Deb Miller

Preview: Hamlet Isn’t Dead Gives New Life to ‘Julius Caesar’

Founded in 2013, by Executive Director James Rightmyer, Jr. and Artistic Director David Andrew Laws, Hamlet Isn’t Dead specializes in keeping Shakespeare alive for 21st-century audiences, through its...

An Interview with Prize-Winning Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger: Providing Support for Her Colleagues

Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Jacqueline Goldfinger is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, poet, and educator based in Philadelphia, whose plays have been developed and produced both...

Review: ‘The Waverly Gallery’ at the Golden Theatre

Now making its stellar Broadway debut at the Golden Theatre, The Waverly Gallery, Kenneth Lonergan’s award-nominated memory play of 1999, told from the perspective of a grandson reflecting on the...

Review: ‘The Imbible: Christmas Carol Cocktails’ at The Producers Club Theaters

Now back for its fourth year, The Imbible’s Christmas Carol Cocktails, inspired by Charles Dickens’ beloved novel of 1843, is becoming a favorite New York tradition for anyone (over 21!) interested in...

Review: ‘King Kong’ at the Broadway Theatre

Inspired by the 1933 film classic, the new musical retelling of King Kong, by the illustrious international team of Jack Thorne (book), Marius de Vries (score), Eddie Perfect (songs), and Drew McOnie...

Review: ‘The Other Josh Cohen’ at the Westside Theatre

Making an absolutely sidesplitting return to New York for a limited engagement at Off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre, after its original development in the New York Musical Festival and world premiere at...

Five Fabulous Things to Do in NYC before Curtain Time!

If you’re planning a November outing to the theater in New York, there’s plenty to do in the city this month before the curtain goes up! From celebrations of the holiday season to a theater-themed...

Review: ‘Natural Shocks’ at WP Theater

WP Theater’s world-premiere production of Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson, America’s most-produced playwright of 2017-18, has been advertised as “darkly hilarious,” but there’s nothing funny about...

Review: ‘Waiting for Godot’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater

Following its highly-acclaimed premiere in the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival, Ireland’s Druid theater company closes its worldwide tour of the award-winning production of Samuel Beckett’s...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘Bootleg Famous’ Dan Domenech

In 1968, Pop artist Andy Warhol made his much-celebrated observation, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” The future is now, and Andy was right. With the advent of the...

Review: ‘Inner Voices’ at TBG Mainstage Theatre

Honoring its mission of developing and presenting new works of musical theater, the New York-based organization Premieres, led by Artistic Director Paulette Haupt, is back with its biennial series of...

Review: ‘Good Grief’ at Vineyard Theatre

Now in its New York premiere at Vineyard Theatre, Good Grief considers the personal perspective of one first-generation Nigerian-American girl coming to terms with the universal issues of love, loss,...

Review: ‘Big Apple Circus’ at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park

Now in its 41st season, the Big Apple Circus, originally founded in 1977, has had its ups and downs over the past few years, but it’s back with a bang for the holidays at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch...

Review: ‘Prinze’ at The Sheen Center

Best known for his hit NBC series Chico and the Man and his unprecedented guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (he was the first comic Carson ever invited to the couch to talk after...

From Stage to Screen: A Conversation with Four New York Actors Who Do Both

Among the many stage actors who have appeared on the big and small screen, New York-based Dan Domenech, Erik Ransom, Jamyl Dobson, and Johnny Smith are accomplished and well-versed in both. Though all...

Review: ‘The Ferryman’ at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

In ancient Greek mythology, Charon is the daemon who ferries the souls of the deceased to Hades across the river Styx, which divides the worlds of the living and the dead. In Jez Butterworth’s Olivier...

Review: ‘The Book of Merman’ at St. Luke’s Theatre

The witty title gives a good indication of what to expect in the Off-Broadway engagement of The Book of Merman, now performing at St. Luke’s Theatre. A laugh-out-loud mash-up of Broadway’s smash hit...

Review: ‘Gloria: A Life’ at the Daryl Roth Theatre

Award-winning writer, speaker, social activist, and feminist Gloria Steinem is the subject of Emily Mann’s new play Gloria: A Life, making its debut at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Directed by Diane...

Review: ‘Your Invisible Corset’ at The Clemente

Playwright Patricia Lynn, Artistic Director of Hunger & Thirst Theatre, began her series of present-day gynocentric adaptations of classic Gothic horror stories with the company’s 2016 production of...

Review: ‘Midnight at The Never Get’ at The York Theatre Company

Making its Off-Broadway premiere with The York Theatre Company, Midnight at The Never Get, with book, music, and lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick (winner of the 2018 Jonathan Larson Award), has already...

Review: ‘The Jonathan Larson Project’ at Feinstein’s/54 Below

Before his untimely death in 1996 at the age of 35, composer and playwright Jonathan Larson created groundbreaking work that would become the touchstone of a generation and a watershed moment for new...

Review: ‘The Evolution of Mann’ at the cell

Panic, desperation, and a ticking clock are not the best motivations for dating or matrimony, as evinced by Henry Mann, the titular character in The Evolution of Mann. The new musical rom-com by...

A Few Questions for Joel Grey on Directing ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

A Broadway legend and award-winning actor who received both a Tony (1967) and an Oscar (1972) for his role as the Emcee in Cabaret, Joel Grey is again garnering critical and popular acclaim with the...

Review: ‘The Nap’ at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

In the cue game of snooker, the British version of pool, the nap refers to the rough-surface direction of the fabric covering the table, which affects the path of the ball. In Richard Bean’s...

Review: ‘The Eleventh Hour’ at Town Stages

A mash-up of romantic comedy, sci-fi parody, and rock musical, The Eleventh Hour, with book, music, and lyrics by David Seamon, is back at Town Stages for a limited engagement presented by Smugbug...

Review: ‘Pop Punk High’ at (le) poisson rouge

After a critically-acclaimed showcase presentation last winter, Pop Punk High (with original book by Anderson Cook, music and lyrics by Ben Lapidus, and direction by Felicia Lobo) has returned, for a...

Review: ‘VANJARI’ at Don’t Tell Mama

What more suitably provocative venue for VANJARI than Don’t Tell Mama? Established on Restaurant Row in 1982, the popular piano bar, cabaret, and restaurant takes its name from the spirited song in...

An Interview with Jennifer Ashley Tepper: Producer, Programming Director, Author, and Dynamo!

Currently the Creative and Programming Director at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Jennifer Ashley Tepper has been responsible for curating and overseeing over 3500 shows to date at the world-class supper club,...

Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

One of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history, Fiddler on the Roof has made a smashing comeback in New York with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Off-Off-Broadway production at the...

Birdland Jazz Club Opens Its New Birdland Theater

Established in 1949, Birdland Jazz Club has been recognized as one of New York’s most iconic nightclubs, frequented by internationally-renowned celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Gary...

Review: ‘Ann Hampton Callaway: The Linda Ronstadt Songbook’ at Feinstein’s/54 Below

A recurrent feature at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Ann Hampton Callaway is best known to cabaret audiences for her sophisticated pop/jazz stylings and to TV viewers for the iconic theme song she wrote and...

A Really ‘Chill’ Interview with George Salazar

If you need an introduction to George Salazar, you haven’t been paying attention. Currently seen Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center in the sold-out smash-hit musical Be More Chill...

Review: ‘Private Peaceful’ at TBG Theatre

Director Simon Reade’s compelling stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s 2003 award-winning novel for young adults, Private Peaceful, now playing a limited engagement at TBG Theatre, offers an intense...

Review: ‘The Imbible: Rum and Pirates’ at The Producers Club Theaters

A favorite summertime installment in The Imbible’s series on the origins and development of alcoholic beverages, The Imbible: Rum and Pirates is back by popular demand for a limited four-weekends-only...

Review: ‘Be More Chill’ at The Pershing Square Signature Center

Making its New York debut in a limited engagement at The Pershing Square Signature Center, Be More Chill – sold-out before it opened and extended for another sold-out week beyond its...

Discussing ‘Little Rock’ at The Sheen Center with Playwright and Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

In September 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, became one of the first educational institutions in America to become integrated, when nine heroic black teenagers enrolled in the...

A Revamped ‘FringeNYC’ Returns in October: A Conversation with Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy

Following last year’s hiatus, FringeNYC – the New York International Fringe Festival – returns in October with a new structure and focus. Elena K. Holy, Producing Artistic Director of The Present...

Five Top Off-Broadway Picks to Close Out Your Summer with a Bang!

Along with the array of Broadway hits that made their debut in 2018, this summer has brought a wealth of great entertainment beyond the big houses of the Great White Way in the Midtown-West Theater...

Review: ‘Pushkin’ at The Sheen Center

Presented by the american vicarious in a limited-engagement world premiere at The Sheen Center, Pushkin, playwright Jonathan Leaf’s latest historical drama, considers the last troubled years (1834-37)...

Review: Dan Domenech’s ‘Bootleg Famous: To Broadway and Beyond’ at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

New York’s Dan Domenech, who wowed audiences last summer as Che in the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s acclaimed production of Evita, was invited back to Center Valley, PA, on July 30, for a...

2018 New York Musical Festival Review: ‘’68’ at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row

This August marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago – one of the watershed events in the history of the American protest movement and election politics. Under...

Review: ‘Head over Heels’ at the Hudson Theatre

An epic marriage of Ancient, Elizabethan, and Post-Modern stylings, the Broadway premiere of Head over Heels at the Hudson Theatre, produced by Gwyneth Paltrow and Donovan Leitch, is cause for joyous...

Review: ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ at Atlantic Theater Company

With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask (internationally acclaimed for the electrifying and poignant score he created for Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 1998) and Peter Yanowitz (who played Schlatko the...

Review: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ at Stage 42

Wow, what a night! Non-stop energy, a feel-good mood, powerhouse vocals, and a kick-ass band make for one must-see Off-Broadway revival of Smokey Joe’s Cafe at Stage 42. The sung-through jukebox...

2018 New York Musical Festival Review: ‘Emojiland’ at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row

If you’ve ever wondered about the private lives and inner thoughts of emojis and the impact software updates have on their interpersonal connections and eventual obsolescence, then Emojiland, with...

‘Broadway Barks’ (and Meows!) in Shubert Alley

A dazzling roster of Broadway stars turned out for the 20th anniversary of Broadway Barks in Shubert Alley to find new loving homes for adoptable dogs and cats from more than two dozen shelters in the...

Review: ‘Get the Boat’ and ‘Innit’ at SoHo Playhouse

Featured in this April’s Limerick Fringe Festival and now playing in repertory in their North American premieres at SoHo Playhouse, Eavan Brennan and Siobhan Donnellan’s Get the Boat and Colette...

Free Events in NYC This Week: ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ and ‘Broadway Barks’

Along with the heat and humidity of summer in the city comes the return of two popular annual events that will make you forget all about the weather. You can catch your favorite Broadway and...

Interview: It’s a Hot Summer for Dan Domenech!

From Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, and touring productions, to television, cabaret, direction, and choreography, Long Island native Dan Domenech does it all and loves it all. Best known to...

An Interview with Actor/Playwright Chris Davis: Bringing His ‘Drunk Lion’ to 59E59

Philadelphia-based dynamo Chris Davis returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in August with his hilarious and poignant 2012 solo hit Drunk Lion, an absurdist bi-lingual fantasy about the intoxicating power...