It seemed, for a moment, that this week’s Disney on Broadway concert would not go on. A compensation dispute threatened the fundraiser for struggling entertainment…
Hasidic Williamsburg Has Been Making Grim Headlines; Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Aims to Trade Sensationalism For Authenticity
“You can really get into the weeds,” said Alexa Karolinski, the co-creator and co-writer of Netflix’s new mini-series Unorthodox. “Like, should she wear something on…
To Close or Not to Close? That Is the Question For NYC Cultural Venues
It’s hard to imagine our arts venues emptying out, operating at half mast, or going dark completely, even in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
‘Drag Race’ Alum BenDeLaCreme Wraps a Complex Show in Glitz and Goofiness
“I have a passion for accessibility,” BenDeLaCreme begins, between bites of chips in a NoHo green room. “And I am simultaneously driven crazy by our…
Claywoman, An Ancient Alien With a Cult Following, Talked Impeachment With Some Celebrity Friends
Claywoman is withered and weathered, like something literally molded from clay and, by degrees, dried out. She’s the 500-million-year-old extra-terrestrial performance persona of the actor…
A Brooklyn Performance Collective Gets a Doc Worthy of Its Gender-Bending Exuberance
Switch N’ Play puts a high premium on joy, so it isn’t surprising that A Night At Switch N’ Play—the slice-of-performance-life documentary about the group,…
Allie X On Subverting Trends and Keeping Her Infectious Electro-Pop Fresh
It was late on Monday when Allie X called me from a hotel room in Hawaii. She was packing; I could hear the zippers going,…
Immerse Yourself in a Bizarre, Interactive ‘Explosion of Dolls’ in a Chelsea Townhouse
There are few things so eerie as forsaken dolls; then there’s what’s going on at The Cell’s converted townhouse theater in Chelsea. “FOUND” is the…
A Comedy Show Where the Stand-Ups Strip Down
“We let our comics have complete authority,” Alysia Hush emphasized over the phone. “If they want to get onstage and take off one shoe, that’s…
Watch Bowery Slam Poets ‘Going to War’ in ‘Don’t Be Nice’ Doc
“When an octopus gets too stressed out, it eats itself,” begins poet Ashley August in Don’t Be Nice, the feature documentary debut from filmmaker Max…