The Big Apple Circus has been thrilling audiences for four decades and this, their 40th anniversary season, is no exception. Under the grand but intimate big top at Lincoln Center, magic unf…
With friends like these, who needs television? Friends! The Musical Parody is quick witted, good hearted, a tiny bit raunchy, and filled with laughs. At Central Perk, the players are w…
After watching the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Coriolanus, it becomes clear that Sope Dirisu was born to be a star. The young actor first worked with RSC in 2012 but quickly ha…
The House on Poe Street, playing now at the 14th Street Y, strives to create humor out of pathos. It's a tricky piece of work, living somewhere between black and romantic comedy. The challen…
Tony nominee Denée Benton will join MasterVoices, Bryce Pinkham, Elizabeth Stanley and Kevin Chamberlin for a performance of George and Ira Gershwin’s Pulitzer winning musical Of T…
Please Go Gentle Into That Good Night had a brief Off-Broadway spin at The American Theater of Actors from October 25-29. Three sisters, all named Elizabeth " to be clear, that's Izzy, Liza …
Who needs eight actors when one can do it brilliantly? If the actor in question is David Greenspan, then I bet you already know the answer. David Greenspan is revelatory in his six-hour one-…
Ingredients 1 Direction by Erin Mee 1 Choreography by Jonathan Matthews 1 Historic location (Cornelia Street Café) 1 Open mind 2 Glasses of wine (red or white) 7 Fearless actors 18 Scenes b…
Molière’s Tartuffe is a hilarious play, and sometimes it’s best to just let a comedy play without trying to project other things onto it. In my opinion, Phoenix Theatre Ensem…
There are many reasons to see a play, and if one of those reasons is that you adore the creative repercussions of the well-written play structure, Mauritius, by Theresa Rebeck, with a lovely…
What songs make up the soundtrack of your life? Do the hit songs of the last century reflect the moods of the times and attitude towards women? That was the question writer Dorothy Marci…
The dark consequences of politics and a failing economy take center stage in the Workshop Theater's production of Mesquite, NV, by Leegrid Stevens, directed by Thomas Coté. Bouncy text and …
As part of their 90th Anniversary season, the St. Bart's Players presents Sondheim's A Little Night Music. New York's longest running community theater group infuses new energy into this cla…
You know how it goes. Sometimes you're happy, sometimes you're sad, and sometimes you throw on your snazziest tux or gown and host a big, blow-out bash in honor of your milestone 25th annive…
After stepping up the musical parody genre with Lost: The Musical, creators Steven Christopher Parker and Steven Brandon tackle another beloved part of the cultural zeitgeist, Game of Throne…
It's not everyday you get to walk through a random Bushwick apartment, step out into a verdant backyard decorated with fairy lights, and be treated to a play by firelight. This rare treat is…
In this time of anxiety regarding the present and uneasiness about the future, it might feel as if the arts are, at best, escapist fodder and, at worst, self-indulgent vanities. Certainly, A…
HBO's hit show Game of Thrones has been infuriating audiences since 2011 with its many character deaths and long season breaks. Still, the show has earned a cult following of avid fans. And …
Peter Bogyo’s Broadway General Manager handbook is a detailed look into the ins and outs of perhaps one of the least understood roles in American Theatre. This award-winning Genera…
Despite its uncontested standing as the ultimate vampire story and a classic horror novel, Bram Stoker’s Dracula contains very little outright blood and gore. It’s implied, fo…
What if everything you believe is wrong? (I once asked this of very religious actress friend of mine.) What if there is no God? What if Jesus wasn't the Son of God? Her answer haunts me to t…
Produced by the Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and directed by Thomas R. Gordon, Shirley Lauro’s award-winning play A Piece of My Heart about six women serving in the Vietnam…
Brian Friel's oft-used fictional town of Ballybeg, Co. Donegal, marks a Chekhovian outline as well as the path to Friel's own hopscotch bearings either side of the nearby Irish border. Th…
It was a cold winter's night in January 1993, when a small group of theatre artists banded together, and unanimously decided to take greater control of their creative lives. Determined to le…
On October 27th, Matt Doyle will join guest star Ali Ewoldt to open the new season of The New York Pops. In 2017, Doyle has already delivered outstanding work as a swoon-worthy Anthony in Sw…