‘Speakeasy Dollhouse: Brothers Booth’ Brings Audiences and Money into the Players Club
Cynthia von Buhler’s immersive play uses Edwin Booth’s former residence as a stage for a history lesson, as well as a way to bring revenue to the struggling club.
Mid Atlantic
Stories from Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
How Roundabout’s ‘Cabaret’ Transformed 2 Discos Into Broadway Theatres
Roundabout Theatre Company’s 1998 revival of “Cabaret,” directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, helped transform the Stephen Sondheim Theatre and Studio 54 from notorious dance clubs into legitimate Broadway theatres.
Rude Mechs Go Glitz and Glam for Design of ‘Stop Hitting Yourself’
Director Shawn Sides and set designer Mimi Lien talk about the design concept for their show at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.
The Incubator Arts Project Stages a Fond Farewell
A vital cradle of new work in New York closes up shop in style.
Theatre and Technology Meet at Two Festivals
Contemporary American Theatre Festival and Mass Live Arts show off form-bending contemporary theatre.
Shows That Dominated the 2014 NYC Awards Season
Spring’s award season in New York had a few big standouts.
‘Henry IV: Your Prince And Mine’ Enlists a Community
Team Sunshine Performance Corporation and West Philadelphia’s Shakespeare in Clark Park co-produce an epic volunteer staging of Shakespeare’s history play.
Laura Eason's 'Sex With Strangers' Gets Steamier in NY
In its New York premiere, a play about publishing and intimacy in the Internet age, starring Billy Magnussen and Anna Gunn, gets an upgrade.
Double Revision: Revisting ‘Side Show’
Director Bill Condon takes a fresh look at Henry Krieger and Bill Russell’s 1997 musical “Side Show” about conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton.
How the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Started With One Man’s Vision
Its organizers nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news- this is where American theatre writing can gestate and blossom (if you handle the sturm und drang.)
