Tuesday, October 22, 2013
By Judd Hollander
The world is ugly. So says Sue Barker (Kathryn Erbe), a buyer for a Chicago department store at both the beginning and end of William Inge's rarely-performed 1962 work Na…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:27PMBy Judd Hollander
Honesty is the best policy or what you don't know won't hurt you are the choices Ethan Coen postulates in his latest stage offering, Women or Nothing, now at the Atlantic…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:25PMBy Judd Hollander
The Pearl Theatre Company starts its 30th anniversary season in high style with a sparkling production of Bernard Shaw's rarely performed work You Never Can Tell. Present…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:22PMSunday, September 15, 2013
By Mark A. Newman
Photo by Christopher Mueller
When Miss Saigon first opened in London and later on Broadway, it was a part of the British mega-musical invasion of the 1980s that included …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 05:16PMThursday, September 5, 2013
SING THISTHE SONGS OF JEFF CUBETASEPTEMBER 6, 7, 8, & 10FEATURING VOCALISTSAISHA DE HAASVENESSA DIAZCHARLIE STEVENSSPECIAL GUESTSERIC MICHAEL GILLETTCAROLYN MONTGOMERY-FORANTWITHSEAN HAR…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:57PMThursday, August 29, 2013
By Judd Hollander
Photos by Joan Marcus
One remarkable thing about a Shakespeare work is its seemingly endless elasticity which allows it to be stretched to fit almost any scenario under t…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:31AMBy Judd Hollander
Photos by Carol Rosegg
Personal interactions are the key element in Series B of 59E59 Theater's annual Summer Shorts program. Consisting of three separate one-act works, a…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:18AMThursday, August 8, 2013
By Judd Hollander
Photos by Joan Marcus
With themes about love, marriage and relationships that resonate just as strongly today as when the show first appeared, the 1978 Off-Broadway hit …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:00AMWednesday, August 7, 2013
By Lex Friedman
In "The Fallen," the latest offering from T. Schreiber Studio and directed by the man himself, playwright Yasmina Beverly Rana dives headfirst into a recent but undertold …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:17PMWednesday, July 31, 2013
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
The Sunshine Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre
Sept 24 – Nov 3, 2013
by Neil Simon
Directed by Thea Sharrock
Starring Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch
Direct from Lond…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:02PMWednesday, July 24, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
How much fun can you have for a $1.99? If you pick up a copy of Rachel Shukert's "Let Me Be Your Star," the answer is quite a lot.
Shukert's book is based on her wo…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:00AMTuesday, July 23, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
Photos by Peter Zimmern
From the moment you walk into the Actors Temple, you know you're in for something different. How many one-person shows have a jazz combo on s…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:04PMMonday, July 22, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
Photos by Mary Ellen Nelligar
Sidney Stein (Jim Pillmeier), the title character in Brian C. Petti's "The Love Song of Sidney J. Stein," is a man with a mission. Af…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:00AMThe FIFTH Annual BROADWAY MEOWS
a Concert for the HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Featuring the songs of SETH BISEN-HERSH
starring:KARMINE ALERS (Rent)JUSTIN BARNETTE (Encores! Fiorello!)SETH B…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:10AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
"O help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art mine only hope."
George Lucas meets the Bard in Ian Doescher's recently released "William Shakespeare's Star Wars." …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:30PMInterview with Alex Timbers of Love's Labours Lost.
Pilobolus review.
Review of Jim Brochu's latest one-man show, coming to NYC this September.
Taylor Lautner hangs out backstage with the…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:12PMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Tomato Fight
Which role in a Broadway revival would you most like to play? Some of Broadway's favorite actors give their answers.
35 things most New Yorkers do.
There's l…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:48PMMonday, July 15, 2013
Mid-year cabaret review.
Theatreworks USA's The Civil War opens today.
Arab-Hebrew Theatre Company comes to New York.
Tony Kushner and the Off-Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:53PMThe next Project Shaw staged reading will be Monday, July 22nd at 7 PM at The Players on Gramercy Park.
ON THE ROCKS
A Political ComedyWritten by George Bernard Shaw in 1933
A com…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:30PMBy Byrne Harrison
I had planned to review David Lawson's "Birthright," about his experience in the Birthright "heritage tour" of Israel, along with the three one-man shows that …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:00AMBy Byrne Harrison
I've mentioned before that I tend to be a little skittish at seeing one-man shows. They really need to have an exceptionally capable and compelling actor, a strong d…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:35AMSunday, July 14, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
Cory Monteith, who shot to fame as Finn on Fox's musical high school series Glee, passed away yesterday in Vancouver. He was found in his hotel room after m…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:05AMSaturday, July 13, 2013
Twelfth Night as a '60s beach party?
Mayoral forum on arts and culture coming up on July 27th. Find out what the candidates think.
Pilobolus Dance Theater collaborates with Penn and …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 11:35PMFriday, July 12, 2013
Are these the top ten stage musicals?
Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Watters mock participants of Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
High school production of The Laramie Project&nb…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:11PMColin Quinn Unconstitutional, a new comedy written by and starring Colin Quinn, has been extended at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) and the show will n…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:48PMThe Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) is bittersweet to announce that Executive Director Taryn Sacramone will be stepping down from her position to join the Queens Theatre (QT) as Managi…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:40PMThursday, July 11, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
Photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia
I knew as soon as I heard the cute theme song by The Skivvies that I was going to like this show.
"The Ensemblist" is a podcast about the oft…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 11:36PMBy Byrne Harrison
It has been announced that James Comtois has stepped down as Co-Artistic Director and Resident Playwright of the indie theatre company Nosedive Productions.
"This was…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:58PMOut of prison, into a theatre.
Edward Albee wins 2013 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize.
Julie Halston to perform at Birdland August 12th and 19th.
Billy Crystal helps out his hometown.
…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:42PMThe Fresh Fruit Festival presents Brian C. Petti's The Love Song of Sidney J. Stein, a gay relationship play for the new millennium, at the The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street on the …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:01PMBy Byrne Harrison
After reading about the upcoming Little Rock Nine Project, I spoke with Red Shirt Entertainment's Producing Artistic Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj to find out more.
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SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:46PM 
