Tag: New York City
Why Harold Wolpert Took the Leap to Signature Theatre
"Don’t be afraid to take chances, but always act with integrity."
“To Be a Rumor”: A Collective Homage to Sam Miller
Remembering a great, illusive, sly, curious, brilliant thought leader and champion of the arts.
New Play, ‘Alternating Currents,’ Electrifies a Queens Neighborhood
The remarkable idealism of Electchester -- and its complicated response to a changing NYC.
How a Tenement House Transformed Into a Theater
A historical place came to life through the spoken word of immigrants who have achieved their artistic dreams in America.
It’s Me! Will Shakespeare! Come ‘Measure’ My New Musical!
"Desperate Measures"? You could have knocked me over with the feather that I still write with.
Peter Hujar Is a Better Photographer Than Robert Mapplethorpe
Hujar’s photos of artists and drag queens, skyscrapers and farm animals, and so much more animate a powerful retrospective at The Morgan.
Why Ato Essandoh Will Have a Very Long Career
He cut his teeth in NYC's downtown theater. Now he's all over your TV screen.
New Play ‘Shooter’ Aims to Make Mass Shootings Non-Partisan
What if the person -- and the gun -- kill people?
No Place Like MOME: How Julie Menin Champions NYC Arts
NYC's Commissioner of Media and Entertainment delivers promising successes.
Space, the Final Frontier: Sokoloff Is On To Something Big
With 750,000 artists and audiences expected, she has the vision of a town. Call it "Town Stages."
New Met Admission Charges Are an Unfair Tax On Tourists
They will punish tourists -- including hundreds of thousands of Americans who already subsidize it.
Hirabayashi Lives On, Still Defending the US Constitution
A play set in World War II reminds us that our rights are only as strong as our resolve to defend them.
Off-Broadway, Max Crumm Finds Himself a “Hot Mess”
Please meet Max and Eleanor. Or, if you like, Eleanor and Max. They go together like -- well, Max and Eleanor, or Eleanor and...
In “Bulldozer,” Constantine Maroulis Brings Rock to Urban Planning
The "American Idol" and Broadway vet discusses playing NYC's notorious master builder in a new Off-Broadway musical.
New Georges A.D., Susan Bernfield, Dips in “The Pool”
Susan Bernfield talks about jumping into The Pool and her play "Tania in the Getaway Van."
Historic Cherry Lane Theatre Blooming Under New Leaders
"This is professional theater. We take great pride in that."
“The Deuce”: Vivid Portrait of Pre-Disney 42nd Street Sleaze
"The Deuce" has the earmarks of a great show, but will it live up to its potential?
Mother-Daughter Bond: Modern Dancers Make Striking Figures
New dances in “a kaleidoscope of intersecting shapes and images" show women in all stages.
Crystal Field: Making Street Theater for Five Decades
In street theater, "you have only yourself, your passion and what you believe in."
IndieSpace: New Lease on Life for Off-Off-Broadway?
Building connections between artists and the real estate community.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
