All For One Theater (AFO), the company that last produced My Name is Gideon, continues its legacy of producing acclaimed solo works with its upcoming production of Aaron Mark’s SQUEAMISH starring two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden, First Daughter Suite). SQUEAMISH begins performances at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd…
THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS, a new musical by Dorothy Marcic, is set to begin Off-Broadway performances Saturday, October 7th. Opening Night will be October 27th at St. Luke’s Theatre in the heart of the Theatre District. Under the direction of Tamara Kangas Erickson, THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS will star Traci Bair (Cirque Dreams,…
Kailey Marshall is a force. She’s a force of light, a force of strength, a force of energy and creativity and truth and beauty that you’ll be seeing on stages and hearing on your various devices for the foreseeable future. I’m so happy Kailey has agreed to participate in our Q&A Series, and I’m looking…
When the curtains goes up on Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, the audience cannot help but to break into applause for David Zinn’s set design. It is the London studio of our main character, Gary Essendine, and it sets up his character for us brilliantly. It is beautiful, charming and larger than life, filled with books…
Imagine your mother throws you out of a moving car to save you from, well, the cab that you’re riding in, because the cab driver wants to hurt you both. Imagine not having indoor plumbing. Imagine having a white father and a black mother, and that the simple act of love that brought you into…
Casting has been announced for the upcoming concert presentation of Joyce Jackson’s Guide to Dating, which will take place March 14 at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The show will feature a cast of Broadway veterans that includes (in alphabetical order) Jake Boyd (Wicked, NBC’s The Sound of Music), Jackie Burns (If/Then, Hair, Wicked), Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Kinky…
Eamonn trained at the Royal Academy of Music and has worked as a musician in theatres all over the world. As a composer he has written original music for Stones in his Pockets (Dukes Theatre Lancaster); Five Children & It (Tristan Bates); Portia Coughlan (Old Red Lion); Around the World in Eighty Days & The…
Hello Beautiful People, Daniel Sack holds a joint appointment in the Commonwealth Honors College and the English Department at UMass. He received his BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Brandeis University and MA/PhD from Stanford University’s Drama Department. Before coming to UMass, he was on the faculty in the School of…
Hello Beautiful People, Mark Edward Lang is an actor, director, teacher, and designer – he’s the epitome of a mover and shaker in show biz! His favorite roles include Captain Robert Scott (lead) in Terra Nova and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest (Hilton Head Playhouse, SC), The Actor (lead, dual role) in The…
“The creative process isn’t easy . . . It’s more like a wobbly, drunken journey down a very steep and scary hill, not knowing if there’s a sheer cliff at the end of it all. But it’s worth the journey, I promise.” (p. 143) When I saw that Felicia Day was coming out with a…