Singer/Monologist Ben Jones Stirs Things Up at 54 Below by Ron Fassler

Performing in a cabaret setting can be accomplished successfully in a variety of ways. With someone like Marilyn Maye, who’s put in the hours and is still going strong at ninety-seven, you…

The New Latine Theater Lab To Bow In May With Fornes’ Mud by Bill Hirschman

Alex Gonzalez is “thrilled to be back where I belong – creating art and building something meaningful through theater, specifically, building Latiné Theater Lab, one of South Florida�…

THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER ON THE JOY OF SEEING FOUR NORMAL WOMEN ON STAGE (DUSA, FISH, STAS AND VI) by Robert Shuman

(Timberlake Wertenbaker’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/15/2025;   Photo: ‘She had the courage to decide that people were people’ … Emily Dobbs, Sophie Scott, Olivia Poulet a…

Maddie by Wendy Caster

Jan and Nick, a young married couple, have just moved into an apartment in the East Village. It's 1977, they're in their mid-20s, and they've been together 7 years. Their marriage is happy b…

CRACKED OPEN But Struggling to Hold it Together by Eyal Solomon

By Samuel L. Leiter... Cracked Open examines the emotional, social, and psychological fractures within a Brooklyn family when their high-achieving daughter suddenly exhibits signs of menta…

People You Should Know . . . Raul Garza by Zack Calhoon

Raul Garza (Playwright) is a Latino playwright who has drawn acclaim for weaving stories that resound with authenticity and sense of place. He boldly explores the intersection of popular cu…

People You Should Know . . . AJ by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Milestones Studios) AJ is a storyteller from Pensacola, FL. She received a BFA in Theatre for Youth from Samford University. As a writer, she strives to share bold and bittersw…

Buena Vista Social Club Takes Top Honors at the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards by Melissa Griegel

Cast of Buena Vista Social Club

Who Is Richard Skipper? An Interview That Might Supply Some Answers by Ron Fassler

By Ron Fassler . . . For someone who has put themselves front and center entertaining audiences for nearly fifty years, the question “Who is Richard Skipper?” still has an air of mystery…

IMPRESSIONS: La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival-Emerging Choreographers by The Dance Enthusiast

"What first registers as chaos gradually reveals a skeleton of structure. A series of electronic beeps cues the trio into synchronized movement, only for them to abandon it later, diving bac…

Fat Ham Redux Amped Up In GableStage’s Turn With BBQ Alongside Will Shakespeare by Bill Hirschman

Island City Stage's production of Fat Ham last month was funny, topical, engaging. But in its co-production at GableStage this weekend, four weekends of performances and two subsequent weeks…

IMPRESSIONS: Gibney Company at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"The choreographers presented a diverse and highly anticipated bill, filled with complex storytelling and physical genius, but it was the Gibney Company dancers who truly carried the show to…

IMPRESSIONS: Daniel Léveillé Danse in Amour, acide et noix at NYU Skirball by The Dance Enthusiast

The four nude dancers jump wide-legged with bent knees, arms relaxed at their sides—three penises and one vulva plainly visible—as if sculpted in the stance of sumo wrestlers. Then, with…

IMPRESSIONS: Anna Sperber “Beacons” at The Chocolate Factory Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

Rolling Stone Presents Amplified: The Immersive Rock Experience Opens at Chelsea Market by Melissa Griegel

By Melissa Griegel… Photos and Video by Melissa Griegel Photography Art, music, and technology come together in an explosive and immersive rock experience at ARTECHOUSE, NYC (Chelsea Marke…

POSTCARDS: Samuel Humphreys of Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble On Understand Sokolow by The Dance Enthusiast

"Sokolow's theatre makes a similar “ask” of the viewer: don't just watch, but actively feel what is happening on the stage." Samuel Humphreys, New York

Truth Does Not Stop In Actors’ Playhouse’s The Girl on the Train by Bill Hirschman

Actors' Playhouse's thrilling theater version of The Girl on the Train -- bringing voyeurism to a new level -- has a history, . The post Truth Does Not Stop In Actors’ Playhouse’s The Gi…

LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, POPULAR NY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DESTINATION, SETS ITS LINEUP by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director   –   155 First Ave., NYC 10003   –   (212) 254-1109   www.theaterforthenewcity.net      LOWER EAS…

CHARLES STROUSE, ACCLAIMED AND AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN COMPOSER, DIES AT 96 by Robert Shuman

  (via The press Room. Photo: Broadway World.) Charles Strouse, 96, the celebrated and multi-award-winning American film, television, and Broadway musical composer, responsible for such leg…

IMPRESSIONS: THE 92NY FUTURE DANCE FESTIVAL - Program A by The Dance Enthusiast

Two programs at the 92NY make up its Future Dance Festival. Young dancemakers selected by a curation panel show their work in the newly refurbished Buttenwieser Hall, the performance …

Verena McBee: Bird (S)wing at Chelsea Table + Stage by Andrew Poretz

Jazz singer Verena McBee unveiled her latest album, "Bird (S)Swing," at Chelsea Table + Stage on May 3rd.

Have Yourself a Very Skimpy Christmas - Parody show tune look at that "Kids can get two dolls instead of 30" concept by Fred Landau

 In the "Presidents say the darnedest things" department -  Here's our YouTube parody take on that "Kids can just have two dolls instead of 30 for Christmas" concept.  (At least, the Pres…

The Fat Cat Killers by Wendy Caster

Adam Szymkowicz's entertaining The Fat Cat Killers combines an incompetent-criminals comedy with a take-down of capitalism. Rather than building on or complementing each other, the two comp…

IMPRESSIONS: THE 92NY FUTURE DANCE FESTIVAL- PROGRAM B by The Dance Enthusiast

The second program of the 92NY’s Future Dance Festival introduces eight young choreographers in an afternoon time slot: Ekko Greenbaum, Ja’Moon Jones, Dahyun Kim (Ah-Molla Dance Colle…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Finleigh Zack On Choreography, Community, and Crossing Continents by The Dance Enthusiast

"I hope to continue expanding FZD’s presence in the UK, deepening collaborations with dancers and organizations there... and, eventually, to establish a residency center in the UK—a spac…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Jody Oberfelder on her Upcoming Premiere "Story Time" at The Center at West Park by The Dance Enthusiast

"Oberfelder draws on a deep well of folklore, archetypes, and emotional textures to reimagine what a performance space—and a story—can be. Staged in a historic church currently fighting …

Varied ‘Truths’ Clash in Zoetic Stage’s The Comeuppance by Bill Hirschman

Time, carrying the inevitability of mortality and exposing complex truths about our past, is the central vendor of the title in Zoetic Stage’s overwhelming drama The Comeuppance about a hi…

2025 Tony Predictions by Wendy Caster

Although we have not previously shown great acuity in Tony prediction, here we are again. Hope springs eternal! This year’s list of Tony nominees reveals a healthy, exciting season. Lookin…

People You Should Know . . . Laurie Roldan by Zack Calhoon

Laurie Roldan, the Bay Area-based singer and actress, has been a guest artist at many special events throughout the West, has appeared as a soloist with symphony orchestras throughout Califo…

The Angry Young Women in "John Proctor is the Villain" and "Five Models in Ruins, 1981" by Jan Simpson

A new genre has been developing over the past few years, one that in tribute to the post-war change in British theater I’ve been calling “angry young women plays.”   These new works …

OLD FRIENDS – A SONDHEIM SMORGASBORD by Oscar E Moore

Packed or should I say over-stuffed into two hours and thirty-five minutes with intermission at the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on West 47th Street is this 89 pe…