“In the moonlight, black boys look blue.” Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, is perhaps the most beautiful film I’ve seen all season. While I have doubts about it’s ability to beat La La Land, mostly because the Academy likes pretentious films, it’s the film most worthy of the title of Best Picture in 2017. I…
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COMING SOON: Billy Anderson in #imwithripsey
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Billy Anderson in #imwithripsey on March 4th, 2017 @ 11:30pm. Once upon an election night, Billy Anderson, an ardent Hillary supporter, had a few too many, and his intoxicated alter ego Ripsey crashed the party! This lead to an infamous public meltdown on social media, recapped in #imwithripsey, a…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Giant Days
Dear Bookworms, This year I have decided to take up the Genre Challenge (see January’s article on Three Types of Reading Goals for 2017) and delve into some types of literature I don’t normally read. To begin, I decided to start with one glaring hole on my bookshelves: the graphic novel. Graphic novels have become…
COMING SOON: Damaged Goods at TOSOS
Award-winning TOSOS, New York City’s oldest professional LGBTQ theater, returns with the second full length production of their 2016-17 season with Virginia Baeta’s Damaged Goods. The play is directed by Mark Finley (Penny Penniworth/Off-Broadway), and reunites the cast of the 2010 hit show, The Secretaries written by The Five Lesbian Brothers (FringeNYC/Fringe Encore Series). The…
COMING SOON: DUETS with The Write Teacher(s) Volume 5
DUETS with The Write Teacher(s) returns to Feinstein’s/ 54 Below for Volume 5 on April 22, 2017 at 9:30pm. Conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo (in association with thewriteteachers.com), the evening will feature music from across the musical theatre canon, pairing one Broadway hopeful with one Broadway professional who has inspired them in their show…
Beyond Broadway Lives Free in New Hampshire
This month Beyond Broadway explores two theatre companies in New Hampshire that provide theatre to their communities in unique ways. Richard Waterhouse and Doug Shapiro share their experiences working at Shaker Bridge Theatre and The Barnstormers, respectively. Shaker Bridge Theatre I was taken by the quaint and sleepy town of Enfield, located in New Hampshire,…
COMING SOON to Dixon Place: FRED
Dixon Place’s (Ellie Covan, Founding & Artistic Director) new theatrical commission of On The Rocks Theatre Company’s sci-fi comedy with music FRED, will have its world premiere on Friday, March 17th at 7:30 PM. The production is written by On The Rocks co-founders Christopher Ford & Dakota Rose. Ms. Rose helms the production as director….
54 Loves You: A Concert for Mental Health
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Michael Campayno, Will Roland plus many more in 54 Loves You: A Concert for Mental Health on Sunday, March 26th 2017 at 9:30pm. Stars of Broadway and film come together to celebrate life and bring awareness to the importance of mental health with an evening of uplifting hits and…
Ivo Dimchev at the Los Angeles Performance Project
Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP) announces the presentation of two works by the radically imaginative and internationally celebrated theater artist and vocalist Ivo Dimchev, in partnership with the Bootleg Theater. His wildly participatory P Project and his elegantly intimate Songs from My Shows offer Los Angeles audiences a thrilling survey of Dimchev’s artistic breadth in…
COMING SOON: “Through the Darkness”
“Through the Darkness” by Alan C. Breindel recounts the unimaginable journeys and true stories of four courageous men and women who left everything behind, including their loved ones, so that they might stay one step ahead of the Holocaust. They are composite characters that playwright Breindel built from interviews with Holocaust survivors. Three of the four characters managed…