BACK TO HOSPITAL 2009
Axis Company's annual serial about a man in a coma trying to sort out his life and situation is now at the three-quarter mark. Episode 3, which has just been reviewed by Martin Denton, is pretty remarkable. In the photo (by Dixie Sheridan) is a scene from Hospital 2009, featuring: Regina Betancourt, Brian Sloan, Matt McGrory, Spencer Aste, and Blake DeLong.
NEW ON NYTHEATRECAST: The title of this week's episode of our podcast series is "Two Festivals in One Month." The very ambitious and energetic Lucile Scott and Scout Durwood talk about their upcoming shows in the Fresh Fruit Festival and Midtown International Theatre Festival. Listen here...and learn more here.
THERESE RAQUIN
Potomac Theatre Project is currently presenting Neal Bell's dramatization of Emile Zola's famous novel at Atlantic Stage 2. Read commentary by our reviewer Shelley Molad.
WE WON!
nytheatre.com is one of three winners of the Show Your Impact Competition sponsored by Microsoft and Techsoup. According to the official press release, "Through their Web site nytheatre.com, The New York Theatre Experience leverages Microsoft products to more effectively highlight, nurture, promote, and advance the work of thousands of indie/nonprofit theatre practitioners making groundbreaking and foundational art in New York City." Read more in editor Martin Denton's blog.
NYTHEATRE.COM IS ON YOUR IPHONE
Today we proudly announce the release of nytheatrenow.com, a website specially designed for the iPhone that answers the question What's playing in NYC theatres today? Learn more about it here. And read the nytheatre i for the back story and also for news about nytheatre NOW on our standard website.
NYTHEATRE VOICES
Meet the three women who comprise KNF, an indie theater production company whose current show is Kate Marks's play Bird House. Read our cyberinterview.
JULY FESTIVALS!
No fewer than five theatre festivals kick off this week. Our preview of the Fresh Fruit Festival is here, and we've just made a podcast about the undergroundzero festival which you can download here. Check soon for reviews of undergroundzero shows, too!
LOOKING AHEAD
The fall season on Broadway is starting to take shape. We're expecting two plays by David Mamet, revivals of The Royal Family and Bye Bye Birdie, a new play by August: Osage County's Tracy Letts, and a pair of Neil Simon autobiographical comedies. And coming early in September will be Jude Law as Hamlet, direct from his smash hit London engagement. Scope out the entire fall on Broadway here.
NEW FACES ON BROADWAY
This week a number of long-running shows welcome newcomers to their casts, including Chicago (Samantha Harris of Dancing with the Stars will play Roxie Hart), Avenue Q, and Billy Elliot.
