Into the Woods is a sleek and sexy beast of a musical. It is in turn moody and magical, witty and wise. It provides the kind of intellectual and emotional satisfaction, and the kind of exhilarating theatrical experience that you would expect from Stephen Sondheim, the creator of musical masterpieces...
In the wake of his successful New York engagements, Roger Schmelzer will put the American Songbook to generous and charming use once again in an upbeat, tuneful evening at Germano's Piattini in Baltimore on November 10 at 7:30pm, directed by Marilyn Maye....
Erika Wennerstrom shares her new video, 'Staring Out The Window,' today on Relix. A contemplative, self-loving and relatable song -- the lyrics say it all: 'Want to be among good people that make you feel good / That don't make you feel so misunderstood / And sometimes it's so much easier said ...
On the latest Maxamoo podcast, Liz, Aurin, and Jose discuss what they've seen on the stage lately, including Fruit Trilogy, Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf, Fairview, Desperate Measures....
I've seen INTO THE WOODS twice in the last six weeks, and six times in the last seven years (not counting the recent movie adaptation). And while I would love #TCTheater to diversify its choice of shows (there are quite a few duplicates and triplicates this season), I'm not going to complain about t...
Jose talks to Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz about his new play Exquisita Agonia currently running at Repertorio Español. Cruz talks about his love of words, magical realism, and crafting larger than life characters....
Jose talks to Brandon Haagenson about starring in Afterglow, the Off-Broadway play that became the sleeper hit of last season. Haagenson talks about being in the show for a year, how divas help him prepare to play Josh, and shared his plans for Pride....
CMH Records (County. Music. Heritage.) maintains a rich history of classic bluegrass albums and is celebrating several of these legacy releases by remasteringthem all, while making them available in digital format for the first time ever. Beginning Friday, May 25, Take A Little Time from Curly...
On Maxamoo's New York City Theater Podcast we cut through that chaos and just tell you: what's good, what's bad, and what we recommend. Alicia, PennyMaria, and Jose on what we've seen on the stage lately....
Brand Programming Studios, a strategic and creative content studio, announced today that 'Whats Good', its groundbreaking digital series for PBS Kids has been named the Best Film and Video in the Science & Education category in the 22nd Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the 'Internet's highest honor' b...
Jose talks to playwright Chiara Atik. Her new play Bump is currently running at Ensemble Studio Theatre, the show is a partnership between EST and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and focuses on three stories that grapple with the mystery and mechanics of birth....
Jose interviews Erin Mee, the co-artistic director of This Is Not a Theatre Company which specializes in immersive, site-specific theatre. Mee talks about the company's mission, workshops, and some of their most famous works including Pool Play, Cafe Play, and Subway Plays which provide audience mem...
This week, the Maxamoo theatre podcast discusses a number of productions occurring around New York City. ...
Larry Blank is a prolific composer, conductor and orchestrator. He's worked on shows on Broadway and across the States, including Sugar Babies, Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line and A Little Night Music, as well as contributing to orchestrations on films like The Producers and Chicago....
This week, Maxamoo interviews with Denisse Ambert, Gabriela Garcia and Heather Hogan of R.Evolucion Latina. The group is an organization that utilizes the arts through educational and collaborative programming to empower the Latino community to discover their full potential. They are committed to ...
It's in the spirit of the arts as a conduit for education that I found myself drawn to the theater for young audiences, with a particular interest in the work of Atty. Vincent Tañada and the Philippine Stagers Foundation (PSF). Tañada's work--as it relates to the current demands for the arts in sc...
Erika Wennerstrom shares her debut solo album, Sweet Unknown, today on Consequence of Sound, complete with a track-by-track description of each track. COS says, 'positivity can be heard throughout the album's nine tracks. Songs like the slow-burning, almost meditative 'Be Good to Yourself' promo...
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Erika Wennerstrom is excited to share the new song from her debut solo record, Sweet Unknown, out March 23 on Partisan Records. 'Twisted Highway' is the first track on the new album and it got its premiere yesterday via Billboard Magazine....
An interview with composer and multidisciplinary artist Joe Diebes on his new work oyster and how he's expanding the meaning of opera....
Brand Programming Studios (BP Studios), a strategic and creative content studio, founded by award winning Executive Producers Geoffrey DeStefano and Alejandro Lopez, is celebrating the launch of a new groundbreaking digital series of video shorts called What's Good. The six-episode digital series is...
Veteran Broadway actor, Richard Waits, is bringing Jon-Marc McDonald's anticipated play, Relatively Conscious, to the stage in February at the New York Theater Festival. The play, which centers around the murder of James Byrd Jr in 1998, will run February 6, 7, and 10th at the Hudson Guild Th...
It's our annual tradition of gathering together our most frequent contributors to discuss the best and worst of the year in theater. Lindsay hosts and Patty, Aurin, Jose, Jack, Ben, Liz, and PennyMaria discuss the highs and lows in performance in New York City and beyond....
YESTERDAY & TODAY, an interactive Beatles experience, returns to the Omaha Community Playhouse for the 10th year. This popular show starring Billy McGuigan and his two brothers, Ryan and Matthew, is a musical tribute to their late father who started them on this path as children. Having memorized mo...
