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Beyond the Canvas: The Art of Candida Alvarez

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 21st Feb 2025 | New York, Transmedia, United States of America

A leading figure in contemporary art, Candida Alvarez is an American painter and studio artist...

Show/Boat: A River Slashes Open an Old Classic

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 13th Feb 2025 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review

“The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious.” So remarked the couple sitting behind me at...

The Horror of Mundanity in NYTW’s A Knock On the Roof

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 13th Feb 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics

Any frequent theater-goer is likely familiar with the “two block rule”, a piece of etiquette that...

Disability, Kink, and Joy as Resistance in The Dan Daw Show

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 22nd Jan 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability

The Dan Daw Show’s long list of potentially triggering content includes depictions of kink...

Sitting Down with Theater Artist Kate Rankine

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 17th Jan 2025 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York

Lyricist/Librettist Kate Rankine has a list saved on her phone of “golden moments”, or “little...

A Feline Farewell: “MEOW!” Excavates Americana at Exponential Fest

Posted by Andrew Agress | 15th Jan 2025 | Festivals, Interview, New York, United States of America

What started as a farewell to a beloved cat has become a farewell to a fading starlet, New York in...

The Fire This Time Festival Enters Its 16th Year

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 7th Jan 2025 | Interview, New York, Playwriting

Finding artists, nurturing them, supporting them. Seeing their work to fruition, and creating a community of support. We really try to do this at the Apollo New Works, too. It’s really how we continue to keep people and community.

“We Live in Cairo”-Off-Broadway

Posted by Heather Waters | 10th Dec 2024 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics

We Live in Cairo, written by The Lazours, is a historical musical set in Egypt during the Arab...

“DRAG: The Musical.” An exclusive interview with Alaska Thunderfuck

Posted by Lisa Monde | 9th Dec 2024 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America

One of the main achievements of DRAG: The Musical, which premiered at the New World Stages in New...

The Revolutionary Spirit is Alive in “We Live in Cairo”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Nov 2024 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Though many people rushed to them post election, the musical of our political moment is not...

The Many Monsters of Ars Nova’s “The Beastiary”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 7th Nov 2024 | New York, Puppetry, Review, United States of America

Created by On the Rocks Theatre Co. (the two person co-writer and designer team Christopher Ford...

“Kafkaesque!” A Musical That Is As Hilarious As It Is, Well, Kafkaesque

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 5th Nov 2024 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Emily Bronte doesn’t have an acronym but Franz Kafka does and Kafkaesque! Directed by Ashley...

Trans Joy in The Christine Jorgensen Show

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 25th Oct 2024 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

The Christine Jorgensen Show isn’t perfect, but it’s just so delightfully charming it’s hard...

Deep Thoughts on Deep History at The Public Theater

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 22nd Oct 2024 | New York, Review, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Inside the Public Theater it’s 2019 and Australia is on fire. Outside the theater it’s 2024 and...

The Perils of Parody in Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 2nd Oct 2024 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

All around me people are laughing uproariously, slapping their knees, bursting into applause mid...

It Could Happen: Interview with Playwright Sean King and Director William Roudebush

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 11th Aug 2024 | Interview, New York, United States of America

Especially at this age, if you’re going in to try to be looking for fame, you know, it is a myth. I mean then you really are misdirected, and you’re gonna be very, very frustrated. I’m not thinking along those lines, at all, but I do believe in your theory that fame is a myth. I just want to pursue good work. I just want to become better at whatever I pursue, whatever project I take on.