Friday, November 12, 2021
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett is one of the most celebrated plays of the last 100 years. The show’s intentional abstraction allows for many different interpretations, with various th…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 04:41PMWednesday, March 10, 2021
George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, much like other theaters in the United States, has shut its doors to paying customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t st…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 10:10AMThursday, February 25, 2021
This month sees the premiere of MEGILLAH CYCLE, directed and adapted by Mike Burstyn, based on Itzik Manger’s modernist take on the traditional Purim play.
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 02:20PMWednesday, January 29, 2020
n the novel MIDWIVES by Chris Bohjalian, the character of Sibyl faces a devastating incident in the middle of a snowstorm while she’s helping another woman give birth. What was supposed to…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 11:28AMSaturday, June 22, 2019
The film stars a bevy of Broadway stars in addition to Sargent. Among the cast members are Storm Lever, recently of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, and Lora Lee Gayer, of Holiday Inn at th…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 10:10AMFriday, June 7, 2019
George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is one of the preeminent regional theaters in the United States, pumping out original material from some of the best composers and playw…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 01:49PMThursday, July 26, 2018
TEVYE SERVED RAW, currently at the Playroom Theater in New York City, features many different bits and pieces of Sholem Aleichem’s writing. There are adaptations of his Tevye stories, incl…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 01:47PMWednesday, February 7, 2018
THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, currently playing the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row in New York City, imagines a romance between two people — except, well, one of the partners is dead. That’s no pr…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 11:44AMFriday, January 19, 2018
For those who enjoyed the 2014 recording O BABY MINE: SING A SONG OF SHAKESPEARE, the Bard is ready to sing once again — but this time live. Joe’s Pub in Downtown Manhattan will host a s…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 11:44AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
New York audiences have fond memories of Clifford Odets’ AWAKE AND SING! thanks to some exquisite revivals over the years. The latest interpretation of the play comes thanks to New Yiddish…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 12:08PMThursday, October 26, 2017
The brand-new musical THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS is set to open Friday, Oct. 27 at St. Luke’s Theatre in Midtown Manhattan. The show, written by Dorothy Marcic, celebrates the role of women …
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 03:10PMTuesday, September 5, 2017
New Yiddish Rep has a two-fold mission: modern treatments of the Yiddish classics and Yiddish interpretations of modern and post-modern masterpieces. The company, headed by artistic director…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 12:41PMThursday, April 27, 2017
Chain Theatre is currently reviving IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM, David Rabe’s 1970s play about a young woman with aspirations to become a professional dancer. Performances at the American Theatr…
SOURCE: www.hollywoodsoapbox.com at 03:27PMMonday, January 30, 2017
JONAH AND OTTO, a two-hander set to play New York City’s Theatre Row, follows two men — one 26, the other 57 — as they navigate a conversation and realize they have more in common than…
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