Vote for Edith Wilson

The Midtown International Theatre Festival presents a story of great clairvoyance considering the events of this week. THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT by Keith Burridge, directed by Annie Taft; starring Bonnie Roe. Can a woman run the country? 100 years ago, long before Hillary, Woodrow Wilson’s wife concealed his stroke and took over as the first woman […]

A Great Night with Some Miserable People

A Bob Greene Rant Accessibility is not always a good thing. Yes, it creates myriad opportunities, but it also allows for great gems to be hidden under lumps of coal. Case in point, Robert Liebowitz. The off-off Broadway movement of the 5os through the 80s produced countless plays and playwrights. Some lucky enough to enter […]

SAVE THE ROBOTS… SAVE THE ROBOTS… SAVE THE ROBOTS … NOW! um… it’s a musical … and it’s at MITF

SAVE THE ROBOTS by Jacques Lamarre, Clark Render and Rob Susman, lyrics by Clark Render, music by Rob Susman and Hagatha, directed by David Rigano; starring Matthew Dyer, Kaila Galinat, Olivia Hoffman, Alexander Kass, Lindsay Lavin, and Sandra Lee. The Earth is being menaced by a government controlled by an evil corporation that may, or […]

More MITF Monsters

She’s not the Bride of Frankenstein Anymore by Elaine Alexander, directed by Amy Bennett; starring Anna Rand, Cesar Cova, Pierre Hawley, M.L. Josepher. A newly “single and loving it” Bride Of Frankenstein goes speed dating but soon discovers that the bar scene is a nightmare. Let’s hear it from the author… I find comedy in […]

It’s All Good

The Midtown International Theatre Festival presents The Good Life by Joe Hoover; directed by Tom Paolino; and produced by Joe Hoover & Tom Paolino as part of their Autumn Arts Series. Visit midtownfestival.org for more details. Joe Hoover’s dramedy took nearly 20 years to be produced. Written in 1999, this character study focuses on a fiery young woman […]

Men on the Brink: Kevin Hauver & TJ Jenkins

THREE BITES OF THE APPLE: A Rep of plays by Off-Off B’way leader, Robert Liebowitz October 19 – 30; Tuesday – Saturday @ 8:00 p.m.; Sundays @ 3:00 p.m. American Theatre of Actors, 314 W 54th St, New York City. Email JMAE.Events@gmail.com for tickets and additional information. Liebowitz’ plays each feature a man on the […]

Eddie Shields gives us a HOT August… Strindberg that is… with a new eroticly charged version: JULIE

Julie is a new work inspired by August Strindberg’s Miss Julie. The play takes place in a kitchen on a hot mid-summer night. Necessity knows no rules. Eddie Shields is a NYC/Boston based Actor/Director currently living in Brooklyn, with credits that include Playwrights Horizons, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Berkshire Theater Festival, Midtown International Theater Festival and many more theaters across the U.S. […]