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Catherine Weingarten In playwright Catherine Weingarten’s I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappé!!!, a young woman’s craving for a limited-edition and highly caloric Starbucks beverage becomes a sharp and satirical exploration of wedding culture, romantic delirium, and the fantasies we build around love. Weingarten combines playful, inventive language with painfully real insights about how people behave when lackluster relationships collide with our idealized notions of romance.

Rachel Lin Relationships make people crazy, and sometimes, in order to get your sanity back, you have to do something a little crazy yourself. To quote Lena Dunham from her recently released memoir: “Reader, sometimes you see two doors in life, one marked NORMAL BEHAVIOR and one marked PSYCHO STUFF. And after a brief pause to really consider what’s best, you choose psycho stuff.” I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappé!!!, a new play at The Tank, is about going through the door marked PSYCHO STUFF.

There’s no better place to be on Tony night than the StageBuddy Scoop Shop for treats like you’ve never had before! That’s right — while others may be out schmoozing at Tony parties, noshing on Broadway canapés and light bites, we here are taking a different turn, stirring up our own custom creations inspired by some of this evening’s Tony-nominated productions, in the form of everyone’s favorite frozen treat.

L/R: Katherine Reis, Mia Pak, Juliana Canfield, Gabi Campo, King Princess, Sally Shaw You might think it’s impossible to turn a melodrama about young women, struggling with mental illness in a psychiatric facility, into musical theater. Well, yes and no.

Photo by Julieta Cervantes. In Joe Turner's Come and Gone, the second of August Wilson's 10 play Century Cycle, all the action occurs in a boarding house run by Seth Holly (Cedric the entertainer) and his wife Bertha (Taraji P.Henson in an excellent Broadway debut.) The two serve as observers as occupants come and go. Set in 1911 in Pittsburgh, the boarding house Seth inherited from his father welcomes migrants coming from the South.

Photo by Jiro Tcholakian This week, the East Village theater scene prepares for a unique arrival. Opening May 16, 2026, "HEX: A Two Fold Play in Five Acts" promises to challenge conventional notions of drama. We sat down with writer and director Babäk Mehrabi to discuss the "mystical theater" tradition. On the Nature of the Production StageBuddy: Tell us about the philosophy behind HEX. Babäk Mehrabi: "The nature of the show...

The Fallen Angels funny lady shares her fave food spots for before or after a show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we’ve all fallen into a daze dreaming of “food, glorious food” at one point or another.

Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we’ve all fallen into a daze dreaming of “food, glorious food” at one point or another.

Y You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your neighbors, that is unless you are Elliot Emerson (impressive Richard Thomas,) real estate agent and president of the Vernon Point Homeowners Association. Acknowledging changing demographics, he carefully curates his beloved neighborhood, ensuring that the homes maintain certain landmark requirements but also that the inhabitants meet his own personal standards. The nine people that meet in Kyra’s living room are a diverse group.

Photo by Matthew Murphy Shows can have ornate settings and special effects like those in this season’s The Lost Boys; now playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village, KENREX only uses an open door frame, several free-standing microphones and a mobile staircase. Shows can have elaborate costumes like Cats The Jellicle Ball; KENREX features an actor wearing a business suit. Shows like Harry Potter and The Cursed Child have large casts of actors; KENREX has one performer.