Gregory Fletcher

AN ANGEL IN NEW YORK, AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK Angel Sigala was born and raised near Mexico City. His parents moved the family to the U.S. when he was ten years old, and he quickly dove into learning English. Eight years later, he attended Temple University and majored in Theater, Film and Media Arts,…

FROM THE BAILEY OF JOY At Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row onf West 42nd Street, Stage and Cinema’s Gregory Fletcher spoke with Shanel Bailey, who stars in the first New York revival of Lynn Nottage’s professional debut Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Originally produced by Second Stage in 1995, the play clearly shows why so many…

ACE YOUNG AT HEART At The Tank theater on West 36th Street, Stage and Cinema’s Gregory Fletcher spoke with Ace Young who stars in Off-Off-Broadway’s Vatican Falls, the controversial play written and co-directed by Frank J. Avella which closely examines the Catholic sex abuse scandal while telling real survivor stories and exploring the fictional journey…

GETTING TO THE MEAT OF HER CAREER Michele Ragusa is blessed and touched by the theater Gods — they’re real, trust us. Her career in theater is simply glowing, full of variety, and seemingly constant, conquering both musical comedy and drama. Her resume of credits is thrilling: On Broadway, Michele has recently created the role…

STUART NOT SO LITTLE In August of 1987, Stuart Zagnit took over the role of Seymour, the young botanist in the original production of Little Shop of Horrors at New York’s Off-Broadway Orpheum Theater. In April of 2022, he took over the role of Mushnik, the elderly owner of the floral shop where the Audrey…

YOU’LL WISH YOU WERE NIKKI Wish You Were Here begins in 1978 when protests are breaking out across Iran, encroaching on a suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends is getting ready for a wedding. As the revolution escalates, and the years pass, the five women try to hang onto a sense of normalcy and…

INTERCONNECTEDNESS: A WAY OF SURVIVAL Recently, at Theater for the New City on the lower eastside of Manhattan, Executive Artistic Director Crystal Field and AMERINDA (American Indian Artists, Inc.) produced a Native American adaptation of the Greek tragedy The Trojan Women by Euripides. Since its inception in 1987, the mission statement of AMERINDA, as stated…

THE ART OF INHABITING A ROLE NaTasha Yvette Williams is the newest cast member at Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway, playing Zelma, Tina’s mother. A juicy, dramatic role, Zelma is abused by her husband and later learns to fight back to survive. Her newfound hardened persona extends toward her daughter and, as often…

TOM WOJTUNIK IS FAR FROM DONE You’re in Times Square for a night of theater.   You turn down 47th Street and pass the Ethel Barrymore Theatre where An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin is playing.   Then you pass the old Biltmore Theatre, now owned and operated by Manhattan Theatre Club, where Venus In…

THE LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS OF SINAN ÜNEL AND LEO TOLSTOY Cheryl King’s intimate Stage Left Studio on Manhattan’s West 30th Street specializes in showcasing one-to-two-person plays.   Through November 22, Sinan Ünel’s A Mad Person’s Chronicle of a Miserable Marriage joins the eclectic repertoire of solo gems.   Embodying both Leo Tolstoy and his wife, Sonya, John…

HIS BRILLIANT CAREER (SO FAR) Still in his twenties, Santino Fontana has performed in quite a respectable number of productions that many actors would hope to accomplish in a life time: most recently The Importance of Being Earnest (Clarence Derwent Award), the short lived Brighton Beach Memoirs (Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor), Billy…

THE UNDOCUMENTED Intringulis, an autobiographical play written and performed by Carlo Alban, is now in production at Off Broadway’s INTAR.   Stage and Cinema caught up with Carlo recently to discuss the evolution of the project and the plight of undocumented workers in the United States. * * * * * * * * * *…