Every three years, the Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award Program honors theatre women around the world. Founded in 2011, the Award promotes greater visibility for female theatre artists, supports cross-country connections, and recognizes the …Read more

“Live at The Lortel” brings you live YouTube interviews with artists and performers. The 2021 lineup kicked off with Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall on January 4, followed by Anna Deveare Smith on January 11. If you missed those two, you can sti …Read more

Micki Grant is always first in line: the first Black to write commercial jingles, to have a non-silent role in a commercial, to get a contract role on daytime television. The first woman to write the lyrics, score, and libretto for a Broadway musical …Read more

For actor Tim Palmer, born and raised in the English countryside, moving to NYC to pursue theatre was a bit of a culture shock. But if his recent explosive performance in Nylon Fusion’s The Listening Room is any indication, he’s adjusting fine. Recen …Read more

Credit: THISISPOPBABY We spoke to Rory O’Neill and his alter ego, the fabulous queen of drag Panti Bliss, about their involvement in RIOT, THISISPOPBABY’s latest extravaganza coming to New York next week. The show, which won the coveted Best Producti …Read more

Tony nominee Max Von Essen will lead the company of The Dreyfus Affair at BAM from April 27-May 7. The play by Eve Wolf chronicles the saga of Alfred Dreyfus, a French artillery officer who was wrongfully imprisoned in the late 19th century when he w …Read more