What happens to jazz musicians after the final note? In One Night at the Blackbird, Maria Messias Mendes and Thomas Mullen imagine an afterlife where the music keeps playing inside a New Orleans funeral parlor.
The attacks of September 11, 2001, changed American life in lasting ways. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and the aftermath reshaped politics, foreign policy, air travel, domestic surveillance, and the nation’s sense of security.
In The Amazing Sex Life of Rabbits, the playwright and director, Michael Shaw Fisher, presents an amusing twist on class warfare.
Urban Stages, under the direction of Frances Hill, works to discover new artists and their works. They also have an outreach program that presents free plays and workshops throughout the five boroughs. The presentation, Dynamic Duos – Double Bill, showcases two plays that were selected from over 300 submissions. The comedy, The Audit, and the drama, The American Dream, are very different works that highlight the power and talents of new and upcoming writers and actors.
We got to see Home this past weekend, a much anticipated play written by the late Samm-Art Williams and directed by Kenny Leon.
The beloved Museum of Broadway debuted their summer exhibit this week: Moulin Rouge! The Musical: Spectacular, Spectacular. We got to sneak an advance preview and celebrate the launch with some of the current and original Broadway cast.