Past reviews, recommendations, profiles, and posts about arts and culture in New York City.
Beertown, created by the theater ensemble dog and pony dc, is an interactive theatrical event. It arrives in New York at 59E59 Theaters after a popular run in Washington, DC. The premise is as follows: Audience members are citizens of Beertown — Beertonians — and they gather to celebrate the opening[…]
Maxamoo’s Hot List, a preview of what’s hot Beyond Broadway in New York City theater this month. [metaslider id=8037]
UPDATE, February 11, 2014 The Wong Kids added another week of performances through February 23, 2014. Find a kid and go see it! Original Post, February 3, 2014 A co-production of Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York and Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, The Wong Kids In The Secret Of The Space[…]
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes presents the final installment of her “Elliot” trilogy, The Happiest Song Plays Last, in New York City this winter. The New York premiere at Second Stage Theatre, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, follows the play’s world premiere in Chicago last spring at the Goodman Theatre. The[…]
Get $20 tickets to select New York City theaters through February 9, 2014. During the 20@20 promotion, sponsored by the Off-Broadway Theater Alliance, select theaters adopt a uniform “rush policy” and offer $20 tickets for sale 20 minutes before the start of the performance. More than 50 shows are participating in 20@20.[…]
Nat Cassidy Actor, Director, Writer
Following a successful world premiere at London’s Tricycle Theatre in the Fall of 2012, Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet, starring Adrian Lester, is set to premiere in New York at St. Ann’s Warehouse this spring. Red Velvet imagines the experience of Ira Aldridge–a young, black, American actor–as he takes the stage to play Othello[…]
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Live from Gramercy Park is a new musical performance series at the historic Player’s Club (founded in 1888 by legendary actor Edwin Booth and Mark Twain, among others). The series features theater performers leading jazz ensembles through songs from the 1920s and 30s. The series launched on January 27th with[…]
A wild man lies still on the stage of the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center. Behind him, the set is littered with enough tacky gilded knick knacks to make Liberace wince and there’s a fountain of gently cascading queso. Yes, the cheese dip. When the man wakes up, he[…]
UPDATE, February 17, 9:30am Enter to win two tickets to 4Chambers Original Post, January 28, 2014 Jody Oberfelder choreographed and directed 4Chambers, an immersive and intricate dance and theater experience, in which audience members venture into an installation inspired by the structure and functions of the heart. 4Chambers had a[…]
Openings, closings, and first performances at theaters beyond Broadway in New York City, plus extensions, casting, new shows, and other announcements. [metaslider id=7626]
My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer is the second of Brian Watkins’ Prairie Plays, in which the young playwright explores themes of violence and its origins. The first, High Plains, premiered at FringeNYC in 2009 and received high marks. Estranged sisters Sarah and Hannah are stuck in a middle-of-nowhere town in[…]
Produced by the Teatro Italiano Network, The Window takes place in a New York City flat in 1954. It centers on Eva, a young woman who becomes depressed after her wedding is unexpectedly called off. On the day she should have departed for her honeymoon, she instead finds herself at home[…]
In Jessica Dickey’s Row After Row, three Civil War re-enactors, two men and a woman, meet in a Gettysburg bar after a long day re-staging the town’s famous battle. Cal (PJ Sosko) and Tom (Erik Lochtefeld) are old friends and die-hard reenactors; Leah (Rosie Benton) is new to both the[…]
If you’re anything like us, you’ve had your fill of Shakespeare. Playmakers of New York City we beg you: PLEASE STOP WITH THE HAMLET, KING LEAR, MACBETH, ROMEO & JULIET, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, AND ON AND ON. Why not try something new? We know our complaint is falling on deaf[…]
The Gin Baby is the story of a young, attractive woman’s mental breakdown, fueled by alcohol, and triggered by an unsuccessful acting audition. As is often the case, this mental breakdown includes lots of yelling, throwing of things, sexual misadventures, confrontations with past lovers, and ultimately concludes with an extended[…]
The Hive Theater presents the world premiere of A Brief History of the Soviet Union at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. Don’t let that title deter you. It’s not as boring as it sounds. It’s actually billed as a comedy. Written by Vladimir Zelevinsky, A Brief History of the Soviet Union is a series of[…]
Japan’s underground theater troupe Ryuzanji Company presents Hanafuda Denki – The Dance of Death, a musical written by Japanese avant-garde master Shuji Terayama, inspired by Threepenny Opera. Hanafuda Denki originally appeared in New York City in 2012 as part of the New York International Fringe Festival where it received an Overall Excellence Award for Design. It travels[…]
The Lincoln Center Festival annually presents classical performing arts productions from around the world. As of 2014, artists and productions from over 50 nations have presented work at the festival. Under the direction of Nigel Redden, this year’s festival will feature works varying from traditional theater, classic ballet, and contemporary dance, to opera[…]