THE MONKEY KING, FRANKENSTEIN & More Win 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 16, 2026
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has announced the winners of the 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, which include San Francisco Opera's The Monkey King and Frankenstein at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Check out the full list of nominations and winners here.
Celebration Theatre Hosts Awards Gala Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2024
Celebration Theatre will host its annual awards gala Saturday, March 23rd, 2-5 pm, to celebrate its arts community’s creative heroes and raise critical funds during an entertaining afternoon of special appearances and festivities.
Playwright Robert Patrick Dies At 85
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2023
Robert Patrick, aka Robert Patrick O'Connor, writer of poems, lyrics, short stories, novels, and a pioneering playwright known for his contributions to Off-Off Broadway and the Caffe Cino has passed away at the age of 85. He died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles on April 23, 2023 (407 years to the day after Shakespeare's death).
Del Shores To Be Honored With Career Achievement Gala At Celebration Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2023
Celebration Theatre, one of the world's longest-running LGBTQ+ theatres, is hosting an awards gala Saturday, March 11th, 2-5pm, to celebrate its arts community's creative heroes during an entertaining afternoon of special appearances and social festivities that will become an annual tradition.
Amanda Seyfried to Play a Theatre Director in Atom Egoyan's SEVEN VEILS Film
by Michael Major - Feb 7, 2023
Seyfried plays Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, who has been given the daunting task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.
Sunday Morning Michael Dale: My Favorite Cease and Desist Letters
by Michael Dale - Aug 14, 2022
A while back. I was in an audience of theatre fans watching an onstage conversation between Frank Rich and Stephen Sondheim and the subject of unauthorized changes made in regional and amateur productions came up. The composer/lyricist mentioned that he had heard of a production of Company that ended with Bobby committing suicide by shooting himself.
A FEW DEEP BREATHS Comes to La MaMa This Week
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2022
Each of the writers worked independently to generate dialogue and/or actions for two performers, one playing a 7-year-old and the other a 77-year-old. The non-linear tale that emerges is developed in collaboration with creative technologists, embodied by performance artist Agosto Machado and a puppet by Tom Lee, performed by Leah Ogawa and Maria Camia, and will explore interactivity and connection with the online audience.
Sunday Morning Michael Dale
by Michael Dale - Nov 14, 2021
Sharing views not only on the current Broadway and Off-Broadway scenes, but offering an appreciative spotlight to Off-Off Broadway artists and other lesser-known entertainers who are just as important in making New York the nation's live performing arts capital. To encourage rather than critique.
Mark Salyer's New Stages Will Present 'Queer Theater: From The Freaks To The Geeks' Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2021
Starting on November 2nd and for 8 consecutive weeks on Zoom, New Stages will feature the class Queer Theater: From the Freaks to the Geeks, taught by Mark Salyer and with special guests including playwright Robert Patrick (Kennedy's Children) talking about Caffe Cino and director Randee Trabitz (“The Mystery of Irma Vep”, “Blacktop Highway”, “The Solid Life of Sugar Water”) who will discuss the plays of Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theater.
La MaMa Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2021
The Tony Award-winning theatre has announced a fresh season of work – on its various stages in the East Village - that explores new rituals of our time from a multiplicity of perspectives and speaks to the epic changes of the 21st century.