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SPECIAL EPISODE: 2025 Tony and Pulitzer Picks w/ Brittani Samuel and Joe Weinberg29 Apr 202501:53:04

You can catch Brittani's theater criticism all over the Internet, including at www.broadwaynews.com and www.3viewstheater.com.

You can catch Joe's theater criticism all over social media, especially at @overthinkingtheatre2 on TikTok.

You can catch Dan's theater criticism by visiting Slant Magazine and Theatermania

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The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Mona Pirnot — I'M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN28 Apr 202501:00:24

I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan runs off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater's Stage 2 through April 30th. To learn more, visit www.atlantictheater.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Emil Weinstein — BECOMING EVE23 Apr 202500:46:36

Becoming Eve, a New York Theater Workshop production, runs at the Abrons Arts Center through April 27th. To learn more, visit www.nytw.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Leegrid Stevens — THE TROJANS21 Apr 202500:39:09

The Trojans runs at the cell through April 26th. To learn more, visit thecelltheatre.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Ken Urban — Danger and Opportunity18 Apr 202500:41:38

Danger and Opportunity is currently running at The East Village Basement through April 25th. For more information, please visit www.dangerandopportunity.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Caragh Donley — HE SAID, SHE SAYS17 Apr 202500:38:39

He Said, She Says runs at wild project, a NYC Fringe production, through April 19th. Please visit www.frigid.nyc for more information.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Adil Mansoor — AMM(I)GONE09 Apr 202500:44:46

amm(i)gone plays at the Flea Theater through April 14th. For more information, please visit www.playco.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Chisa Hutchinson — AMERIKIN02 Apr 202500:45:40

Amerikin runs at 59E59 Theater A through April 13th. For more information about this Primary Stages production, please visit www.59e59.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Hue Park & Will Aronson — MAYBE HAPPY ENDING28 Mar 202501:21:29

Maybe Happy Ending is currently running on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. For more information, please visit www.maybehappyending.com. The album is now out through Ghostlight Records with a CD (May 16th) and vinyl (June 13th) forthcoming.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Eliya Smith — DEADCLASS, OHIO21 Mar 202500:36:26

Deadclass, Ohio runs at The Tank until March 23rd. For more information, visit www.thetanknyc.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Bess Wohl — LIBERATION21 Mar 202500:54:14

Liberation runs off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre through April 6th. For more information, visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Samuel D. Hunter — GRANGEVILLE13 Mar 202500:34:49

Grangeville is running off-Broadway at Signature Theatre through March 23rd. For more information, visit www.signaturetheatre.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Rajiv Joseph – DAKAR 200004 Mar 202500:38:26

Dakar 2000 runs off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I through March 23rd. For more information, please visit www.manhattantheatreclub.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Sam Kissajukian — 300 PAINTINGS25 Feb 202500:37:50

300 Paintings is running at the Vineyard Theatre through February 23. For more information, please visit www.vineyardtheatre.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann — URINETOWN10 Feb 202501:15:41

Urinetown runs at New York City Center through February 16th. For more information, visit www.nycitycenter.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Andrea Thome — CYMBELINE03 Feb 202500:52:33

Cymbeline is running off-Broadway at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater through February 15. To learn more, visit www.naatco.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Khawla Ibraheem — A KNOCK ON THE ROOF29 Jan 202500:38:01

A Knock On The Roof runs at New York Theater Workshop through February 16th. It is presented by the Under the Radar Festival. For more information, please visit www.nytw.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Gwendolyn Warnock & Kirjan Waage — DEAD AS A DODO29 Jan 202500:34:25

Dead As A Dodo runs at the Baruch Performing Arts Center through February 9th. Dead As A Dodo is presented with the Under the Radar Festival. For more information, please visit https://bpac.baruch.cuny.edu.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Sol Ruiz – POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION29 Jan 202500:29:42

Positive Vibration Nation ran at the HERE Arts Center as a production of the Prototype Festival in January 2025.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Jonathan Spector — EUREKA DAY14 Jan 202500:49:55

Eureka Day is running on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through February 16th. Visit www.manhattantheatreclub.org for more information.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Robert O'Hara — SHIT. MEET. FAN.13 Dec 202400:34:09

Shit. Meet. Fan. is running at MCC Theater through December 15th. To learn more, visit www.mcctheater.org. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Manuel Oliver — GUAC29 Oct 202400:35:54

Guac is playing at the Public Theater through November 3rd. For more information, please visit www.publictheater.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Douglas Lyons — TABLE 1704 Oct 202400:28:46

Table 17 played at MCC through September 29th. For more information, please visit www.mcctheater.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Chisa Hutchinson — REDEEMED02 Oct 202400:52:21

Redeemed plays at 59E59's Theater B through October 5th. For more information, visit www.59e59.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Todd Almond — I'M ALMOST HERE02 Oct 202400:40:53

I'm Almost Here runs at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre through October 5th. For more information, visit www.imalmosttheremusical.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Matthew Freeman — THE ASK27 Sep 202400:39:48

The Ask is running at The Wild Project through September 28th. For more information, please visit www.thewildproject.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Basil Twist — DOGUGAESHI13 Sep 202400:46:45

Dogugaeshi plays at the Japan Society through September 19th. For more information, visit www.japansociety.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

S. Shakthidharan — COUNTING AND CRACKING12 Sep 202400:57:51

Counting and Cracking, a co-production of The Public Theater and NYU Skirball runs at NYU Skirball through September 22nd. You can learn more information at www.nyuskirball.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Neil Berg — THE SABBATH GIRL28 Aug 202400:41:10

The Sabbath Girl  is running at 59E59 through September 1st. For more information, please visit www.59e59.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Phillip Howze — SIX CHARACTERS22 Aug 202400:54:53

Six Characters is currently running at the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center through August 25th. Find out more information at www.lct.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Mario Correa — N/A & Catherine Gropper — THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER13 Aug 202400:56:32

N/A runs at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater through September 1st. Find out more at www.natheplay.com.

The Meeting: The Interpreter runs at the Theater at St. Clements through August 25th. Find out more at www.meetinginterpreterplay.com

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri — THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/LA COMEDIA DE ERRORES22 Jun 202400:58:19

Find out more about this Mobile Unit production of The Comedy of Errors/La Comedia de Errors at www.publictheater.org. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak — THE LONELY FEW03 Jun 202400:54:44

The Lonely Few runs off-Broadway at MCC through June 9th. For more information, visit mcctheater.org. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

José Rivera — THE HOURS ARE FEMININE27 May 202400:53:35

The Hours Are Feminine runs off-Broadway at INTAR through June 9th. Find out more information at www.intartheatre.org. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Laura Winters — ALL OF ME20 May 202400:49:23

All Of Me runs off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Theater, a production of The New Group, through June 16th. For more information, visit www.thenewgroup.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich — HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES13 May 202400:54:42

Here There Are Blueberries runs off-Broadway at New York Theater Workshop through June 16th. For more information, visit www.nytw.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Peregrine Teng Heard – REDEMPTION STORY13 May 202400:40:45

Redemption Story, a production of The Associates Theater Ensemble, runs Off-Broadway at the the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres through May 19. For more information, visit www.theassociatestheater.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Oliver Richman — THE FAKE HUSBAND: A MUSICAL COMEDY11 May 202400:31:28

The Fake Husband: A Musical Comedy, a production of Soft Brain Theatre Company, runs at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater through May 19th. For more information, visit www.softbraintheatrecompany.com. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Angelica Chéri — GUN AND POWDER26 Apr 202400:40:53

Gun and Powder is running at the Paper Mill Playhouse through May 5th. Find out more at www.papermill.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Kia Corthron — FISH21 Apr 202400:39:19

Fish ran at Theater Row, a co-production of Keen Company and the Working Theater, through April 20th. Learn more about Fish at www.keencompany.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

JT Rogers — CORRUPTION13 Apr 202400:44:44

Corruption runs at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse Theater Off-Broadway until April 14. Find out more at www.lct.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Liza Birkenmeier — GRIEF HOTEL06 Apr 202400:51:15

Grief Hotel is a production of Clubbed Thumb in partnership with New Georges. Clubbed Thumb is in residence at the Public Theater where the play runs through April 27th. Find out more at www.publictheater.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

John Patrick Shanley — DOUBT and BROOKLYN LAUNDRY23 Mar 202400:52:42

Doubt runs at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway until April 21st. Find out more at www.roundabouttheatre.org.

Brooklyn Laundry runs off-Broadway at City Center Stage I until April 14th. Find out more at www.manhattantheatreclub.com. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Adam Guettel — DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES16 Mar 202401:04:11

Days of Wine and Roses runs on Broadway at Studio 54 through March 31st. Find out more at www.daysofwineandrosesbroadway.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Mona Pirnot — I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE02 Mar 202400:44:34

Tickets for I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE, running at New York Theater Workshop through March 9th, are available at www.nytw.org.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Rachel Bonds — JONAH27 Feb 202400:42:32

Jonah is running off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre through March 10th. Find tickets at www.roundabouttheatre.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Shayok Misha Chowdhury — PUBLIC OBSCENITIES21 Feb 202400:59:25

Public Obscenities runs at Theater for A New Audience through February 25th. Find tickets at www.tfana.org. 

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Rebekah Greer Melocik & Jacob Yandura — HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO02 Feb 202400:57:53

How to Dance In Ohio runs at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway through February 11th. Find tickets at www.howtodanceinohiomusical.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Sophie Swithinbank — BACON26 Jan 202400:38:01

Bacon is running at the Soho Playhouse as part of the International Fringe Encore Play Series through January 28th. Find out more at www.sohoplayhouse.com.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Heather Christian — TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY19 Jan 202400:59:28

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

Terce: A Practical Breviary is running at the Prototype Festival through February 4th at The Space at Irondale. Terce: A Practical Breviary is a production by HERE. Find out more at www.prototypefestival.org.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

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