POSTCARDS: Danielle Diniz Tells Her Grandmother's Story in New Commission for Accent Dance NYC by The Dance Enthusiast

"The process has been an extraordinary investment of heart and opening of eyes as Accent Dance has allowed me to not only tell my grandma’s story, immigrating to the US from a difficult li…

For the coming Jewish New Year - this blog's show tune tradition by Fred Landau

 For Rosh Hashanah  "Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew" - music by Skip Kennon, lyric by Fred Landauhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzpDsd_q-k Sung by Neal Mayer We wrote that when …

Hampton House’s Place In Black History Seen Via Family Play by Bill Hirschman

Veteran Black actor-playwright Keith C. Wade returns to a Miami landmark to theatrically track how the civil rights movement transformed yet undercut the thriving Brownsville-Overtown —a j…

Billy Baloo by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . .  What? You’ve never heard of Solderville, Colorado? That tiny mining village “on the highest mountain of the highest mountain range in North Ameri…

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’ OPENING NIGHT AT TNC–PHOTOS (9/1/2024) by Robert Shuman

(Photographer:  Frank Farrell)

I Interview Playwrights Part 1119: Lour Yasin by Adam Szymkowicz

Lour YasinHometown:  Jerusalem, Palestine.Current Town:  New York City, NY.Q:  What are you working on now?A:  I’m currently involved in several exciting projects. One of them is Under…

I Interview Playwrights Part 1120: Mathilde Dratwa by Adam Szymkowicz

Mathilde DratwaHometown:  Brussels, BelgiumCurrent Town:  Brooklyn, NYQ:  Tell me about Dirty Laundry.A:  I found out the day my mom died that my dad had been having an affair for six ye…

A Labor Day Salute to Set Designers by Jan Simpson

It’s been a lazy summer.  Only a few shows have opened. I took no trips. No out-of-town guests came to visit. My husband K and I just spent most of our time lolling around on our terrace …

BETTE BOURNE, SEPT. 22, 1939 TO AUG. 23, 2024 by Robert Shuman

(by Mark L. Hannay; via Jonathan Slaff.) English “Radical Drag” Actor and Gay Rights Activist, Beloved by Downtown New York Theater Audiences, Dies at Age 84 Bette Bourne, the founder an…

Die Mommie, Die! Over-the-Top Hilarity on Island City Stage by Bill Hirschman

When is the last time you went to the theater and enjoyed two hours of pure unadulterated fun and sheer frivolity? Die Mommie, Die! is that rare breed of entertainment that exists just for …

Break A Leg: Loxen To Stage ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ by Bill Hirschman

If South Florida’s Loxen Entertainment, Inc. does its job well during the nonprofit company’s season-opening show, the actors will seem inept. Indeed, appearing incompetent is the goal f…

Carbonell Awards And Silver Palms Announce Fall Plans by Bill Hirschman

With the end of summer, the season of South Florida awards galas inches closer, marked by two announcements: the Silver Palms Awards sets a date for announcing the upcoming recipients at a s…

Prepare for a Culinary Whodunnit: “Speakeasy Die Softly” Stages Glamour, Grit, and Gluten in Times Square! by Db Frick

A mere 365 days ago, I found myself stepping onto the productions of America’s largest theatrical conglomerate, The American Immersion Theater (AIT).  Specializing in delightfully twisted…

Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy (Book Review) by Wendy Caster

On one hand, there could never be too many books about Stephen Sondheim. On the other hand, each book should be able to justify its existence through untold stories (are there any?), a new p…

I Interview Playwrights Part 1118: Tracy Wells by Adam Szymkowicz

Tracy WellsHometown: Sterling Heights, MI (metro Detroit)Current Town: Macomb Township, MI (also metro Detroit)Q:  What are you working on now? A:  I’m currently finishing up a western m…

TNC STREET THEATER, 8/17, AT ST. MARKS: “THE SOCIALIZATION OF A SOCIAL WORKER,” BY CRYSTAL FIELD (PHOTOS) by Robert Shuman

“The Socialization of a Social Worker,” by Crystal Field, starting 8/3 through 9/15. FULL SCHEDULE Sat, 8/3 @ 2:00 PM – MANHATTAN: Outside Theater for the New City at E. 10th St. &…

Upcoming Cabaret Shows by Andrew Poretz

Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway/54 Below – Artemesia LeFay & The Harris Family Have 2 Shows/DTM – Seth Sikes & Nicholas King w/Billy Stritch/54 Below Set…

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: ODD START, BUT THEN … by Peter Filichia

It has a laugh-filled script with an amusing score as well. But has there ever been an Overture that more...Continue Reading The post ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: ODD START, BUT THEN … appeared f…

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS – REVISITED by Oscar E Moore

  O woe is me!  Well…here goes. A mild mannered, mediocre, meandering musical.  Music by Mary Rodgers (daughter of Richard Rogers; mother of Adam Guettel – great musical genes inherit…

Details Announced For MasterVoices’ 83rd Season by Andrew Poretz

Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the renowned chorus’s 83rd season. The season opens with a new version of George and Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman a…

Suffs by Wendy Caster

First, how cool is it that Suffs exists, and that it's so good, and that it's been recognized and rewarded? And how sad is it that the show is still timely? But things are changing. The nig…

Introducing Broadway & Me Quickies by Jan Simpson

Nearly a month has gone by since I’ve posted here. Summer has a lot to do with that. There are fewer shows opening. And to be honest, the warmer weather makes me lazy.  But that doesn’t…

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’–OUR PRESS RELEASE, CAST, AND FLYER by Robert Shuman

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am very happy to be writing to you about Theater for the New City’s world premiere of my very own work, “Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusement…

Illinoise by Wendy Caster

A lovely, if somewhat overlong, dance revue about humans telling stories and being oh-so-human, Illinoise is based on the beautiful songs of Sufjan Stevens and an original story by choreogr…

Illuminated in the Warm Glow of His Long Shadow by C. Jefferson Thom

Illuminated in the Warm Glow of His Long Shadow C. Jefferson Thom August 6, 2024 - 15:08 Topics Theater Review Tags …

Maltz’s New “The Island Theatre” Space Aims To Diversify Scope by Bill Hirschman

It is not an imposing space. It is just space. Often blank. Like a canvas waiting for something.But in a few months, magic that has been brewing 10 year sat the Maltz Jupiter Theatre will tr…

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’–MEET THE CAST (AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY: 9/1 at 8pm, WED., 9/4 at 6:30pm, FRI., 9/6 at 6:30pm, SUN., 9/8 at 8p by Robert Shuman

(Credit for art: Fight Over the Breeches; Gift of Louis E. Shecter, 1972, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.)

Recalling Louis Armstrong on his birthday - Parody of the feel-good WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, a feel-not-that-good WHAT A ONE-PERCENT WORLD by Fred Landau

 Remembering Louis Armstrong on his birthday August 4, in my YouTube channel's way of remembering a classic recording - A parody of the feel-good WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  A feel-not-that-…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: X for Christine Cox (Ballet X) and Eryn Renee Young (XAOC Contemporary Ballet) by The Dance Enthusiast

Carbonell Awards Revise Judging/ Scoring System by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman // Rules how Carbonell Awards are judged were revised this week in response to concerns from theaters and community volunteers about the need to fine-tune the complex mathe…

DREAM UP FESTIVAL, 2024: 17 PLAYS, REAL INSPIRATION (THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 8/25-9/15) by Robert Shuman

Stage Voice’s Bob Shuman will have a play running at TNC’S DREAM UP FESTIVAL, but don’t settle for just one, there are 16 more shows to choose from.  “Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: T…