701 stories from Stage Buzz
Review by Judd Hollander
Many plays go through multiple changes and versions before their final form, but seldom as much as with The Pretty Trap by Tennessee Williams, a one-act comedy/drama…
Review by Judd Hollander
There's something about cabdrivers that makes them easy to talk to and confide in. As with bartenders, priests and psychiatrists, listening is part of the taxi drive…
Review by Judd Hollander
Playwright Charles Busch spins an amiable and gentle web in his latest comical offering Olive and the Bitter Herbs, (with some dramatic overtones worked in), present…
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Are you ready for The Judy Show? Comedienne/actress Judy Gold certainly is, and thinks of rest of America should be too, her desire to get the show on the air for…
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
One of the most riveting plays to hit the stage this young 2011-2012 season is the fascinating Unnatural Acts, written by members of the Plastic Theatre, conceive…
Review by Rob Hartmann
ROCK THE AUDITION: HOW TO PREPARE FOR AND GET CAST IN ROCK MUSICALS. By Sheri Sanders. 264 pp. Hal Leonard Books, 2011. $29.99 (paperback with …
By Byrne Harrison
Sometime everything just clicks into place. A strong play, a great cast, an amazing director - it all just comes together to make an amazing evening of theatre.…
By Byrne Harrison
Photo by Maki Ueno
J. Stephen Brantley is an actor and playwright whose work has been commissioned by Lincoln Center Director's Lab and Performance Space 122, where his …
By Byrne Harrison
Anna Grace Carter (http://www.anna-grace.net/) is the Producer/Co-Creator of Prom Night of the Living Dead and the Executive Producer/Director of Brooklyn Innovative Theatr…
By Byrne Harrison
As part of their "Summer of Creation," Redd Tale Theatre Company breathes life into a pair of one-act plays inspired by Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
The first, Frankens…
Save the date for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, the annual star-studded concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
7:30 p.m. Monday, July 25, 2…
This month's title photo comes from the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity production of Yvette Heyliger's White House Wives: Operation Lysistrata!, which has received nine Planet Con…
Review by Sherry ShafferFor her latest album, "Now," Linda Eder reunites with the man who brought her to Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde, Frank Wildhorn. All the songs on the album are Wil…
By Judd Hollander
One of the most riveting plays to hit the stage this young 2011-2012 season is the fascinating Unnatural Acts, written by members of the Plastic Theatre, conceived by Tony …
By Judd Hollander
Perception and changing realities are the keys themes running through Evening A of the Ensemble Studio Theatre's annual Marathon of One-Act Plays. Evenings "A" and "B…
By Judd Hollander
Ah, the classic melodrama. Filled with hissable villains, over the top characters and good-hearted heroes. Where one never doubts that truth, love and humanity will wi…
By Judd Hollander
There's a surprising amount of humor and wit to be found in even the darkest Shakespeare plays, as wonderfully shown in the Donmar Warehouse's very satisfying production of…
By Judd Hollander
Extending a helping hand can sometimes have dangerous repercussions, as powerfully shown in the very interesting and involving revival of Michael Frayn's Benefactors by the…
By Byrne Harrison
I will admit that I get a little spring in my step when I hear the Blood Brothers are back. While I would never want to share an elevator with this particular&n…
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway,
will Charles Busch with the 2011 Innovative Theatre Luminary Award
at CABARETION 2.…
Recipients of the 2010 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Cafe Cino Fellowship"Best Performance Artists in New York"-Village Voice"2009 Artists of the Year"-Artists Forum Magazine"2009 Peopl…
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, will present the inaugural Off Broadway Alliance Awards R…
LIZA MINNELLI
ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 17 AT 10AM
Join Liza as she performs her biggest hits and holiday songs in NJPAC's beautiful Prudential Hall.
Friday, December 16, 8:00PM
NJPA…
In the wake of the smash run of his Canned Ham at Dixon Place this past March, Tom Judson returns for a special two-performance preview of his new show, The Tom Judson Show, which will run i…
