How a cancelled production led to Stephanie Styles' Broadway debut---"This may be my first time on Broadway, but a lot has led me to here," says Stephanie Styles, the 27-year-old triple thre…
Why Chisa Hutchinson felt compelled to write a drama filled with joy---Both in the news and on stage, stories about the African-American experience can be grim and disturbing -- hardly surpr…
Hatef**k explores the tempestuous relationship between two very different Muslim Americans---When she first started acting 20 years ago, Indian American Kavi Ladnier promised herself that sh…
How Cookie Jordan brings talent and cultural knowledge to her work---Looking at Cookie Jordan's extensive New York City stage credits, it seems like she's the go-to hair and wig designer for…
In honor of the late dance legend's 100th birthday, you can see his artistry and influence all over town---Merce Cunningham would have turned 100 on April 16 and several local institutions a…
Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas' new experimental play Recent Alien Abductions is an engaging enigma---Few television shows have haunted the collective imagination as much as The X-Files. The …
A new musical comedy celebrates an unfairly maligned genre---Fans of so-called chick flicks -- cinematic stories centering on romance, family and female friendships -- often defend their pen…
Dancer-choreographer Silas Farley debuts Songs From the Spirit at the Metropolitan Museum---Last July, Silas Farley spent a day at California's San Quentin State Prison listening to music co…
Playwright-performer Kristine Haruna Lee examines the duality of immigrant identity in Suicide Forest---Intergenerational and cultural tensions, misogyny and trauma are the entangled themes …
Tony-winning scenic designer John Lee Beatty dishes on his decades-long collaboration with Manhattan Theatre Club---Scenic designer John Lee Beatty says he learns something new from every sh…
An African-American critic calls for an end to endless suffering---As a theatre critic, I see wide variety of shows about a multitude of subjects. But as a black woman, I am constantly confr…
The co-creator of Next to Normal debuts Superhero Off-Broadway---Superhero at Second Stage Theatre is a homecoming for Tom Kitt. The composer's breakthrough musical with lyricist Brian …
How Fiasco Theater reinvented Stephen Sondheim's most cherished flop ---Even though Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along premiered back in 1981, every major revival feel…
Kristiana Rae Colón's confrontational drama asks tough questions about our nationwide epidemic---Kristiana Rae Colón feels conflicted that her decade-old play exploring the con…
Why the Mint Theater Company wants New York audiences to know Elizabeth Baker---You've probably never heard of Elizabeth Baker, and the Mint Theater Company, which specializes in reviving lo…
Madeleine George's Hurricane Diane inspires soul searching in between laughs---To riff on Al Gore, Hurricane Diane is an inconvenient comedy. Madeleine George's show, currently running at Ne…
Dede M. Ayite on crafting the costumes for the multi-era comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark---How do you give outfits subtext? That's one of the many challenges Dede M. Ayite faced designing…
The urgency of Signature Theatre's revival of Boesman and Lena---Yaël Farber says she leapt at the opportunity to direct Signature Theatre Company's revival of Athol Fugard's 1969 apart…
Steven Skybell on starring in Folksbiene's Fiddler on the Roof---Fiddler on the Roof has been following Steven Skybell his whole life, much like the fiddler does Tevye in the musical. The ac…
The Tony nominee serves snacks and sass in the immersive absurdist comedy Bonnie's Last Flight---Even though Barbara Walsh has made a living doing what she loves for the past four decades, s…
Where to see African-American artists and the black experience on stage---Over the past few years, many high-profile NYC theatres have been making a noticeable effort to spotlight African-Am…
Peggy J. Scott on the challenges of playing the notorious crime writer---Peggy J. Scott didn't know much about Patricia Highsmith when she was cast as the late novelist in Joanna Murray-Smit…
After having to abort the mission last year, a sci-fi show counts down to opening---Making theatre is never easy, but the process has been especially arduous for the creators of Spaceman, a …
Inspired by a true story, Exposed explores female sexuality in the modern age---At a time when students take out an average of $37,172 in loans to pay for college, it's no wonder young peopl…
Meet Gallim, a Brooklyn-based dance company that celebrates elemental connections through the exploration of the human experience. Founded in 2007 by choreographer Andrea Miller, the troupe …