Originally published on Men's JournalView this story online I'm usually averse to smoke flavors. But the deep woody tones of Bardstown Small Batch Stave Finish, 291 Bourbon, and Lasso Motel…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Renshaw and Christina Sajous talk about their rich collaboration on A Wonderful Worl…
Although I typically drink bourbon, the brand's latest offering made me an Irish whiskey fan. …
I left McNeal, the new play in performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, thinking I had been pranked. Had this play about a writer and his troubled relationship with art…
15 new domestic thrillers of 2024 Originally published at DeadGoodBooksView this story online We think of home as a safe place, but a good domestic thriller exposes the danger lurking behin…
Finished in rosé wine casks, the unique whiskey is unlike anything I've tried before"for better or for worse. Originally published in Men's JournalView this story online I never would have…
Originally published on TDF StagesView this story online After a decade of Off-Broadway successes, playwright Jen Silverman makes their Broadway debut --- Typically, it's nerve-racking to m…
Let's be honest " the last thing anyone wants to think about right now is a debate. Following the Joe Biden/Donald Trump faceoff and the seemingly endless analysis and agonizing that has fol…
I never thought that listening to a woman undergo a painful gynecological exam would make for compelling theater, but Lucy Kirkwood has proven me wrong. Despite featuring this grimacingly pa…
Originally published in Lincoln Center Theater ReviewView this story online I never watched horror movies before lockdown. Huddled in my apart ment as Covid-19 ravaged the country, I fo…
The ensemble of Tommy  April 30, 2024 It's an amazing journey, indeed. Tommy, Pete Townshend's rock opera, has returned to…
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada April 30, 2024 The iconic image of the 2013 film The Great Gatsby, frequently featured in mem…
Jenna Rose Husli, Wren Rivera, Alyse Alan Louis, Phoenix Best, Helen J. Shen April 20, 2024 "Take your pick " are you a virgin…
Andrew Durand and Jeb Brown April 10, 2024 Only in America could Elmer McCurdy become a posthumous star. And only in New Yor…
I discuss the process of writing "From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theater" and how the current Broadway shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has inspired reflect…
BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Carey Purcell, Author of "From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theatre"
Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes life imitates art. And sometimes the two combine in an eerily prescient performance that both inspires and unsettles. Such is the case with Bleedin…
Originally published on TheaterMania View this story online Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula share much in common. Their titles are often uttered in the same…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online Harriet Tubman, Nellie Bly and Molly Brown are just a handful of the sheroes being celebrated on New York stages " When I was as…
The fires of rage in Medea burn hot, but in Simon Stone's new adaptation, all we see are the ashes. Stone's modern-day reworking of Euripides' familial tragedy about an enraged woman who …
"A great nose may be an index of a great soul," Edmund Rostand wrote in Cyrano de Bergerac. When considering the latest adaptation of this popular tale of love and tragedy, which pointedly l…
"Breathe everybody," Isaac Mizrah urged the audience before beginning the day's second performance of Peter and the Wolf. The intimate in-house theater proved to be a fitting venue for t…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online MarÃa Irene Fornés' Fefu and Her Friends is finally being revived after four-plus decades " Like many admirers of MarÃ…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online The lauded theatre company puts its singular stamp on the Arthur Miller classic " Even before it begins, Bedlam's take on Arthur…
Originally published on Theatermania View this story online Calling Sylvia Khoury busy is an understatement. The fourth-year medical student is also a playwright with two productions ope…