by Sam Desmond - February 09, 2026
With exuberant dramatic tension and ballroom fluidity in blocking, the South Shore Theatre Experience’s production of “And Then There Were None” was filled with tension, retribution, and an impressive number of blood packets....
by Sam Desmond - February 04, 2026
A musical forged in ambition of set, stage, and stamina, director Tommy Ranieri’s vision of a world only beginning to stand up for their rights was sprawling and spectacular. Unlike other versions of “Newsies,” Rainieri’s production had a maturity that touched the cast’s characters to trul...
by Sam Desmond - February 02, 2026
Teenaged theater kids of my generation (elder millennial) loved “Rent.” It was youth-culture, it was edgy, and introduced to many of us suburban kids the magic of New York City where gay men, lesbian women, drag queens, and matinee-idol heteros could all be friends and love each other as family....
by Sam Desmond - January 28, 2026
The John E. Engeman Theater found not only one, but five such super-talented individuals for their retrospective and introspective production of “Ring of Fire,” a musical based on the life of Johnny Cash....
by Sam Desmond - January 23, 2026
The world of late 1930s Brooklyn is brought to life and elucidated in Theatre Three’s triumphant run of the Neil Simon classic,”Brighton Beach Memoirs.”...
by Sam Desmond - January 15, 2026
The ether of war-torn Britain is all-encompassing in “Alice By Heart,” but director Tony Frangipane’s vision overcomes the Nazi raids to create a personal hell of its own that the young characters escape through a British mainstay—literature....
by Sam Desmond - January 06, 2026
CAP Syosset had their opening night for this winter’s production of “Annie” on Saturday, January 3 and it was a standout version of the classic rags-to-riches musical with a strong, bonded cast....
by Sam Desmond - December 06, 2025
With the magical notion of having a real ice skating rink on a dramatic stage, the Holiday Spectacular on Ice at the Gateway in Bellport creates wonder in the audience from inception and delivers well beyond expectations in person....
by Sam Desmond - December 05, 2025
For some holiday cheer, “Annie” at the Smithtown Performing Arts is the Christmas production to bring families that spirit of generosity and can-do attitude for December....
by Sam Desmond - December 03, 2025
In the perennially winter tale of “Anastasia,” a musical about the young Russian woman with claims to be being the lone survivor of the royal Romanov family’s massacre, The Lighthouse Repertory captured the magic and warmth of a Christmas-time story while creating great dramatic tension....
Past Shows
EastLine Theatre presents Machinal, a rarely-produced work by Mexican-American playwright Sophie Treadwell, as part of their third annual Hispanic Heritage Month programming. The play, which...
EastLine Theatre presents the classic comedy Harvey, celebrating its 80th anniversary this August at the BACCA Arts Center in Lindenhurst. Written by Mary Chase, the...
"Sit down awhile, And let us once again assail your ears--"Our fourth annual Shakespeare in the Park! EastLine brings the windy shores of Denmark to...
Kate Hamill's lively take on Jane Austen's beloved novel, just in time for the holiday season. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...
A world premiere from playwright David Bullen, adapted from ancient texts by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. 'You cannot alter the truth of what we have...
EastLine Theatre presents their rollicking take on Shakespeare's classic romance under the summer sun at locations across Long Island. Romeo & Juliet will feature original...
EastLine Theatre in association with Planting Fields Foundation will present Clyde Fitchs turn of the century comedy of manners, The Truth this August. Commissioned as...
Indecent recounts the events surrounding the conception, censorship, and afterlife of The God of Vengeance a 1907 Yiddish play that featured Broadways first lesbian kiss....
Amadeus is the tale of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's tragic fall as seen through the eyes of the court composer Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for his...
An intense, necessary examination of the events surrounding the Columbine shooting and their continued reverberations today....
Its Body Awareness week at Shirley State University, and things arent going well for Phyllis. Shes been put in charge of running the weeklong event...
The Bard comes to EastLine... with a bang! Two of Shakespeares iconic plays light up the summer nights at EastLine Theatre this August. Presented in...
Robert Louis Stevensons swashbuckling classic comes to the EastLine stage in a rousing new adaptation by Bryony Lavery. When a mysterious stranger and his treasure...
Sophocles' classic tragedy of family and destiny comes to the EastLine stage in a new adaptation by David Bullen, inventively directed by Daniel Higgins....
In this poignant and funny play, two young women slowly discover that they might be falling in love. When their tentative first kiss provokes an...
After the recent death of his father, painfully shy and withdrawn Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety through the Christian Puppet Ministry, in his...
In his 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning surreal, dark comedy, “Buried Child”, Sam Shepard takes a macabre look at one American Midwestern family with a very dark...
Kimberly Akimbo is a dark comedy about a lonely teenage girl suffering from a disease causing her to age four-and-a-half times faster than normal, so...
The Tony Award Winning Little Dog Laughed is a 2006 comedy play by Douglas Carter Beane. The play's four characters are an actor, Mitchell, his...
"What would make you happy?" That question lies at the crux of the Tony Award-winning comedy The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane. Hollywood...
Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. This very...
Ethel and Norman Thayer have spent every summer of their marriage at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. This particular year they are...
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