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Review: The Beginnings of a Good Idea
By Kaila M. StokesA Crisis Called New York presented by Step 1 Theatre Project is part of the Frigid Festival at Kraine Theater. Written by Alisha Espinoza, the play starts off with a woman, Nicolasa...
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Review: Let's Have a Party
By Michael BlockIn Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, a group of theatrical vets arrive at the titular haunt to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of a production they worked on. But as the...
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Review: A Not So Fine Play
By Michael Block Love from a teen's perspective does not always quite line up with reality. Everything is bigger than it seems. So heartbreak can be the worst, literally. On the surface, All the Fine...
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Spotlight On...Jenn Thompson
Name: Jenn ThompsonHometown: ManhattanEducation: Professional Children's School - skipped that whole college/grad school thing. :)Favorite Credits: Favorite play I've ever done is The Eccentricities...
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Review: Get Ready to Be Shocked and Amazed!
By Kaila StokesIllusion of Choice was a magical and constant portrayal of the choice or lack thereof humans have in this world. If you are a conspiracy theorist than this show would certainly tickle...
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Spotlight On...Ron Simons
Name: Ron Simons (not pronounced like Simmons)Hometown: DetroitEducation: BA from Columbia College, MBA from Columbia Business School & MFA from University of Washington’s Professional Actor’s...
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Review: Morals Around the Copy Machines
By Michael BlockThere are dream jobs and then there are job jobs. Working retail at a copy center likely falls in the latter. Even in a dead end job, there are politics that can heighten or hinder the...
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Spotlight On...Tricia Alexandro
Name: Tricia AlexandroHometown: Bellerose (Queens) NYEducation: BA in English Literature, Binghamton University Acting education: The Barrow Group School, NYC, Playhouse West (Meisner Technique),...
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Review: Nibbled By an Alien
By Michael BlockSo much happens in Ken Urban’s Nibbler. So much! So much so that you start to wonder what else Urban is going to throw at you. Presented by The Amoralists in association with...
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Spotlight On...Christine Renee Miller
Name: Christine Renee MillerHometown: This is always a tough one for me. I left Carrollton, TX at age 15 then moved to L.A. where I lived for many years. But I've been in Brooklyn the longest I've ever...
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Spotlight On...Ethan Crystal
Name: Ethan Crystal Hometown: Wilsonville, OREducation: Carnegie Mellon (Vocal Performance), BFA Select Credits: The Sing-Off, Season 3; Heathers: The Musical (first NW production, Staged! / Triangle...
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Block Talk- Episode 10- Matt Mitchell
I had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking with the incredible Matt Mitchell to talk about Your Name on My Lips at Theater for the New City!Your Name on My Lips runs until March 19th at...
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Spotlight On...Nat Cassidy
Name: Nat CassidyHometown: I was born in Raleigh, NC, and raised in Phoenix, AZEducation: BFA from the University of Arizona, post-graduate work in the School of Hard KnockzSelect Credits: Lots of...
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Review: The Power of Human Connection
By Michael Block We long for human connection. How we find it is the catch. Sometimes all it takes is proximity. In Jean Ann Douglass' delightfully beautiful The Providence of Neighboring Bodies, two...
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Review: Celebrate Your Life with MKD!
By Michael BlockThere's always time for a show at the Laurie Beechman Theater for the incomparable Mrs. Kasha Davis! Returning once again to New York, the iconic Drag Race star brings her latest comedy...
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Review: Waiting is All the Rage
By Ed MalinThis March at The Brick, Theater of the Apes is presenting Zamboni Godot (written and directed by Ayun Halliday) in repertory with Lunchtime (written and directed by Greg Kotis). Both shows...
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Review: Much Triangulation About Deconstruction
By Ed MalinJonathan Leaf’s new play Deconstruction is a refreshing and contemporary take on love and philosophy circa 1949. The three brainiac characters in this story are Belgian–born philosopher...
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Spotlight On...William Broderick
Name: William BroderickHometown: Woodside, QueensEducation: BA Hunter College, English; Acting: E. Katherine Kerr; Voice: Richard GordonSelect Credits: Robert in Company; Emile in South Pacific; King...
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Spotlight On...Virginia Baeta
photo by Ben StrothmannName: Virginia Baeta Hometown: Fremont, CaliforniaEducation: Officially, I trained in the School of Theatre, Film and Television at UCLA. Unofficially, I learned pretty much...
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Review: Freedom Fighters Past and Present
By Ed MalinBarbara Kahn’s new play Ghost Light Now & Then is playing at Theater for the New City. This is a time-fluid story which takes place in the Greenwich Village Theater, once located at...
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