Theater

MNOUCHKINE PRESENTS MINUTIAE OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN “LES EPHEMERES”

July 6 (Bloomberg) — The 12 intimate stories comprising “Les Ephemeres” include one by the epic drama’s celebrated French director Ariane Mnouchkine. Which story, she’s not divulging — she prefers injecting a bit of mystery into the show.
“Les Ephemeres” begins a two-week run tomorrow night at New York’s Park Avenue Armory as part of the Lincoln Center [...]

The Trouble With Harry

Gay playwright Jon Marans tackles the Mattachine Society — with the help of Ugly Betty star Michael Urie — in his new play, The Temperamentals.

An Advocate.com exclusive posted May 1, 2009

Before Stonewall and Harvey Milk there was Harry Hay. Pulitzer-nominated gay playwright Jon Marans resurrects this fascinating figure and his daring cohorts in The Temperamentals, which opens May 4 at the [...]

Bernstein’s Masterpiece Snaps Back to Broadway

Broadway revival of West Side Story: worth the wait
March 20 2009   

The Broadway revival of West Side Story that just opened at the Palace Theatre was supposed to arrive for the show’s 50th anniversary at the end of 2007, but didn’t quite make it on time. Yet it’s worth the wait. Arthur Laurents, who wrote the original book, [...]