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It may sound like a grisly horror fest, but Kevin Augustine's dance/puppet show Body Concert, performed as part of La MaMa's Puppet Festival, is actually a gentle meditation on the human bod…
To many,"Six the Musical" was the show that was mere hours away from opening night when Broadway shut down in March 2020. A smash hit in London's West End, the show had already created buzz …
For whatever reason, there seems to be an upsurge in absurdist theatre lately. Maybe it's because the last two years felt like a badly scripted Beckett play. At any rate, the newest is Randy…
In a convertible car, speakers blaring, a woman is breastfeeding her baby when she hears someone make a derogatory comment. Enraged, she gets up and launches into an impassioned speech about…
Byzantine Choral Project's ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE tells the story of a child bride from provincial Athens who ascends to the Byzantine throne. Hiding a treasonous secret, the young Empress must …
Language plays a significant role in "Pass Over," the play by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, whether through repetition, ambiguity or cultural references. It begins with the title referring to …
While this Broadway and Off-Broadway season is perhaps more diverse than ever before, it's clear that we still have a lot of work to do. To that end, Jersey City Theater Center is hosting it…
Maltby and Shire's Closer Than Ever is now available on BroadwayHD. This brand-new filmed version of the West End production features X Factor winner Dalton Harris, along with…
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on writer and performer Xandra N…
Confession time: I sometimes struggle with audio plays. My mind tends to zone out if the action isn't riveting, which is why I don't listen to audiobooks much either. It's simply hard to sta…
Sherlock Holmes may be one of the most popular characters of all time, but Arthur Conan Doyle had a love-hate relationship with the behemoth he created. Tired of his public's unending demand…
"Do you remember those things we used to go to? They were in expensive a** buildings? What were they called?" Ngozi Anyanwu's new play The Last of the Love Letters, directed by Patricia M…
Picture this: you're seated before a blazing hearth, in company with friends and acquaintances, swapping tales, drinking something warm, laughing and letting loose, in an old creaky house on…
Is anyone out there? That was the question on RubeÌn Polendo's mind when he and his fellow artists at Theater Mitu created their show Utopian Hotline. To gather source material, they c…
When Alice first sees the bridge leading to Nathan's house, she thinks she's stepped into a Grimm's fairy tale. Rickety and covered in vines, it looks like an illustration straight out of Ha…
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Alan Asuncion: performer and …
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Aaron Dalla Villa, who's curr…
A struggling amusement park, a tight-fisted boss, and four beaten-down employees. That's where Alexander Perez's dark comedy Randy's Dandy Coaster Castle begins, and while the premise may…
John Patrick Shanley is legendary, so it's no surprise that his new one-act plays (billed as "five short digressions"), premiering at the Brooklyn Navy Yards by the Bridge Production Group, …
As live, in-person theatre returns to the greatest city in the world, we're spotlighting the NYC theatre artists who make it all happen. Today's spotlight is on Katie Brook and Liza Birkenme…
At this point, countless musicals (some good, some not so good) have been written on just about every topic under the sun. But a musical about two people writing a musical? Now playwrights a…
Absurdism is a tricky genre: tricky to write and tricky to perform. That's what makes Edward Einhorn's absurdist science fiction drama Alma Baya so impressive: it's nearly perfect. Two women…
In Jeff Mustard's Chance, the latest offering from the Open-Door Playhouse Podcast, two hospital patients form an unlikely friendship. Directed by Dennis Gersten, the audio play follows a yo…
We all know a Karen. That entitled, bossy person who thinks the rules don't apply to them, always asking to talk to the manager. "Karen," a slang term for any woman who fits the above descri…
Brent Ziff is a popular radio personality whose job is simply to make fun of anyone and everyone who calls in. But he may have met his match in Leo Short: an awkward loner who calls in to an…
