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Playwright Toshiki Okada examines the aftershocks of a disaster --- The three characters in Time's Journey Through a Room, the latest collaboration between renowned Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada and The Play Company, make up a very unusual triangle. It would give away too much to explain exactly how they're related, but it's not a spoiler to reveal...

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Three Plays to Put on Your Summerworks Radar

By DIEP TRAN

Thursday, May 17, 2018 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Thu May 17, 2018 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Clubbed Thumb's annual theatre festival is an incubator for up-and-coming playwrights --- You probably won't recognize the names Trish Harnetiaux, Angela Hanks and Will Arbery, but if you're a lover of offbeat new plays, commit them to memory. They're the three emerging dramatists featured in this year's Summerworks, Clubbed Thumb's annual theatre...

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Want to Win Free Theatre Tickets?

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, May 17, 2018 • Broadway • 3 comments Share This

Thu May 17, 2018 • Broadway • 3 comments Share This

Just bring your A game to our Tony Awards predictions game --- The 2018 Tony Awards are shaping up to be a David and Goliath-style battle. Who will take home Best Musical: the small and subtle ensemble show The Band's Visit, or the big, splashy, brand-name blockbuster SpongeBob SquarePants? While other categories seem more obvious (Glenda Jackson...

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They Can't Get Through the Night Alone

By LINDA BUCHWALD

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

Wed May 16, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

In Operation Crucible, four men try to survive the Sheffield Blitz --- When Kieran Knowles and his LAMDA drama school buddies couldn't get work, he decided to write a play for them to star in. Six years later, most of the friends are still touring in Operation Crucible, which is currently running at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off Broadway...

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How Do You Present Dance in a Museum?

By LAUREN PHOENIX KAY

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Tue May 15, 2018 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance company performs in the Met Breuer this month --- On an unseasonably gray afternoon earlier this month, I was one of a handful of visitors wandering the Met Breuer galleries, and the melancholy outside seemed to have seeped into the space. But, once I reached the fifth floor, the mood lifted dramatically. There in a square...

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Using Her Hometown to Talk About Being Black in America

By REGINA ROBBINS

Monday, May 14, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Mon May 14, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Obie-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau completes her Detroit Project trilogy with Paradise Blue --- Earlier this month, Dominique Morisseau's Signature Theatre residency kicked off with a little drama. At an early preview of her play Paradise Blue, cast member Simone Missick had a scheduling conflict. So Morisseau, who earned a BFA in Acting...

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What Happened When Tennessee Williams Met William Inge?

By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

Thursday, May 10, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Thu May 10, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Philip Dawkins' new play offers a fictionalized take on the playwrights' early encounters --- Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Philip Dawkins started doing theatre while still in elementary school. So it's no surprise that he discovered Tennessee Williams at a formative time in his life. "When I was 12, I was looking for monologues to do, and I was...

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Why Are These Grown Women Acting Like Teens?

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, May 10, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu May 10, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Off-Broadway vet Lucy Taylor unleashes her inner 13 year old in Dance Nation --- In Clare Barron's new show Dance Nation at Playwrights Horizons, age isn't a number, it's a state of mind. The quirky one-act explores the camaraderie and competition among the female members of an adolescent dance troupe. Though they're on the cusp of puberty, they're...

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