48 stories by "Saima Huq"
Comfort Women: A Musical is in its second run in New York after premiering in 2015. The musical tells the true story of women enslaved during World War II as sex slaves for the Japanese Impe…
Directed by Jordana Williams, Vince Gatton’s play Alexandria, set in a public library in the deep South, shows basically good people who will not listen to each other, even as life as …
Written by Rick Charles Mueller and directed by Alex Wei Xin, Forbidden explores the many facets of relationships, both personal and professional, sexual and platonic, as an older man with c…
Comfort Women: A Musical is poised to take its place in musical theatre history besides iconic shows like Miss Saigon and Les Miserables. All these shows tell the story of people who have fa…
Stand-up comic Gianmarco Soresi's original unromantic comedy Less Than 50%, directed by Jen Wineman, is a play within a play (and perhaps within another play) about rehearsing a play with a …
For a fresh look at Chekov, go see The Cherry Orchard, playing at the American Theatre of Actors as part if its Classic Summer Series. Set in 1965, this production of Chekov’s final pl…
“Tell the truth, if you could have us back — well, wouldn’t you?” So asks Laura Bush (winningly played by Lisa Hodsoll) to the audience as she takes them through a se…
Dance Nation is an incisive, hilarious play about the world of pre-teen dancers aiming to take home the top spot at Nationals in Tampa. Adding to the fun is genius casting of adult actors of…
Directed by Tony White, Nailed, the latest work by Chuck Orsland, takes audiences back to the New York of the 1990s, exploring how things went down in the club world in the days before the I…
This spring, New Yorkers get the chance to see the iconic actress Melissa Gilbert star in the solo show My Brilliant Divorce. The limited engagement, directed by Fallen Angel Theatre Produci…
The newly-revived The Cover of Life is a family affair both on-stage and off-stage. Director Stephen S. Miller shares with us his exuberance and anticipation in bringing to life a work writt…
In its first revival, appropriately debuting on International Women’s Day, R.T. Robinson’s work The Cover of Life depicts all the hopes and regrets women face, no matter how happ…
“I don’t want to be tolerated. I want to be respected.” So states Azeem Bhatti (the outstanding Sanjit de Silva) to his friend and coworker David (Andrew Hovelson) in Hamma…
Written and directed by Ian Ellis James (aka William Electric Black), Subway Story (A Shooting) shows all the living poetry among all the frustration of what seems like any other subway ride…
Based on the true story of William Finn, the autobiographical musical A New Brain (by Finn and James Lapine) tells the tale of a composer, Gordon Michael Schwin, who, in the midst of writing…
A New Brain, the latest production from The Gallery Players, is helmed by director Barrie Gelles. Centered around a young artist who suddenly finds out he has a potentially life-threatening …
Seamlessly directed by Catherine Andre, the Center at West Park and Pickle Dog Productions’ presentation of George Farquhar’s 1706 play The Recruiting Officer is entertaining, re…
Written and directed by Victoria Medina, One Nation, One Mission, One Promise has great potential to fill in the gaps of what we are taught about our history in the school system, and for th…
Ladies, time to put on your party face! Smile so people you don’t like will like you! Or so women have always been told. Party Face, a clever, astute new play written by Isobel Mahon a…
Directed by Lori Petty in her New York debut, Trial opens with a young woman in a stark white room, who is overly enthusiastic when another woman briefly joins her before being whisked away …
There is the idealized New York the world sees on film, and then there is the real New York the people live out every day. And no one lives it more fully than a young person whose greatest, …
Watching Kragtar: An American Monster Musical gives you the feeling that you are watching a show that is about to enjoy all of the success of Rent. Witty, sharp, and relevant, with a Broadwa…
AMP is an hour-long multimedia show that jumps through time as writer and actor Jody Christopherson tells the story of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and how she came to write such a …
Playing at the historic Studio 54 Theatre, John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons is a high-energy, well-researched one-man show in which Leguizamo strives to show his young son (vo…
Created and written by Carlo D’Amore and directed by Collin Blackard, The Trial of Typhoid Mary 1915 is a fascinating, educational and emotionally moving experience. Set in the lower l…