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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Planet Connections Interview - Balint Varga of "Dangersparkle and the Lion" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Balint Varga Show: Dangersparkle and the Lion Relationship to production: Music Director/Music Arranger Website: www.balintvarga.com Balint Varga is a compos…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:56PM

Planet Connections Interview - Mark-Eugene Garcia of "The Holy Cows of Credence, South Dakota" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Mark-Eugene Garcia (with a little help from Carolyn Lardinois English) Show: The Holy Cows of Credence, South Dakota Relationship to production: Bookwriter and …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:27PM

Planet Connections Interview - Mia Ellis of "Occupied" part of "Sharon's Shorts" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Group photo by Sharon Cooper Name: Mia Ellis     Show: Sharon’s Shorts (Occupied) Relationship to production (actor/writer/director, etc.): A…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:02PM

Planet Connections Interview - The Akadēmeia Theatre Company of "Miss Nowhere Diner" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Akadēmeia Theatre Company Show:  Miss Nowhere Diner Relationship to production:  We are a theatre company; Lydia Fort is the Producing Artistic Directo…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:15PM

Planet Connections Interview - Mark Jason Williams of "Straight Faced Lies" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Mark Jason Williams Show: Straight Faced Lies Relationship to production: Playwright Website: www.markjasonwilliams.com How did you first get involved …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:01PM

Planet Connections Interview - Tom Slot of "Farewell to Sanity and Other Irrational Constructs" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Eric Ford-Holevinski Name: Tom SlotShow: Farewell to Sanity and Other Irrational Constructs Relationship to production: Writer / DirectorWebs…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:42PM

Planet Connections Interview - Marcus Yi of "The Procedure" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name:  Marcus Yi Show:  The Procedure Relationship to production: Writer / Director Website:  www.marcusyi.com How did you first get involved in theat…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:14PM

Planet Connections Interview - Celestine Rae of "Velvet Rope" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Headshot by Chris Sorensen Production photo by Jeminah Russell Postcard photo by Gillian Alexy Name: Celestine Rae Show:  Velvet Rope  Relationship to pro…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:00PM

Planet Connections Interview - Cat Parker of "Dragon" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Cat Parker
 Show: DragonRelationship to production: Producer/Director
 Website: articulatetheatre.weebly.com/events
 
 Cat Parker is the …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 03:35PM

Planet Connections Interview - Christopher Leidenfrost of "The Greatest Pirate Story (N)Ever Told!" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Headshot by Alan Kaplan Production photos by Deborah Grossmark Name: Christopher Leidenfrost Show: The Greatest Pirate Story (N)Ever Told! Relationship to production:…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 03:16PM

Planet Connections Interview - Mateo Moreno of "Bohemian Valentine" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photos by Caitlin Becker Logo by Yelena Guller Name: Mateo Moreno Show: Bohemian Valentine Relationship to production: Writer, Actor Website: http://planetconnection…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:40PM
Friday, June 14, 2013

Interview - Jordana Williams of "Frankenstein Upstairs" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Jordana Williams has directed numerous plays by Mac Rogers, including Sovereign, Blast Radius, Advance Man (2012 NYIT Award-Outstanding Premiere Production), Viral (…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:48PM

Planet Connections Interview - Megan Jeannette Smith of "Ghost On A Stick" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Megan Jeannette Smith Show:  Ghost On A Stick Relationship to production: Director Website: http://www.meganjeannettesmith.com How did you first get invol…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:36PM

Planet Connections Interview - Katherine Brann Fredricks of "Walden" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Daniel Maté Name: Katherine Brann Fredricks Show:  Walden Relationship to production: writer, lyricist, co-producer Website: http://planetconnec…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:18PM

Planet Connections Interview - Scott Kesselman of "Attempts On Her Life" by Byrne Harrison

Name: Scott Kesselman Show: Attempts On Her Life Relationship to production: Director Website: blacknotetheatre.com How did you first get involved in theatre? An English professor, d…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:06PM

Planet Connections Interview - Charles Gershman of "Unbirth" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Charles Gershman Show: Unbirth Relationship to production: Writer Website: www.charlesgershman.com Charles Gershman’s plays have been staged or developed i…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 05:59PM
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

"The Weight of Water" - A Fragile Hold on Life in Post-Katrina New Orleans by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Bobby Miller This is the second time I've seen a performance of Myra Slotnick's moving play, "The Weight of Water," about life and death in post-Katrina New Orl…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:26PM
Friday, May 31, 2013

Planet Connections Interview - Lenny Schwartz of "Subject 62" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Lenny Schwartz Show: "Subject 62" Relationship to production: Writer/director Website: http://planetconnections.org/subject-62/ How did you first get inv…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:23PM

Let’s Hear it For Pinoy: "Here Lies Love" Rocks the Public Theater by Byrne Harrison

By Mark A. Newman Photo by Joan Marcus If you would’ve told me that the brains behind "Burning Down the House" and "The Rockefeller Skank" would’ve been two of the driving force…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:43PM
Thursday, May 16, 2013

"Old Fashioned Prostitutes(A True Romance)" - A Different Plane of Consciousness by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Photo by Joan Marcus The first thing one must understand when attending a Richard Foreman play is that terms such as "liner" and "sequential" often have no meaning. Such…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:27AM
Sunday, April 28, 2013

"Mass" at the Brick Theater by Byrne Harrison

By Rob Hartmann Mass, currently finishing its run at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, is a rock musical which explores the contemporary art world and the lengths to which artists will g…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:44PM

He Sang, She Sang: "The Last Five Years" at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va. by Byrne Harrison

Review by Mark A. Newman Has it really been a decade since I saw the original version of The Last Five Years, the two-person Jason Robert Brown tuner, off-Broadway? Yeah, it has. Oddly, as…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:15PM

"The Lying Lesson" - A Lesson Not Learned by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Playwright Craig Lucas makes a bit of a misstep with his intriguing but unfortunately one-note work The Lying Lesson at the Atlantic Theater Company, offering a story wit…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:01PM

"Happy Birthday" - Frosting Without a Cake by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Photo by Hunter Canning The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) has dipped into the theatrical archives and revived the Anita Loos work Happy Birthday which was a Broadway hit…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:57PM
Friday, April 5, 2013

Brooke Davis in “I’m So Sorry… For Everything” at the Metropolitan Room, March 25th, 2013 by Byrne Harrison

By Rob Hartmann Cabaret at its best allows the singing actor to create an evening which flows effortlessly and inevitably from their own stage personality. It’s no surprise that some of…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:35PM

“The North Pool” - Where no one is who or what they seem by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Perception or the misinterpretation of it is the key in Rajvi Joseph's tension-filled The North Pool at the Vineyard Theatre. It's April, 2007 in Middle America and the…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:29PM

“The Old Boy” - Powerful and Riveting by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Photo by Carol Rosegg When making a statement, sometimes the simplest messages are the best, as brilliantly shown in the Keen Company's quietly powerful revival of A.R. …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:27PM

“Passion” - Passion and Problems by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander There is a fine line between love, hate, obsession and disgust. Such is the ground explored in the 1994 musical Passion (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Ja…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:22PM

“It's a Bird....It's a Plane...It's Superman” - Soaring High by Byrne Harrison

By Judd Hollander Photo by Joan Marcus More than four decades before everyone's favorite wall-crawler debuted on the great white way, another comic book character did the same thing in …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:17PM
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Interview with Joan Kane - Director of "I Know What Boys Want" by Byrne Harrison

By Anthony Host Joan Kane was named one of 2011 People of the Year in indie theatre by nytheatre.com. She directed “Play Nice!” Off-Broadway at the 59E59 Theater…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:50PM
Monday, March 18, 2013

Limited Number of Tickets Available for Tonight's "Broadway Backwards" by Byrne Harrison

BROADWAY BACKWARDS OFFERS DAY-OF RUSH TICKETS SELECT SEATS ONLY $20 ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT BENEFITS BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS AND THE CENTER MONDAY, MARCH 18 AT 8 PM AT BR…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:28PM

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