98 stories by "Kendra Jones"
Mona Pirnot presents us with another form-bending, auto fiction production--a play, I Became We--with its entirety sang by a 16-person classical choir. This intimate, humorous, and familiar …
By Kendra Jones August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, is set to open at Lincoln Center next month. This week, they kicked off their run with an opening celebra…
A pride flag is hung, in a Texas suburb, across the street from Jeanie (Crystal Finn). These new neighbors, Will (Jeremy Shamos) and Adam (Jeff Biehl), received a friendly-enough welcome t…
Milo Cramer, writer and performer of School Pictures, artfully strikes a chord with his silliness and insight. Each tune (composition!) embodies a child amidst their New York City education,…
This weekend, Birdland celebrated the birthday of jazz composer and pianist, and legend of bebop, Bud Powell. Powell’s celebration and memory was painted through a special show “Bouncin…
"We have a plague here, I'm tired of hearing the word epidemic."
Kramer/Fauci IS the 1993 live conversation between Kramer (Thomas Jay Ryan) and Fauci (Will Brill), as they discuss AIDS—wh…
Hundreds of New Yorkers came out to Central Park on a Wednesday evening in September—many entering a lottery to get their free tickets, others waiting in a standby line outside—whether t…
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat is a production of spoken word, personal narrative, historical recollections, and an elegy--a poem for Basquiat and those activists and artists that left an…
“I feel like I’m in my living room with a bunch of friends,” Hancock exclaimed, taking a seat at his keyboard.
The crowd laughed and clapped, and I sat back in delight, realizing how m…
After mastering the meshing of comedy and urgency in Slater's past productions, he brings this skill to the storefront as he serves as an adopted now-adult-orphan, Seymour, to Plant Shop Own…
I definitely did not expect this piece to enter into trauma and recovery, but this navigation through mental, physical, and emotional trauma shows Brader's vulnerability through a performanc…
The quintet, including Laks, Allison Lee on bass, Hannah Mayer on piano, Noah Nelson swapping in on drums, and Andre Perlman on trombone, brought that euphonious sound and a relaxing ene…
Morrison allowed fans of himself and general supporters, musical theater people, to connect with one another--not through him, but through themselves. He started the evening with a few popul…
It’s the summer of 1969, and we are about to take A Walk on the Moon. Suddenly—very suddenly and with no explanation—Pearl wants to be more than a speck. As her teenage daughter Alison…
After the Tony's Awards were presented earlier this month, the 15th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during…
Mary, Queen of Scots is not only a piece that will shape how an audience watches ballet--it’s a dance that conveys just as much emotion and engagement through movement as a full-length pla…
The Receptionist, written by Adam Bock, and first developed in 2006, intrigued me with its supposed “chilling relevance” of bureaucracy and complicity taking place in an office, but whil…
Hosted by Alex Moffat, the 41st annual ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Awards were held at NYU Skirball. This year, I found myself especially drawn to artists challenged physically, emotiona…
“It could never happen here…"
It's the mindset, the seemingly overused piece of dialogue we speak out loud to ourselves, to each other, as we try to convince ourselves history won't repe…
I expected Beaches to emotionally hit, as I know of the tears both the novel and film caused, but I left with a sigh of sadness.
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Miracle on South Division Street presents the stakes of losing faith and heritage through generations, as well as the understanding and accepting loved ones for differing perspectives and ch…
Scorched Earth is exactly the murky happening I needed to watch unfold through dance and narrative. This is theater that is felt in every bone of my body, every emotion aroused and agitat…
Iris Bahr's one-woman show, Stories From the Brink: My Festive Near Death Adventures, is exactly what it needs to be. If you want to see a personal narrative that is comedic, dramatic, and v…
In a world where war is ever present, Milo Cramer lifts us from today and drops us into live-action Korean War propaganda: a performance enticing us of the camaraderie and satisfaction fo…
Grace (Shannon Tyo) and her three sisters are gathering for Jesa, a Korean ceremony honoring their parents"a ritual of loved ones gathering to ask for the blessings of the dead. But, while t…
