This month Beyond Broadway explores two theatre companies in New Hampshire that provide theatre to their communities in unique ways. Richard Waterhouse and Doug Shapiro share their experiences working at Shaker Bridge Theatre and The Barnstormers, respectively. Shaker Bridge Theatre I was taken by the quaint and sleepy town of Enfield, located in New Hampshire,…
Happy 2017! I spent the last year in the theatre trenches producing, promoting, directing and even acting in festivals, community theatre and Off Off Broadway. I also saw a lot of shows. Some were single performances that were self-produced. Some were short runs produced by a theatre company. Some were even shows that do the…
What a way to kick off Year 3 of writing the Beyond Broadway column! This column has fed my theatrical soul and my artist community has grown and keeps growing. This all started because I believe in artists. Everyone has a voice. Each person has a vehicle to share their story, their message, their passion. The…
I have been having on the Fringe prowl and when you ask, you shall receive. Luke Tudball and Heather Bagnall are the power couple behind Tasty Monster Productions who are presenting their show, Space Pirate Puppy Musical, in the Orlando Fringe. The Orlando Fringe is “longest running Fringe Festival in the United States” celebrating 25 years this…
Jeanette and I met and bonded while we were working on Who’ll Save the Plowboy? that ran Off Broadway last season, she in the role of producer and I was doing publicity. Our discussions revolved around New York history, theatre and her web series, Ghost Light. I binge watched the first season and laughed….
I was recently introduced to a festival created here in NYC that I knew NOTHING about which is strange. I am not saying that I know all things theatre. I do, though, know about the arts festivals in my hometown. Sometimes art is so underground that we miss it before our very eyes. The Downtown…
I had a moment while walking down Frederick Street, chowing down on pommecythere chow (one of my favorite Trini snacks), towards the end of the parade. Carnival is the ultimate presentation of theatre. There’s costumes, moving sets, music, dancing, storytelling and an audience. Sure you might be asking yourself “there’s storytelling in Carnival?” Yes. The…
I have the awesome opportunity this month to vacation in Trinidad for a few weeks. I am looking forward to exploring the theatrical roots of my culture especially The Trinidad Theatre Workshop. This week I was thinking about theatres that I would like to visit and write about this year. So this month’s column is…
This past week I visited an old haunt for me up the river from us city folk. Ossining, NY is a lovely town on the Hudson River. I visit the town a few times a year when I support Rehabilitation for the Arts’ program at Sing Sing and when I shut myself off from the world…
Over the last couple of years, I have been working on a project called The Eternal Space. This project is unique to me as it is a play based on an actual New York City historical moment. In 1963, the beautiful Pennsylvania Station was demolished due to a lack of funding and did not go…