Antonio Rodriguez News

Time is running out to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld San Antonio Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

On Saturday, January 30, at 8:30 p.m., Dominican Republic-born singer and guitarist Joan Soriano brings his "clean, feathery guitar sound" (NPR) to Zankel Hall in a concert presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates LLC.

Playwright Joshua Harmon has created an intensely dark comedy/drama with his work BAD JEWS. It's a stunning piece that never runs out of steam, even though it maintains a high level of emotional upheaval throughout its 90 minute running time. It's certainly humorous, but it also has a serious tone that leaves audiences with plenty to ruminate on, long after the cast take their bows and the lights come up. That's good theatre in my book. It makes you think, to the point where you may even feel a bit guilty about the laughs it provides. But, that's part of its charm. You may even find yourself moved by an ending that comes about rather unexpectedly. The New Jewish Theatre is currently producing an extremely well cast and directed presentation of this recent (2012) play, and it's one I highly recommend.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Jordan Scott Taylor's original cabaret 'Heartstrings and Broken Records' today, November 6th 2015. Join Jordan as he makes a splash in NYC with the east coast debut of this cabaret about Break-ups. The sorrow, hilarity, and tragedy of relationships are a mutual experience. Join Jordan along with performers from New York and Chicago (some recently single), for a night of remembering the memories we wish we could erase. 

Just yesterday, Buddy the Elf, along with 95.5 PLJ on-air host John Foxx at Madison Square Garden in Chase Square challenged 15 pre-selected ELF fans to find Buddy's missing snow globe in a giant bowl filled with hundreds of pounds of "spaghetti" and all five of the ELF main food groups -- cookies, candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.  The first participant to find the snow globe inside the bowl of "spaghetti" will win a night out on the town in New York City including four premium tickets to opening night of ELF The Musical, a $200 gift card to Carmine's Italian Restaurant and 15,000 points to Starwood Hotels.

MSG Entertainment (MSGE) welcomed fans of the beloved holiday story, ELF THE MUSICAL, to discover their inner ELF with the biggest, stickiest and sweetest event in New York City earlier today, October 14. 15 pre-selected ELF fans joined Buddy the Elf, along with 95.5 PLJ on-air host John Foxx, at Madison Square Garden in Chase Square, to find Buddy's missing snow globe in a ten-foot bowl filled with 350 pounds of 'spaghetti' and all five of the ELF main food groups -- cookies, candy, candy canes, candy corns and maple syrup. Scroll down for photos!

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Jordan Scott Taylor's original cabaret 'Heartstrings and Broken Records' on Friday, November 6th 2015. Join Jordan as he makes a splash in NYC with the east coast debut of this cabaret about Break-ups. The sorrow, hilarity, and tragedy of relationships are a mutual experience. Join Jordan along with performers from New York and Chicago (some recently single), for a night of remembering the memories we wish we could erase. 

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld San Antonio Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 25th.

Mustard Seed Theatre has brought back their popular staging of ALL IS CALM - THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914, which premiered around this time last year, and it's definitely a piece of theatre that demands your time and attention. Somehow I must have missed mentioning this the first time around, but this was originally a broadcast that occurred on Minnesota Public Radio. Artistic director/director Deanna Jent took that raw material and molded it into a moving and compelling stage production that won deserved accolades and awards for its excellence. If you didn't catch it last year, then you need to make sure you do so during its current run, and even if you did see it, I can promise you that it's certainly worth seeing again.

The new off-Broadway play, Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks), directed by Jose Zayas, is currently running at NYC's Repertorio Espagñol, performed in Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles. Playwright and actor Marco Antonio Rodriguez recently sat down with Lynda Baquero to talk about the play - watch the interview below!

Repertorio Español will present the premiere of Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks) by Marco Antonio Rodriguez today, June 13th at 8:00 PM.

Meet the complete cast of my new Off-Broadway play, Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks).

Meet the complete cast of my new Off-Broadway play, Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks).

Jim Butz will play the expansive role of Prince Hal/King Henry V in Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' productions of Henry IV and Henry V, today, May 17 through June 15, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park, it was announced today by Rick Dildine, artistic and executive director of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.

Repertorio Español will present the premiere of Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks) by Marco Antonio Rodriguez on Friday, June 13th at 8:00 PM.

It's astounding and a little sad that of all the things that have fallen out of style since the 1600s, hypocrisy isn't one of them. Thankfully though, comedy isn't one of them either. Both hypocrisy and comedy take center stage in St Edwards University's production of Tartuffe, an interesting and often wonderful modern take on Moliere's classic play about a deceitful religious devotee who brings chaos in his wake when he becomes a houseguest to the spiritual but foolish Orgon.

Jim Butz will play the expansive role of Prince Hal/King Henry V in Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' productions of Henry IV and Henry V, May 17 through June 15, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park, it was announced today by Rick Dildine, artistic and executive director of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. That adage often runs through my head, both in my personal life and in my work as a theater critic. It also runs through my head when viewing productions, especially ones like Blood Wedding. With plays not originally in English, attention must be paid to the translation. Blood Wedding, originally written in Spanish by Frederico Garcia Lorca, offers an additional challenge in Lorca's poetic style. It's not what he says but how he says it that makes Lorca's Blood Wedding an interesting and engaging piece of theatre. While the current production at St. Edwards University manages to visually capture Lorca's poetry, the translation by James Graham Lujan and Richard O'Connell is less successful.

ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 is a smartly conceived acapella musical by Peter Rothstein that chronicles the stunning events that occurred on Christmas Day 1914. It mixes short narrative bursts with 23 songs from the period, and it's never dull or contrived. For me, the hearty vocals produced by the cast are a sheer delight to listen to. Mustard Seed Theatre has put together a wonderful production that's a real treat for the upcoming holidays.

Focus on Cuban Art/Artists with Three Enlightening and Exciting October Exhibition Openings at the Frost Art Museum today, October 16, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, Fla. Admission: FREE.