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Off-Broadway Review: SHIDA is Big and Brassy, Overly So
In 1984 the world was introduced to Whoopi Goldberg. She was starring on Broadway in a self-titled one-woman show at the Lyceum Theatre directed by the prolific Mike Nichols. On a simple, bare stage...
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Buffing It: “Bayside! The Musical!” Opens Its Doors
Twice monthly, The Andygram is delighted to feature content from our partner, The Clyde Fitch Report, covering the arts and politics.Overheard on the corner of First Avenue and St. Mark’s Place on a...
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The Right Come to Light? Ayn Rand’s "Anthem" Off-Broadway
Twice monthly, The Andygram is delighted to feature content from our partner, The Clyde Fitch Report, covering the arts and politics. Matthew Lieff Christan in Jeff Britting’s adaptation of Ayn Rand’s...
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Off-Broadway Review: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? Bacharach with a Backbeat
The new musical revue What’s it All About? Bacharach Reimagined at the New York Theatre Workshop celebrates the music of the iconic Burt Bacharach. Happily, this musical defies any preconceived notion...
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Off-Broadway Review: HANDLE WITH CARE Heavy on the Stereotypes
If the production of Handle with Care, a new play by Jason Odell Williams, is any measure, making fresh romantic comedies for the stage must be difficult. The production, an intimate affair in an...
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Off-Broadway Review: SHE IS KING - Quiet, Revealing and Powerful
She is King is a small show with big ideas. It delivers them quietly, in the soft voice of actress Laryssa Husiak who conceived, created, and performs in the title role as tennis legend Billie Jean...
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Off-Broadway Review: I COULD SAY MORE Doesn't Say Much
The unfortunate title of Chuck Blasius' new play, 'I Could Say More' leaves the audience only one reply: "Please, don't."If that opening line seems catty, it is purposefully so, and is inspired by...
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Off-Broadway Review: Caryl Churchill's LOVE AND INFORMATION an Assault Worth...
New York Theatre Workshop's newest production, Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, is an assault on the eyes, the ears, and the patience of the audience. It's an assault well worth enduring.Caryl...
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Off-Broadway Review: LONDON WALL Revival Features Humor, Affection, and the...
In Great Britain in 1931, there was no such thing as a glass ceiling. Women in the workforce weren't advised to "lean in" (as they now are by Cheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook) in order to have a...
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Off-Broadway Review: SINCE AFRICA a Polemic on African and American Culture
Mia McCullough’s Since Africa , performed by The Red Fern Theatre Company, utilizes a foreign perspective to offer new light on the nature of disconnecting and resolution in 21st century America. The...
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Off-Broadway Review: SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE: THE BROTHERS BOOTH is Magical and...
The immersive experience in theatre is unavoidable today and it’s easy to see its appeal. Immersion lends itself to the immediate and ethereal nature of live theatre which, thus far, is irreproducible...
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Off-Broadway Feature: In Step with THE MUSIC MAN
A new concert version of an American musical treasure, performed by an African-American cast, opens in Newark and Red Bank.Director and playwright Robert O’Hara thinks there’s something curious about...
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