February Preview: Rom-Coms, Family Dramas, and Immersive Beach Bacchanals

A preview of what we’re looking forward to at the theater in New York City this month: Straight, Washer/Dryer from Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Grand Paradise from Third Rail Projects, Broadway and the Bard, The Body of An American from Primary Stages, Familiar at Playwrights Horizons, The Robber Bridegroom at Roundabout Theatre Company, Tarzana from[...]

A preview of what we’re looking forward to at the theater in New York City this month: Straight, Washer/Dryer from Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Grand Paradise from Third Rail Projects, Broadway and the Bard, The Body of An American from Primary Stages, Familiar at Playwrights Horizons, The Robber Bridegroom at Roundabout Theatre Company, Tarzana from Radiohole, Utility from The Amoralists, Cabin in the Sky at Encores, Cherry Lane Mentor Project, and The Wildness: Sky-Pony’s Rock Fairy Tale at Ars Nova, and honorable celebrity mentions for Prodigal Son at MTC and Hold On To Me Darling at Atlantic Theater. 

Other things mentioned on this episode:

One of the greatest theater entrances we’ve ever seen (big spoiler for The Amoralists’ The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side);

Interview with Jay Stull (director) and James Kautz (director, actor, and founder) from The Amoralists;

Interview with Lauren Worsham from Sky-Pony and The Wildness; and

A hot take prediction on a Skeleton Crew extension. 

Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher.

Comments? Feedback? Find us on Facebook and Twitter, Maxamoo, David, Jack, and Lindsay.