Past reviews, recommendations, profiles, and posts about arts and culture in New York City.
This week we had the first major Spring opening on Broadway (Cinderella, we won’t be covering that here), new openings by burgeoning young playwrights Rajiv Joseph (The North Pool at Vineyard Theatre, sadly a pass) and Amy Herzog (Belleville at New York Theatre Workshop, more on this below), a Pulitzer Prize winning[…]
New NYC Theater (March 1-7) Aggregated listings and reviews for theater productions that opened in New York City between March 1 and 7. Belleville Old Hats The North Pool Talley’s Folly
A rare movie star vehicle that is intimate and actually pretty good, Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg appear in “The Revisionist” at Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village. Eisenberg also wrote the play. Tickets are hard to come by in the short term and they’re expensive: $85. But the[…]
Two Chinese laborers (one as teacher, one as student) explore the dance and combat elements of Peking opera in the “The Dance and the Railroad” at Signature Center. Reasons to like: Beautiful Peking opera inspired dance, movement, and combat; Charming story by David Henry Hwang set during the 1867 strike[…]
New NYC Theater (February 22-28) Aggregated listings and reviews for theater productions that opened in New York City between February 22 and 28. The Revisionist The Dance and the Railroad Katie Roche The Madrid The Wild Bride On the Head of a Pin Passion
Interview with Killy Dwyer about her show “My BoX” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Chris Harcum (writer and performer) about his show “Two Lovely Black Eyes” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://vimeo.com/)
Interview with Yanomi, performer and director of “A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with D’yan Forest (performer) about her show “My Pussy is Purrin’ Again” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://vimeo.com/)
Interview with Carrie Brown (performer) and Karim Muasher (performer) about “The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular!” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://vimeo.com/)
Interview with Adam Strauss (writer and performer) about his show “Varieties of Religious Experience” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Seth Lepore (writer and performer) about his show “Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refugee” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Paul Hutcheson host of “Canuck Cabaret” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Virginia Bryan (writer and performer) about her show “My Three Moms” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with John Grady (writer and performer) about his show “Little Pussy” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
New NYC Theater (Feb 15-21) Aggregated listings and reviews for: “Donnybrook!” “Hamlet” “Iphigenia in Aulis” “Jesus in India” “Much Ado About Nothing” “Powder Her Face” “Really Really” “Suddenly Last Summer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQJIMXBjOE Interview with Kerry Fitzgibbons (performer) and Michael Birch (performer) about “36 Hours” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info
Interview with Gillian English (producer and performer) and Ned Petrie (writer and performer) about “Love in the Time of Time Machines” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Talie Melnyk about her show “Maison des Reves” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Interview with Ed Malin (writer) about his show “Generic Magic Realism” at the 2013 FRIGID New York theater festival. More info (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)