PREVIEW: “Seven Spots On The Sun” – Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Seven Spots On The Sun will kick off a limited 6-week run at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater with previews starting Wednesday, April 26 at 8:00 PM and opening night on Wednesday, May 10 at 7:00 PM. For preview performances, tickets are $35 with discounts for artists ($25) and students ($10). After opening, tickets are $50 with artist tickets for $25 and student tickets for $15, and April 27 and May 11 are pay-what-you-can nights. Tickets are available online at http://www.Rattlestick.org or by phone at 212-627-2556.

PHOTO-VIDEO PREVIEW: Piehole’s “Ski End” and Our Voices’ “Soot and Spit” – New Ohio Theatre

Piehole and Our Voices Theater will be completing their residencies this spring with two world premieres at the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street. Piehole’s Ski End will run from April 30 to May 19 with a May 2 opening night, and Our Voices’ Soot and Spit will run May 27 to June 17 with a May 31 opening night. Tickets are $25, and Ski End is offering student tickets for $20, available online here or by calling 212-352-3101.

INTERVIEW: Playwright Augie Praley Deconstructs “Our Town” With Nostalgic “Looking Back…”

Just before Christmas, I saw a poignant show (with an extraordinarily long name) that deconstructs Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town in a modern-day high school. On the night before it is scheduled to be torn down, generations of students – both current and former – converge on Ridgefield High School’s gymnatorium, and playwright Augie Praley as the story’s narrator reflects on the many lives that were changed in that multi-purpose space and recollects young love, heartbreaking loss, and frequent productions of Our Town.

Recent Cutbacks’ KEVIN!!!!! Is Your Last Chance To Capture Nostalgic Christmas Spirit

January is possibly the dreariest month of the year. Christmas is over, the New Year has begun, and the first few weeks are full of overly optimistic and newly broken resolutions. However, there is one last chance to recapture that holiday cheer and warm, comforting nostalgia, and that is Recent Cutbacks’ KEVIN!!!!!, an on-stage shot-for-shot re-enactment of Home Alone.

5 Shows That Need To Come Back To Broadway (Because We Need Them Now More Than Ever)

2017 has barely begun, but with the looming threat of a Trump presidency and everything that comes with it, it is difficult for many people in the theatre community to feel optimistic about the New Year. In times like this, theatre can serve as a reflection of a world we can aspire to create, a means to see the world through another person’s eyes, or a way to escape our worries for a few hours. Unfortunately, in the New Year, we are losing five terrific shows that were very popular with audiences and also added to the diversity in Broadway’s leading characters. I wish that all of these shows were sticking around, and so here I am with one last plea. Don’t go. We need all of you now, more than ever.