After a popular run at this year’s FRIGID New York Festival, STEVE: A Docu-Musical returns for a single performance at Joe’s Pub on April 19, 2014. STEVE: A Docu-Musical is a solo show performed by Colin Summers. It traces the real and strange relationship he developed with Steve, an eccentric[…]
A preview of the awesome theater we’re anticipating in April. Lindsay, Nicole, and Jack discuss the shows we’re looking forward to this month. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. Shows discussed: Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters The Mysteries at The Flea The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill Volume[…]
Stage17 is a new online video channel targeting theater fans. It is now live at Stage17.tv. Using Broadway as its starting point, Stage17 features original web series and theater-related videos that touch on show business, Broadway celebrities, and behind the curtain stories. Stage17 was launched by Chairman David Stoller and President[…]
Maxamoo’s Hot List, a preview of what we’re looking forward to seeing beyond Broadway in New York City theater this April. Brits Off-Broadway is an annual festival of British theater in New York City presented by 59E59 Theaters. It has a reputation for bringing over strong work by emerging and veteran British artists.[…]
The Public Theater presents the New York premiere of A Second Chance, a musical written by Ted Shen (book, lyrics, and music). It is Shen’s musical debut after a 30-year business career. A Second Chance is directed by Jonathan Butterell, and stars real-life husband and wife Brian and Diane Sutherland. Based on the story of how[…]
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Hellman v. McCarthy is a world premiere play at Abingdon Theatre Company by Brian Richard Mori. It is based on real events. In 1980, literary critic Mary McCarthy appeared on The Dick Cavett Show. In a pivotal moment she criticized notable writer Lillian Hellman, saying “every word she writes is a[…]
If you know the movies you like, but can’t find your way in the vast world of New York theater, may we suggest: If you like the imaginative and surreal world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland in any of its film adaptations, Then She Fell by Third Rail Projects is the next step[…]
Fly by Night is a new musical written by Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, and Michael Mitnick. It begins performances at Playwrights Horizons in May. It premiered at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, CA in 2011, where the San Francisco Chronicle called it a “breathtakingly good new musical.” Fly By Night takes place during the[…]
Signature Theatre announced eight new productions for its 2014-2015 season, including two plays by A.R. Gurney and two plays by Naomi Wallace, as well as plays by Charles Mee, Sam Shepard, Athol Fugard, and Katori Hall. Wallace and Gurney’s plays will be produced as part of the theater’s Residency One program,[…]
Kirk Lynn is a playwright and an artistic director with the Rude Mechanicals theater collective in Austin, Texas. Kirk’s play Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra starts performances at Playwrights Horizons on Saturday, March 29. He wrote the libretto for Bum Phillips All American Opera at La MaMa now[…]
Many time award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale, A Bright New Boise) reunites with his frequent collaborator Davis McCallum (The Whale, A Bright New Boise) on The Few this Spring at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. McCallum also directed the San Diego world premiere of The Few last year. The play’s central character, Bryan (Michael Laurence,[…]
Acclaimed Lebanese artists Rabih Mroué and Lina Saneh created 33 RPM and a Few Seconds as an experimental theatrical piece about the moments immediately following death. It comes to New York for three performances only, on April 29-30. It is presented by the Asia Society, Performance Space 122, and PEN World Voices[…]
The Civilians (Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Show), one of our favorite New York City-based theater companies, will present The Great Immensity, a New York premiere at The Public Theater in April as part of the Public Lab, meaning it is a work-in-progress and the tickets are only $20. The Civilians[…]
59E59 Theaters announced a new series of five plays to be present at Theater A, the largest venue at the theater complex. The series is thusly titled the 5A Season. As part of the new season, 59E59 announced a new membership plan, the 5A Season Bundle, which includes tickets to all[…]
Lindsay, Nicole, and David chat about their latest outings to the theater, plus Lindsay’s interview with Kirk Lynn (an artistic director at the theater collective Rude Mechanicals in Austin, Texas), David’s Three Wishes for Sondheimas, and whether there’s any familial connection between Brian Eno and Will Eno. Shows discussed: King Lear (Theatre for[…]
Hounds of War by Bill Holland is the inaugural production by Wee Man Productions, a New York City based theater company. In the play, Jim, a military veteran and recovering alcoholic, relocates with his wife and two sons from New York City to the country. The new setting, however, is not enough to quell[…]
Fast Company by Carla Ching is a comedic play about a group of con artists and a heist gone awry. Rather than rely on their usual “bag of tricks” they employ game theory to engage in a psychological battle of wits with the ever-shifting target of their con. Maxamoo Fast[…]
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Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (whose play Appropriate, which we loved, recently ended an extended run at Signature Theater) has another play opening in New York City this Spring. An Octoroon is a world premiere opening at the Soho Rep in May. It’s a contemporary adaption of The Octoroon, a play from 1859 by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. The[…]