“The plum role of Sir John Falstaff, one of the greatest comic parts in all Shakespeare, goes to Jay O. Sanders, who had us rolling in the aisles in Purlie Victorious. Elijah Jones will play Prince Hal, having recently starred in…
Theatre for a New Audience has announced casting for Eric Tucker’s revival of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, using the three-act adaptation by Dakin Matthews. Read more from TheaterMania here.
Henry IV will open at Theatre for a New Audience this month, with performances running January 26 – March 2 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Read more from BroadwayWorld here.
“Ethan Lipton’s outstanding new concert play…sly, smart as heck, and somehow both extremely tender and laugh-out-loud funny…charming tunes and clever lyrics…a rare and humane gem.” – Sara Holdren Read more from New York Magazine/Vulture here.
“Ethan Lipton’s compact, tuneful jewel of a play seems charmingly analog: No algorithms are whirring in the background, and the show is essentially a live concept album interspersed with patter, as Lipton and his three bandmates—yes, they’re really a band—jam…
“The hepcat stylings of Ethan Lipton and his jazz combo give Lipton’s meticulously funny, often wise We Are Your Robots (a co-production of Theatre for a New Audience and Rattlestick Theatre, directed by Leigh Silverman) a delightful throwback air.” – Helen Shaw…
“We Are Your Robots is delightful, and also a perceptive look at humanity—our foibles, but also, our capacity to grow. As Lipton says in the show, lightly, ‘Screwing up is how you become a better human.’” Read more from Playbill here.
“We Are Your Robots at Theatre for a New Audience (in a co-production with Rattlestick Theater) and Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway—forward a history of robot representation on stage and, in a time of anxiety around artificial intelligence, grant more…
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak will direct the world premiere of Taylor Mac’s Prosperous Fools Off-Broadway for Theatre for a New Audience. The production will begin performances June 1, 2025, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, TFANA’s home, and run through June 29.…
Happily, our favorite playwrights all seem to have premières this season…Ethan Lipton switches on his new musical, “We Are Your Robots” (Polonsky Shakespeare Center; Nov. 7). – Helen Shaw Read more from The New Yorker here.