Mid-South Youth Tackle Shakespeare
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 4, 2019
Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with Theatre Education super sponsor AutoZone/Artszone, present an original adaptation to William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
BWW REVIEW: SELF-YELP Wittily Probes the Absurdity of the Popular Crowd-Sourced Review Site at the 2017 Midtown International Theater Festival
by Victoria Ordin
- Aug 28, 2017
Like it or hate it, Yelp is an undeniable force in American culture. Like Google, it's become a verb, as in, 'I Yelped the restaurant that gave my reservation away!,' or 'I'm going to Yelp the mechanic who installed brakes instead of a timing belt!'Yelp reviews can go viral, as with the recent post by a Kyle O. from Texas about Berghain, an exclusive Berlin nightclub that is actually a gay sex mecca. They can even cost a Yale professor a deanship, as with June Y. Chu, whose elitist, mean-spirited reviews of multiple New Haven businesses added yet more fuel to the flame of anti-Yale sentiment nationwide.
SELF-YELP, then, a two-woman short play by Helene Ellford and Emily Thomas featured both at the Midtown International Theater Festival and the Strawberry One-Act Festival, could not be more timely. The five vignettes are drawn from Yelp reviews in New York City, and while the thread tying these reviews together is tenuous, the writing is consistently funny. The small audience (under ten people) laughed through most of the 30 minute piece.
SELF YELP, Inspired by Real Yelp Reviews, Set for Two NYC Festivals This Summer
by BWW
News Desk
- Jul 14, 2017
Inspired by real Yelp reviews and the people who write them, Self Yelp is a character-based show starring and written by Helene Ellford & Emily Thomas which will have eight performances July 14 - August 1 this summer as a part of both the Midtown International Theatre Festival and the Strawberry One Act Festival.
2017 STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL Ripens in NYC
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 13, 2017
The Riant Theatre - the Audelco Award-winning nonprofit providing a nurturing developmental environment for playwrights and theatre creators of diverse cultural backgrounds - presents THE STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL. A celebration of cultural diversity, THE STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL will be presented at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, NYC) beginning today, July 13th. The festival will continue through Sunday, July 30th, 2017.
MITF 2017: The Oldest Continuing Theatre Festival in NYC Returns This Summer
by BWW
News Desk
- Jul 12, 2017
This is an auspicious year for John Chatterton and the Midtown International Theatre Festival. MITF is now the OLDEST CONTINUING THEATRE FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK! John Chatterton has set the gold standard for presenting new and exciting independent theatrical works in NYC. This year's special festival brings more than 100 productions to Manhattan - as well as an astounding number of international works. The 18th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival once again proves itself to be one of the best reasons to stay in New York in July!
SELF YELP, Inspired by Real Yelp Reviews, Set for Two NYC Festivals This Summer
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 20, 2017
Inspired by real Yelp reviews and the people who write them, Self Yelp is a character-based show starring and written by Helene Ellford & Emily Thomas which will have eight performances July 14 - August 1 this summer as a part of both the Midtown International Theatre Festival and the Strawberry One Act Festival.
MITF 2017: The Oldest Continuing Theatre Festival in NYC Returns This Summer
by Julie Musbach
- Jun 3, 2017
This is an auspicious year for John Chatterton and the Midtown International Theatre Festival. MITF is now the OLDEST CONTINUING THEATRE FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK! John Chatterton has set the gold standard for presenting new and exciting independent theatrical works in NYC. This year's special festival brings more than 100 productions to Manhattan - as well as an astounding number of international works. The 18th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival once again proves itself to be one of the best reasons to stay in New York in July!
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