21 stories by "Michael Gardner"
Read the feature article about The Trans Theatre Festival from Time Out New York!Trans characters have become a growing presence in the arts over the past few years, from award-winning …
Now playing at The Brick through January 9th! Click here for more! Q: What is it like to look back at 20 years of family letters? A: These letters were often written during diffi…
Resident ArtistsCivility!The SyndicateWritten and performed by The SyndicateDirected by Emily SpaldingJanuary 8 - 17, 2015The Listeners The Brick Theater, Inc.matthewfreemanwriter.comWr…
The Brick Theater, Inc. presentsBrick UA new Arts Education ProgramThe Brick launches its first education program in 2014 with BRICK U. A dedicated workshop setting with expert teachers…
The Brick Resident Artist ProgramWinter/Spring Season 2015 UntitledThe Brick Theater, Inc.matthewfreemanwriter.comWritten by Matt FreemanDirected by Michael GardnerFebruary 1 " February…
The Brick is hiring a new Director of Operations for an August start and immediate training. This is a part-time permanent position for $15 per hour at 20 hours per week. Oppor…
The Brick Resident Artist Program offers new and established experimental theater artists exclusive use of The Brick for one or more weeks and the encouragement to reinvent the theater spa…
In 2012, The Brick celebrated its 10-year anniversary and was incinerated into dust during the Mayan Apocalypse! Also, we got new curtains. And mind-blowing performances occ…
Aaron Baker was our Clint Eastwood. He rode into town one day from out of nowhere and with his signature cocked-double-eyebrow expression, said almost nothing. Nobody knew who he was. Tal…
Dear Friend, Supporter, Fighter: The Brick has always felt a little contrarian. Take fundraising letters. We admit we don't like them. Don't like sending them, because talking about ho…
Zachary Oberzan's Indie Theatre hit Rambo Solo took the theater world by sneak attack last year.  This Thursday,  see the movie "Flooding with Love for The Kid", which it detaile…
Writer/Editor/Critic Aaron Riccio proclaims a new reviewing policy in reaction to his moving experiences at The Antidepressant Festival. Â We knew our theatrical drugs had potency, but dam…
Just 2 Sundays left!Performances at 3pm and 7pm!Bring the kids! Â "It's rare that I see a show with you that I want to go on longer than it already has, but this time I really wanted it …
In Summer Stages, The New York Times previews The Antidepressant Festival and concludes that "No one tops the Brick Theater when it comes to oddball concepts for theater festivals." …
Young Adventurer,Do you dare to face the sad Centaur without professional counseling? There!  The gauntlet is thrown!  Show your mettle!Time Out New York previews The Antidepressant…
In this week's Time Out New York, The Brick is a record-breaking three out of "769 ways to enjoy the city without breaking the bank!" (Here, here and here.)"Small but mighty, this tiny cube …
As reported by Onion News Network this week, the FDA has at last approved the new drug Despondex for the insufferably cheerful among us. Â The disease is highly contagious. Â Please trea…
Slate's new blog, The Happiness Project: How to Be Happier (mercifully changed from its original title: The Happiness Project: How to Be Depressed) re-affirms the growing trend towards na…
Matt Gray (Co-Creator of Penny Dreadful with Bryan Enk) is interviewed by David Cote for The TONY Blog this week. What do we learn about the "byzantine sci-fi retro-melodramatic soap opera?"…
Thursday night, "conservative" Stephen Colbert confessed his addiction to happy pills."It's been tough keeping my mood up with the innauguration less than two weeks away," he bemoaned. The C…
Congratulations to Gyda Arber, Michael Criscuolo and Ivanna Cullinan on their citations as nytheatre.com's People of the Year 2008!All 3 are also Master Masons of The Brick.What was that you…
