Watching The Band’s Visit, a new musical at Atlantic Theater Company is like being drawn into the periphery of an intimate story and becoming a part of each small moment as it unfolds. The musical is based on Erin Kolirin’s screenplay for the award- …Read more
We spoke to Emily Padgett about playing Helene in The New Group’s revival of Sweet Charity… From the moment we go into the theater and we see Georgia Stitt and her band, it becomes evident that this is a truly girl-power version of Sweet Charity, c …Read more
In the stunning Elements of Oz (The Builders Association production at 3LD through December 18), audience members get to be part of the creation of the classic 1939 film of The Wizard of Oz. Through the use of inventive technology – and our smartphon …Read more
New-York based actor, musician, and photographer David Perlman has let a passion for performing and creative pursuits pave his way to success. Performing on Broadway in Baby It’s You! as well as in the national tour of Schoolhouse Rock Live! and nume …Read more
In Ride the Cyclone, six Canadian teenagers board a roller coaster — and only one makes it out alive. The question of which teen ultimately escapes this tragic fate is at the center of this witty new musical, which is now playing at the Lucille Lorte …Read more
Eugene O’Neill’s enthusiasm for that which flowed, be it the sea upon which he spent his early adulthood, or the drink that diluted the top and bottom generations of his family, propped up the arcs of many of his plays. In his Pulitzer Prize winning …Read more
Heartbreaking tales of teenage angst have long been popular in every storytelling medium, and they’re in no danger of disappearing soon. That only makes sense. If you can’t identify with youthful characters that feel lost, confused and defeated, you’ …Read more
In her show Frenchy, A Parisian Affair in Story and Song at Don’t Tell Mama, Jen Fellman offers us an intimate portrait of falling in love in Paris and with Paris. Perfectly crafted, Ms. Fellman’s show is more like a cinematic musical monologue than …Read more
Powerful for the way it looks at the moments between the actual action of the story, Sarah DeLappe’s play The Wolves follows a high school women’s indoor soccer team. Dropping in on their warm-up sessions before games, the play, from the Playwrights …Read more
Holy cow, run, don’t walk, to the New Victory Theater on 42nd Street to see Mother Africa: My Home. This “circus spectacular” production has been brought back to New York by the Circus der Sinne group from South Africa and features performers from al …Read more