Happy New Year, Friends! I spent some time in upstate New York over the holidays and love the vibe. I joked that my travel resolution is going to be an expensive one but I am really serious about it. The arts scene is different just a few hours outside of New York City. It isn’t…
Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! I have lots to be grateful for including you. Thank you for the challenge of delving deeper into the world that I love. I have learned so much about theatre beyond Broadway that my resolution list is going to be expensive. That’s exciting! From Edinburgh to Malaysia to Russia to…
Hi Friends, I remember the first time I had Swedish cuisine. It was at this delightful Swedish restaurant in Chinatown. As is most wondrous things in New York City, it is no longer in existence. However, I remember enjoying my shrimp and Swedish meatballs as I thought about Miss Julie and Strindberg. At the time,…
Hello Friends, My colleague and dear friend, Derek Straat, spent 5 years in Asia teaching English. We spent three years at the Actors Studio Drama School, he on the acting track and me on the directing track. Our thesis was John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, a heady piece with gorgeous language and meaty characters. So…
Happy Fall, Friends! This month we travel east of Edinburgh to Moscow. My friend, Nicole Kontolefa, is performing her one woman show, I Am Me, in two languages – English and Russian. It’s a site unspecific one woman show that she developed in Russia. Nicole Kontolefa was born and raised in NYC and is a graduate…
Hello Friends, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is situated in the capital city of Edinburgh in Scotland. For us theatre folk, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the theatre festival version of Broadway. It’s the mother of all festivals. It’s like Oz – a real life fairy land. Most artists want it to be a part of their…
Hi Friends, Every year I give myself a few very tough challenges. That’s code for New Year’s Resolution. Each year, I manage to achieve them. Mostly because I push myself very hard to achieve them but because I truly to enjoy hitting the goal. For the 2013-2014 theatre season, I decided that I was going…
Hello from Beyond Broadway! My name is Malini Singh McDonald, and I’ll be joining Amy King Ruggaber in the Beyond Broadway Column here at The Write Teacher(s). I am a native New Yorker who has been involved in the arts for my entire life. A passionate and experienced artist and producer, I have twenty years of practical experience in…