Spoilers ahead. How do you follow up The Handmaids Tale if you're Elisabeth Moss? Apparently by joining the Swedish fine-arts community, living with a monkey, and engaging in some very sweat…
by Emily Wilson Julia Brothers, who lives the dream of being a bicoastal actress, working in the Bay Area and on the East Coast, can barely begin to say how excited she is to be bac…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that stage, film and television star Phylicia Rashad will direct the company’s Chicago premiere of The Roommate, starring Ora Jones and …
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced today acclaimed director, actor, singer and 2017 Steppenwolf Women in the Arts honoree Phylicia Rashad will direct Steppenwolf's Chicago premiere produc…
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production will feature Ora Jones and Sandra Marquez.
Jen Silverman’s comedy joins the Chicago theatre’s 2017–18 season.
Before White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was the reported "intellectual force" behind President Donald Trump's administration, he was a Bruce Springsteen-loving, "very liberal guy," …
Linda Gehringer and Tessa Auberjonois sparkle as two lonely women of a certain age who bond over their difference and similarities.
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It is refreshing to see a new play about an oft-forgotten demographic. Whether it be in film or theater, there aren't many great roles written for women in their 50s. Playwright Jen Silverma…
Enter your 50s and you become invisible. People look right through 50-something women as if you are not there; waiters ignore you and bartenders don't flirt with you; store personnel stare r…
In her mid-50s and in a post-divorce rut, Sharon takes the risky step of advertising for someone with whom to share her Iowa City home. The last thing she expects to walk through her kitchen…
Deborah Hazlett and Beth Hylton are both very talented actors. Deborah Hazlett and Beth Hylton together onstage in Jen Silverman's new two-woman show? Well, that's something remarkable! It's…
As the team prepares to shoot the pilot episode, they have announced the first cast member, Broadway and SMASH star Andy Mientus LES MISERABLES. The actor will be playing Wesley, the preside…
He posted "Forgive me" on his Facebook page.
Florida Studio Theatre presents area premiere of Jen Silverman's play about two middle-aged women learning from each other... Read more »
Florida Studio Theatre presents area premiere of Jen Silverman's play about two middle-aged women changing their lives... Read more »
A musical comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sounds like a punch line. But the creators of this show do an excellent job of avoiding the most obvious pitfalls.
Think twice before giving up a kid or a left arm. You might need them for that apocalyptic day when Britney Spears comes to Broadway in "The Sound of Music."
In her first play for the Humana Festival, Jen Silverman pays a tribute to badass women in their 50s.
The web series 'My Gay Roommate' follows the relationship between two roommates -- one who is gay and one who is straight. In the most recent episode, Tony Award winner Wilson Jermaine Hered…
HEDY WEISS: Larry Grimm brilliant as a manic-depressive chimp living with his keeper in Nick Jones' tragicomedy.
We’re back again with more Summer Hotties from The Roommate. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out the June Edition! My roommate, as many of you know, is Broadway il…
My roommate, as many of you know, is Broadway illiterate. What I mean by that is he knows absolutely nothing about Broadway unless it has to do with Wicked, Spider-Man, or Glee. However, wit…