419 stories by "Zachary Stewart"
On May 11, 1997, the triumph of machine over man officially began (not August 29 of that year, as erroneously predicted in The Terminator). The contraption in question wasn't a military supe…
Everything about Brendan at the Chelsea feels perfectly calculated to induce sleep: the soothingly dim lighting, the rainstorm sound effects, the gentle recitation of sentimental Irish liter…
How did you get your current job? Doubtless, a lot of theatergoers will ask themselves that question upon leaving the New York premiere of Jonathan Caren's The Recommendation. In an electric…
"I got a check yesterday," Leslie Jordan enthusiastically says. It was a residual for some reruns of Will & Grace, the show for which Jordan won his Emmy Award playing the improbably closete…
Brian d'Arcy James grew up on a steady diet of Billy Joel and Phil Collins. While the Drama Desk Award-winning star of Broadway's Shrek is best known for his performances on the Broadway sta…
Jack Viertel spends a lot of time thinking about Broadway " specifically what makes a show successful. Is it the music? What about the subject matter? Can a star make or break a show? "All o…
It smells like autumn and death within the musty confines of the Playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center, overpowering the perhaps more pungent stench of infidelity. It proves the perfect olfact…
There are so many good offerings playing off-Broadway this fall, you'll probably want to see more than one. It takes a lot of cojones to produce a new work in New York City, so all of these …
Two seemingly unrelated plays are running in repertory at the Pershing Square Signature Center: Otho Eskin's Final Analysis is a portrait of Vienna circa 1910 while Fraser Grace's Breakfast …
There is nothing more thrilling than seeing an enormous musical performed in an intimate space: the intensity of the music, the proximity of the dancers, the sweat of the actors literally tr…
Joe Papp must be smiling somewhere. The late founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival created his free productions in Central Park out of a conviction that theater is essential and ought…
First dates can be awkward. Modern technology has done little to alleviate that problem. Now that everyone is Googleable and on Facebook, first-daters (and the NSA) have access to a wealth o…
Mara Wilson and Max Reuben sat in the Saint's Alp Teahouse on Third Avenue, just a couple blocks away from the rehearsal studios where they used to spend hours rolling around the floor, Afri…
The well-appointed two-story homes of Sag Harbor, New York, are all tinted a very distinctive green " the color of old money. At least that is the way they appear in Chad Beguelin's Harbor,…
If you're looking for a classy evening of dinner, drinks, cabaret, and sadness you can do no better than Paulo Szot, currently making his 54 Below debut. The midtown cabaret is celebrating B…
If you're looking for a classy evening of dinner, drinks, cabaret, and sadness you can do no better than Paulo Szot, currently making his 54 Below debut. The midtown cabaret is celebrating B…
You don't want to miss The Orion Experience at XL Nightclub. Conceived and directed by Travis Greisler, this high-energy immersive glam-rock show is the perfect way to start a night out on t…
With 185 shows in this year's New York International Fringe Festival, how is one to ever decide what to see and what to skip? We've picked through the shows and based on buzz, subject matter…
Last night, participants in this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) indulged in vodka and donuts at the closing night party, celebrating yet another successful year of new music…
Nestled in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York amidst the ruins of grand vacation resorts of a bygone era sits Stagedoor Manor. America's premiere theater camp for kids age 10-18 " th…
It is no longer enough to be a triple threat (a performer who can act, sing, and dance). Now you have to play an instrument. This has been true since the advent of the John Doyle concept. (D…
On December 31, 1879, British composing team W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan debuted their operetta The Pirates of Penzance in New York City"a full three months before it was to premiere in…
Americans were introduced to Iranian foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh during the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis, when fifty-two Americans were held against their wills by militant supporter…
Everyone knows how The Sound of Music ends: After narrowly escaping the Nazis, Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer flee over the mountains with their seven children to the safety of verdan…
The first thing to remember about the production of Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy As You Like It, currently running at Baruch's Bernie West Theater, is that it is performed entirely …
