Monday, November 15, 2021
One young man rejects a scholarship to MIT so he can stay home to care for his mother and younger siblings; he’s Depression. An older Nigerian man shares knowledge and tales from his yo…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:17AMMonday, November 8, 2021
If I had a product to sell, I’d hire comedian /actress Jackie Hoffman to be my spokesperson. With her rubbery face and perpetually dour expression, she’s believable. She would never lie!…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:28PMWednesday, October 27, 2021
The playbill for Bertolt Brecht’s play The Mother suggests immediately that the drama at The Performing Garage will be unique. Brecht himself noted that the aim of the play is not to enter…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:42PMSunday, October 24, 2021
On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. It was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, involving more than US $600 bi…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:54PMTuesday, October 19, 2021
Ruben Santiago-Hudson was raised by his grandmother. So he did what any talented theater person would do-he wrote a play about her! “Lackawanna Blues” is Santiago-Hudson’s paean to his…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:14PMFriday, October 8, 2021
To many,“Six the Musical” was the show that was mere hours away from opening night when Broadway shut down in March 2020. A smash hit in London’s West End, the show had already created…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:47PMTuesday, September 28, 2021
Language plays a significant role in “Pass Over,” the play by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, whether through repetition, ambiguity or cultural references. It begins with the title referring…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:13PMMonday, July 26, 2021
“I don’t remember Christopher Lloyd,” said the woman sitting behind us in the outdoor theater. “Jim from the TV show Taxi,” we reminded her. “Oh, the crazy one.” For some, Lloy…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:45AMWednesday, July 14, 2021
It almost felt normal. Although we had to wear masks to enter the theater and show proof of vaccination to get our seats, we were actually in an Off-Broadway theater sitting next to other pa…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:00PMWednesday, April 21, 2021
In the 1970’s, Harvey Milk, a gay charismatic politican, was assassinated for being openly homosexual. Using him as a pivotal character, Jerry James, Laura I. Kramer, Ellen M. Schwartz, an…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:41PMSunday, April 11, 2021
Full disclaimer: I am a John Cullum fan, so when I read that he was doing a one-man show tracing his long career, I looked forward to it. Filmed earlier this year and recorded with pianist J…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:43AMSaturday, March 20, 2021
In her landmark book On Death and Dying, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross details the five stages of grief. Approaching it on a personal level in The Year of Magical Thinking, writer Joan Didion shares…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:05AMMonday, March 15, 2021
It has been over a year since Broadway theaters shut down, putting tens of thousands of people out of work. As more people are getting vaccinated and restaurants, gyms and bars are increasin…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:58PMMonday, December 28, 2020
Everything old can be new again with creativity. The question is how to make the traditional relevant and, more importantly, how to attract paying viewers. John Caird and Paul Gordon collabo…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:31PMWednesday, November 11, 2020
It was a different kind of Halloween this year-no New York’s Village Halloween Parade, no house parties, not even a lot of trick or-treaters. Many houses posted signs saying “no candy, s…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:58AMTuesday, October 13, 2020
One of the controversial campaign issues this election year is immigration and the Zoom show “American Dreams” deals with the thorny issue head on. By participating in a game show, th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:32PMMonday, August 17, 2020
I challenge you to watch The Line, streaming on The Public Theater site or YouTube, without being emotionally moved. Presented in the documentary style they used so successfully with Exon…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:06PMThursday, May 7, 2020
The statistics are staggering and heartbreaking. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 out of 7 children was food-deprived. Now it is estimated that 1 out of 4 children is going hungry. With schoo…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:04PMThursday, April 23, 2020
What do you do when the show you are working on goes on hiatus and you are self-quarantined? If you are a member of a theater union like Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764 IATSE or United S…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:18PMFriday, March 6, 2020
Nothing can defeat the spunky Molly Brown – not poverty, hunger, illiteracy or even a sinking ship. She reminds us of her feisty spirit when she sings “till I leave the rear / It’s fro…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:35AMMonday, February 17, 2020
Even seemingly well-adjusted families can be messy. In the new play “Grand Horizons,” by Bess Wohl (“Small Mouths,” “Make Believe,”) a retired librarian, Nancy (the wonderful Jan…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:38PMThursday, February 6, 2020
Romeo lives! At the end of the famous tragedy by Shakespeare, the young hero drinks poison and dies, but in “Romeo and Bernadette,“ the original Off-Broadway musical, an Amas Musical Th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:21PMThursday, January 23, 2020
A simple railroad or subway ride leads you right to Madison Square Garden for top-notch children’s entertainment. Shows are varied with appeal to youngsters and, often, even their paren…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:12PMMonday, December 23, 2019
I am intrigued by mentalists and mediums and always excited about a play that uses spiritualism as its theme. Even more so when the playwright is Lucas Hnath (A Doll’s House, Part 2, and H…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:59PMTuesday, December 17, 2019
It opens in a whirlwind of activity. The chef chops, minces, slices and dices, rushing between stove and counter. He throws in spices, tastes, then adds sauces, all to the jazz playing in th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:00AMMonday, December 9, 2019
It’s easy to understand why some people suffer from Coulrophobia (fear of clowns) especially when their clown faces are hidden under greasepaint, false noses and perpetually dour expressio…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:39PMSunday, November 24, 2019
Ironically, Tennessee Williams, a gay playwright, wrote some of the most iconic roles for women in theater. He created parts such as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Maggie in A Cat on A…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:17PMSaturday, November 16, 2019
Is there life after Game of Thrones? At the end of the popular long-running HBO mega-series, Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) was named the Hand of the King to Bran. Then the show ended, so where…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:29PMWednesday, October 30, 2019
Long before puppets became common in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, (“Avenue Q,” “Hand of God,” “King Kong”) there was Audrey II, the star of “Little Shop of Horrors.” In a…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:22PMFriday, October 18, 2019
Want to keep your kids away from screens? Take them to the theater; it’s never too early! Often the best introduction the theater is something familiar, a show based upon a favorite book…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:03AMThursday, September 19, 2019
Some plays are age specific and attract a certain demographic. “Fern Hill,” written by actor-playwright Michael Tucker (L.A. Law,) deals with three couples who are long-time friends. The…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:13PM 
