229 stories by "Erin Kahn"
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Aaron Dalla Villa, who's curr…
A struggling amusement park, a tight-fisted boss, and four beaten-down employees. That's where Alexander Perez's dark comedy Randy's Dandy Coaster Castle begins, and while the premise may…
John Patrick Shanley is legendary, so it's no surprise that his new one-act plays (billed as "five short digressions"), premiering at the Brooklyn Navy Yards by the Bridge Production Group, …
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Katie Brook and Liza Birkenme…
At this point, countless musicals (some good, some not so good) have been written on just about every topic under the sun. But a musical about two people writing a musical? Now playwrights a…
Absurdism is a tricky genre: tricky to write and tricky to perform. That's what makes Edward Einhorn's absurdist science fiction drama Alma Baya so impressive: it's nearly perfect. Two women…
In Jeff Mustard's Chance, the latest offering from the Open-Door Playhouse Podcast, two hospital patients form an unlikely friendship. Directed by Dennis Gersten, the audio play follows a yo…
We all know a Karen. That entitled, bossy person who thinks the rules don't apply to them, always asking to talk to the manager. "Karen," a slang term for any woman who fits the above descri…
Brent Ziff is a popular radio personality whose job is simply to make fun of anyone and everyone who calls in. But he may have met his match in Leo Short: an awkward loner who calls in to an…
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Max Hunter, Artistic Direc…
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Edward Einhorn, Artistic D…
When a former FBI informant wakes up in the Egyptian afterlife, he faces a dire choice: unburden his heart by confessing his childhood traumas and guilty acts, or get devoured by a pack of h…
Having an alien inside your body is not a new concept in the world of sci-fi (see The Host, The Thing, and, of course, Alien). But Give Me Away, a multi-season science fiction audio drama…
Like many people, I remember hearing about the events of August 11-12, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA. I remember being slightly disturbed. But, again like many people, I didn't realize from th…
Did Joan of Arc know she was going to die? If she had known, would she still have done what she did? That's the question Katherine Teed-Arthur asks in her show Joan/Jehanne. Directed by M…
Sara Fellini's The Wake of Dorcas Kelly, presented by spit&vigor in the offbeat, historic Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, is a spirited production of a darkly humorous story. If it…
There's a lot of real estate in Manhattan, but have you ever thought about the real estate six feet under? The Extremely Grey Line, a 23.5° Tilt Production, takes exactly that angle. On a…
Kim Hlavac's audio play Penny Slots, presented by Open-Door Playhouse, features three senior Florida women living their best lives. After winning the jackpot at penny slots, they take dow…
Alia Jones-Harvey never wanted to be a Broadway producer. In fact, she didn't even know it was on the table. After realizing she wasn't cut out to be a mechanical engineer, she went to busin…
In 1980s America, Sofia and Jessica are happily raising a daughter together when Sofia gets caught in a fatal accident. Now Sofia's parents, who never approved of her relationship, are bent …
 Bernadette Armstrong's radio play Simple Lives is, as the title suggests, not a very complicated play. Instead, it's a slow-moving story about life in a small town among rather small-mi…
 Tony Award winner Ted Sperling has lent his musical talents to Broadway productions like The Light in the Piazza, Ragtime, and the most recent revivals of My Fair Lady, Fiddler on th…
"Nothing will come of nothing." So says King Lear in Shakespeare's weighty masterpiece of the same name. Little does he know that out of that one word "nothing" will come a whole string of t…
Anything can happen at sea. Especially on a ship helmed by a mentally unstable alcoholic whose estranged son has brought an outspoken, free-thinking young woman on board. Oh, and did I menti…
Sisterhood. Love. Betrayal. Flight. Weaving together ancient myth and indie rock, Weightless tells the tale of two deeply devoted sisters, Procne and Philomela, separated by circumstance, wh…