Photos: THE PEOPLE VERSUS LENNY BRUCE in Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2025
Rehearsals are underway for Cause Celebre Productions’ upcoming public reading of Susan Charlotte’s play “THE PEOPLE VERSUS LENNY BRUCE”. See photos of the cast in rehearsals!
BWW Review: THE LEMON GIRLS OR ART FOR THE ARTLESS at La MaMa
by Derek McCracken - Mar 16, 2022
These ladies don't lunch; they launch, twist, lurch, pop and topple. Meet Lorca, Topo, Nivea and Pinny: the more-sweet-than-tart troupe in LEMON GIRLS OR ART FOR THE ARTLESS. The comedic performance-art-within-a-play follows a group of New York City senior (70ish) girlfriends, all alumnae of Lemon Elementary. As they find their footing in a youth-paced world, they step outside their comfort zones and onto the stage. Artistically in it together even if they’re not always sure what “it” is, the Lemon Girls show us that age is just a number: '5-6-7-8!'
La MaMa to Present World Premiere of LEMON GIRLS OR ART FOR THE ARTLESS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 1, 2022
La MaMa will present the world premiere of Lemon Girls or Art for the Artless. Written and composed by OBIE and Drama Desk Award winning playwright and composer Ellen Maddow, Lemon Girls or Art for Artless is a comedic and revelatory celebration of older women and the thrill of making unlikely art.
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.
Photo Coverage: PANAMA HATTIE Opens at The York Theatre
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Oct 28, 2019
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
Talking Band Premieres CITY OF NO ILLUSIONS at La MaMa
by Julie Musbach - Jan 7, 2019
La MaMa presents the world premiere of City of No Illusions, the newest work from seminal theater company Talking Band. Written and directed by four-time Obie winner Paul Zimet, City of No Illusions is a dark comedy set inside a funeral home that has become a refuge for two asylum seekers. Featuring original music by Ellen Maddow and an international cast of 12 performers, City of No Illusions is scheduled to run at La MaMa's Downstairs Theater (66 E 4th St) from February 8 through 24, with an opening night of February 13.
Eric Tucker Directs A Reading Of New Michael Raver Play EVENING
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2018
Bedlam Artistic Director Eric Tucker will direct a reading of Michael Raver's new political drama, Evening on September 24th. The piece will feature Roberta Maxwell (Brokeback Mountain, Lincoln Center's Our Town), Michael Potts (The Book of Mormon, Jitney, The Iceman Cometh) Jack Wetherall (Queer as Folk, Skintight), Vince Nappo (Reign, TFANA's The Merchant of Venice), Kelley Curran (Sense and Sensibility, TFANA's The Winter's Tale) and Michael Raver (The Persians, Death Comes for The War Poets).
VIDEO: SKINTIGHT's Idina Menzel Talks the 'Relief' of Starring in a Straight Play
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 3, 2018
Earlier today, Broadway favorite Idina Menzel stopped by LIVE With Kelly and Ryan to chat about the play that brought her back to the NYC stage- Roundabout Theatre Company's world premiere of Joshua Harmon's Skintight. 'It's a straight play, so I'm not singing in it. It's such a relief to wake up and be like, 'Is [my voice] there?' When I'm in a musical I'm always so worried!'