http://outerstage.com Reviewing everything artistic, one step at a time. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:48:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [The Bronx Opera presented the New York staged premiere of Weber & Mahler's Die Drei Pintos. As is tradition at the oldest opera company of its kind... the production was double cast. here is the first review by Lenny Stough. A second review of the other cast is forthcoming.] Every ... http://outerstage.com/2010/01/one-great-opera-two-casts-drei-pintos/ At the dawn of this millennium a group of ambitious actors got together and started a theater company. This might not sound interesting but if you consider that this company just celebrated its 10th anniversary by opening its third location and pushes the Shakespearean envelope, play after play, then maybe ... http://outerstage.com/2009/11/genesis-opened-in-1999-with-a-play-from-1599-by-maxi-mohr/ New York International Fringe Festival 2009 Reviewed by Christian Graysen Unless you’ve been living in outer space for the last few years, you know that every industry that had a “boom” is now going “bust.” For further evidence, there’s Genesis Repertory’s production of The Check Is In The Mail for the 13th ... http://outerstage.com/2009/08/mad-men-it%e2%80%99s-business-as-usual-in-robert-liebowitz%e2%80%99-the-check-is-in-the-mail/ Reviewed by Rich Grey The expression “history is written by the winners” can be interpreted for theater productions as “works that are affordable are remembered.” Encores got a hold on countless musicals teetering on the brink of obscurity and gave them life, now the Readers’ Ensemble Company does the same for ... http://outerstage.com/2009/07/reviving-by-reading-the-madowman-of-chaillot-readers-ensemble-company-summer-festival-2009/ The REC throws the book at the Recession! New company inaugurates with a reading series tackling today’s largest worry. The Reader’s Ensemble Company presents four staged readings at The University of the Streets 130 East 7th Street New York City $8 All Seats (check the website for discounts) www.readersensemblecompany.org for reservation or further information. Monday, July 20 at ... http://outerstage.com/2009/07/today%e2%80%99s-biggest-worry-tackled-by-new-company/ From Tippy Tap Shoes to Bay Ridge Ballerinas J’s New Dance Center gives the neighborhood an extravaganza. Review By Lenny Stough For as long as there was – well – anything, there was art and artists. Maybe it was a cave painting to document a hunt, maybe it was ornate uniforms to strike ... http://outerstage.com/2009/06/from-tippy-tap-shoes-to-bay-ridge-ballerinas-j%e2%80%99s-new-dance-center-gives-the-neighborhood-an-extravaganza/ On a recent visit to Scranton – I have family there – I stopped in, once again, to see Dave and his store, Comics on the Green. Nestled on the sunny side of North Washington Street, Comics on the Green is a good old-fashioned comic book store – if comic ... http://outerstage.com/2009/06/comixculture-review-comics-on-the-green-scranton-pa/ Brooklyn-based Power/Prog Metal band Zandelle recently signed a new recording contract with Germany's Pure Steel Records and has released their latest album - "Flames of Rage" Zandelle features singer/frontman George Tsalikis who is also well known on the local theater community with starring roles in Jekyll & Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, and ... http://outerstage.com/2009/06/rockin-bay-ridge-with-zandelle/ I want to first state that seeing ambitious and expansive productions of music in my own neighborhood is a wonderful thing. Being able to stroll to the theater on a nice summer evening to find myself in an old and well-kept church with a great amount of history, buzzing ... http://outerstage.com/2009/06/any-dream-will-do-at-christ%e2%80%99s-church-bay-ridge/ Academics and musical theatre mavens talk of the evolution of the American musical. Well, there was similar progress bestowed upon the American musical revue. Today, the revue is a small ensemble-driven analysis of the works of a great composer. Examples are Some Enchanted Evening (Rodgers & Hammerstein), Smokey Joe’s Café ... http://outerstage.com/2009/06/review-any-dream-will-do-brooklyn-assoc-for-the-performing-arts/