Whenever the common audience member hears the words one-man/woman show, they groan a little. They get suspicious. In theater, when you hear drama, you think it probably has to do with family or some coming of age tale that ends with a twist. When you hear comedy, you think witty lines and some nice slapstick. When you hear innovative, you automatically […]

Short play festivals get a bad rep nowadays, and for good reason. The overabundance of opportunities has diminished the competitive nature of festivals, and playwrights do not feel like they have to try as hard to get their shows produced in NYC. Actually, the “produced in NYC” label that people used to say with much pride has lost a little […]

  To the common person, horror stories are  full of monsters, demons, or some sort of supernatural disruption which ends in horrific things happening to those around it. The terror that precedes encountering serial killers and watching them do something awful in their world. To the common person these tales are as far from the truth as superheroes. Besides serial […]

“Fatty Fatty no friends, it’s the song that never ends…” Hear those words. Let them become part of you. Let them seep into you. Realize what they mean then… unleash on them! Halloween season brings another great seasonal tale for us to watch on stage. After taking a break from the horrific with a little stroll through Broadway, I went […]

It’s all about Halloween right now in New York City. Bars are serving up their spookiest cocktails, scary movies can be found on almost every TV channel, haunted houses are popping up left and right, and late night parties are more ghoulish than ever. So how’s a New Yorker to know what bloody great activities to prioritize in a city […]

Everyone knows that October is all about Halloween. I happen to take this ghoulish holiday very seriously, and that means watching as many scary movies as I can get my hands on. Luckily, with Verizon FiOS, access to scary movies is no problem! We scoured the network’s horror listings and decided to pair up their top 10 new releases with […]

“Whether you like it or not, this is the face of America.” Those words resonated with me and took me back to the summer of 2003 when I was 19 years old and had just arrived to this country. The immense pressure to assimilate that this society puts onto you was in direct contrast against my Caribbean pride. For a […]

Imagine buying a gun… Imagine that, right? I mean it is a pretty standard thought. Also imagine you have a job that is crushing your soul, and your boss is also the father of the girl you currently live with. Then the girlfriend does not approve of said gun, and in your desperation to get rid of it you end up […]

Halloween keeps rolling with its takeover of this city. And with it, the minds of the most twisted individuals brings to us the most terrifying experiences to life. And in a basement, under a St. Marks building, in this old and fruitful city, one of those mad scientists you think about exercises his work for an audience which loves the […]

Do you ever feel like you don’t explore the city enough? Sometimes we get stuck in our routines and forget that there is so much of the city we haven’t covered. Like A Local Tours can help you get out of your rut by showcasing some of the hidden and not-so-hidden gems around the city. With an array of different […]