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50 Shades! - A smart, raucous party musical
By Rob HartmannPhotos by Matthew MurphyA few years ago, I was sitting waiting for my flight in the gate area in a Midwestern airport during a layover. The woman next to me was reading Fifty Shades of...
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54 Below - Karl Saint Lucy performs on Monday, April 14th
54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee hours. Located just below the legendary...
View Article“Riding The Midnight Express With Billy Hayes” - An Intense Journey
By Judd HollanderThey say truth is stranger than fiction. It certainly is in the case of Riding The Midnight Express With Billy Hayes, a one-man show written by and featuring Hayes, who recounts his...
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“My Mother Has Four Noses” - Intimate But Sometimes Uneven
By Judd HollanderPhoto by Sandrine LeeThe phrase "My mother has four noses" is not a play on words, a joke, parody or something with any major cosmic significance. Rather, it refers to something much...
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The Blood Brothers are back in Brooklyn
By Byrne HarrisonGrowing up, my parents used to play the cast album from "You Don't Have to be Jewish" quite often. One of the short plays featured a Jewish mother crying out "Oh, the agony! Oh, the...
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Interview - Jennifer Conley Darling of terraNOVA
By Byrne HarrisonLast week I had a chance to interview Jennifer Conley Darling of terraNOVA Collective about their Groundworks New Play series, which runs through today. Jennifer, I'm excited to see...
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Lynne Wintersteller and Robin de Jesus star in Mother Jones at NYMF
By Rob HartmannMother Jones and the Children’s Crusade, with book, music and lyrics by Cheryl E. Kemeny, is currently in rehearsal for its run as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The show...
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"The Blood Brothers Present... Bedlam Nightmares, Part Three: Losing Patients"
By Byrne HarrisonThe final curtain is drawing closer for the latest Blood Brothers show. The four-part series ends in October with the much ballyhooed execution of the Blood Brothers. Will it happen?...
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Interview with David Lawson of The Astoria Bookshop Storytelling Show
By Byrne HarrisonMost people who live in New York know that the performance scene is not limited to Manhattan. Travel to any borough and you can find outstanding shows featuring some amazing...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with Blue Man Group
By Byrne HarrisonTomorrow, young creatives (13+ and, with parental guidance, even younger) will get backstage and behind-the-scenes access to the famous Las Vegas stage production of the Blue Man...
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Interview with Nelson Lugo of "Gathering the Magic"
By Byrne HarrisonAfter a couple of years of seeing him perform, I finally had a chance to chat with award-winning actor and magician Nelson Lugo. The 11-year-old kid inside me was thrilled at the...
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10th Annual New York Innovative Theatre Award Winners Announced
By Byrne HarrisonLast night, the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation celebrated the best of Off-Off Broadway theatre with its 10th Annual NYIT Awards Ceremony.Over the past ten years, the IT Awards...
View ArticleWhat you should be doing tonight
Sadly, I will have to miss tonight's Hotsy Totsy Burlesque tribute to Doctor Who. But I went last year and had a grand time.This show is highly recommended for the Whovians and burlesque-aficionados...
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"Urban Momfare" - FringeNYC Encore Series
By Byrne HarrisonI get a lot of invitations to see shows, so many that I would basically have to quit my day job to be able to see them all.Which is why I love getting photos from shows. Even if I...
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Canadian Burlesque Star, Rosie Bitts, Makes New York City Debut
Canadian Burlesque Star, Rosie Bitts, makes her New York City debut in her new solo-show, Stories of Love and Passion which is being presented by the Untied Solo Theatre Festival. Stories of Love and...
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Review - A Walk in the Woods
By Judd HollanderPlaywright Lee Blessing offers up some harsh political truth in his powerful drama A Walk in the Woods, the show being given a very strong revival by Keen Company.It's the mid 1980s,...
View Article"The Killing of Sister George" - A Serious Misunderstanding of Tone
By Judd HollanderThere's a fine line between serious drama, parody and outright camp, a fact director Drew Barr sadly doesn't seem to grasp in The Actors Company Theatre's revival of Frank Marcus' The...
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The 6th H.P. Lovecraft Festival - Creepy fun
By Byrne HarrisonIt's become an annual tradition for me to attend the Radiotheatre H.P. Lovecraft Festival. I really enjoy Lovecraft's work, and it is so perfectly suited for Radiotheatre's...
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Interview with Rob Hartmann and Farah Alvin of "Vanishing Point"
By Byrne HarrisonOn November 4th, 54 Below will present a concert version of Rob Hartmann's musical "Vanishing Point," featuring Farah Alvin, Katie Thompson and Kate Shindle as Agatha Christie, Aimee...
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"The Blood Brothers present... Bedlam Nightmares - Execution Day" - For the...
By Byrne HarrisonPhotos by Kent MeisterI've seen some horrific things at the Blood Brothers' shows -- eyelids ripped off, skin peeled, human flesh consumed, rape and incest, and more forms of murder...
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