The Amazin' Casey Stengel, or Can't Anybody Here Speak this Game? - 1981 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 11

I think this story talks to the broader immigrant experience. A lot of what many people are experiencing now is about identity. What is identity? And what does assimilation mean? Who are we assimilating for?

Dear Readers, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad production of “Ragtime” and the current production at Village Theatre is no exception. That’s not to say it’s bullet proof, I’m sure a bad production has existed somewhere out there, but as long as you understand the heart of the show and more importantly you have killer voices to fill out the roles, then you should be golden. But why would you do the show if you didn’t have those qualifications? And the Village production has both in spades.

Following a successful world premiere earlier this year, the theatre-hockey romance play Melt stages its encore at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Melt agonizes over missed opportunities and the question “What if?”

Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, is getting ready to open on Broadway! Ahead on opening night, September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, BroadwayWorld is very excited to bring you an exclusive scene from the play!

There's a reason Tanya Moberly won a 2025 MAC Award, and the proof is in the performance.

Estúpidos Cupidos opens October 2 at Teatro Comune in São Paulo, blending fantasy, romantic comedy and LGBTQIA+ romance with Brazilian pop hits from the 2000s, including songs associated with Rouge, Sandy & Junior, Wanessa and Kelly Key.

What did our critic think of MUSIKAL ABSURD at INDONESIA KAYA?

I spoke with Robin about how her own experience as a caregiver inspired her to write the play, how she handles both grief and humor in telling the story, and how she feels Caroline Aaron is the perfect person to portray Rachel, a free-spirited woman who learns a lot about herself when her “in sickness and in health” vow changes her life when her husband is diagnosed with a progressive, incurable disease and she’s thrust into the job she’s least suited for: self-sacrificing caregiver who must learn to live, love and lament a loved one slipping away.

On Saturday, September 26th, I had the pleasure of seeing another first-rate musical phenomenally performed at Center Stage Theatre in Shelton, CT, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, which is based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. This unfinished novel was made into a play in 1985 with book, music, and lyrics written by Rupert Holmes. Director Tom Simonetti combines his talents with music director Chrissy Dominguez and choreographer Matt Mancuso to help bring out the best in this first-rate cast that includes Tom Simonetti as Chairman William Cartwright, Dr. Shaun Rimkunas as John Jasper, Emma Kelly as Edwin Drood, Emily Pollack as Rosa Bud, Priscilla Squiers as Princess Puffer, JR Resto as Neville Landless, Liz Joblin as Helena Landless, Bob Hyland as Reverend Crisparkle, Katie Ciurleo as Bazzard, Michael Primorac as Durdles, Luca Moretti as Deputy, Melissa Blanco as Jemma Throttle, Jeanie D Tuzzio as Violet Balfour, Nicole Finlay as Miss Gwendolen Pynn, and Sydney Kishimoto as Isabelle and Wendy. This stellar cast has incredible stage chemistry with each other, each member individually having a strong stage presence and radiating positivity, truly enjoying the performance, as the audience does!

What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE at The Garden Theatre On Plant?

What did our critic think of TEDDY SWIMS UGLY YOUR at Grand Casino Arena?

Keith Huff's two-character drama about Chicago police partners confronting loyalty and moral consequences will run at TheatreFor in Clearwater, featuring the intimate storytelling that drew Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig to the 2009 Broadway production.

LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling.

Performers cover Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder in new clips from 54 Below's 70s tribute concert.

Broadway actor Jenn Collela invites fans to enter a charity sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for two to Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador to see COME FROM AWAY–You Are Here. The fundraiser benefits Pay it Forward 9/11.

Lakewood Playhouse will present the world premiere of THE DOCENT by Donna Kaz, a new play set in 1981 New York that follows an urban forestry expert and her transformative friendship during a pivotal moment in history.

Playwright Kenneth Keng's play-in-development LINE UP, about Filipino mothers volunteering for frontline combat in exchange for citizenship, will be developed during a month-long artistic residency at the cell theatre in Manhattan with an all-Filipino cast.

Kitty Felde's staged reading of ALICE examines the life of Alice Roosevelt Longworth through her own recollections and those of her father Theodore Roosevelt's ghost, set during Tricia Nixon's wedding.

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame hosts its second annual music documentary film festival featuring 43 films, live performances, and Q&A discussions with filmmakers and industry professionals.

MadLab will present the world premiere of Greg Vovos' REWRITE, a play about a writer grappling with personal tragedy through a new theatrical work that defies his creative control.

Octavia Chavez-Richmond's Chicanofuturist musical CREATION STORY will have its world premiere at Teatro Círculo, directed by Rebecca Martinez. The production blends myth, migration, and environmental collapse with rancheras and desert-western sounds.

Emerson Theater Collaborative marks its 10th anniversary with A.R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS, a Pulitzer Prize finalist starring Robert Fleet and Tricia Greer, directed by Camilla Ross.

A hilarious comedy with a supernatural twist! TV star Andrew Rally has come to NYC to play Hamlet in Central Park. He moves into an apartment once inhabited — and now haunted — by the legendary actor John Barrymore…

Bill Pay The Musical, Ramp’s one-night-only musical comedy about the drama of paying bills, took to the stage at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre starring Billy Porter, Billy Zane and Jessica Vosk. Check out the photos!

What did our critic think of MÁM at National Arts Centre?