David Stallings

Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors? The Stranger To Kindness Company: D&A Productions Directed by: Heather Cohn Years of routine bind Lena and Nance, two lonely senior women from the Upper West Side. When Nance no longer answers her door, Lena takes it on herself to call the police [...]

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As part of the Board of Directors of MTWorks I’m really proud to be involved with the National Newborn Festival. Part of my job was to help choose the Excellence in Playwriting Award (see below for the winner!) and this year I’ll be introducing one of the plays — but I won’t tell you which [...]

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If you’ve never directed a show you probably don’t have any idea how many things need to be juggled, handled, addressed, discussed, solved, finessed, smoothed out, put in order  … it boggles the mind.   I asked my beloved friend Antonio Minino to tell me what a random day is like for him as he [...]

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MTWorks National NewBorn Festival Kicks Off Tonight

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 3, 2011 Festivals

As the recently appointed Vice-Chair of Maieutic Theatre Works-MTWorks I’m honored to be (just a small) part of the very talented team that brings The National NewBorn Festival to life. Please join me tonight for the first in the series of free readings dealing with such hot topics as: immigration, sexuality, war and freedom. All [...]

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The National Newborn Festival: Celebrating Emerging Playwrights In Style

by Diánna Martin January 28, 2011 Event

The National Newborn Festival has become, over the last four years, one of the premiere playwriting festivals in the country for emerging playwrights. A flagship program created and produced by MTWorks, an ever-growing, non-profit theatre company, Newborn allows playwrights to have a work never produced in New York be read in a festival setting. Free [...]

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Small Town, Big Show – “Barrier Island”

by Karen Tortora-Lee May 13, 2010 Manhattan

There are two kinds of die hard New Yorkers.  Those who were born here and will never leave, and those who came here to escape small towns . . . and will never leave.  If you’re reading this, chances are you’re one of those two, and if you’re the latter then Barrier Island will remind [...]

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Win Tickets To Barrier Island

by The Happiest Medium April 14, 2010 Deals

Keep reading for a chance to win tickets . . . Related Posts:The National Newborn Festival: Celebrating Emerging Playwrights In StyleSmall Town, Big Show – “Barrier Island”Ever Seen A “NewBorn” Play? (Part 1)A Day In The Life … “The Family Shakespeare” By The NumbersWomen’s History Month: Celebrating Women In The Arts – Spotlight On Dev [...]

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Ever Seen A “NewBorn” Play? (Part 1)

by Antonio Miniño January 13, 2010 Event

Developed 3 years ago, The National NewBorn Festival is the flagship program of a non-profit theater company very dear to me, Maieutic Theatre Works; or as we like to call it MTWorks – that way we don’t have to get into the whole “Maieutic is pronounced /meɪˈjuːtɪks/”. New plays that have yet to receive a [...]

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Broadway’s “Nine” Plus Fellini’s “8 1/2″ Equals Rob Marshall’s “NINE”

by David Stallings December 27, 2009 Film

A Film Review by Guest Blogger David Stallings The question is not is Nine worthy, but can a modern audience sit through 8 ½? Buzz surrounding Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of a stage musical adaptation of a 1963 film classic,  8 ½ , has been flitting around the industry for many months.  From the drama [...]

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Eli and Cheryl Jump … Look After You (Fringe Festival 2009)

by Karen Tortora-Lee August 19, 2009 Festivals

You can tell it’s Fringe Season when theatres ’round the city are suddenly bustling with life at odd hours of the day and escorting people in and out quickly so they can strike a set and get ready for the next show which is happening in, oh, about a minute.  Yes, it’s all about endings [...]

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