Tag: Off-Off-Broadway
‘Don’t Make Me Come Down There’ — and Other COVID Comedy
On this episode of the Burke's Law podcast, we enjoy those that Trump once called "My generals" giving him a slap-down -- right in his tiny privates.
Immersive Theater Brings Legendary Nellie Bly Back to Life
Remembering a period of history that was downright cruel, especially in regard to women's health -- and the woman who exposed it all.
‘Convention’: Staging a 1944 Progressive-Moderate Slugfest
Danny Rocco's sprawling experimental history play proves that everything new is old again.
Yes, Ma: Gay Boy Playwright-Choreographer Makes Good
It's all about his mother (and her love life) in the part-play, part-dance 'The Mar Vista.'
Are Millennials Actually ‘F**ked’? Ask Matt Williams
A veteran TV writer-producer and "old white guy" explains his new play -- about Millennials.
Mars Never Seemed So Close, or So Far Away
After an abortive launch, Erin Treadway finally blasts off in the new play "Spaceman."
Lear deBessonet Makes Theater as a Hopeful Public Proposal
This community organizer/director also aspires one day to recreate the Federal Theatre Project.
I’m a Playwright, and Trigger Warnings Trouble Me
What right has anyone to tell me how audiences should experience my plays?
Meet the Brains Behind ‘The Female Role Model Project’
Science and theater merge in a daring experiment around gender, empowerment and music.
In ‘Hitler’s Tasters,’ Young Women Feast on the Fuhrer’s Food
Former journalist turned playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks explores a grim historical footnote.
Holocaust? What Holocaust? It’s a Hoax! It’s a Hoaxocaust!
In 2014, they asked: "If the Holocaust didn’t happen…what did?" After Trump and Charlottesville, I think we have an answer.
The Maria Irene Fornes Play Marathon We Need Right Now
A 12-hour tribute to the greatest playwright you've never heard of.
Niegel Smith of The Flea Theater Will Make Us “Color Brave”
An artistic director leads us toward a wise new way of approaching race and identity.
Why Time Is Still Ripe for the Fresh Fruit Festival
An act of defiance for 16 years and counting, we need festivals like "Fresh Fruit" now more than ever.
I Shouldn’t Judge a Play About Antonin Scalia Until I See...
What if I think he was a terrible jurist and a bad man? Does that make me a bad critic?
What Is the Future of Theater Podcasting?
Talking with Peter Marks, Diep Tran and Jose Solis on their new podcasts and why criticism shouldn't be as white as "an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog."
Masi Asare and Her Radical, Creative Musical Theater
A Black woman composer-lyricist-book writer can hit many diversity check-boxes. But she'd rather talk about craft.
Why Our ‘Fringe’ Documentary Took 13 Years to Complete
Filmmaker Francis Kuzler reveals the story behind the story behind "The Fringe."
Set in Japan, Okada Drama Haunts NYC Theatergoers
The Play Company's latest production examines the quest for normalcy after a devastating tsunami.
How I Found a Flicker of Art in the Artless Soul...
"Transparent Falsehood" is a satire full of “outtakes of humanity” for a man who has none.