Based on the true story of William Finn, the autobiographical musical A New Brain (by Finn and James Lapine) tells the tale of a composer, Gordon Michael Schwin, who, in the midst of writing a song for work, collapses at lunch one day. It turns out t …Read more
Tom Nelis is a longtime New York theater vet that has worked seemingly everywhere and with everyone, from Indecent and The Visit on Broadway to performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Richard Foreman, and the Public. He is currently in downt …Read more
Duane Park is getting a little more steamy and sizzling this winter, when a cast of established burlesque performers and actors invade the space to stage an elaborate murder mystery. Part stage play and part burlesque show, it’s a madcap evening of m …Read more
In a society where everyone has a terrible break up story, Joni’s is quite possibly the worst. Her long term boyfriend of five years, Noah–a rock star–does the deed by inviting her on stage at one of his shows and recounting, in harrowing detail, a …Read more
A New Brain, the latest production from The Gallery Players, is helmed by director Barrie Gelles. Centered around a young artist who suddenly finds out he has a potentially life-threatening brain malformation, this story is based on the real-life exp …Read more
Seamlessly directed by Catherine Andre, the Center at West Park and Pickle Dog Productions’ presentation of George Farquhar’s 1706 play The Recruiting Officer is entertaining, replete with great staging, acting, and singing. The play centers around t …Read more
About ten years ago, Brandon Burk was a popular fixture on the Las Vegas Strip performing in Tony & Tina’s Wedding. One night after a show, he got behind the wheel after drinking many strong cocktails, drove the wrong way down Nevada’s I-95 freew …Read more
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a tower of a film and one of the Western canon’s foremost works concerning both the manipulated, volatile dynamics of power, and the bitter edge — really the tethering point — where des …Read more
In SOMEONEPLEASELISTENANDUNDERSTAND (they’re wiretapping our brains), written by Brett Evan Solomon, directed by Kelsey Lurie, and performed at The Brick Theater as part of this year’s Exponential Festival, the complexity of communication gets a sing …Read more
The Art of Medicine in association with The Simon Studio showcased the human side of medicine in a staged reading of Richard Pellegrino’s Marginalia at The Players Club. The title itself provides a thought-provoking premise — that what’s written in …Read more
