Email Author Amy Nicholson

2011 Stories by Amy Nicholson

• The Artificial Jungle

  published September 22, 2011

  A pet shop is an odd place for a noir score, and an even odder place for a bed placed just 10 feet away from a fish tank where two piranhas bob,... More >>

• Live Nude Groundlings

  published August 18, 2011

  The Groundlings stay fully dressed in their latest sketch comedy and improv show, and thank heaven: In the skit "Breathe Me," about two fumbling... More >>

• Celebrity Autobiography

  published August 4, 2011

  Here's the thing about celebrities: They become convinced that their every word is fascinating, which makes celebrity autobiographies... More >>

• Blackbird

  published June 30, 2011

  Privacy glass surrounds the break room of a pharmaceutical plant. The people inside need the protection. A young woman (Corryn Cummins) has... More >>

• The Comedy of Errors

  published March 10, 2011

  A strongman, a ventriloquist, three showgirls and a mimic with 1,000 voices make up just half of the Burlesque on Brand troupe, which enters,... More >>

• Cabaret Idol

  published March 3, 2011

  "There's nothing better to watch than a performer who loves to perform, except two good-looking people having sex," says host Scot Young. And in... More >>

• Camino Real

  published February 17, 2011

  Told that the rarely performed play was by one of the great 20th-century playwrights, you'd guess the author was Tom Stoppard before Tennessee... More >>

• Mr. Kolpert

  published February 10, 2011

  What to do when you're settled, successful and sociopathic? For bored couple Sarah (Lauren Olipra) and Ralf (Tommy French), the answer is,... More >>

• Room Service

  published January 27, 2011

  Twenty-two jackals — I mean, actors — have run up a $1,200 bill at a posh hotel in 1930s Manhattan, and their producer, Gordon (Derek... More >>