618 stories from The New York Theatre Experience
Goliath is a one act choreopoem relentlessly written by Takeo Rivera. It is the story of a young soldier, David, who heads off to the Iraq war to become the man others expect him to be, and …
Choreographer Anna has a sleepwalking problem. She wakes to find herself in odd predicaments; dropping soap from a hotel balcony, say, or wrapping her hands around her boyfriend's throat. Ne…
"I'm afraid it just isn't your day," says Rosencrantz to Guildenstern when he loses a coin toss. Unfortunately, the title characters of Tom Stoppard's classic absurdist tragicomedy, Rosencra…
When Alicia's fiance cheats on her and ultimately leaves her for another woman, Alicia doesn't want revenge. She doesn't want to get even with Diego. She doesnt want to punish him or his new…
As long as we have child performers, we will always have parents who stop at nothing to see their progeny achieve greatness. Or is their own greatness they chase? This need for relevance is …
A Little Journey first opened on Broadway in 1918, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and ran for 252 performances. A play that was written almost one hundred years ago is decidedly a period…
We’re less than a week away from the Tony Awards, and Tom O’Neil’s annual roundup of Tony Award predictions is now posted on his Gold Derby website: http://www.goldderby.co…
We may paint over our past with a fresh coat of Indian Sunset Red but that layer of memories doesn't go away it is merely covered up. All those stains and scuffs remain deep inside us and in…
My Audition for Almodovar is a solo show built around the talents of Inma Heredia, a Spanish-born actress/flamenco performer/comedienne now living in New York. Heredia can do many things wel…
Please join me and a whole bunch of talented folks for the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of Plays and Playwrights 2011! Plays and Playwrights 2011 is the newest (and 12th annual) edition of NYTE’s a…
I am very excited to announce that my latest anthology of new work from the world of indie theater, Plays and Playwrights 2011, is now available! You can buy it online from NYTE’s own …
Congratulations to Arian Moayed for being nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo! Arian is the first of the playwrights we’ve published here at…
A quick perusal of the list of who’s eligible to be nominated for Tony Awards this year (published by Playbill Online, here) reveals some sad statistics: There are 35 men eligible for …
Once again Tom O’Neil of Gold Derby has asked me to participate in the fun and exciting game of guessing who will be nominated for Tony Awards. This is, I think, the 5th year he’…
If working as a reviewer for nytheatre.com has taught me anything, it's that the smaller shows routinely have a far greater impact than the big, expensive ones. Looking back on three years a…
Well, nytheatre.com has reviewed all 28 of the entries in this year’s FRIGID New York Festival. Looks overall like a pretty good lineup. I am happy to publicly thank the artists who re…
Have you visited the NYC World Theatre Day Blog? This month, in honor of World Theatre Day (March 27th), various NYC theatre personalities will be posting thoughts about the significance of …
NYTheatre.com:So what does a Lighting Designer do, anyway?
