The historic theater debuts a new series that showcases top Broadway stars in an evening of music, humor and casual conversation.
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Interview: Lydia Look of Checkpoint Theatre’s ‘The Way We Go’
'It’s essential to speak like an American if you are auditioning for an American role in an American show. [But] yes, I can do a Singapore accent. Once a Singaporean, always a Singaporean.'
Read More »Theater Review (Staten Island, NY): ‘West Side Story’ by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents at Harbor Lights Theater Company
With Broadway-class talent and Jerome Robbins's original choreography, this is a production to please newbies and old hands alike.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘Love Letters’ with Carol Burnett and Brian Dennehy
How do we communicate our love to others in a way that allows us to be real? Sometimes face-to-face talk messes things up.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Powerhouse,’ Bioplay About Raymond Scott by the Sinking Ship Ensemble
'Powerhouse' is a potent combination of inventive creativity and spot-on realization, with puppetry, dance, music, and a smashing cast.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Lift’ by Walter Mosley
It is a nightmare scenario to be stuck on an elevator with the terrifying prospect that one will plunge to one's death if the elevator cable snaps.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Lying’ by Matt Opatrny, Based on Lauren Slater’s Memoir
Blessed Unrest's adaptation of the controversial psychologist's "metaphorical memoir" delivers a powerful punch to both lobes of the brain.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War’ by Carol J. Oja
Just in time for the new Broadway revival of 'On the Town' comes a new book showing how the show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, was as groundbreaking socially and politically as it was artistically.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘It’s Only a Play’ by Terrence McNally
There are plenty of laughs in the show, and laughs have to be enough because there is little else.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pumpkin Pie Show: Seasick’ by Clay McLeod Chapman
In a nation where media hype is stirring anxiety about a very difficult-to-catch virus into near-panic, it's good to laugh, and especially good to laugh at our own fears.
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