572 stories by "Howard Miller"
And then, of course, there are the theater troupes readying themselves for summer's fringe festivals. . . .
Best brush up on your Bible stories and make sure you are well rested before heading out to the Flea Theater and director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar's breathtaking and boldly conceived production …
Imagine a show that features music, tap dancing, adorable turtle puppets, a kind-hearted dolphin, and a couple of playful frogs named Pad and Lily. Sounds like something for the kids, right?
Sartre may have been right when he famously declared that hell is "other people," but, frankly, most of us seem to be perfectly capable of creating our own hell without anyone else's assista…
As Tina Turner famously sang in the 1985 cult classic movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, "We don't need another hero."
Revivals of two one-act plays about the collateral damage of war (especially on the ones who are left behind to deal with the consequences) make for a deeply compelling and richly provocativ…
There is not a gimmick to be found in the WorkShop Theater Company's smart, engaging, and emotionally rewarding production of Shakespeare's late romance and so-called "problem play," The Win…
Meet the Jenkins-Laurences, the world's most in-control, self-affirming family, as they tumble down the rabbit hole in Erin Mallon's new absurdist comedy, Branched, a production of InViolet …
A vein of existential angst runs through Organic Shrapnel, the new drama by Charles Cissel having its world premiere at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios. . . .
Playwright Brian Watkins has found success through productions of his work mostly at small Off Off Broadway and fringe venues, but it would be unfair to refer to him as a "rising young voice…
. . . either a hopeful tale about emotional healing in the wake of tragedy, or a haunted gothic tale in which all hope is lost. . . .
Vladimir Zelevinsky is a playwright who also happens to be a computer scientist. He has been quoted as saying that he uses "art … as a laboratory."
As we transition from Thanksgiving and Black Friday to the heady days of Yuletide, what guilty pleasure do you look forward to?
You would probably expect a play with the title Mary-Kate Olsen Is In Love to be a pretty silly affair " at least if you are familiar with the celebrity Olsen Twins.
Three decades before the venerable daytime TV drama General Hospital hit the scene, a play appeared on Broadway that dealt with many of the issues that would later become the mainstay of the…
"splendidly merges New Orleans pizzazz with a Greenwich Village downtown vibe. . . ."
One of the defining theatrical images of the enduring love between sisters is that of Celie and Nettie playing their hand-clapping game in the film adaptation and, later, in the musical vers…
Wish I knew their word for "Bravo!"
Take our your pencils, everyone. We've having a pop quiz. . . .
If you ever plan to do some time traveling, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with Ray Bradbury's short story, "A Sound of Thunder," in which the science fiction/fantasy writer…
Painful memories permeate the lives of the characters inhabiting I Came To Look For You On Tuesday....
BEND IN THE ROAD gives us the most polished of the productions I've seen at this year's New York Music Theatre Festival (NYMF).
