NYC New Play Asks What “Genius” Is Worth “What would you do with $800,000?” playwright and actor Tarek Ziad asks at the start of Give Me The MacArthur Genius Grant. And then again. And then again. The Adam Wassilchalk 29 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
NYC Egg And Spoon Tell The Truth About College “Give us a One Word Suggestion!” reads a sign on a table in the lobby of Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at 502 West 53rd St. Before seeing What Else Adam Wassilchalk 21 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Knoxville Old Gods Of Appalachia Pushes Back “Well, hey there, family.” It’s the welcome Steve Shell gives at the top of every episode of the hit podcast Old Gods of Appalachia, and he gave it again Drew Bunting 21 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Elm Shakespeare Makes Merry “Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English,” says Mistress Quigley, played with cheeky humor by Martine Fleurisma in Elm Shakespeare Company’s Eleanor Polak 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa We’re Off To See The Whizzer: Tulsa Theatre Ensemble Hits High Note in Falsettos Falsettos Aug. 11, 2023 Lynn Riggs Black Box Theater “Happy or sad? That’s a question with no answer.” Those early lines in Falsettos, the 1992 musical by William Finn Alicia Chesser 15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NYC The Rainfall Gods Descend Onto East Village Stage Greek Gods. Check. Yoruba Gods. Check. Basketball Gods. Check. It’s a combination you won’t find elsewhere, save for the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), located in Manhattan’s Adam Wassilchalk 1 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
NYC A House Of Desires: 1683 Play Finds New Footing In The Age Of Reality TV I love reality TV. I love live theater. When I saw that Repertorio Español was producing Los Empeños De Una Casa: Un Nuevo Reality TV Show Para El Escenario (House Adam Wassilchalk 25 Jul 2023 · 6 min read
NW Arkansas Rebecca Loves Marty: 8 Years Later, It Shoulda Been You Works Past Stereotypes Rogers, Ark. – Arkansas’ Public Theatre’s production of It Shoulda Been You — featuring an interfaith wedding gone awry, bickering mothers, and an all-knowing, borderline-magical wedding planner — is a joyful farewell Serena Puang 24 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Challenge Of Change: American Theatre Company Wrestles With Religion American Theatre Company: The Christians July 13 – 17, 2023 Studio 308 Tulsa, OK If you think the question of whether or not there’s a hell is a tricky one Alicia Chesser 20 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Shakespeare Sings: Free Hamlet In The Park Drives Home That Point With A Gospel, Hip-Hop Assist Manhattan — Confession: I had never read or seen Hamlet before I attended the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare In the Park production of the play, helmed by Tony Award-winning director Adam Wassilchalk 20 Jul 2023 · 5 min read
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