Performance artist John Kelly is known for his emotionally and intellectually complex works in which he draws from elements of his own life, current politics and other arts. Going from writi…
Nobody does organized fandom better than Melissa Anelli, the popular author and webmistress, is also the co-owner of Mischief Management, the company behind conventions: LeakyCon, GeekyCon a…
One of the most talked about international theatre pieces of the decade is finally making its New York debut at the Under the Radar festival. In Germinal (January 6-9), Halory Goerger and…
Guillermo Calderón’s Escuela (January 13-17 at the Public Theater) takes place in 1987 Chile and focuses on the efforts of a group of young activists who are training to help overth…
In Now I’m Fine (January 12-17), Ahamefule J. Oluo leads a band of musicians who help him tell a story about “keeping it together”. The pop-opera takes inspiration from eve…
In one of the most in-depth interviews she's given in what has remained, a very much private life, Maggie Smith explained to Nancy Banks-Smith of the Observer how she perceived theatre, "I'm…
Marjorie Prime begins inside a house filled with modern, streamlined furniture in soft pastels, where we meet 85 year old Marjorie (Lois Smith) as she sits in an older-looking recliner. She'…
One of my favorite productions this year was Manual Cinema's ADA|AVA, a quietly stunning production filled with outstanding visuals. The shadow puppetry piece blended theatre and film t…
1. Oklahoma! Something quite extraordinary took place over the summer at Bard College, where visionary director Daniel Fish took a 70 year old musical (the very first "groundbreaking" Broadw…
Deep into the process of rehearsing and shaping their new musical theater piece The Good Swimmer, a First Look Presentation at the 2016 Prototype Festival, librettist Donna Di Novel…
Dancer Jess LeProtto made Top 8 in Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance and has Broadway credits including The Boy From Oz, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bye Bye Birdie…
The New York Pops delivered Christmas treats in style at their holiday concert held at Carnegie Hall. In It’s Christmas Time in the City, the orchestra was joined by Essential Voices U…
Multiple murders at the Players Club! At first glance, a headline that could prove to be the final nail in the coffin for a historic social club dogged in recent years by financial controver…
Pavarotti once said, “It’s like an injection of hormones to work with a great conductor,” which is certainly the experience of working or training with David Dabbon. He has…
In 2013, 24-year-old James More appeared in Britain's Got Talent, where he made judge Simon Cowell's eyes roll as far as his corneas would allow, when he explained he was doing magic …
Modern times call for endless options, and what could be more thrilling than arriving at your favorite holiday store and realizing you can have your picture taken with the Santa Claus of you…
Few people can make coming out of a cake look as sexy, and effortless, as Jakob Karr, and yet the talented performer pretty much steals the show in the already wonderful Nutcracker Rouge, pl…
Hir, Taylor Mac's new play, now extended again at Playwrights Horizons, is sending critics and audiences into a frenzy, and it isn't hard to understand why. With crackling humor, razor wit, …
Tony Roberts has been acting for over five decades, time during which he's delivered memorable turns in the films of Woody Allen, and dazzling stage work in Promises, Promises and Barefoot i…
Carole J. Bufford is one of the many talented performers who will be part of the 2015 Gotham Holiday Swing at the Town Hall. We caught up with the delightful jazz singer who discussed the nu…
We had the opportunity to talk to Gay Marshall about her participation in an upcoming Edith Piaf tribute at The Town Hall. Besides her musical theatre credits, like Cats and A Chorus Line, M…
We caught up with Hunter Ryan Herdlicka who is currently starring in Transport Group’s revival of Once Upon a Mattress. With his perfect pitch, matinee idol looks and charming personal…
From Titanic to Contact and the current revival of Dames at Sea (where he is filling double duties playing two characters!), John Bolton has become one of Broadway's most cherished actors. H…
On the exact date of Sinatra’s birth 100 years ago, Michael Feinstein performs with a swinging, 17-piece band. Known as “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,̶…
After seeing the third part of choreographer Teresa Fellion’s The Mantises are Flipping series at Danspace Project, we couldn’t wait to pick her brains about this fascinating wor…