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Certainly Passageways: Songs of Connection, Abnormal & Sublime, a theater piece of original songs, mixed media art, dance and storytelling created, written and performed by Amy Oestreich…
Usually it takes a lot of money, time and practice to present a new full-length musical, yet between July 8 and August 30, New York Musical Festival will offer 30 new full-length musicals. S…
After seeing "Not Even the Good Things," we left Theatre Row's Studio Theatre filled with questions. Who was the little girl? Why was Bill the only one who could see her? Why did Bill tolera…
Times have changed. Or have they? Yesterday was a day filled with special events featuring female sports figures. On TV Wimbledon featured the women's semi-finals from London. In New York, t…
Playwright -actress Kate Hamill did such a creative job with her campy adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" using men to play women's roles that I eagerly anticipated her version of "Little W…
My friend recently posted on Facebook, "I love/hate being addicted to my phone." Dave Malloy's beautiful new musical "Octet," at The Pershing Square Signature Center might provide a solution…
"I hate politicians!" Miriam emphatically announces as she struggles to negotiate government bureaucracy. All around me in Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre, audience members quietly nodded thei…
After last year's revelatory Lear, the Shakespeare Forum mounts another bold, insightful production for El Barrio's Shakespeare Festival 2019. This time, it's Othello(s)"a work that…
Stagebuddy's Sue Bell interviews Drama Desk Winner & Two-Time-Tony Nominee Laura Osnes about her new show "Things are Looking Up" at 54 Below. They also talk about how Laura finds ti…
Stagebuddy's Sue Bell interviews Emmy Award Winner and Tony Nominee Liz Callaway about her new show "Sets on the City" at 54 Below. They also talk about how Liz got her start in doing Di…
Although not a particularly good actress, Lorraine is always playing a part. Fortunately for the audience, Lorraine is portrayed by a particularly good actress, Susan Sarandon. In his new pl…
The New Dramatists hosts their 70th annual luncheon and this year honors Three-Time Tony Award winner, Nathan Lane. We were there and talked with a ton of interesting people, many multiple T…
Oh. Magic… Am I being too dismissive? I mean, really though. What hasn't already been done? And yet, I really enjoyed Gary Ferrar's "Nothing Here is Real" show. Yeah " now you don't necess…
If you missed the Tony nominated and Olivier Award winning Caroline, or Change when it was in New York several years ago, I have good news: there's a fantastic production currently running i…
Classic plays have universal themes and meaningful dialogue. Often the challenge for modern directors is how to mount the plays creatively and who to cast in iconic roles. William Shakespear…
Before there were the gory massacres and rapes of GOT, there was "Titus Andronicus," one of Shakespeare's first tragedies. A revenge play, it was one of his most violent works ,and in it, al…
I had to think about it for a moment, had I ever seen this play before? It's Agatha Christie, I must have " no? And it turns out, I haven't. But the name on the writers credit says it all " …
Who would have ever thought the words 'dark' and 'sexual' would ever apply to the 1943 classic musical Oklahoma?  Without considerable changes to the script or the music, dire…
The Barricade boys are a four-man vocal group from the U.K. where all the members are from various high-profile productions of shows including London's production of Les Misérables. Along w…
The original production of the 1937 play with music, "The Cradle Will Rock" by Marc Blitzstein was almost as significant as the show itself. The play, which was funded under the WPA's Federa…
"We don't need another hero," sang Tina Turner. Well, maybe we don't really need another musical about superheroes either. The short-lived Off-Broadway musical "Superhero," with book by John…
Four women gather to drink wine and share confidences.  Meeting periodically, they share share films, personal triumphs and heartbreak. Although women are independent and strong, they…
The Importance of Being Earnest is widely regarded as Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, and watching NY Classical's new production at A.R.T./New York Theatres, it's easy to see why. No word is o…
For some of us fans, Stephen Sondheim can do no wrong. However, that is not to say all of his musicals have been winners. "Merrily We Roll Along" has always been described as a 'problematic'…
 James Carpenter and Ellen McLaughlin in ACT's production of Edward Albee's Seascape, January 30th 2019 at the Geary Theatre, San Francisco. Or so Nancy would have it, in the American Co…
