48 stories by "Tami Shaloum"
A chorus stands in judgement of Hester, La Negrita, the protagonist of Suzan-Lori Parks' In the Blood, directed by Sarah Benson and loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter …
A man, asleep and blindfolded, is standing atop the shoulders of another man. He slowly begins to slump and the awake man cannot hold him any longer. The sleeping man careens toward the grou…
Lesbian love at a repressed Jesus camp? No one could have seen that one coming! Director Mia Walker stages a concert version of the 2009 electro-musical Camp Wanatachi for the 2017 New York …
What's something you've always wanted to do but never have? Would you be willing to share that secret desire in public? During Secrets and Seawalls, a site-specific dance-theatre performance…
Chances are you haven't heard the name Alla Nazimova. The Broadway star and Hollywood legend's story is largely forgotten, but writer/performer Romy Nordlinger is determined to bring it back…
MartÃn Zimmerman lends but one voice to the patchwork of rich Latinx experiences in his new play Seven Spots on the Sun, a gorgeously written exploration of love, miracles, and a country …
Women's bodies have been put on display and fetishized throughout history. In the thought-provoking Venus, now playing at the Signature Theatre, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks explores the mani…
A support group for young conspiracy theory addicts gather in a Queens church basement a week before the 2016 election in Max Baker's fascinating new play The Conspiracists, now playing at t…
The experience of director Saheem Ali's fantastic and high energy production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night with the Public Theater's Mobile Unit has a lot to do with the peripatetic …
Most of us have played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, the game where you challenge someone to connect any actor to Kevin Bacon using only four other actors. The larger theory presented in the w…
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Sébastien Soldevila, Co-Founder and Artistic Co-Director of the exciting Montreal-based circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers of the Han…
Four sets of people live out their lives in the same country house but in different time periods. Talking Band's The Room Sings, written and directed by Paul Zimet with music composed by Ell…
Theater Reconstruction Ensemble's (TRE) meta-theatrical play How to Hamlet, or Hamleting Hamlet is a mind trip to the inner workings of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Four actors are unexpectedly tas…
The current revival of Miss Saigon marks the triumphant return of the hit musical to Broadway, transplanted from a successful West End revival. The beloved show, written by Claude-Michel Sch…
I recently spoke with dancer and aerialist Allison Ulrich, who plays Marie-Claire in Company XIV's latest baroque-burlesque confection, Nutcracker Rouge, currently on stage at the Irondale T…
In Company XIV's latest "baroque burlesque ballet" Paris, Charlotte Bydwell plays a dual role (quite literally) as Zeus the emcee and his other half Fifi, a shy, tuba-playing showgirl. The i…
When an investigative journalist at an unnamed magazine is assigned to cover a case of gang rape and rape culture in general at a prominent university, she finds that reporting the truth is …
What's a circus without the clowns? Clowns fill the ring with their quirky energy and humorous antics. In the case of the new Big Apple Circus show, there wouldn't even be a circus without o…
My interview with the lovely Edward Petherbridge was a refreshing reminder that age and illness are no limitations when one is passionate about one's art. The 78-year-old, Tony Award-nominat…
Sitting down to talk with Eve Wolf, writer and pianist of Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon is a fascinating lesson in history, music and film. The story of this theatrical c…
Christina Bianco finally gets to speak in her own voice. I recently had the chance to interview the multi-impressionist actress, singer and star of the Off-Broadway one-woman play Applica…
In Wyoming, Brian Watkins’ new family drama playing at Theater for the New City, the Tuttle family’s long buried past is unearthed during Thanksgiving.  We spoke with th…
I recently interviewed Alex Webb, playwright and musical director of Café Society Swing, currently in its final week at 59E59 Theaters. Webb, an Englishman, skillfully transformed the story…
