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“Entangled” on Mass Shootings and Making Sense of the Universe
“Entangled” is a play of two interwoven monologues. Greta and Bradley don’t know each other, but their stories are connected by a...
Allyce Morrissey
May 25, 2019


Holding a Mirror to a Divided Nation, an Interview With Daniel Damiano
Daniel Damiano is an Award‑winning Playwright, Actor and Poet based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent productions of his work include the World...
James Bartholomew
May 24, 2019


“Sexodus”: An Ecstatic Departure
With a name like “Sexodus,” it’s got to be good. At once comedy and straightforward sexual awakening how‑to guide, “Sexodus” by...
Cynthia Darling
May 7, 2019


Contrasting Directions: A Director Confronts Her Actress’s Tears
Unlike in most professions, tears can be an indicator of a job well done for a director. Crafting the conditions to produce an actor’s...
Leia Squillace
Apr 28, 2019


Environmental Solutions with a Beat in “Rap Guide to Climate Chaos”
To attend Baba Brinkman’s “Rap Guide to Climate Chaos,” one part of his Rap Guide Trilogy, is to be led through an artistic and political...
Cynthia Darling
Apr 17, 2019


A Young Biracial Man Faces a Black-and-White World in “The Day I Became Black"
Within the first few moments of “The Day I Became Black,” writer and performer Bill Posley sets the tone of the show with a disclaimer....
Kia Standard
Apr 17, 2019


“Made in Puerto Rico” Feels Like Home
It has been over a decade since I last visited the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Company. The off‑Broadway house, which is located in...
Kia Standard
Apr 17, 2019


The Accidental Hero: A Woman’s Courageous Journey in “Accidentally Brave”
There are very few performances that shake you to your core, leaving you breathless. But “Accidentally Brave” is not only a performance;...
Kia Standard
Apr 9, 2019


“Say Something Bunny” is a Deep Dive Into Family History
S.M. Kobayashi, a young woman who resembles a blend between Devon Aoki and Aubrey Plaza, enters the space. A video of two spinning discs...
Alex Miller
Apr 7, 2019


“Whore”: A Daughter Speaks Back to Her Misogynist Father
“Don’t be bad, be good!” drawls a disembodied voice laced with mock sexiness at the start of Suzanne Tufan’s autobiographical one‑woman...
Cynthia Darling
Apr 6, 2019


Tulis McCall is “At Your Service”
Seated on a bar stool on a bare stage, drink in hand, Tulis McCall is “At Your Service” in a wise‑cracking, truth‑telling Public Service...
Kia Standard
Mar 22, 2019


Not-So-Random Acts
“Random Acts” by Renata Hinrichs is a racially charged performance that shines a light on the experiences of a white minister’s daughter...
Mehr Gunawardena
Feb 28, 2019


Reliving New York’s Seedy ’70s On‑Stage, an Interview With Kassi Dougherty
Kassi Dougherty is a writer, actor, singer/songwriter, and visual artist currently living in New York City. She can be seen performing...
James Bartholomew
Feb 22, 2019


Lena Hall: An Audition Master
Lena Hall’s voice blows your hair back, in a good way; it’s high‑voltage, like travelling through a wind tunnel at one hundred miles per...
Kia Standard
Feb 22, 2019


Playing Through the Changes (and the Obstacles), an Interview With Cynthia Shaw
Cynthia Shaw is thrilled to have won “Best Festival Debut” at the 2018 United Solo Festival for her autobiographical one‑woman piano...
James Bartholomew
Feb 22, 2019


Sex, Drugs, and Fairy Tales, an Interview With Mary Goggin
Mary Goggin comes straight from Theatre Row where she won the Best Storyteller Award for “Runaway Princess” at the United Solo Theatre...
Donasia Skyes
Feb 22, 2019


An Unconventional Family Like No Other, an Interview With Bellina Logan
Bellina Logan is a 25‑year veteran actress of stage and screen. In New York City, Bellina has appeared at The Public Theater, Playwrights...
Donasia Skyes
Feb 16, 2019


Why Our Childhood Memories are Pivotal, an Interview With Beverley Elliott
Beverley Elliott is a writer, producer, and performer. She recently returned from New York, where her original play “SINK OR SWIM” won...
Meira Bienstock
Feb 16, 2019


LatinXoxo: Virgin, Whore, Matador
As he enters through the crowd at Joe’s Pub, crowned with a halo of bamboo and roses, Migguel Anggelo is anything but subtle. He belts...
Kia Standard
Feb 10, 2019


Getting to the Root of What Divides Us in “Red State Blue State”
Colin Quinn doesn’t claim to have all the solutions, but he knows exactly what the problems are. Sex, violence, politics, religion – the...
James Bartholomew
Feb 3, 2019
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