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How could I not want to go see a show called Flying Snakes in 3D? With a wink-wink to the obviousness that all theatre is 3D I was more interested in the Snakes. And the Flying. Okay – and the 3D. Though this was a short run (as part of the Ice Factory Festival) it ... Read The Full Article...
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Having performed five seasons with Jon Cocteau Repertory and numerous productions with Metropolitan Playhouse, actress Amanda Jones, currently starring in Sink or Swim Rep‘s production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley, is no stranger to wit, lace and cunning plots on stage. She seems to entrance audiences and critics alike; her past ... Read The Full Article...
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So, what is a crapshoot, exactly? Basically it’s something risky — something that depends more on luck than on skill … something that has an unpredictable outcome. But the secret to the success of Rising Sun Production’s monthly show Crapshoot! is that while a lot of it is wildly unpredictable, it’s sitting on the shoulders ... Read The Full Article...
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What if you had done something not necessarily evil, but very disturbing? Enough to make you an outcast in society? Hot Steams explores the lives of two imprisoned men who are mentally brilliant but socially inept. We first meet The Man Awake (played by Zach Wegner), who has been in his cell awhile, as he writes in ... Read The Full Article...
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Town Hall’s sixth annual Summer Broadway Festival — created, written, and hosted by Scott Siegel — concludes Monday, July 30 with Broadway favorite and Tony nominee Liz Callaway in concert with three Broadway’s leading men, Even Stephen. Callaway [sister of jazz recording artist Ann Hampton Callaway], long considered a popular cabaret and concert artist, was ... Read The Full Article...
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Duncan Pflaster is proving quite the prolific comedic playwright in recent years, with upwards of thirteen works written and produced, several of them award winners, not to mention numerous skits and sketches for various venues. Even then, he freely admits that one of his most recent works, The Taint of Equality or, I ... Read The Full Article...
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Here’s a one-woman performance piece authored by Canadian playwright, Daniel MacIvor, which has been knocking about since the mid-80s. It’s not difficult to see why, as a dramatic work, See Bob Run is attractive for many smaller production companies: it deploys just one performer, is immediately emotionally and linguistically accessible, requires no real props, ... Read The Full Article...
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The Happiest Medium review by guest contributor, Linnea Covington. The first trick to getting into Cowboy Mouth is handed to you by a sullen looking lobster standing on a dingy street corner in the East Village. With a glassy-eyed stare the human crustacean thrusts a bag of plastic-wrapped fortune cookies towards you. Inside each delicate confection is your instruction. ... Read The Full Article...
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Okay now, stay with me: Jamie used to be with Eric until Eric realized they were basically incompatible, though Jamie doesn’t understand why. Caleb, unattached, takes up with Jamie, though he feels basically incompatible with everyone. Jamie suspects Caleb is cheating and answers an ad on line seeking a massage while pretending to be ... Read The Full Article...
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About fifteen minutes into Duncan Pflaster‘s play, The Empress of Sex, currently showing as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, a dramatic crisis point is reached. A character, Pistos, has confessed to being in love with one of his paramours, Neara. In accord with the rules of the community of which he is a ... Read The Full Article...
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Strap in folks, and get ready for Pageant Princess, The Musical – a live-action version of that reality show train wreak, Toddlers & Tiaras – only this show is set to music and the girls on the runway are a little taller than knee-high. But fans of the controversial reality show which runs on ... Read The Full Article...
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How do you know when you’re safe? Is it when you’re home? Or when your loved ones are around you? What about when you were a teen … how did you know it then? There’s no doubt that being a teen-aged girl is a minefield and without the right road map a young girl will ... Read The Full Article...
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