Review: Samara
If you go to see the world premiere of Richard Maxwell’s Samara by Soho Rep. (in the Mezzanine Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres), you may do a double take when the usher h…
If you go to see the world premiere of Richard Maxwell’s Samara by Soho Rep. (in the Mezzanine Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres), you may do a double take when the usher h…
The Transport Group's artistic director Jack Cummings III is revitalizing William Inge classics Picnic and Come Back, Little Sheba by having them performed in rep with an ensemble featuring …
Based on William Thackeray's novel of the same name, Kate Hamill's new play Vanity Fair explores the challenges of moving up in the world. Becky Sharp struggles to do so from a disadvanta…
Based on William Thackeray's novel of the same name, Kate Hamill's new play Vanity Fair explores the challenges of moving up in the world. Becky Sharp struggles to do so from a disadvantaged…
The Downtown Urban Arts Festival brings six weeks of multi-disciplinary cultural offerings to lower Manhattan, including theater, film, music and poetry. We caught up with two theater art…
Meeting the in-laws tends to come with a fair amount of friction, and that's never more true when religious and political opinions don't align. That's the focus of Zayd Dohrn's play T…
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…
Onomatopoeia Theatre Company’s Of Mice and Men is a great production whether you know Steinbeck’s work by heart or are learning about it for the very first time. It is true to th…
In Fragmented Frida, actress/writer Andrea Dantas takes on one of the most iconic artists of the twentieth century to tell a story about how someone who was dealt all the wrong cards, manage…
The key to unlocking Zayd Dohrn's The Profane lies in the seemingly innocuous double casting of Francis Benhamou, the vibrant actor who plays Aisa and Dania, the former is the eldest daughte…
The threats plaguing the working class in 2017 are, unfortunately, as American as apple pie. For a nation founded on policies of liberty and justice, greed and exploitation run so rampant th…
On his website, pastiche playwright Charles Mee says describes his characters as "people through whom the culture speaks, often without the speakers knowing it." The New Stage Theatre Compan…
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…
Entering the space at HERE where Sara Farrington and Reid Farrington are putting the finishing touches on their CasablancaBox feels a little bit like going back in time. There are people dre…
The dining scene of New York's Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. In…
More than ten years since our favorite modern age demigod won us over, Percy Jackson is back in a deliciously dorky new musical. Playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, The Lighting Thief: Th…
Every time Henri speaks in The View Upstairs, the world stops to listen. Not only because she is the woman running the bar where the show takes place, but also because she is played by the i…
William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba (1950) seems to owe much to the plays of his friend and mentor (and probable sex partner) Tennessee Williams"and in particular to 1944's The Glass Mena…
Sweeney Todd, arguably one of the most loved shows in the musical theater canon, has returned to New York this season in a completely revamped, immersive production, helmed by UK based Tooti…
There's no question immigration is a hot-button issue in America today. With protesters crowding the streets of America as our President sends out executive orders left and right, it's…
Scott and Ralph live together but might as well be continents apart. Even when they're sitting next to each other, they are glued to their devices: Scott to his phone on which he types furio…
The second edition of Project Broadway takes place from March 27 to April 2 at Symphony Space. This year the theme is the art of collaboration and will include performances by the likes of A…
BroadwayHD founders Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley on why they chose to stream Richard Nelson’s iconic The Gabriels trilogy. What made you want to stream The Gabriels trilogy? Bonni…
It’s only three days to Election Day and Senator Charles Whitmore’s (Rob Nagle) who is seeking re-election decides it’s time to let his constituents know who he really is w…