Deb Miller

Madcap sapphic comedy shatters cisgender hetero paradigms in ‘Merry Me’ at the New York Theatre Workshop

Playwright Hansol Jung and director Leigh Silverman, both “Usual Suspect” affiliates of the New York Theatre Workshop, have teamed up for the NYTW production of Merry Me, an over-the-top mash-up of...

High-camp tribute to the greatest thing ever in ‘A Musical about Star Wars’ at NYC’s AMT Theater

When A Musical About Star Wars: Or, Why Star Wars is the Greatest Thing to Ever Happen in the History of the Galaxy Much, Much Better Than Star Trek!, with a book by Tom D’Angora, Taylor Crousore, and...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with the Millionaires’ Magician Steve Cohen

Known as the “Millionaires’ Magician” for having entertained such famous patrons as Warren Buffett, Stephen Sondheim, Michael Bloomberg. Buzz Aldrin, Guillermo del Toro, Katie Couric, Seth Rogen, the...

Exploring the big questions of life and the cosmos in ‘Emergence’ at NYC’s Pershing Square Signature Center

Creator and performer Patrick Olson explores science, philosophy, and human perception through a mix of direct-address monologues, original live music, stylized movement, and immersive visual imagery...

Stars and fans filled the Skylight Room of NYC’s Marriott Marquis for the ‘33rd Annual Jane Elissa Extravaganza’ benefitting leukemia and cancer research

After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Jane Elissa Extravaganza returned on Monday night, October 23, for its 33rd annual installment to raise funds for leukemia and cancer research. Held high above...

Personal stories and songs from Jaime Lozano and Florencia Cuenca in ‘Mi Ofrenda, Mis Canciones’ at NYC’s Kraine Theater

As part of FRIGID New York’s 2nd annual Days of the Dead Festival, the Mexican-born NYC-based husband-and-wife team Jaime Lozano and Florencia Cuenca appeared at the Kraine Theater for one night only...

Non-stop laughs in the play-within-a-play parody ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ at Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre

For the first time since 2011, when they starred together in the original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon, long-time friends and stellar scene partners Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells have reunited...

A Victorian woman’s view of what makes a happy ‘Partnership’ at NYC’s Theatre Row

The final installment in Mint Theater Company’s three-play series of undeservedly forgotten works by English playwright Elizabeth Baker is the American premiere of Partnership, which made its debut at...

Four seasonal picks to get you in the Halloween spirit

Among the selections for this year’s Halloween season, in addition to such fabulously creepy hits as Dracula, playing Off-Broadway at New World Stages, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

Crime thriller ‘Down the Road’ goes into the mind of a serial killer at NYC’s Arts on Site

When husband and wife journalists Dan and Iris Henniman spend weeks interviewing convicted serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper William Reach for a book they’ve been commissioned to write about him...

Understanding and embodying Shakespeare’s villains in ‘All the Devils Are Here’ at Off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre

The dramatic canon of William Shakespeare is unsurpassed for its universal themes and insights into the minds, motivations, and human nature of its complex three-dimensional characters, both heroic...

Exploring the history, essence, and cosmic connections of juggling in ‘Reflex’ at NYC’s Baruch PAC

With a mission of “blurring the lines between circus, dance, and theater,” Hideaway Circus – a Brooklyn-based multi-media producing company founded and run by Josh and Lyndsay Aviner – seamlessly...

Autobiographical stories and songs in ‘Melissa Etheridge: My Window’ at Broadway’s Circle in the Square

As noted in her extended bio in the current show’s Playbill, rock singer, songwriter, and musician Melissa Etheridge first appeared on Broadway in 2011, playing the character St. Jimmy in Green Day’s...

Three-part Black family epic ‘The Refuge Plays’ makes a riveting Off-Broadway debut at the Steinberg Center

Three plays, 70 years, ten characters, three-and-a-half hours; if you’re concerned about the length of The Refuge Plays – an Off-Broadway debut production of Roundabout Theatre Company, in conjunction...

Community, comedy, and crisis in ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

In the world premiere of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a production of Manhattan Theatre Club playing a limited engagement at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh,...

Join Broadway and daytime TV stars for the ‘33rd Annual Jane Elissa Extravaganza’ at NYC’s Marriott Marquis Hotel to benefit cancer research

When her mother was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989, artist/designer Jane Elissa created an endowment fund for leukemia/lymphoma and cancer research, along with a star-studded fundraiser to support...

How music and a hug can change a life in ’20 Seconds’ at NYC’s Pershing Square Signature Center

Did you know that the power of music and a long hug can change a life? Music therapist, writer, composer, and actor Thomas Sweitzer does, and he tells us that and a whole lot more in his...

Stellar Broadway revival of ‘Purlie Victorious’ at the Music Box Theatre delivers over-the-top laughs with a resonant message

Now playing a limited engagement at the Music Box Theatre, the first-ever Broadway revival of actor, director, activist, and writer Ossie Davis’s Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the...

A joyful return of ‘Jenn Colella: Out and Proud’ at NYC’s 54 Below

Tony nominee and Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Grammy Award winner Jenn Colella, whose long list of stage credits includes Broadway’s Come From Away, If/Then, Chaplin, High Fidelity, and Urban...

Recent releases of books and albums from the NYC stage

Catch up on your reading and listening with these four selections of recent book and music releases from artists and shows of the New York stage, including an original cast album, the second volume of...

An inside look at the making of a Broadway musical in ‘Bill Russell: My Side of the Show’ at NYC’s Birdland

In the one-night-only New York premiere of Bill Russell: My Side of the Show at Birdland Jazz Club on Monday, September 25, the Tony-nominated librettist and lyricist traced the development of his and...

Broadway Flea Market and Off-Broadway Week return to NYC in October

Two big events are returning to NYC in October that give fans the opportunity to bid on pieces of Broadway history and to attend trailblazing shows for half the regular ticket price in intimate...

Behind the scenes of Scott Siegel’s ‘Broadway by the Season’ series at NYC’s Kaufman Music Center

The critically acclaimed Broadway by the Season series continues in October with the last of its four-concert inaugural season at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall. A follow-up to creator, producer,...

Audible Theater celebrates its 5th anniversary at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane and previews the upcoming season

On Monday evening, September 18, Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, hosted a celebration of the 5th anniversary of Audible Theater, in its Off-Broadway home...

International Fringe favorite Jenna Kuerzi brings her solo show ‘Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism’ to NYC’s The Tank

Actor, singer, director, and deviser Jenna Kuerzi, a native of New Jersey, brings her unique perspective on controversial movie star and notorious bad boy Johnny Depp to NYC in October for four...

A bloody hilarious romp through ‘Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the legendary 1897 neo-Gothic epistolary novel chronicling the strange events at the Transylvanian castle and English relocation of the eponymous vampire Count, has been an...

Navigating trauma through fantasy in ‘Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares’ at NYC’s The Tank

As part of its 20th anniversary season of Core Productions, NYC’s The Tank, founded in 2003, and dedicated to supporting new work and providing a home for emerging artists and companies, is now...

Loss, depression, and glimmers of hope in ‘Swing State’ Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

Direct from its critically acclaimed debut at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, the New York premiere of Swing State, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Gilman, directed by Tony Award winner Robert...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Darius de Haas

Born and raised in a musical family on the South Side of Chicago, award-winning actor, singer, and recording artist Darius de Haas has far surpassed Andy Warhol’s proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame”...

Human connections to help soothe the pain in ‘Infinite Life’ at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company

In the world premiere of Infinite Life – a co-production of Atlantic Theater Company and National Theatre, now playing a limited engagement at Off-Broadway’s Linda Gross Theater – Pulitzer...

A powerhouse performance of the 1975 rock opera ‘The Lieutenant’ from Off-Broadway’s The York Theatre Company

Now in its historic 29th year, The York Theatre Company’s acclaimed “Musicals in Mufti,” recipient of a 2018 Obie Awards Grant, has returned for the first time in four years with a special Fall 2023...

Immersed in the hellish circumstances of ‘The Creeps’ at Off-Broadway’s Playhouse 46

One woman, five characters, unimaginable circumstances, the darkest of humor, and improvisational audience interactions form the basis of Catherine Waller’s The Creeps, now back in NYC playing a...

Thirteenth annual ‘Table of Silence Project 9/11’ at NYC’s Lincoln Center and streaming live

On Monday, September 11, 2023, at 8:05 am, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Buglisi Dance Theatre, as a project of the Arnhold Dance Innovation Fund and through community partnerships with...

Immersive horror experience ‘TerrorVision’ returns to NYC for a second season of screams

After selling more than 20,000 tickets in 2022, during the nineteen-day premiere of their first immersive horror experience at Bedlam – NYC’s largest haunted house, set in the former Ripley’s Believe...

Free performance on September 1st of The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ at NYC’s Bryant Park

Presented by Bank of America, the 2023 season of Bryant Park Picnic Performances free live shows continues on Friday, September 1, with Young, Gifted and Black, a special program from The Classical...

Get in line at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre for discount tickets to ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Friday, September 1

To mark the occasion of the Hogwarts Express departing from Platform 9 and ¾ at London’s King’s Cross Station for the start of a new term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Since he was a teenager, actor, writer, director, filmmaker, and Detroit native Andrew Keenan-Bolger has been accumulating his non-stop fifteen minutes of fame on the stage and screen. In 1999, he...

Special offer for a day trip from NYC to see Broadway stars in ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ at Bucks County Playhouse

Founded in 1939, on the site of a former 1790 grist mill on the banks of the Delaware River, Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA, is offering a special opportunity for NYC theater lovers to see its...

Jennifer Summerfield previews the NYC premiere of ‘Out of the Apple Orchard’ at Actors Temple Theatre

Born in California, raised in Wyoming, trained at Smith College, in Paris, and NYC, where she spent a total of five years before relocating to Philadelphia, actress Jennifer Summerfield has been...

Examining ego and relationships in ‘Pay the Writer’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center

Now making its world-premiere in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Pershing Square Signature Center, Pay the Writer, by New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell, is not about the current...

The Boy Band Project serves up a sensational new ‘Boy Band Brunch’ at City Winery New York City

After their first wildly successful sold-out performance at City Winery New York City in June, the venue quickly invited The Boy Band Project back for another Boy Band Brunch this month, much to the...

A comical inside look at movie stars behaving badly in ‘The Shark Is Broken’ at Broadway’s Golden Theatre

When the summer blockbuster Jaws, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw, was released in 1975, it ranked...

Two big Broadway events returning in September

Coming in September is the return of two popular Broadway events enjoyed by visitors and locals alike, offering special deals and free programming to theater-lovers in celebration of both the shows of...

Tickets on sale now for the summer edition of Kids’ Night on Broadway in NYC on August 29

For this year’s summer edition of The Broadway League’s Kids’ Night on Broadway, presented by The New York Times, kids and teens ages 18 and under can attend a participating Broadway show for free...

Double bill of comic shorts offers an unconventional take on ‘Shakespeare’s Ladies at Tea & Shakespeare’s Deaths’ at NYC’s Under St. Marks

This year’s theme of The Little Shakespeare Festival at Under St. Marks, presented annually by FRIGID New York to celebrate independent theater and performance inspired by the Bard’s canon, is...

Bringing new life to the history of musical theater in Scott Siegel’s ‘Broadway by the Season: 1940/41 & 1951/52’ at NYC’s Merkin Hall

Impresario Scott Siegel and his stellar casts of today are bringing the history of musical theater to life in his latest concert series Broadway by the Season, a follow-up to his popular Broadway by...

Upcoming shows from Jenna Pastuszek include ‘Me, Myself & Barbra’ at the Jersey shore and an appearance at NYC’s Birdland

After taking her original solo show Me, Myself & Barbra to six different states from New Jersey to California, singer, actor, creator, voiceover artist, voice teacher, and performance coach Jenna...

NYC’s Joe Iconis previews the world premiere of ‘The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical’ at La Jolla Playhouse

It’s a busy summer for the ever-prolific musical theater writer, concert performer, and fan favorite Joe Iconis. The Long Island native – a recipient of the Ed Kleban, Jonathan Larson, and Richard...

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-speed fun-filled trip in ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre

Adapted for the stage from the 1985 hit sci-fi movie by its creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future: The Musical, with new music by Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard,...

Immersed in the socio-political excesses of the Philippines’ Marcos regime in ‘Here Lies Love’ at the Broadway Theatre

From the moment you enter the Broadway Theatre, your senses are bombarded with the sounds, look, and feel of a dance club of the disco era, and you are totally immersed in the glitz and glam of its...