by Michael Bracken   Its clever title is a sign of the times, for sure. And the comedy it describes follows suit without getting mired in statecraft or freedom of the beleaguered press. The Lifespan of a Fact, at Studio 54, is a lively apolitical foray into the world of...

    By Sandi Durell   A little American boy of eight in South Bend, Indiana is suddenly speaking to his parents in a British accent. He claims it comes naturally and is his real voice to the chagrin of his very unpleasant, alcoholic father who hollers at his mother “You wanted to...

    by Sandi Durell   The Vineyard Theatre held a press meet and greet to introduce Tony Award Winner Billy Crudup (The Coast of Utopia, Spotlight, The Metal Children) who will play ‘Harry Clarke’ in a one-man thriller that is funny and clever. It’s the story...

      Monday, March 6, Off-Broadway’s The New Group honored Sutton Foster and Robert J. Rosenberg (recipients of the 2017 Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater) at the company’s Annual Gala at Tribeca Rooftop. Hosted by Mario Cantone, the evening...

      By Sandi Durell     Charity Hope Valentine is fresh, sweet yet tough, and reimagined in the form of Sutton Foster as she brings her farm girl innocence to The New Group’s delightful revival at the Pershing Square Signature Center. With heart on her sleeve, (and...

    As previously announced, the League of Professional Theatre Women  (LPTW) will present Judith Light for its next Oral History interview. Just confirmed, Light will sit down with two-time Obie-winning Director Leigh Silverman to discuss her extensive body of work on and...

    By Sandi Durell   The New Group is presenting a limited engagement of Cy Coleman (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics), with book by Neil Simon, of the classic musical Sweet Charity to begin previews on November 2 at the Pershing Square Signature Center – Romulus Linney...

          Wednesday night, September 28, saw the opening night celebration of Neil LaBute’s All the Ways to Say I Love You, starring the  iconic Judith Light, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) in the West Village. The solo play, about a high...

  by Brian Scott Lipton   “What is the weight of a lie?” These initially puzzling and undeniably provocative words, the first ones spoken by one Mrs. Johnson in “All The Ways to Say I Love You,” should be even a novice theatergoer’s first clue that the teacher we see before us...

  It’s not even opened, and The New Group has already announced a 2-week extension of its 2016-17 season launch of Sweet Charity starring 2-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Charity Hope Valentine! Choreographed by Joshua Bergasse and directed by Leigh Silverman, the...

  Interviews Brian Scott Lipton Video/Photos: Magda Katz     If you hear theater lovers celebrating, it’s because Judith Light is about to grace the boards once again. The two-time Tony Award winner (and two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner) is not only coming back to the stage,...

  by: Brian Scott Lipton Video/Photos: Magda Katz Are you ready to raise the roof one more time? Andrew Lippa’s celebrated Off-Broadway musical, “The Wild Party,” is getting a newly reinvented concert production as the final offering of this year’s City Center Encores Off-Center series,...