2,793 stories by "Michael Block"
There are many types of love. Family love. Straight love. Gay love. But rarely do we get to see Bro love. You know, the love two best buds have for each other. In Brandon Baruch's new play N…
Name: J. W. Crump (@jwcrump, thistheater.com)Hometown: Lenoir, NCEducation: Economics Major at Wake Forest University, Play writing minorFavorite Credits: Larry in Mr. Marmalade (mostly beca…
Every once in a while there comes a show that is so outrageous it actually works. At least for the most part. One of those pieces is the new glam rock musical Coming, the bastard love child …
The things we do for love. It's crazy. To win hearts back, sometimes we go to great lengths to prove our desire for the love of our life. Some even go as far as writing a play in hopes they …
Who doesn't love a mashup? Wait, what is a mashup? When two or more things are slammed together to make one new cohesive thing. Well the goal is to make it cohesive. In the new musical Olymp…
Name: Lorinda LisitzaHometown: Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, CanadaEducation: University of Saskatchewan, Theatre, AMDA, Musical Theatre ConservatorySelect Credits: New York: From Berlin to…
This generation is the generation of social media. When something happens in the world, it explodes on cyber space allowing the World Wide Web to discuss and offer their commentary. Through …
There are a lot of ingredients to make something funny. From funny characters to an outrageous plot, funny comes in many forms. But sometimes combining ingredients may be a disaster and reci…
Love. It's an evil thing. Life after love is rarely explored on stage. Once you're done, the story is finished. But when fate complicates the breakup, then there's a story to watch! In Fortu…
Name: Bryan T. DonovanHometown: Sterling Heights, MIEducation: Interlochen Arts Academy, AMDA (for a hot second), Burt Reynolds now defunct Jupiter Theatre Apprentice ProgramFavorite Credits…
No one says growing up is easy. Things change during that period between adolescence and adulthood. The time when you leave home for college and when you return home from college. In Freaks:…
photo courtesy of Dixie SheridanName: Barry LeveyHometown: Beachwood, OHEducation: BA Yale, MFA University of California, San DiegoFavorite Credits: Critical Darling (The New Group), Woman o…
Telling stories may be easy for some but finding an audience to listen to it is the challenge. What makes this particular story important to share? In the unfortunately youthful new mu…
Name: Gianmarco Soresi (I am, however, just 1/8 Italian)Hometown: Potomac, MD. But I tell people DC to sound cool.Education: University of Miami, Ward Studio, Alan Langdon (three different p…
Name: Mason O'SullivanHometown: Chesapeake, VAEducation: BA in Film and Video Studies, minor in Theater; George Mason University '12, George Mason Improv Association, Private Coaching; Stell…
The stories that unfolded in the United States after 9/11 and the resulting War in Iraq were some that tear at your heart. The pain and struggles of those left behind are sometimes more hear…
Shakespeare's The Tempest is one of those pieces that treads the thin line between drama and comedy, having elements of both. Unlike many others in his canon, The Tempest explores the surrea…
Name: Stephen James AnthonyHometown: Forest Lake, MNEducation: BFA Syracuse University, Shakespeare's Globe LondonSelect Credits: Billy in War Horse at Lincoln Center, Smike in Nichola…
Name: Lulu FogartyHometown: New York, NYEducation: BFA Syracuse UniversitySelect Credits: NYC: Lillian Smith Being Heard (Syracuse Stage, Theatre Row, Dixon Place), SURRENDER (2009 Drama Des…
Name: Thom FogartyHometown: St. Augustine, FloridaEducation: BFA, Dance Performance and History, The Ohio State UniversityFavorite Credits: EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl, DESDEMONA: A PLAY ABOUT A …
A stand up show during a theater festival? That doesn't sound right. As the star coyly says as he starts his set, think of it as story telling. In Joel Creasey in Rock God, the Australian co…
Art always comes from some place. The inspiration sometimes plays a heavy hand into what the ultimate product will be. And sometimes the inspiration is so important to the artist that the ex…
In today's edition of Blog Hijack, Unsex Me Here creators Annalisa Ledson, Lori Parquet, and Jamie Watkins share a little about their latest project about the wicked ladies of Shakespea…
Name: Lauren HayesHometown: Walnut Creek, CAEducation: BS in Chemistry, Stanford UniversitySelect Credits: Here're are some of my favorites: THE MYSTERIES (The Flea Theater, Dir. Ed Iskandar…
No one said being a mom was easy. Especially a mom in the concrete jungle where children's dreams are prescribed. In Urban Momfare, a group of city mothers journey over seventeen years as we…
