Emilio Madrid

Dec 5, 2024 | vulture.com | Sara Holdren |Jackson McHenry |Maria Baranova |Emilio Madrid

It’s that time of year again, when Vulture’s critics embark on our messiest annual tradition: the finalization of our Top 10 lists. Here are the best shows that theater critics Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry saw in 2024. In my first full year back on the job, I’ve been heartened, especially in recent dark days, to see collaboration everywhere. Theaters are reaching out to each other.

Oct 7, 2024 | dailygazette.com | Mark Kennedy |Emilio Madrid |Willy Sanjuan

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Miller, lead singer of alternative rock band Guster, has a new gig that even he's a little surprised about: Musical theater songwriter. He laughs that he's gone all Broadway. “I just went full-into the ballpit — just, like, face-first, take-me-wherever-this-is-going,” he said before a recent rehearsal of his bright new musical “Safety Not Guaranteed” at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Oct 2, 2024 | magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Emilio Madrid

It’s refreshing to talk with Max Wolf Friedlich ’17 on the heels of a buzzy opening night for Job, his hit new play on Broadway. You won’t get any type of exaggerated excitement or the false pretense of platitudes, which may seem surprising when you realize you’re talking to a 29-year-old playwright who has already appeared in the pages of Vogue, earned a New York Times critic’s pick, and has been attracting the highly coveted under-40 crowd to the theater.

Sep 20, 2024 | huffpost.com | Emilio Madrid

As one of the stars of “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway, Bianca Leigh is thrilled to be performing to sold-out crowds and garnering some of the best reviews of her career. Still, she’s aware it could very well be a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience that never happens again. “It’s a funny feeling, saying that this is as good as it gets,” the actor, who is transgender, told HuffPost. “It’s odd when it’s happening in real time.

May 24, 2024 | vulture.com | Sara Holdren |Jackson McHenry |Emilio Madrid |Ahron R.Foster

Summer tends to be the quiet season for theater in New York, and this year it’s especially quiet on Broadway. (As well as at the Delacorte, which is under renovation, Shakespeare in the Park is mostly off.) In the aftermath of a choked-to-the-gills spring of Tony Award-targeted openings — and a few sudden closings — only three productions have announced summer plans so far, and a lot of August programming is still unclear.