Sophie Melville gives one of the most electrifying performances of the year in Iphigenia in Splott, Gary Owen’s timely adaptation of the Greek myth in which the wronged Effie realizes sacrificing herself for the greater good might be her only chance …Read more
Broadway golden couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley are celebrating their 20th anniversary and we get to join the party. The talented duo are set to perform at Feinstein’s/54 Below starting May 29th. Singing from the Great American Songbook, as we …Read more
A marriage that should have been. Or, for all intents and purposes, actually already was. But for that matter, was not, but then did so happen anyway in a way that was not marriage but could have been. Please forgive this writer’s poor attempt at an …Read more
Ever since his breakout role as Cheech in the musical adaptation of Bullets Over Broadway, Nick Cordero has become the go-to-guy for brooding, tough characters who might not instantly win the audience’s sympathy. However, through his nuanced, sensiti …Read more
We’re all about the Williamsburg art scene, and one of our favorite spots to visit for inspiration and original work is Cotton Candy Machine. The art gallery boutique (also exclusive shipper of Tara McPherson’s work — an artist we adore, as well as …Read more
Let’s admit it, we all have a sweet tooth every once in a while — and what better way to satisfy that than going to Sugar Factory, a candy shop that both kids and adults can enjoy! Sugar Factory is a sweet lovers’ dream with a one of a kind mouthwat …Read more
Midtown isn’t New York’s only neighborhood for great theater. In this installment of thEATer, we interviewed Broadway veteran Jenny Jules, who is currently starring in Mfoniso Udofia’s Sojourners and Her Portmanteau, playing in rep at New York Theate …Read more
Women’s bodies have been put on display and fetishized throughout history. In the thought-provoking Venus, now playing at the Signature Theatre, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks explores the mania that a particular female body type engenders. Venus tells …Read more
Audience members arriving for Ain Gordon’s Radicals in Miniature at the Baryshnikov Arts Center are greeted by a stage on which twelve seemingly haphazardly-placed computer screens display small, flickering images of people and objects. Screens onsta …Read more
Cagebirds, the David Campton play written in 1972, is as auspicious today as it ever was. Six women, representing as many walks of life as the subway platform at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, are in a locked room together, each absorbed in her own p …Read more