Hir, Taylor Mac's new play, now extended again at Playwrights Horizons, is sending critics and audiences into a frenzy, and it isn't hard to understand why. With crackling humor, razor wit, …
As a critic, Night Is A Room, Naomi Wallace’s new play now on stage at the Signature Theater, is somewhat of a challenge to write about. There isn’t too much that can be revealed…
Perez Hilton is what you might call a Jack of All Trades for the Internet age. A pioneer in the world of blogging through his eponymous dot com, he's been supporting and skewering pop cultur…
According to Deborah Zoe Laufer, being a playwright is about staring into the sun. And by that I mean asking life’s biggest questions and not just expecting, but knowing that you won&#…
Michael Zegen has found himself in the heart of millennial territory. From Girls and Rescue Me to Frances Ha and Adventureland, the talented young actor has crafted an impressive career span…
Annie Golden's career had fairytale beginnings. Performing at the legendary venue CBGB with her punk band The Shirts, she was spotted by director MiloÅ¡ Forman, who gave her a role in his …
Gregory Charles was born to entertain. Before he turned ten, the pint-sized piano man was performing both at home in Canada and abroad; later, as a television and radio personality, he conti…
Adrienne Truscott has a difficult time explaining to people what she does. She’s a dancer, a circus performer, a writer, and a teacher. She’s one half of the “neo-vaudevill…
For his theatrical debut in New York City, Austin Smith is hitting the ground running in a big way. His lead role in An Octoroon at Theatre for a New Audience encompasses not one but thre…
It's no small thing for Tom Dulack to claim that putting on The Road to Damascus at 59E59 has been "the best theater experience of his] entire life." A professor of English Literature at Uni…
Maggie Bofill, as she’ll tell you, is an actress first. Used to being in the spotlight, it wasn’t until recent years that she was pushed to pursue her talents off stage and scree…
Theater, I like to believe, is in essence an experimental art form. Outside of Hollywood’s bounds of studio guidelines and million dollar budgets, it is a completely free space to test…
On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of sitting down with a few of the women behind About Face, a new immigrant drama on stage at Williamsburg’s The Brick. I spoke with playwright Ess…
Part of the thrill of interviewing people involved with the theater is getting an insider's glimpse into the hectic day to day of life on and around the stage. I caught up with producer Andi…
When it comes to theatre in New York City, Randy Sharp has been around the block – or perhaps more accurately, one block, with her tenure as the Creative Director of Axis Theater…