Review: To Sin or Not To Sin
By Michael BlockTo start, Ben Holbrook has written a sensational script. Sinners on a Southbound Bus is an example of perfectly dangerous theater. Holbrook's play follows a pair of runaways on a bus as...
View ArticleReview: Personal Implosion
By Michael BlockIn Jesse LaVercombe's hyper ambitious solo work Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender, the audience is thrust into the future to watch the lives of three relatives unravel. Billy H. Tender is...
View ArticleReview: A Beautiful Show By A Beautiful Woman
by Kaila M. StokesInheritance is a one-woman show that portrays the soul of a beauty whose previous generations haunt her own present. Jessica Wanamaker, writer/director/actress of Inheritance, gave a...
View ArticleReview: Find Your Inner Walken
By Michael BlockIt's official. Dave Droxler has figured out how to get your project funded. Claim Christopher Walken is involved! Walken On Sunshine is a fluff comedy that knows what it is and never...
View ArticleReview: New Orleans Soul
By Michael BlockClaire Christine Sargenti transports the audience right into the French Quarter in her smoky solo drama Interludes: A New (Orleans) Play. In a city fond of the dead, the spirit on stage...
View ArticleReview: Spoken Rock and Roll
By Michael BlockIf you went looking for a clean piece of theater, you would be greatly disappointed at Sex, Cynicism, and Other Small Miracles. What you will experience is a theatrical concert hybrid...
View ArticleReview: I Wanna Marry Johnny Darlin
By Michael BlockThere are certain ingredients that make up a pop star. It’s mainstream formulaic. But sometimes there comes an artist that breaks the mold. They may not see the light of radio glory but...
View ArticleReview: No Way to Stop It
By Michael BlockWe all love “The Sound of Music.” We all likely can sing the entire score if we were asked to. But did you ever wonder what life is like off camera while Maria and the von Trapp brats...
View ArticleReview: A Fantasy Musical
by Kaila M. StokesHeld, written by Kelly Maxwell, was a musical fantasy alright. Set in the cabaret style venue of Drom, this dark yet flirty musical was a solid attempt. The plot revolved around...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Ian Whitt
Name: Ian Charles Covington WhittHometown: Rushville in the New York Fingerlakes (Population 600, largely inhabited by Mennonites, farmer, hunters…) Think horse and buggies, literally, not...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Rachel McPhee
Name: Rachel McPheeHometown: Racine, WisconsinEducation: BA at University of Wisconsin Madison, Post Graduate Degree in Professional Acting from the Drama Studio LondonSelect Credits: “Unbreakable...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Malini Singh McDonald
Name: Malini Singh McDonaldHometown: New York, NYEducation: MFA in Directing, Actors Studio Drama School, New School University; BA in Theatre Arts and English LiteratureFavorite Credits:Torch Song...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Victoria Frings
Name: Victoria FringsHometown: San Francisco Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA in Environmental Studies and Science, Technology and Society StudiesSelect Credits:An Enemy of the People...
View ArticleReview: Attend the Tale of Edwin Booth
By Michael BlockWe all know the story of John Wilkes Booth and his historic assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. But what about the story of his brother Edwin? Do you know his tale? In the...
View ArticleReview: It's Mimi (and Friends), Bitch!
By Michel BlockBritney Spears. "Singer." Legend. Icon. Since her debut, Britney Spears has been ripe for the tributes. Especially in the gay community. RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Mimi Imfurst brought...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Dana Watkins
Name: Dana WatkinsHometown: New York CityEducation: Lycee Francais de New York, Stuyvesant High School, SUNY Purchase acting conservarorySelect Credits: Hallmark Hall of Fame's “Christmas with Holly,”...
View ArticleReview: Troy Has Fallen
By Michael BlockThe desolate city of Troy is in ruin and on the verge of destruction but the women of Troy are not giving up without a fight. In Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of The Trojan Women,...
View ArticleReview: Lured Into Terror
By Michael BlockIt may be the 21st century and progress has surely been made but being a member of the LGBTQ community in every country has its own litany of struggles. Take Putin's Russia for...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Douglass Truth
Name: Douglass TruthHometown: Indianapolis IN (born) live in: Nevada City, CAEducation: 1 yr college - UC DavisWhy theater?: I had a story I wanted to tell, and I had to go on stage to do it, and even...
View ArticleReview: John Epperson's Night Out
By Michael BlockSometimes all it takes is a seasoned performer and a piano to perfect the art of a cabaret. In John Epperson: The Artist Principally Known as Lypsinka, Epperson takes the stage to sing...
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