Category Archives: Off-Broadway

‘Butler’ Gives New Look at a Civil War Incident

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Karen Nowosad

A play set during the early days of the Civil War opened last week at New York City’s 59E59 Theaters. Butler, by playwright Richard Strand, celebrated its Off-Broadway Opening Night to a full house of enthusiastic theatergoers. The show is … Continue reading →

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‘Friend Art’ Looks at Friendship and Life

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Karen Nowosad

A play titled Friend Art finishes its run tomorrow at the 2econd Stage Theatre Uptown. Written by Sofia Alvarez and directed by Portia Krieger, it is a good play which is on the surface light-hearted but underneath it has some … Continue reading →

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‘Awake and Sing’ at The Public Theater

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Karen Nowosad

Now playing at New York’s Public Theater, “Awake and Sing” is considered to be the finest of Clifford Odets’ plays. It premiered on Broadway in 1935. This revival is being performed by The National Asian American Theatre Company under the … Continue reading →

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