BWW Review: Downtown Urban Arts Festival Celebrates 20 Years This June at Theatre Row
The Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) was founded in 2001 on this basis: to bring a collection of new American works that, in their words, 'speaks to a whole generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines.' In its attempts to bring the spirit of real playwrights and characters to the stage, DUAF has been recognized as one of the world's best festivals for new works - a platform well known for the freedom it provides for artistic expression. Twenty years have passed since its founding, and what better way to celebrate such a pillar of New York theater than with the newly introduced 2022 lineup of new works - a month-long showcase of raw talent that has already undoubtedly left its mark on a New York audience.
BWW Review: Spare and Strong HAMLET at TAM
Maine's Theater at Monmouth appropriately celebrates its 50th season by mounting a spare, strong, intense, and updated production of the play often thought of as the pinnacle of Shakespeare's achievement: HAMLET. Set in 1958 in Chicago and loosely inspired by MAD MEN and the African-American publishing giant John H. Johnson, this attractive, elegant, and intimate take on this quintessential domestic drama scores many poignant an powerful moments.
BWW Review: INTIMATE APPAREL at TAM
The circumstances have changed since the era portrayed in Lynn Nottage's 'Intimate Apparel.' But the struggles that the characters face remain all too recognizable.
Theater at Monmouth Presents HAMLET
Theater at Monmouth's What Dreams May Come Golden Anniversary Season continues with Hamlet. Considered one of the most powerful tragedies in the English language, Hamlet is widely regarded as both the best of Shakespeare's works and "the perfect play."
Athena Theatre Is Back At Symphony Space
For one night only on May 15th, 2019, 7 actors will perform 7 short works by 7 emerging playwrights participating in Athena Theatre Company's Athena Writes 2019 Playwriting Fellowship. Proceeds from the evening will seed the further growth and development of Athena Writes fellows and their projects.
Downtown Art to Present THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA, 5/21-23
Downtown Art's alt rock opera THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA celebrates the young women who led 'The Uprising of the 20,000', a landmark strike by garment workers in 1909. A remarkable event, the strike brought together women from all classes and backgrounds, became front page news. The show runs at University Settlement for Lower East Side History Month, Wednesday - Friday, May 21-23, 2014.