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The Fire This Time Festival is celebrating its eighth landmark year. Since its creation, the festival has amplified the voice of African American playwrights, artists and performers, and has…
Sky-Pony’s concert at The Sheen Center on January 28th is being dubbed as “the most important” in their career so far, and with reason, coming off the success of their musi…
Shortly after the 2016 presidential election, we saw a rare moment of truth in one of the President Elect's tweets when he exclaimed that "the Theater must always be a safe and special place…
We spoke to Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart about his upcoming concert at NJPAC, the importance of theatre in the aftermath of the election, and some characters on his bucket list. What ar…
"Has there ever been such a wondrous and spectacular public execution?" asks Joshua Crouch, the perverse emcee in anatomy theater, the new opera by David Lang and Marc Dion which traces a wo…
Composer Missy Mazzoli creates some of the most immersive soundscapes in contemporary opera, her layered work not only helps create the psychology of her characters, but also challenges the …
Going to the theater never felt like more of a privilege than it did in 2016. Not only because it served as the ultimate escape from the harshness of the preceding 12 months – with saw…
StageBuddy’s critics look back at their favorite theater of 2016. Some of the most compelling acting I saw on a stage in 2016 happened in the sanctuary of St. Johns Lutheran Church on …
You can tell Saulo GarcÃa has years of experience in comedy for the way in which he reads a room. At the first performance of his show Sin wifi también se vive at Repertorio Español (…
Whether he's hanging from the London Eye, or floating over metal pikes at the Palace Theatre in New York City, escapologist/daredevil Jonathan Goodwin always keeps the audience enthralled. D…
You haven't heard Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" until you've heard Eliot Glazer sing it. The classically trained vocalist-turned-comedian fills the song with longing, sincere romance and humor…
For the dancer in your life, you may be racking your brain for what gift to give this holiday season. As we all know, dancers are first and foremost prepared"we have to be. So what do …
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…
This is one story that we all need to hear. So familiar and poignant to the human experience, Ms. Cusack's debut album, If You Knew My Story, is an extremely moving soundtrack for her lif…
We spoke to Emily Padgett about playing Helene in The New Group’s revival of Sweet Charity… From the moment we go into the theater and we see Georgia Stitt and her band, it be…
In the stunning Elements of Oz (The Builders Association production at 3LD through December 18), audience members get to be part of the creation of the classic 1939 film of The Wizard of Oz.…
New-York based actor, musician, and photographer David Perlman has let a passion for performing and creative pursuits pave his way to success. Performing on Broadway in Baby It's You! …
With an all-star line lineup of voices, including Kristin Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, and more, it's no surprise that this original soundtrack to the NBC …
Powerful for the way it looks at the moments between the actual action of the story, Sarah DeLappe's play The Wolves follows a high school women's indoor soccer team. Dropping in on their wa…
The holiday season is upon us, and what could be better than taking a break from the crowds and to-do lists and creating new family memories with a special outing to the theater? It is one g…
Hot off a successful run in Montreal, the original cast recording of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz tells the fascinating story of an ambitious young man who would seemingly stop at …
The holidays are sure to be filled with joyous music as The New York Pops prepare for their Christmas special Make the Season Bright (December 16 and 17 at Carnegie Hall), which this year fe…
I recently spoke with dancer and aerialist Allison Ulrich, who plays Marie-Claire in Company XIV's latest baroque-burlesque confection, Nutcracker Rouge, currently on stage at the Irondale T…
"A man without land is nobody." Such is the maxim, learned from his grandfather, that Duddy Kravitz (Ken James Stewart) uses to rule and guide his ambitions. Of course, to acquire the land, …
Playwright Dan LeFranc's Rancho Viejo explores life's big questions through the residents of a small town in Southern California. With direction by David Aukin, the production at Playwrights…