Madeleine George’s The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence intertwines the lives of four Watsons: Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick; Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant engineer; the monotone super computer that beat Ken Jennings in a game of Jeopardy; and a modern day, friendly tech-geek–all played by John Ellison Conlee. Conlee is joined by Amanda Quaid[…]
If you’re lucky enough to be celebrating Thanksgiving in New York City this year, say thanks that you’re in the greatest city in the world for going to the theater and do not let the long weekend pass without catching a show. We offer our recommendations for you and your[…]
Mallery Avidon’s Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love at The Flea Theater tells the story of Grace, a 27-year-old woman who, despite the appearance of a happy life, is stuck in an unfulfilling job and a loveless marriage to Tyler, an unemployed pothead who spends his days playing video games. Cue the famous and[…]
Taking Care of Baby, an American premiere play at City Center presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, is based on real events. It’s the story of Donna MacAuliffe, a young woman convicted of murdering her two infant children and later acquitted after she is diagnosed with a rare mental disorder. Playwright[…]
In J.Stephen Brantley’s Pirira, two stories set on opposite sides of the world unfold. The first, set in the stock room of a wholesale florist in New York City, follows Chad, a native New Yorker and a proud gay man, who engages in a fervent (and slightly awkward) conversation with his new[…]
Guns are drawn in Dominique Morisseau’s new play, Sunset Baby, but it’s not the fear of a firefight that grips you. Instead, it’s the tense war of words between Nina and her father Kenyatta, a former civil rights revolutionary, that makes the heart pound and occasionally ache at the LAByrinth[…]
First, there was a book, then a movie (Hitchcock’s classic 1935 thriller), then the comedic play adapted by Patrick Barlow, and now a never-ending stream of revivals of The 39 Steps. The most recent revival in New York City from New York Deaf Theatre is a unique performance that combines[…]
Naked Angels, an esteemed New York City theater company, hosts three works-in-progress reading and performance series, in order from least to most preparation and production value: Tuesdays@9, 1st Mondays, and Angels in Progress.
Defacing Michael Jackson by Aurin Squire, is a poignant and touching dramatic comedy about race relations in the mid-1980s, told through the eyes of five kids and their love for the King of Pop. It’s 1984, and Obie, Frenchy, and twins Yellow and Red, all black, lead difficult lives in[…]
The astounding Jefferson Mays dies eight times onstage in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, now playing at the Walter Kerr Theatre. He plays every member of the D’Ysquith family, a turn of the century set of royals who stand between the ambitious Monty Navarro (Bryce Pinkham) and earldom. In[…]
Strawberry and Chocolate at 777 Theatre is the first English language production of the Spanish language play adapted from the Oscar nominated, Cuban film, “Fresa y Chocolate” which is based on the short story “The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man” by Senel Paz. It is directed by Tony Award winner Roger Robinson. Set in[…]
Following a sold out run in London, Craig Adams and Ian Watson’s LIFT has made its way to New York for its U.S. debut. Directed by Beautiful Soup Theater’s founder Steven Carl McCasland, this musical follows eight strangers: a ballet dancer, a secretary, a French teacher, a lap dancer, a[…]
Becoming Dr. Ruth, a tribute to the renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth, starring Debra Jo Rupp in a solo performance, is currently having its New York premier. The play is set in 1997, as Dr. Ruth prepares to move out of her apartment. As she packs, she invites the audience to go with[…]
Bronx Bombers is a play about the fabled New York City Yankees (in case you’re new to this planet, the Yankees are a baseball team). Bronx Bombers is joining theater’s major leagues at Circle In the Square Theatre starting January 10, 2014. Written and directed by Tony Award nominee Eric Simonson[…]
Then She Fell from Third Rail Projects is an immersive adaption of Alice in Wonderland. It is now in its second run at a new location, The Kingsland Ward at St. Johns, a century-old institutional facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The audience for each Then She Fell performance is limited to 15 people.[…]
Originally commissioned by the BBC as a radio play, Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall first aired in 1957. The adaption currently running at 59E59 Theaters comes to New York following a successful run in London. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it features acting legends Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in[…]
The Scandinavian Theater Company presents two, back-to-back, one-act plays by Norwegian playwrights in Norway Plays: Drama Beyond Ibsen. In the first play, The Returning, a married couple grieves the disappearance and presumed death of their only son, Gustav. They hold a proper funeral and soon life for the childless couple slips into[…]
Mac Rogers Actor, Writer
See this Not that The 1970s and 1980s each have strong representation in the annals of wonderfully awful music. Synth-pop-hair-band celebrating Rock of Ages has been running for, well, ages; toured the country; and has a permanent residency at the Venetian casino in Las Vegas. You’ve seen it or, if[…]
Gideon Productions is a New York based artistic theater company. It produces plays, primarily plays written by company co-founder Mac Rogers. Gideon is best known for producing a trilogy of science fiction plays by Rogers called The Honeycomb Trilogy about an alien invasion of Earth. Gideon is run by artists[…]