Few stage performances have been as definitive as Cathy Rigby’s portrayal of Peter Pan. Her work as the eternal boy must’ve shaped the lives of countless children who in Rigby saw their wildest adventures come to vibrant life onstage. By the time she …Read more
From Newsies to Mary Poppins, Andrew Keenan-Bolger is a bona fide scene-stealer who imbues his characters with the right amount of sensitivity and charm. It’s no wonder he’s set to play a modern Santa in Kris Kringle The Musical. We spoke to him abou …Read more
It’s been said that people congregate in kitchens at dinner parties because the food-prep area is a “backstage” space, somewhere where folks can be their authentic selves. In the kitchen, you don’t need to put forward the formal, public persona you u …Read more
Created and written by Carlo D’Amore and directed by Collin Blackard, The Trial of Typhoid Mary 1915 is a fascinating, educational and emotionally moving experience. Set in the lower level of Lucky Jack’s on the Lower East Side, the play transforms t …Read more
A Pride and Prejudice that incites the senses and decries stuffy sensibility? Bring it. Or rather, bring them. Presented by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Company and Primary Stages in a co-production at The Cherry Lane Theatre, Kate Hamill’s take on the …Read more
A romantic comedy with more than just the usual misadventures and misunderstandings, Hot Mess, now playing at the Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center, offers us so much more baggage. Young lovers Elanor (Lucy DeVito) and Max (Max Crumm) are ju …Read more
The movement artists at The Dance Gallery Festival 2017, hosted at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, certainly remind one that to dance is to live. Imbedded in the psyche of the dancers and the extremely detailed choreography witnessed in each piece lies …Read more
Actually, now playing at the Studio at Stage II at New York City Center, comes at a bleak time in the landscape of sexual politics. This moment is bleak not because things like abuse or rape have been nonexistent until now, but because the world now …Read more
Two couples battling through life in New York City take center stage in Jack Goes Boating, written by Bob Glaudini and presented by The Seeing Place Theater and director Erin Cronican. The charming script has many juicy acting opportunities, though t …Read more
Kate Mueth is to the New York City/Hamptons arts scene what Blondie was to rock and roll: a rebel heart pumping fearless blood through her art. Mueth and her company of like-minded trail-blazing dance-artists, Neo-Political Cowgirls, is also embolden …Read more
