Playing ‘Wit’ on Borrowed Time
3 years ago Erin Cronican was given 3-5 years to live, and now she’s starring in a production of Margaret Edson’s play about a scholar with cancer.
The Antelope Party
“Friendship is magic” is the motto of characters in both the animated children’s series My Little Pony and Eric John Meyer’s subtly chilling comedy The Antelope Party.
Tristan Bernays and Kate Hamill on Finding New Modern-Day Meaning in Gothic Horror
Two radically new adaptations of Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” and Bram Stoker's “Dracula”, classic works of Gothic horror are currently in performances downtown.
Cyrano
“A great nose may be an index of a great soul,” Edmund Rostand wrote in Cyrano de Bergerac. When considering the latest adaptation of this popular tale of love and tragedy, which pointedly lacks a notable physical element of the title character, perhaps the same could be said of the theater as well.
Why Bedlam's The Crucible Will Surprise You
The lauded theatre company puts its singular stamp on the Arthur Miller classic.
Sylvia Khoury and Tyne Rafaeli Make Global Trauma Personal in ‘Power Strip’
Power Strip, which stars Dina Shihabi, marks the second collaboration of Sylvia Khoury and director Tyne Rafaeli. The two were inspired to dramatize accounts of sexual assault in Syria and the ways in which those attacks were utilized to sever the ties of accepted social customs.
(A)loft Modulation
(A)loft Modulation, the new play by Jaymes Jorsling that chronicles years spent in a dilapidated loft that was home to artists, draws upon jazz for its inspiration and presentation.
5 Theatres You Need to Know: Women's Theatre Companies in NYC
Harriet Tubman, Nellie Bly and Molly Brown are just a handful of the sheroes being celebrated on New York stages.
Finally Centerstage and Singing: ‘The Hello Girls’ at 59E59 Theaters
It was the phrase “unsung heroes” that captured Cara Reichel’s attention. The hour-long PBS documentary spotlighting women in the military only devoted about two minutes to the Hello Girls, the female phone operator working as telephone operators during World War I. But the story resonated with Reichel, and the founding artistic director of Prospect Theater Company got to work.
Role Call: Executive Director: Robert Serrell
“I’m such a nerd,” laughs Robert Serrell, executive director of the Barrow Group Theatre Company and School, then launches into a detailed explanation of search engine optimization techniques. This is hardly a tangent: SEO is a key to how to Serrell, a former student of the school, rescued the New York City theatre company and performing arts training center from bankruptcy in 2014.
How Do You Conjure a Feminist Icon Onstage?
How playwright Emily Mann turned Gloria Steinem's life into activist theatre
Be More Chill
Theater is just one of the social rituals featured in this new musical that skewers and satirizes societal norms and rituals in an ambitiously entertaining, but slightly disappointing, take.
How Do You Direct Two Musicals at Once?
Working on two shows simultaneously has driven Andy Sandberg to drink — large quantities of Pepsi Max.
"The actors frequently tease me because I am constantly carrying two-liter bottles in my hand," says the director, who's helming the romantic musical comedy Neurosis and the political satire R.R.R.E.D. in repertory at the DR2 Theatre.
This Ain't No Disco
Despite a top-notch creative team and an undeniably talented cast, viewing this musical requires a protective sheen for one’s vision.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
There’s a reason why some shows have never succeeded. As much as fans might love them in spite of — or because of — their flaws, their creators simply cannot make them work.
Desperate Measures
The unabashedly old-fashioned musical (the book is written entirely in rhyming couplets) is an undeniably all-too-relevant production.
Navigating Through the Darkness in ‘The Seafarer’
Conor McPherson's tale of despair and redemption on a drunken Christmas Eve, is a decidedly male affair. In fact, according to Ciarán O'Reilly, the director of Irish Repertory Theatre's current revival, "This play could be called The Absence of Women."