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Under The Radar Fest: Testo

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 23rd Jan 2026 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Wet Mess is a captivating performer with a playfully defined aesthetic. Their checkerboard face...

Tom Block Sparks Arts Activists

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 11th Dec 2025 | Festivals, LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York

“It’s completely organic. We take the best work from the United States, New York City, and around the world. We’ve worked with artists from 117 countries, 30 tribal nations. Every year in our Festival, you’re going to see, we have somewhere between 20 and 25 countries represented by maybe 30 states.”

Dimension Zero: All Judy, No Punch

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 17th Nov 2025 | New York, Puppetry, Review

Dimension Zero, the new sci-fi puppet musical from the Boxcutter Collective, arrives at HERE arts...

Cruelty, Guilt, And Redemption Intertwine In “The Mutt” At IATI Theater

Posted by Victoria Zavyalova | 19th Sep 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

With minimal décor and symbolism in every gesture, The Mutt — an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The...

Shakespeare In The Park At The New Delacorte Theater: Love Is Gender Fluid

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 30th Aug 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

In a world where the rule is to make huge efforts to attain an “effortless, relaxed” look, the new...

Gotta Spoof ‘Em All: “Balls: The Monster-Catchin’ Musical Comedy” Parodies Pokémon in NYC

Posted by Andrew Agress | 13th Aug 2025 | Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America

As a child of the 90s, I engaged in a popular post-school ritual growing up: plopping down in...

“The Gilded Age” Season 3 Casting Secrets

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 6th Jul 2025 | Directing, Interview, Los Angeles, New York, News, Theatre and Film, United States of America

Step into the opulent 1880s New York evoked by The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ Emmy-winning HBO...

Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 20th Apr 2025 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review

Space Lesbians! Portals! Psychic Sisters! Oh my! These are just some of the elements introduced in...

Uncle Actor

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Apr 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review

Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...

The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Religion

The room is thick with steam (ok, it’s smoke machine smoke), an accordion and clarinet cycle...

Underneath the Grass Roots

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Art

Alice Childress has been having a moment the past few years. This extraordinary Black playwright,...

The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Mar 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender

Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not...

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.