Performing Arts
Here’s Why Scripts Deserve as Big of Spotlight as Books
Poems and prose are conventional materials for reading while plays are wrongfully excluded despite their many admirable qualities.
Gallatin Theater Lab Shines Spotlight on Young Playwrights
Three young playwrights were chosen to participate in a two-week play-development program.
A Forgotten Spirit Haunted Audiences in ‘A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique)’
Despite minor confusion and a lack of conflict, The Wooster Group effectively paid tribute to deceased director Tadeusz Kantor through innovative storytelling.
Three Ways to Take Advantage of NYC’s Lesser-Known Theater and Literary Scenes
Stop paying ridiculous Broadway prices when you can see higher quality productions and readings for less.
The Architecture of ‘Between’: A Duet With the Surreal
Tiffany Mills Company’s “Not then, not yet” was a cerebrally-charged contemporary dance performance that premiered November 13-16 at the Flea Theater in Tribeca.
Tisch Fails to Connect Acting and Film Students
While it seems intuitive that actors and filmmakers from the same school would collaborate, the Tisch departments often leave students out to dry.
Inside J.D. Salinger’s ‘Life in the Rye’
A timely production in anticipation of the centennial of J.D. Salinger’s birth, Claude Solnik’s newest play gives audiences a closer look at the writer’s life.
Aspiring Playwrights, Submit Your Work Here
Have a potential Pulitzer winner tucked away in a drawer somewhere? These New York City theater companies accept play submissions, sans entry fee, from unpublished writers.
‘It’s Okay to Feel Angry About This Play’
Tisch professor William Electric Black’s new play, “The Whites,” is controversial and loaded. But what should audiences take away from it?
Somehow, Tisch New Theatre Reinvents Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’
Tisch New Theatre decides to “Rethink Pink” in their recent production of “Legally Blonde,” showcasing a strong and never wavering Elle Woods by omitting the dumb blonde stereotype from the minute the curtain opens.
‘Madama Butterfly’: New Staging Injects Life Into Age-Old Opera
Producer Anthony Minghella tackles this century-old opera in a visually stunning revival that merges theatre magic from old and new, east and west.
