Show Showdown: Room
Room presents an emotional portrait of a writer in desperate need of "the room to move, the room to breathe, the room to imagine; emotional room, creative room."
Room presents an emotional portrait of a writer in desperate need of "the room to move, the room to breathe, the room to imagine; emotional room, creative room."
By Byrne Harrison Photos by Daniel Terna For a couple of years, nearly a decade ago, I played rugby for a local club. Despite being left with a pair of knees that most days feel like they h…
Booking agents, artist managers and assorted friends and relations packed into a room at Austin's Driskill Hotel to hear three guitar-cradling singer-songwriters.
I've been following the responses to Rocco's ‘decreasing supply‘ comment and his subsequent post on the NEA blog. Some believe that supply/demand is the wrong framework thr…
To make tickets more affordable to students and other theatregoers on a budget, many Broadway shows have implemented rush, lottery, and standing-room-only (SRO) policies.
Several veterans of the theatre and cabaret will play the Metropolitan Room in April.
The Metropolitan Room has announced programming for April Sally Kellerman will play the venue April 1, 2, and 3 at 7pm. The performer may be best known for starring as the infamous "H…
The actress Shifra Lerer, who died at age 95, performed on stage until she was 90 and was among Yiddish theater's crossover stars.
Virginia Woolf is not afraid of anyone as she takes her audience and readership to task in this wearying but fascinating solo show from director Anne Bogart.
Photo: Daniel TernaTheChanging Room, by David Storey, is not big on plot. A bunch of Englishmen enter a locker room, kid around, change, and go out to play rugby--Act One. The owner of…
It's the end of the Gilded Age, a time when sex for women is something that's not enjoyed, merely tolerated, and women are suffering from "hysteria" all over the place. Dr. Givings has…
T. Schreiber, Off Off Broadway By Zak Risinger BOTTOM LINE: A solid production of a rarely produced play that shows a brief glimpse into the lives of a Northern England semi-pro rugby…
ISSUE Project Room's inaugural benefit at their future home - the architecturally and acoustically beautiful jewel-box theater at 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn - brought togethe…
The already top notch cast of the Rock of Ages film adaptation got a little starrier over the weekend, with 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin officially signed on to play Dennis Dupree, an aging roc…
Director Terry Schreiber and his talented actors largely succeed in pulling off David Storey's expansive exercise in plotless naturalism, despite being hampered by a tiny theater.
Last week I had the exceptional privilege of interviewing newly minted SAG and Golden Globe-winner for Best Actor In A Drama Series for his work on HBO'S BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Steve Buscemi, alo…
Tony Award nominee Lonette McKee will perform her cabaret show Can't Help Lovin', at the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, April 5-30. McKee received a Tony nomination for her perf…
THEATER REVIEW: Garage Rep at Steppenwolf Theatre, with "The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen" ★★★½ (by The Strange Tree Group); "Heddatron" ★★★ (above, b…
In the second part of our peek into The Wizard of Oz wigs room Paul Keating The Scarecrow gets wig-ready at the London Palladium...
Yesterday I had the exceptional privilege of interviewing newly minted SAG and Golden Globe-winner for Best Actor In A Drama Series for his work on HBO'S BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Steve Buscemi, alo…
For a fire safety video, the Flying Karamazov Brothers juggled torches inches from the face of the city's fire chief.
When playing a fabulous drag queen, no actor can live without an equally fabulous dressing room filled with all those fake lashes, makeup and gigantic wigs. For his latest video blog, Prisci…
My review of Tim Di Pasqua's performance at The Metropolitan Room in NYC