A new biographical drama, Adam, now playing at Castillo Theatre, tells the true story of African-American civil rights leader Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a United States congressman from 1945 to 1971. He was a man who knew that mass action was the most …Read more
A snide comment from a fellow seven-year-old launches an identity crisis for young Monica Piper when her neighbor asserts that skipping temple means she’s “not that Jewish.” In her hilarious one-woman show, named after said snarky comment, Piper expl …Read more
Linda, currently running at the Manhattan Theatre Club, takes the name of a single character, the protagonist of the story, but represents generations of women struggling with “new” feminism, one that encourages women to have it all. The play, writte …Read more
We were lucky enough to interview May Adrales, whose directing work has been lauded nationwide. This past season, she helmed the critically acclaimed production of Vietgone at Manhattan Theater Club. Her latest endeavor is directing Betty Shamieh’s T …Read more
Sweeney Todd, arguably one of the darkest pieces in the musical theater canon, becomes darker yet in the fantastically staged new production from the UK’s Tooting Arts Club, performed at Greenwich Village’s Barrow Street Theater. The entire space has …Read more
In David Mamet’s The Penitent, making its Off-Broadway debut at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church turned Linda Gross Theater, one of the two theaters run by Atlantic Theater Company (co-founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy and thirty of their d …Read more
Raging hormones meet unexpected terror in the world premiere of writer/director Erica Schmidt’s All the Fine Boys, presented by the New Group at The Pershing Square Signature Center. In truth, this is not a play about friendship, but it introduces it …Read more
With its mentor project, the Cherry Lane Theatre pairs emerging playwrights with established mentors to celebrate new work from new artists. Kicking off this year’s series, Ren Dara Santiago presents The Siblings Play, a touching portrayal of three s …Read more
When you’re watching a play where dinosaurs and woolly mammoths are treated like modern household pets, it’s freezing cold in the middle of August, and actors continually stop mid-sentence to break character, you know you’re seeing something truly un …Read more
When Wes buys what is probably the most disheveled building in New Orleans, he plans to use it as the launching point for his soon-to-be fashion empire. That is, until he learns about the building’s history – by literally visiting it. Creator Max Ver …Read more
