Michael Zegen has found himself in the heart of millennial territory. From Girls and Rescue Me to Frances Ha and Adventureland, the talented young actor has crafted an impressive career span…
In the last year or so, Drunk Shakespeare has gone from that thing that some weird intellectual people like to a New York institution. What is it? Here's what their website says: “…
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, I meet up with Jasper Grant, artistic director of B-Side Productions for a chat at Amy's Bakery in Hell's Kitchen. Although it is gloomy outside, sitting at a s…
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 35th Marathon of One-Act Plays is nearing the finish line with the opening of its third and final Series, C, last week. This leg of the race is just as var…
All in all, OFFICE POLITICS is a gem of American theatre. This play is exactly what America needs: a magnifying glass held up to its wounds.
Life offers many opportunities to see masterpieces. It offers far fewer opportunities to watch masters at work. Within the intimate white walls of the Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Guggen…
Attending a play at the New Plays for Young Audiences Festival of NYU’s Steinhardt Program in Education Theatre is like peeking at the ultrasound of what will someday be a fully emb…
My interview with the lovely Edward Petherbridge was a refreshing reminder that age and illness are no limitations when one is passionate about one's art. The 78-year-old, Tony Award-nominat…
At the beginning of the century, actress, writer and comedian Rain Pryor put together a collection of self-penned songs and spoken word that would become Fried Chicken & Latkes (the titl…
In Daniel Talbott's Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait (playing through June 27 at the Gym at Judson) Seth Numrich plays Smith, an American soldier stationed in an isolated desert outpos…
It’s been a few days since the Tony Awards. From where I sit, it was a generally impressive show with a historic slate of winners. Before we turn over to the new Broadway seasons I wan…
There are three likely guarantees with your ticket to any show at Ars Nova's ANT Fest 2015: (1) You will be the very first audience to see the show; (2) the show will be a fresh new fusion o…
Is there anything better than working with someone that you admire? For Martin Tackel, getting the chance to collaborate with his colleague at Hunter College, Barbara Bosch, was a unique and…
This month, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s second round of one-acts, Series B, opens right as the crowd is still catching its breath from Series A. This go around features a Global Warming …
Just finished watching the 2015 Tony Awards on CBS, and what a swell party it was. Oh sure, there are things to snark about (see below), and coulda-shoulda-woulda moments, but for three hour…
Dave Lefkowitz, a theater editor at Stagebuddy.com, is doing his annual, live, Tony Awards radio special TODAY (Sat, June 6), from 11am-4pm(Eastern). You can listen live at www.uncradio.com.…
June 4th through June 7th, Isle of Klezbos and Eve Sicular are restaging J Edgar Klezmer: Songs from my Grandmother’s FBI Files, a musical documentary about government surveil…
On Monday June 1, 2015, some of New York's greatest entertainers got together at the Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center for the fifth edition of "Night of a Thousand Judys", Justin Sa…
What makes for a good musical comedy score? I feel like too often musical comedies work on a funny book and lyrics, and miss the possibility of using musical arrangement to augment humour. S…
It's that time again, when art meets commerce meets glitz meets schmaltz. It's the 69th Annual Tony Awards, happening Sunday night, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS-TV broadcasting…
On Saturday May 30th, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presented a show called "Broadway Spectacular" in which conductor Todd Ellison (currently seen on Broadway as the music supervisor for…
On June 12th, Xanadu star Cheyenne Jackson will present a brand new show at The Town Hall where he will be joined by special guest star, Tony winner, Laura Benanti. Last seen on Broadway in …
With a cast of six and a small orchestra, Tokio Confidential probably never intends to be more than a simple chamber musical; albeit, a chamber musical with a dense plot. The musical premier…
When Lauren Worsham sings, you simply have to listen. Whether she's doing The Turn of the Screw at the Met, or singing with her band Sky-Pony, she has one of those voices that demand your at…
“Come to the …" Can you name that Kander/Ebb musical? Even if you missed Cabaret on Broadway, you can enjoy live entertainment in an intimate room or a large venue like BB King's…