Founded by Italy-to-New York transplant Orietta Crispino, Theaterlab is an artistic laboratory dedicated to studying the nature of live performance. It is both a venue for new and experimental works including theater, music, and visual art and a producing organization. Theaterlab sublets space for the development of various projects, such[…]
Based on Jacques Rivette’s 1961 black-and-white film of the same name, Paris Belongs to Us is a multimedia theater production directed by Doris Mirescu. This production uses a wall to block the actors and main set from the audience and, instead, viewers watch the live work unfold on three side-by-side digital projections[…]
Under The Radar is an annual festival in New York City that showcases innovative and experimental theatrical performances by cutting edge artists from the U.S. and around the world. It is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014. Curated by Mark Russell and Meiyin Wang, this year Under The Radar will have events at five venues[…]
From Medium: About a year ago I completed a White House Fellowship at the Office of Management and Budget. I returned to New York City, but rather than return to my job as a mergers and acquisitions attorney, I founded Maxamoo, a company bridging the divide between New York City’s amazing[…]
The Night Alive is a new play by Conor McPherson transposed to the Atlantic Theater Company’s stage from London’s Donmar Warehouse. McPherson is the Irish playwright behind such haunting masterpieces as The Weir (which just had a celebrated revival at Irish Rep) and The Seafarer. McPherson fans may find The Night Alive to be[…]
Red Shirt Entertainment, a young theatrical production company, brings awareness to social issues both domestically and globally via a variety of artistic events. They focus on raw, in-your-face performances, often featuring young talents. One of their ongoing programs is The Remembrance Project, now in its second season. Conceived by the company’s[…]
After People Like You is a simply staged play that takes place on a subway car at some point in a future New York City after an apocalyptic event. It’s never explained exactly what happened. The audience must piece together the backstory based on intermittent references to surges, waves, and[…]
Jessi D. Hill Director
Ah, It’s A Wonderful Life – that American tradition we gather around at this time every year. You can celebrate Frank Capra’s classic film, starring Jimmy Stewart as the life-battered dreamer George Bailey, on Turner Classic Movies in a couple weeks like most people, or you can head to the[…]
Dr. Dysart, a quiet, bookish therapist, has a new patient – Alan Strang, a disturbed boy who enters his office singing commercial jingles and shooting daggers with his eyes. Dysart routinely treats troubled youths, but none quite like Alan. For the other night, Alan stripped naked and blinded five horses[…]
Blue Wizard/Black Wizard or Black Wizard/Blue Wizard (whichever you prefer) is a new musical from Dave Malloy (the mastermind behind super hit Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812) and Eliza Bent (playwright, The Hotel Colors). Wizard is a layered rumination on friendships and romantic relationships, the pursuit and abandonment[…]
Facing Our Truth is a production of six ten-minute plays about race and privilege, all written in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal for killing Trayvon Martin. A different playwright wrote each piece and, although connected by common themes, each piece is distinct. Maxamoo was fortunate to be invited to[…]
Welcome Home Sonny T is the first of a series of five plays by William Electric Black addressing violence and guns in U.S. inner cities. The story is set in a neighborhood plagued by antagonism between long-time black residents and Mexican newcomers. One of the black residents, Sonny T, returns home from[…]
59E59 Theaters presents Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz, a unique production that features twin musician virtuosos, Peter and Will Anderson. The duo, who play no less than four instruments apiece (most notably the clarinet and saxophone), are buoyed by a guitarist, bassist, and drummer. Part jazz concert,[…]
Signature Theatre presents the world premiere of Chéri, an interdisciplinary work by Martha Clarke that incorporates theater, live music, and dance. Adapted from French author Colette’s novel Chéri and its sequel La Fin de Chéri, the story is set in Paris around the First World War. It tells the tragic story of Chéri, a young man who[…]
This holiday season Blessed Unrest, an award-winning theater company, brings a minimalist, physical version of Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol to the stage. This trimmed-down version focuses on the socio-economic disparities in the world of Ebenezer Scrooge and everything is seen through the moral dilemma of the haves’ responsibility towards the[…]
Ensemble Studio Theatre, or “EST,” is a Hell’s Kitchen-based theater company founded in 1968 that is committed to showcasing new voices in American theater and nurturing emerging artists in all disciplines of the field. In addition to a few full scale productions each year, EST generates new work through a[…]
Actress Sage Snakechalmer (that is neither a typo nor a joke) writes and performs Private Dancer, a solo show that examines the glamorous public life and private struggles of the late Hollywood goddess Rita Hayworth. Director Bob Degus toggles between live theater and film, direct-address monologues and cinematic symbols, to portray[…]
Lesser America was founded in 2010 by Daniel Abeles, Jonathan Blitstein, Nate Miller, and Laura Ramadei after the four collaborated on a play called Keep Your Baggage With You At All Times, written by Blitstein. It was directed by Daniel Talbot and Blitstein won a 2011 New York Innovative Theatre Award[…]
The Pigeoning, written and directed by HERE‘s artist in residence Robin Frohardt, is a darkly comedic puppet show (or “object theater” piece, as we were recently instructed) set in 1980s New York. As it starts, audience members receive an office safety manual and watch a series of hilarious, paranoia-inducing, 80s-style office safety training[…]