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Off-Broadway, Offices Provide the Setting For Master Classes in Acting
Allen Moyer's set for Rasheeda Speaking is so realistic that I had doctor's office anxiety just waiting for the show to begin. I didn't get anymore comfortable as it went on, but a play about office...
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An Introduction to Baba Brinkman
On Sunday, I saw my first (and probably not my last) Baba Brinkman show, Rap Guide to Religion. It's the latest of the Canadian hip-hop artist's rap guides (he's also covered evolution, the Canterbury...
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One Day Has A Case Of The Glee Problem
The program of One Day: The Musical includes statistics about problems that teenagers face. Approximately 2.7 million students are bullied each year. Suicide is the cause of about 4,400 deaths...
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The Seeing Place Takes on Othello
The mission of off-off-Broadway theater company The Seeing Place is one that I think everyone can get behind--to make theater approachable and affordable (all tickets are $15). Its sixth season...
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Long Story Short at 59E59
If you're meant to be with someone, you'll know. That's what Hope (Pearl Sun) and Charles (Bryce Ryness) were raised to believe. She was told the Chinese legend that a red string tied to your ankle...
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So, Why Was The Baker's Wife A Flop?
Fans of musical theater history have the rare chance to see The Baker's Wife, the troubled 1976 musical that played a pre-Broadway tour but never made it to Broadway. I figured there was a reason this...
View ArticleWant Discount Tickets to The Lion?
I recently wrote a story about how Benjamin Scheuer turned his life into the musical The Lion with the help of director Sean Daniels. You can read it in TDF Stages. If you haven't seen the show yet (or...
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Some Dialogue In Small Mouth Sounds, But The Rest is Silence
"Each time we invite you to Ars Nova, we go all out to deliver an experience like no other," reads the program note from Jason Eagan and Renee Blinkwolt, artistic and managing directors. They are...
View ArticleThoughts on the 2015 Tony Nominations
We all know that awards are subjective and don't mean that much and all that, but boy, do we theater fans love talking (and tweeting and writing) about them. That's why I write this post every year. I...
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Two Shocking Plays Written 400 Years Apart
In December, I wrote a blog post for Theasy.com about how I was unsettled (in a good way) by a lot of theater I had been seeing. This week I have two plays to add to the list of shows that shocked and...
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Marathon Theater + Sugary Cereal = A Good Way To Spend a Sunday
Madeleine Bundy as Kapow-i GoGo, Photo credit: Crystal ArnetteI often joke that the perfect run time is 75–90 minutes with no intermission. But as much as I love getting home at a decent hour, I...
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The New Group is on A Roll
To tell you the truth, The New Group has always been pretty hit or miss for me. But this 20th anniversary season has made up for all the misses with Sticks and Bones, Rasheeda Speaking, and now, The...
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I Saw Entourage And That Doesn't Make Me A Terrible Person
According to many posts on my Facebook and Twitter feeds, the Entourage movie is the worst thing to happen in the history of cinema. Maybe even in the history of the world. I don't remember ever seeing...
View ArticleDrinks and Shakespeare
I love Shakespeare. I love seeing his plays performed classically. And I'm also always down to see a modern interpretation. Drunk Shakespeare caters to both the Shakespeare buff and the theatergoer who...
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Girls and Boys
Feminist. Body image. Cougar. Needy. Pushy. Family. Biological clock. These words--which immediately make one think of women--are written on a white panel on the left side of the set on which Howard...
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Let's Talk About Sex... And Talk... And Talk
Threesome might be the least sexy ménage a trois ever. The sex talk is theoretical, not dirty, and foreplay involves establishing context. But at 59E59 through August 23, Yussef El Guindi offers...
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Musical Comedy, Politics, and Free Donuts
When you enter the Actors' Temple Theatre for Who's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started the The Iraq War, you might wonder if you're in the right place. There is a table with free donuts and mimosas in...
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Checking in with Fringe Encores
This year, I was out of town for most of the New York International Fringe Festival (for those interested, you can read about some of my summer travels here and here), but I'm checking out some of the...
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Q&A with Jenn Kent, currently starring in Rocking Dead: Bedlam
If you dream of zombie apocalypses, you can soon live out that fantasy in the new interactive show, Rocking Dead: Bedlam. It runs from October 22 through October 31 at the Medicine Show Theatre (549...
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Checking In With Fringe Encores: Part 2
As you enter the SoHo Playhouse for Wasted, an Edinburgh Fringe transfer, there is a fun, club-like energy. Loud music plays, lights flash, and the actors, Serena Jennings and Will Merrick, act like...
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Theater Roundup, Yearbook Style
A yearbook-style update on some of my recent theatergoing.Best Discovery: MasterVoicesPhoto credit: Erin BaianoI'm kind of late to the party on this one. The Collegiate Chorale was founded in 1941, but...
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Harry Potter, This Time With More Hufflepuffs!
If you love Harry Potter, but think the secondary characters are way more interesting than the whiny Boy Who Lived, get yourself to the P.I.T. for Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a...
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A Few Thoughts On Why BroadwayCon Was A Success, At Least From This...
Here are three words I never expected to type when I arrived at the New York Hilton Midtown on Friday afternoon: I loved BroadwayCon. At the first Broadway fan convention, I got to hear Lin-Manuel...
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Pizza Theater
Carter Gill as Pulcinella in Commedia dell'Artichoke. Photo credit: Jacob J Goldberg Photo.Commedia dell'Artichoke is based on commedia dell'arte, a form of theater from 16th century Italy...
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Buried Child
Amy Madigan, Nat Wolff, Taissa Farmiga, and Ed Harris in Buried Child. Photo credit: Monique CarboniTo be honest, the main reason I wanted to see Buried Child was because I was intrigued by the...
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