is the eldest daughter of Raif (Ali Reza Farahnakian) a first-generation Middle E …Read more
Broadway’s Arielle Jacobs (In the Heights, Wicked) is looking forward to sharing her stories and personal journey this April as she makes her Feinstein’s/54 Below solo cabaret debut! Most recently starring in the Australian production of Aladdin as P …Read more
The threats plaguing the working class in 2017 are, unfortunately, as American as apple pie. For a nation founded on policies of liberty and justice, greed and exploitation run so rampant that the achievement of the former feels impossible. American …Read more
The dining scene of New York’s Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. In this installment of thEATer, we spoke to Gelsey Bell, who’s …Read more
Legendary performer Lorna Luft got her start in the entertainment industry performing at a young age on her mother’s television series, The Judy Garland Show. Her career has spanned the screen and stage, in series such as Trapper John, M.D. and films …Read more
There’s no question immigration is a hot-button issue in America today. With protesters crowding the streets of America as our President sends out executive orders left and right, it’s a topic on everyone’s mind, which makes Urban Stages’ Angry Young …Read more
It’s hard to forget the 2010 news images of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout, the pathetically sad marine life gasping for air, daubed in the viscid black oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Despite BP paying a record-breaking $18 b …Read more
It’s only three days to Election Day and Senator Charles Whitmore’s (Rob Nagle) who is seeking re-election decides it’s time to let his constituents know who he really is when he goes off-script during a speech and talks about his issues with God. Ja …Read more