'We Live in Cairo' follows six student activists who use their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Café Utopia,’ a Snappy Labor Movement Comedy by Gwen Kingston
A snappy world premiere animates for a new generation the ongoing story of the labor movement.
Read More »Theater: Heights Players Go All in on Tom Stoppard with ‘Arcadia’ in Brooklyn
Director Noel MacDuffie of the Heights Players talks to us about staging adventurous programming in Brooklyn.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Loneliness Was a Pandemic’ by Olivia Haller – Can You Teach a Robot to Make Art?
A powerful assertion of humanity in the face of an AI dystopia is onstage now at Theaterlab.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘Left on Tenth’ with Julianna Margulies, Peter Gallagher – Just Great!
In 'Left on Tenth' Delia Ephron teaches us about love, loss, synchronicity, totality, "bashert" (fate) and second chances.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘The Roommate,’ a Must-See With Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone
Sharon (Mia Farrow) takes in a roommate (Patti LuPone) as different from her as night from day, with comical results.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Yellow Face’ by David Henry Hwang Is Just Brilliant
Daniel Dae Kim stars in a farce that turns political correctness and racial identity on their heads.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Eve Blackwater on ‘Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical,’ NYC Fringe ‘Best Musical’ Winner
An updated version of the goth-folk songspiel is on stage now for Days of the Dead in NYC.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Vladimir’
A journalist covering Vladimir Putin’s first term struggles to maintain sanity and hope in increasingly hostile circumstances.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘The Hills of California’
In 'Hills of California,' sisters return to say “goodbye” to their dying mother and discover the secret behind sister Joan's estrangement.
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