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Exploring Addiction Through Immersive Theatre
By JEN GUSHUE
Trainspotting Live is giving audiences a rush Off-Broadway
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Inspired by Irvine Welsh's eponymous novel about a motley crew of young drug users wreaking havoc in '80s Edinburgh, Trainspotting Live lands stateside at Roy Arias Stages after years of touring the U.K. and beyond. Although this version blends elements from the book, Harry Gibson's...
Dressing a Greek Classic for Tomorrow
By ALLISON CONSIDINE
How Lex Liang transports Antigone into the future through costumes
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Lex Liang had never seen a production of Antigone when director Carl Cofield invited him to design the costumes for the Classical Theatre of Harlem's take on Sophocles' tragedy. That was probably a good thing since this is far from a traditional mounting. The company's politically...
How Are Six Performers Playing One Part?
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Inside the unusual process of making Mary Page Marlowe
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When Susan Pourfar was cast as the title character in Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe, which traces seven decades of an ordinary woman's life, she geared up for the role in an unusual way -- by consulting all the other Mary Page Marlowes. Pourfar is one of six actresses (plus a baby doll) portraying...
Turn Off the News, Tune In to a Socially Conscious Arts Festival
By DOUG STRASSLER
Why all the shows in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity are raising funds for various charities
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"This is the most important moment for art that we've had in the last 50 years," says Shaun Peknic, the newly minted artistic director of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (PCTF). Fittingly, the 10th edition of this summer festival features...
Plan Your Next Summer Getaway Around a Show
By DOUG STRASSLER
Here are highlights at lauded out-of-town theatres in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond
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While there are still plenty of productions to see in New York over the summer, this is the season when regional theatre really heats up. The Northeast proves to be a mecca for talented artists to revive old chestnuts and debut new works. So peg your...
How to Decide What to See at the New York Musical Festival
By RAVEN SNOOK & SHANI R. FRIEDMAN
Our guide to the 15th annual event
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The New York Musical Festival kicks off next week with a slew of tuneful offerings in Midtown. Since its founding in 2004, NYMF has helped launch more than 400 new musicals, many of which have gone on to bigger stages, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal. This year's edition features a dozen shows...
Where Do You Fit When You're Black, Queer and HIV Positive?
By JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II
Timothy DuWhite's Neptune has its world premiere at the HOT! Festival
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Throughout July, avant-garde hot spot Dixon Place hosts its annual HOT! Festival: The NYC Celebration of Queer Culture. Since 1992, HOT! has pushed the envelope of LGBTQ performance through eclectic programming that embraces a range of titillations, from good old-fashioned show...
Finding Current Comedy in an Old Tragedy
By JOSE SOLÍS
David Carl uses Shakespeare to skewer politicos in Trump Lear
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Late-night talk-show hosts write fresh bits every day to satirize the state of the union. But solo performer and playwright David Carl decided to poke fun at the current POTUS by going back to a 400-year old script: Shakespeare's King Lear. The result, Trump Lear, is much cleverer than...