New York Theatre Workshop has long been heralded as one of the city’s top incubators of imaginative, inventive musical theatre. After the spectacular success of last fall’s glittering, cerebral Lazarus (the Ivo van Hove/Enda Walsh/David Bowie collaboration), NYTW is shifting gears to offer something a little more down-home. The final show in their 2015/16 season, Hadestown, translates singer-songwriter Anaïs…
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A Write Teacher(s) Review: Blackbird
A 40-year-old man has sex repeatedly with a 12-year-old girl. 12-year-old girl loves that man. Man goes to jail for three years. Fifteen years later, the girl, now a grown woman, comes to find the man. What could possibly happen after that? Blackbird. Blackbird on Broadway is what happens. For those of you who are unfamiliar…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Sylvia
Hey, Hey, HEY! Sylvia is alive and well on Broadway, and it’s absolutely fantastic. A bit about the show – Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Daryl Roth proudly present the Broadway revival of SYLVIA, a play by two-‐time Pulitzer Prize-‐nominee A.R. Gurney (The Dining Room, Love Letters), directed by Tony Award-‐winner Daniel Sullivan (Proof). SYLVIA…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: Ruby Manger
Hello Beautiful People! While I wish I could’ve been there with Ruby, rehearsal called. And so, our newest guest contributor, TJ Newton so graciously was able to attend the evening, and let all of our Write Teach Readers in on the whirlwind that is Ruby Manger! xo Megan ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Monday, October 27th I was…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: CONVICTION
Hello Beautiful People, I distinctly remember driving to school one day in the pouring, I’m talking POURING rain, and seeing one of my students walking to school. With no umbrella. Soaked to the bone. And I distinctly remember thinking, gee, I wish I could give them a ride the rest of the way, a mere…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: An Evening With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer
Hello Friends, The theater is beautiful and intricate, but small. Some might call it quaint, others would say humble. Me, I’m too busy being mangled in my cramped seat to think about anything other than how I was going to scratch my ankle with such circumstantial T-Rex arms. And all I smell is Chipotle Grill….
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: Romeo and Juliet on Broadway
Hello Beautiful People, It’s been over twenty years, but Romeo and Juliet is back on Broadway. Recently, I was invited to see this production, and had a very memorable evening, to say the least. Here’s what the official site will tell you: Orlando Bloom(Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings) and two-time Tony Award®…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: Once Upon a Time in NYC 3
Hello Beautiful People, If I may be frank, today was a day where everything, and I mean EVERYTHING was going wrong. Everything. But, I made it to 54 Below to see Once Upon a Time in NYC 3. And as I sat down, and as the music filled the room, well, I could breathe a…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: The Diary of Anne Frank at Bay Street Theatre
Hello Beautiful People, “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: BENT at PACE University
Hello Beautiful People, On Sunday, I had the honor and privilege of seeing BENT at Pace University. Honestly, this wasn’t a work event. I didn’t even have any intention of writing about the show – I just wanted to go to a piece of theater, and, for once, not write about it afterwards. I just…