Carissa Chesanek has worked as a journalist for many years, writing for publications that include BroadwayWorld, Show-Score, All About Solo,The Rumpus, Miami Herald, and Forbes Travel Guide. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and is the co-host for the reading series Sunday Salon. She's dabbled in improv and acting and is currently on the hunt to place the first play she wrote.
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First Show
Wicked
Favorite Show
The Phantom of the Opera
Favorite Stories
BWW Review: SCHTICK A POLE IN IT at Drom - This was such a wild and unique show that made me super excited to write about it afterward! Plus, the founders and co-hosts are wonderful and truly enjoy what they do which you can see each time they are on the stage (and off).
The new play Hart Island recently opened at The Gym at Judson in New York City's West Village neighborhood, bringing with it an impressive set design and a memorable story.
Dan Goodman and JoAnna Ross are the comedians behind New York City's Schtick a Pole in It, a hilarious and enticing comedy show-meets-pole-dancing extravaganza at DROM in the East Village.
Last Sunday, on a snowy afternoon, the feature screening of Basement debuted at the New Ohio Theater in the West Village, as part of the 2022 NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival.
The Xoregos Performing Company recently debuted its new play, Nothing’s Plenty for Me recently at Theatre Row in New York City, bringing awareness to climate change with a bit of quirky comedy.
Jelani Remy (The Lion King) is known for his incredible singing and dancing talents in Broadway's Ain’t Too Proud, but this superstar has even more in store this season.
The slightly offbeat Swan Lake Rock Opera recently opened at Actors Temple Theatre in New York, bringing a mishmash of gorgeously dressed characters on the stage but not without fault.
The International Puppet Fringe Festival, the only one of its kind in New York, is happening now until August 31st at the La Plaza at The Clemente Center among other locations.
Jessica Durdock Moreno (To Richard!) presented her latest play, GEORGIE D at New York City’s Chain Theatre during the Chain One Act Festival (July 24th 2021- August 15th 2021).
On Sunday, May 16th, the furloughed artists of the Met Opera came together for an outdoor performance on the Upper West Side called Open Air Opera: Street Dances.