Ameenah Kaplan visited Sesame Street, where she got to meet a fellow drummer !...
THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH by Mark St. Germain Wins a Berkie
The seventh annual Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Awards, known as the Berkies took place this week, where a total of 27 awards in 22 categories were presented for shows that were produced between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023 at theaters in and around the Berkshires. The Sally and Robert Sugarman Award for...
The Fled Collective PRESENTS Step Kids: A Developmental Workshop
NEW YORK CITY, October 3, 2023 — The Fled Collective will present its second developmental workshop of its 2023 Season this month. Step Kids is written by Tyrone L Robinson with additional music by Postell Pringle and directed by Raz Golden. Tickets are available for performances on October 26th, 27th and 28th at 7:00...
A playwright, Psalmayene 24, takes down a problematic memorial, with comedy
In Mosaic Theater’s ‘Monumental Travesties,’ playwright Psalmayene 24 critiques D.C.’s controversial Emancipation Memorial By Celia Wren for The Washington Post The new play “Monumental Travesties” is a comedy, but the perception that sparked it was no laughing matter. “The seeds of it started with my disdain for the monument,” says playwright Psalmayene 24, speaking...
A winning new opera grows in Brooklyn Commons
By George Grella for New York Classical Review The grandiosity of opera culture—the stars, the spectacle, the stage machinery—often obscures the form itself, which depends on the fine details of things like harmony, dynamics, and individual performances to succeed. The great value in small opera companies like On Site Opera is in their smaller...