2,793 stories by "Michael Block"
America loves a scandal. When drama hits popular culture, it instantly gets etched into our mental database. And the 90s wre no stranger to drama. In 1994, two American Olympians rose to inf…
Name: Samantha SaltzmanHometown: Las Vegas, NVEducation: BA in Theater Arts from Brandeis UniversityFavorite Credits: The Music Man (first show I ever directed, I was still in college and I …
There are countless tales of survival during the Holocaust. They've provided such rich material for stage, screen, and page. While the facts may be disparaging, it's the sagas that defy the …
Name: Philip YosowitzHometown: Cleveland, OHEducation: B.A. UCLA, M.D. UCLA, General and Plastic Surgery Residency UCLA and Walter Reed HospitalsFavorite Credits: The Gold is my first comple…
Name: Jeremiah CothrenHometown: Toledo, OHEducation: BA in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley. Acting training at HB StudioSelect Credits: Rediscovering Kate Carew was an i…
Name: Paul LouisHometown: Astoria, Queens, New YorkEducation: The American Musical and Dramatic AcademyFavorite Credits: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin A…
Name: Caitlin ZozHometown: Currently living in Inwood. Originally from Glastonbury, Connecticut.Education: NYU Tisch Experimental Theatre WingSelect Credits: New York: Dance Dance Revo…
Name: Shakina NayfackHometown: Laguna Beach, CaliforniaEducation: BA in Community Studies, Minor and Graduate Certificate in Theatre Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz. MFA in Ex…
Name: Steven HauckHometown: I was born in Princeton, NJ but I grew up in Austin, TX. I still go there for Christmas. It's usually 70 degrees.Education: I got a BA in Speech and Theater from …
Name: Jessica ElkinHometown: Cleveland, Ohio.Education: The New Actors Workshop, Empire State College (SUNY), Columbia College Chicago, Marymount Manhattan College, Point Park University.Sel…
Name: Tamilla WoodardHometown: Houston, TXEducation: Yale School of DramaFavorite Credits: Just closed A Midsummer Nights Dream for a new company called MasterWorks, and that was immense fun…
Name: Nick Santa MariaHometown: Massapequa, Long Island, via Flatbush.Education: Barely got through high school. I didn't like school very much...except as an audience for my humor. &n…
Hot button topics tend to make sensational talking points for theater. Chokehold by Anthony P. Pennino unabashedly goes right into the American race relations and police brutality for a sixt…
Name: Robin Skye
Hometown: Chicago
Education: North Shore Country Day (High School), Vassar (College)Select Credits: This is my 5th NYMF Show, Parade, Cyrano The Musical, Les Miz…
Returning home doesn't always result in the cheery homecoming you dream of. The return may not be by choice but necessity. In Tim Errickson's The Firebird, Danny returns to the mean streets …
Name: CJ EldredHometown: Seattle, WAEducation: BFA University of MichiganSelect Credits: The Book Of Mormon (Elder Price)Why theater?: Well, when I was trying to chose between pre med, banki…
Name: Rhys GilyeatHometown: Gilbert, AZEducation: Private StudySelect Credits: Tarzan (MUNY), December '63, Four Seasons Tribute (Frankie), All Shook Up (Arizona Broadway).Why theater?: I wa…
When you think of Samuel Beckett, you instantly think of Waiting for Godot. But the avant-garde writer's repertoire is much deeper. Like Godot, Happy Days is another rich language play about…
Name: Riley ThomasHometown: River Forest, ILEducation: Real Life UniversityWhy theater?: Art is the only thing in the world capable of effectively placing a new thought into someone's head. …
Ah the first date. The night when two love-hungry people meet and begin what they hope will be the first chapter of their lives together. But that can all be derailed at the end of the eveni…
Name: Devin Dunne CannonHometown: Rochester, NYEducation: BFA Musical Theatre, New School UniversityFavorite Credits: Acting credit: Gwen Post in the world premiere of On the Head of a Pin, …
Name: Karl HinzeHometown: Milwaukee, WIEducation: BA Math and Music, College of the Holy Cross, MA in Music Composition from Stony Brook University (currently a PhD candidate there)Favorite …
Name: Andrew BridgesHometown: Exeter, NHEducation: BFA in Theatre from NYU's Tisch School of the ArtsSelect Credits: High School Musical (Ogunquit Playhouse), The Full Monty (Seacoast Repert…
Big corporations are a joke to many. They might mean well but their inner workings and people who run them are destined to be lampooned. Written by Katherine Brann Fredricks and Paul Edward …
Name: Christopher GearyHometown: Natick, MAEducation: Fordham & Yale School of DramaSelect Credits: Morgan Gould's groundbreaking re-imagining of "Shrek" that we did in that women in the…
