The politics of America’s past are litigated in two separate and very different plays running in New York City right now. Branden Jenkins-Jacobs’ Appropriate at the Signature Theatre is a raucous, bold drama in which family secrets, entangled with historical tragedies, slowly ooze from the crumbling walls of the family’s estate on a[…]
Concrete Temple Theater presents the world premiere of Alone in Triptych, a dark drama composed of three intertwining monologues with the shared themes of abuse, isolation, and violence. “Monologues” may not be the most apt description: the three characters don’t talk directly to the audience or to themselves, but rather[…]
Labyrinth Theater Company is hosting a new festival of staged readings of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, Pulitzer Fest 2014. Academy Award winning actress Ellen Burstyn and Obie Award winning actor Eric Bogosian as well as members of Labyrinth will participate in the reading series. The line-up includes (descriptions provided by[…]
We chat with writer and performer Peter Michael Marino. Peter conceived and wrote the musical adaption of Desperately Seeking Susan using music from Blondie, the rock band headed by Debbie Harry. It opened on the West End in London in 2007 and then closed after just a month of performances.[…]
Playwright Marcus Gardley is having a moment, four plays by Gardley will celebrate world premieres in early 2014 at four different prestigious institutions, including the Berkeley Rep and Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. The final of the four plays to premiere is The Box: A Black Comedy presented by The[…]
Manhattan Theatre Works and the Theater Series at the 14th Street Y present the world premiere of Dark Water, an a cappella musical written by David Stallings and directed by Heather Cohn. It’s an allegory inspired by the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and tells the perilous journey of[…]
Clubbed Thumb, a theater group dedicated to “funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers,” announced the lineup for the 19th season of Summerworks — an annual festival of new plays. Each play will run for nine performances between May 30, 2014 and July 5, 2014. The productions[…]
Lindsay and Nicole chat about their latest outings to the theater, plus the tale of a mistaken ticket purchase, the future of opera, and Steven Pasquale and Kelli O’Hara — the sexy duo steaming up Broadway. Shows discussed: Appropriate The Bridges of Madison County The Happiest Song Plays Last An[…]
Following a world premiere at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville last spring, and successful runs at both the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C., Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ comic drama Appropriate arrives in New York, once again under the direction of Liesl Tommy.[…]
News of official openings, first performances, closings, and other news this week beyond Broadway in New York City theater. [metaslider id=9412]
Bum Phillips All American Opera is a new contemporary opera about Bum Phillips, the legendary football coach of the Houston Oilers in the 1970s. Luke Leonard of the Monk Parrots theater company conceptualized and directed the production. Peter Stopschinski of the Rude Mechanicals theater company composed the music and Kirk Lynn, also from[…]
Get beyond Broadway this weekend with these three recommendations. Move over Avenue Q, there’s a new puppet star in town and his name is Tyrone. In the hilarious Hand to God by Robert Askins, now showing at the Lucille Lortel Theater, the phenomenal Steven Boyer plays Jason, a timid Christian teen, and his out-of-control[…]
Rocky the Musical is the hotly anticipated musical adaptation of Sylvester Stallone’s classic 1976 film of the same name. The story of a third-rate South Philly boxer who gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance at glory is translated to the stage by composer Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime) and director Alex Timbers (Here Lies Love,[…]
This week the Public Theater announced PUBLIC STUDIO, a new program dedicated to staging new plays. This Spring the program will stage two new plays, in repertory, for ten days. Tickets are only $10. The productions are more than staged readings, less than fully staged productions. The first play, The Urban Retreat by[…]
The New York Neo-Futurists are reprising the innovative concept behind their Drama Desk Award nominated production The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill Volume 1: Early Plays/Lost Plays, and bringing Volume 2 to the stage. The Neos are best known for their weekly sketch show Two Much Light[…]
After appearing in over 30 international festivals and venues all over Europe, The House, a puppet, comedy, thriller created and performed by Danish puppeteer Sofie Krog and Spanish artist David Faraco, is now in New York City for a 5-day limited engagement at HERE Arts Center. The House is billed as appropriate for[…]
Classic Stage Company (CSC) is a theater company located in the East Village in New York City dedicated to re-imagining classic plays for modern audiences. It recently announced its 2014-2015 season: The season kicks off in October 2014 with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1947 musical Allegro. Tony-winner and CSC Associate Director[…]
We are very excited for Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, a new play written by Kirk Lynn of the Austin, Texas-based Rude Mechanicals (Stop Hitting Yourself) and directed by Anne Kauffman. Its world premiere is this Spring at Playwrights Horizons. Kama Sutra is described by Playwrights Horizons as a “tough-love comedy”[…]
After a successful run at the Ensemble Studio Theater in 2011, Hand to God, a comedy by Robert Askins is back. MCC Theater gathered many from the original team to produce a new production of Hand to God at the Lucille Lortel Theater in the West Village. Moritz von Stuelpnagel again[…]
The Pig or Václav Havel’s Hunt for the Pig is a joint production of 3-Legged Dog (3LD) Art & Technology Center and Untitled Theater Company #61. It is billed as a “theatrical-musical-technological-gastronomic experience” and we think that’s a pretty apt description. Václav Havel was a fascinating man. He was a[…]