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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Review of ‘Speed Queen’ by Arpita Mukherjee

What is it about: A solo show (that’s not quite a solo show) that tells the story of gay rights pioneer Joe Carstairs, this production is part cabaret, part farce, and all tons of fun. Pho…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:30PM
Monday, April 16, 2018

Interview with Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino on ‘This Flat Earth’ by Arpita Mukherjee

Lindsey Ferrentino is one of the busiest playwrights in New York. She currently has not one but two plays running in the city – This Flat Earth at Playwrights Horizons and Amy and the Orph…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:26AM
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Review of ‘Dinner with Georgette’ by Arpita Mukherjee

What is it about: Balti and Jaker are gay 20-year-olds enjoying romantic and sexual possibilities on their college campus. When Jaker asks Balti to pretend to be straight during Jaker’…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:37PM
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Review: Joshua Harmon’s Controversial ‘Admissions’ Misses the Mark by Arpita Mukherjee

What it’s about: Lincoln Center Theater’s Admissions explores the ideals and contradictions of a liberal white family in New England. Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions d…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:00PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Interview: Hammaad Chaudry on Framing His Own Narrative in ‘An Ordinary Muslim’ by Arpita Mukherjee

In An Ordinary Muslim, Hammaad Chaudry brings to life the Bhatti family, who have immigrated to England from Pakistan. Through a myriad of conflicts and conversations, Chaudry reveals to us …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:37PM
Thursday, March 8, 2018

Review: Why ‘A Letter to Harvey Milk’ Is the Feel Good Musical We Need by Arpita Mukherjee

What it’s about: Set in San Francisco in 1986, the musical centers around Harry (Adam Heller), an amiable but lonely retired kosher butcher, who enrolls in a writing class taught by Barbar…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:22PM
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Review: Talking Band’s Risk-Taking Music-Theater Piece ‘Fusiform Gyrus’ Is a Master Class in Imaginative Directing by Arpita Mukherjee

What it’s about: Two old, eccentric scientists discuss philosophical ideas while reminiscing about the tenure of their personal and professional relationship. Accompanied by a five-piece b…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:26PM
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Review: ‘No-No Boy,’ about the Aftermath of Japanese American Internment, Is a Play for Our Times by Arpita Mukherjee

What it’s about: Adapted from the groundbreaking novel by John Akada, the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s No-No Boy follows draft resister Ichiro Yamada as he returns to Seattle follo…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:02PM
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Drones Spy on a Pakistani Couple in Sylvia Khoury’s Explosive ‘Against the Hillside’ by Arpita Mukherjee

What it’s about: In a tribal village in Pakistan, drones watch a couple that struggles with air strikes as well as internal pressures. The soldier watching the family in the USA starts to …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:08PM

“I’m here to show you my heart, and maybe your own”: Mashuq Mushtaq Deen on Writing About His Gender Transition by Arpita Mukherjee

Mashuq Mushtaq Deen makes his New York debut at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater with Draw the Circle. This hilarious and moving story of his transition is told entirely from the point of…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:57PM
Monday, March 6, 2017

Review: Linda by Arpita Mukherjee

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” femi…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:09PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Interview: “Ross & Rachel” Playwright James Fritz on the Myths We Tell Ourselves about Love by Arpita Mukherjee

After a sold-out world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015, the Olivier-nominated playwright James Fritz’ Ross and Rachel will run at the Brits Off Broadway series at 59E59 Theat…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:55PM
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Interview: James Phillips and Rosabella Gregory Bring London’s “City Stories” to New York by Arpita Mukherjee

Part of the Brits off-Broadway series at 59E59 Theatres, City Stories fuses drama and music and weaves a series of interconnected love stories into a journey through the city of London. We …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:44PM
Monday, May 9, 2016

Interview: Director Kareem Fahmy and Playwright Sevan K. Greene on Rising Circle Theater Collective’s “This Time” by Arpita Mukherjee

Set in modern-day Toronto and 1960s Egypt, This Time is the newest presentation by Rising Circle Theater Collective, a nexus of artists of color creating original work. The play, based on th…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:40PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Interview: 5 Questions with “House Rules” Playwright Rey Pamatmat by Arpita Mukherjee

A. Rey Pamatmat is Co-Director of the Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab, and a past recipient of the Playwright of New York (PoNY) Fellowship and Princeton’s Hodder Fellowship. His work has been develo…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:01PM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Interview: 5 Questions with Playwright Mahesh Dattani by Arpita Mukherjee

Those in the West may not be familiar with the work of Indian stalwart Mahesh Dattani, but for decades he has been one of the leading theatre minds in the South Asian subcontinent. As a play…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:37PM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj on his Off-Broadway Show “Homecoming King” by Arpita Mukherjee

Hasan Minhaj, a correspondent on The Daily Show, is currently performing Off-Broadway in Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King.  The solo show, about Minhaj’s experiences growing up in the mo…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:24AM
Monday, June 22, 2015

5 Reasons Drunk Shakespeare Needs to be Added to Your Night of Debauchery by Arpita Mukherjee

In the last year or so, Drunk Shakespeare has gone from that thing that some weird intellectual people like to a New York institution. What is it?  Here’s what their website says: “…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:18PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Beyond Identity: Playwrights Nadia Manzoor and Rehana Lew Mirza on Telling Stories as part of the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective’s Litera by Arpita Mukherjee

On April 3rd and 4th the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) held its bi-annual literary festival titled Emerge: New Mediums, New Voices at the Asian American Writers Workshop.…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:22PM
Friday, April 3, 2015

“Soldier X” Playwright Rehana Lew Mirza on the War That Has Shaped a Generation by Arpita Mukherjee

Rehana Lew Mirza is the first South Asian playwright to have her work be produced by the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company. I spoke to her about her journey as a playwr…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:21PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards