Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Last night, I attended a blogger night of the new Theresa Rebeck play Seminar. I'll wait until the show officially opens to post my review, but I can tell you about the meet and greet with J…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:36AMMonday, October 31, 2011
What would you think if you saw a sign saying "Fuck the certain price of goods"? You probably wouldn't guess that it's a translation of a Chinese sign reading "Dry Goods Pricing Department."…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00PMTrick or treat! I have a treat for you. I'm celebrating Halloween (and my birthday) by giving away TWO pairs of tickets to see Lysistrata Jones on Broadway. In this version of Aristophanes's…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMWednesday, October 26, 2011
In 2008, the media was buzzing with the story ofa pregnancy pact made by teens in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Kirsten Greenidge was inspired to write Milk Like Sugar, an engaging and enlighte…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:33PMTuesday, October 25, 2011
Last night, I went to ANT Fest at Ars Nova for the first time. This is the fourth year of the festival dedicated to emerging artists. From October 18 through November 19, you can see concert…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMMonday, October 24, 2011
Neil LaBute. Wendy MacLeod. Moisés Kaufman. José Rivera. Paul Rudnick. Doug Wright. Mo Gaffney. Jordan Harrison. Jeffrey Hatcher. This group of playwrights has two Pulitzer Prizes, four Ob…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:57AMMonday, October 17, 2011
When Steve Jobs died on October 5 at the young age of 56, my Twitter feed was filled with messages about him, all positive. I think that's the first time I saw so many Twitter reactions comp…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 05:18PMFriday, October 7, 2011
Remember when I told you about The Tempest Ladies? If that profile piqued your interest, the theater troupe released two videos of their production of The Tempest and are in the process of s…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:49PMMonday, September 26, 2011
Of the new plays opening on Broadway this fall, the one that intrigues me the most is David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, which starts previews on October 11. The play, direct from Chicago's Good…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:02PMThursday, September 22, 2011
When I heard about the execution of Troy Davis, who may or may not have been guilty, I couldn't help but think about Partial Comfort's After. In Chad Beckim's play, Monty (Alfredo Narcisco),…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00PMTuesday, September 20, 2011
"I'm really glad they didn't have Facebook when I was a teenager," I said to my friend after a performance of Facebook Me at the Soho Playhouse. Middle and high school are tough enough witho…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:41PMMonday, September 19, 2011
Follies was the first musical to open on Broadway this fall, and what a way to kick off the season. It received mostly rave reviews and even some early Tony talk. Eric Shaeffer's production …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:38PMThursday, September 15, 2011
The new college graduates that make up the all-male PigPen Theater Company are doing well for themselves so far. This summer, PigPen became the first company to win the top honor for a play …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 06:00PMTuesday, September 13, 2011
Another Fringe Festival has come and gone, taking the end of summer with it, but the Fringe Encore Series is just getting underway. The series features 18 of the most well-received Fringe sh…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:41PMMonday, September 12, 2011
One silver lining to the end of summer is the start of the new Broadway season. Relatively Speaking, an evening of one-act plays by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen, and Elaine May, starts previews o…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:35PMWednesday, August 31, 2011
You don't have to know anything about science to relate to Itamar Moses's romantic comedy between nerdy scientist types. And don't let the term romantic comedy scare you either. Completeness…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:51AMWednesday, August 24, 2011
I saw this great theater piece the other night. I want to be able to tell you to go see it, but it was the last night of its three-night run at the Robert Moss Theater in New York and the th…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:58AMTuesday, August 23, 2011
What's The Benefit, Inc. produces theater that highlights a specific charitable cause. Keepers, a musical about adoption based on real testimonials, was originally presented at Studio 54 las…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:59AMMonday, August 22, 2011
I was sick of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark before even the first preview. I was relieved when the musical officially opened, if only so I wouldn't have to hear about it anymore. But The Le…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:53AMSaturday, August 20, 2011
Between Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending, The Bardy Bunch, and the musical Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Mariah MacCarthy, there is a lot of Romeo and Juliet going on at Fring…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 05:45PMMonday, August 15, 2011
I really enjoyed Matt Saldarelli's Getting Even With Shakespeare at last year's Fringe. He abandons Shakespeare characters for a trip down the aisle with his new play, Welcome to Eternity, a…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:06PMIf you thought Romeo and Juliet was a story of woe, wait until you hear the tragedy of Keith Partridge and Marcia Brady. The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady is The B…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:52PMSunday, August 14, 2011
Urinetown is considered the most successful show to come out of the Fringe Festival. The musical opened on Broadway in 2001 and won Tony Awards for best book, score, and direction of a music…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:57AMRomeo and Juliet is a timeless play, but many of the characters are insufferable and their actions frustrating. So, when I was reading over the 194 selections at this year's New York Interna…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:16AMTuesday, August 9, 2011
I'm not a circus person. The thought of having to sit through one makes me a little queasy. If you're anything like me, don't let the word "circus" in the plot description of 7 Fingers's Tra…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMSunday, August 7, 2011
I used to make fun of my sister for liking the Jonas Brothers, but some time ago, I started to actually like them, mostly Nick. From interviews I've read, he seems like a smart guy and a ded…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:42PMFriday, August 5, 2011
This week, my friend Jesse invited me to co-host his weekly web series, Stage Rush TV with him. I overcame my fear of speaking on camera and you can watch us discuss this week's Broadway new…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:07PMTuesday, August 2, 2011
Joyce DeWitt, best known as Janet Wood on Three's Company, is currently starring as the adorable Miss Abigail in Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage at Sofia's Downstairs Thea…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:26PMThursday, July 7, 2011
Judy Gold (Love, Loss, and What I Wore; 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother) is back with a new solo show that looks at her life through the television sitcoms she grew up watching. I am giving…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:58PMWednesday, June 29, 2011
Zarkana's press release describes the show as "an acrobatic rock opera that blends circus arts with the surreal to create a world where physical virtuosity rubs shoulders with the strange." …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 05:52PMThanks to Lincoln Center's wonderful LincTix program, I was able to see the hottest straight play on Broadway for only $30. I mostly wanted to see War Horse because I had heard a lot about i…
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