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THE DEAD ARE ALIVE AND ROCKING THE SEVENTH WARD: ‘ONE NIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD’BRINGS SOUL, JAZZ, AND THE DEVIL HERSELFTO AMT THEATER THIS AUGUST

NEW YORK, NY — This August, New York City theatergoers are invited to slip past the velvet rope, head deep into the back of an old New Orleans funeral home, and enter a clandestine underworld where history’s greatest musical legends never stopped playing.Making its highly anticipated run at the AMT Theater (354 W 45th St) as part ofContinue reading “THE DEAD ARE ALIVE AND ROCKING THE SEVENTH WARD: ‘ONE NIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD’BRINGS SOUL, JAZZ, AND THE DEVIL HERSELFTO AMT THEATER THIS AUGUST”

COUNTS and COWBOYS and BEES (oh my!) A RIOTOUSLY FUNNY DRACULA REIMAGINING IS COMING TO BROOKLYN’S REVOLUTIONARY LIVE VENUE, THE RAT

BROOKLYN, NY — Forget everything you think you know about the brooding, gothic Count. This summer, sinking your teeth into classic horror gets a whole lot funnier.For one twilight session only, theater lovers, comedy nerds, and genre fans are invited to an exclusive, high-energy staged reading of a hilarious new adaptation of Dracula. This wild, fast-paced theatricalContinue reading “COUNTS and COWBOYS and BEES (oh my!) A RIOTOUSLY FUNNY DRACULA REIMAGINING IS COMING TO BROOKLYN’S REVOLUTIONARY LIVE VENUE, THE RAT”

FROM AN ISOLATED WORKSHOP TO AN OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT: The Extraordinary, Spiritually Guided Rise of ‘MY GHOSTS’

NEW YORK — There is an undeniable sense of cosmic inevitability surrounding “MY GHOSTS,” the spellbinding new gothic musical written by the husband-and-wife creative duo David and Erica Elsa Laros. In the theatrical world, the journey from page to a major New York stage is notoriously grueling, often taking a decade of stalled momentum. YetContinue reading “FROM AN ISOLATED WORKSHOP TO AN OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT: The Extraordinary, Spiritually Guided Rise of ‘MY GHOSTS’”

Stakes, Steaks, and Sausages: Dracula Gets a Rom-Com Glow-Up!

Move over, moody monsters! This season, Transylvania’s most famous resident is trading the gloom for the giggle. A “ridiculous” reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic to the stage for a one-night-only benefit reading that promises to be more Monty Python than Nosferatu. Written by Pete McElligott and directed by Michael James Duran, this version of DraculaContinue reading “Stakes, Steaks, and Sausages: Dracula Gets a Rom-Com Glow-Up!”