Author: David Roberts

Theatre News: Outer Critics Circle Awards Announce Honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway & Off-Broadway Season

May 11, 2020 | a strange loop, adam honore, Broadway, greater clements, News, Off-Broadway, pond theatre company, sea wall, soft power, tim j ryan off broadway >

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, present the recipients of this year’s special honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Past OCC Award honorees Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Patrick Stewart, announced this season’s honorees by video feed today, Monday May 11, 2020. In light of the current and unprecedented period…

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Theatre Preview: The Homebound Project Features Collections of New Theatrical Work in Limited Release View-At-Home Recordings

Over 50 leading and emerging actors and playwrights have united for The Homebound Project, a new independent, online theater initiative created to help feed children affected by COVID-19. Founded by playwright Catya McMullen and director Jenna Worsham, The Homebound Project is theater made to raise funds for nonprofit organizations working at the forefront of the pandemic. Each edition of The…

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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces Line-Up for “New Songs Now in Your Living Room”

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., is proud to announce the line-up for New Songs Now in Your Living Room. This free unplugged concert series gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Every Thursday in May, two composers will share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with…

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Music Preview: Fantasy Non Fiction Releases Self-Titled Debut Digital Album on May 8, 2020 – Pre-Order Available Now

March 23, 2020 | LGBTQ+, Music, News, Previews > | “Fired Up”, “Rocket to Mars", “Strange Effect”, Covid 19, Fantasy Non Fiction, Gina Leslie, LGBTQ, Molly Reeves, Nahum Zdybel, New Orleans, Rose Cangelosi, Sam Albright

Fantasy Non Fiction is a fierce four-piece rock band featuring the original music of drummer/vocalist, Rose Cangelosi, a queer songwriter navigating the world through the catharsis of musical composition. Fantasy Non Fiction raises the bar for drummer-led projects, with complex rhythmic styles that complement the captivating melodies. A vivid, kaleidoscopic sound is rounded out with an array of musical influences…

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Off-Broadway News: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to Sell Tickets to View-at-Home Recordings of “The Siblings Play”

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and piece by piece productions, in association with Rising Phoenix Repertory, are proud to announce that a limited number of tickets to view-at-home recordings of Ren Dara Santiago’s “The Siblings Play” are now on sale. Beginning on Monday, March 23, patrons who purchased tickets prior to the cancellation, along with new ticket buyers, will be able to…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Incantata” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

March 9, 2020 | back the future, irish repertory, Off-Broadway, sea wall > | "Incantata", Carol Rosegg, Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jack Phelan, Maureen Hughes, Paul Keogan, Paul Muldoon, Rosanna Vize, Sam Yeats, Sarah Jones, Sinéad Diskin, Stanley Townsend, Teho Teardo

“[That’s all that’s left] of that daft urge to make amends/when it’s far too late, too late even to make sense of the clutter/of false trails and reversed horseshoe tracks/and the aniseed we took it in turn to drag/across each other’s scents, when only a fish is dumber and colder.” – “Incantata” Stanley Townsend is the celebrated Irish actor who…

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Broadway Review: “West Side Story” at the Broadway Theatre

It is a beneficial and rewarding venture to rework a classic piece of theatre that has withstood the test of time because it was revolutionary in the development of the genre and made an important commentary on the socio-economic status of the time. If the vision and purpose is to update the storyline to reflect the present situation with the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Anatomy of a Suicide” at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater

“The Fact, the very Fact that it is biologically possible is Devastating. I need to know that I am where it ends.” – Bonnie to Diane If a suicide could be dissected, what would be found that explained its provenance, it’s development, it’s cure? The morphology of a suicide is examined in Alice Birch’s dense “Anatomy of a Suicide” currently…

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Off-Broadway Review: Transport Group’s “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” at Abrons Arts Center

It is such a treat to walk out of a theater feeling refreshed, happy, and relieved that you can still believe that there are good people in the world doing good things. Upon leaving the Abrons Arts Center after viewing a production of the updated revival of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” I was not depressed, sad, angry, or confused, which…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me” at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

February 26, 2020 | i am, i will, i do, i love you so, Off-Broadway, Uncategorized > | “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me”, Anna Holbrook, Barra Grant, Elisha Shaefer, Eve Brandstein, Florence Kemper-Bunzel, Joan Marcus, The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, Tom Jones, Yael Lubetzky

The audience seemed to enjoy the production now playing at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater entitled “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter” written and performed by Bess Myerson’s daughter Barra Grant. This comes to the New York stage after a successful year long run in Los Angeles. It is basically a solo show except for the voice of Bess Myerson provided…

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