Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers, Lincoln Medical Center production of “Philoctetes,” 8/19/20, with (clockwise from top left) Jesse Eisenberg, David Zayas and Frances McDormand. Screenshot courtesy of Theater of War Productions Theater of War I have reported on the stage scene for several years, but I confess I had never heard of Theater of War. But since all the... News 01 Sep 2020 | 03:37
Alfre Woodard as a former kindergarten teacher in Will Eno’s “A Room of Nobody Else’s” at the Weston Playhouse. Photo: Alfre Woodard via Screen Capture The Rooms Where Things Happen “Artistry is also a spirit, a secret room in the soul. The room becomes an anywhere, a forest, an ocean, a prison cell, a... News 12 Aug 2020 | 10:45
Tony nominee Chad Kimball. ( Photo: Matt Simpkins / Matt Simpkins Photography © 2019 www.mattsimpkinsphotography.com) A Broadway Star Shines Through it All “Come from Away” was set to celebrate its third anniversary on Broadway on March 12. That same day, Governor Cuomo ordered... News 29 Apr 2020 | 09:55
Will Arbery (right), at the first rehearsal of his play "Heroes of the Fourth Turning." ( Photo: Playwrights Horizons) 'Theater Will Come Back' In the New York theater world, Republicans are rarely seen onstage. Broadway and off-Broadway is often the domain of liberal... News 08 Apr 2020 | 12:53
Times Square area on March 25. ( Photo: NYPD Times Square via flickr) Theater Folk Can't Work from Home COVID-19 is educating us about more than a pandemic. The Broadway brand is not a monolith. Theater workers were independent... News 26 Mar 2020 | 11:48
The "Making Gay History: Before Stonewall" cast with Eric Marcus (back row, third from left) and Joe Salvatore (back row, fourth from left) during rehearsal. ( Photo: NYU Steinhardt) 'Making Gay History' Onstage Joe Salvatore is no Broadway baby. As a writer, director, and professor of educational theater at NYU Steinhardt, Salvatore... Home 24 Feb 2020 | 10:25
Ice Theater of New York performs "Molecular" at the Chelsea Piers rink on the Hudson River. The nonprofit, alleging it was looted of $10,000 in a fraudulent "Ponzi-like scheme," is suing NYCharities.org in state Supreme Court in Manhattan for "ripping off" the contributions of its donors. ( Photo: Darial Sneed / Ice Theater of New York) Dance of Deception The executive director of Dance/NYC frames the issue bluntly: A loss of $5,000 to $10,000 in donor revenue can take a small... Home 03 Sep 2019 | 10:25
Broadway director Harold Prince receives the Golden Plate award from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison at the American Academy of Achievement’s 46th annual International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 23, 2007. Photo: Academy of Achievement, via Wikimedia Commons ( Photo: Academy of Achievement, via Wikimedia Commons) The Astonishing Hal Prince When I learned that Harold (Hal) Prince had died, I felt as though all of Broadway must have stopped breathing, at least... City Arts 02 Aug 2019 | 11:36
