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DREAMS and More to Play Rogue Theater Festival in June
by Blair Ingenthron - May 12, 2024


Rogue Theater Festival has revealed the twenty-five new works that will be presented by the festival in June, 2024 at The Flea in New York City and streaming on ShowTix4U globally.

Brick Aux to Present Reading of MAX'S HOUSE in June
by Blair Ingenthron - May 11, 2024


Brick Aux will present Max's House: A Reading on Friday June 7 and Saturday June 8, 2024 at 7:30pm at Brick Aux - 628 Metropolitan Ave.

The Brick to Present DAS ERSATZ in June
by Blair Ingenthron - May 11, 2024


The Brick will present Das Ersatz by Cosimo Pori and Travis Amiel June 6-16, 2024.

Ilaw, Chapelle, and Madjus Set for Presentations of New Musicals at New York Theatre Barn
by Blair Ingenthron - May 11, 2024


The 17th season of New York Theatre Barn's award-winning New Works Series will continue on Monday, May 20th, 2024 at 7PM ET at The 52nd Street Project in NYC.

Brick Aux to Host Fundraiser for PRISM: A Festival Of New Queer Musicals
by Blair Ingenthron - May 11, 2024


Brick Aux will present a PRISM Fundraiser on May 31 at 7PM at Brick Aux.

THE DRIFTERS GALLERY is Coming to New York Theatre Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2024


New York Theatre Festival will be presenting a New Play called 'The Drifters Gallery' written and directed by Jacqueline Birgitte Hennessy. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Karl O'Brian Williams, Miranda Melhado & More to Star in MCBEE at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2024


Join Karl O'Brian Williams, Miranda Melhado, and Emilio Evans in the American premiere of Alwin Bully's Caribbean drama, McBEE.

The Associates Theater Ensemble To Host Post-Show Talkbacks And Affinity Nights
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 09, 2024


Join the Associates Theater Ensemble for post-show talkbacks and affinity nights, an engaging experience for theater enthusiasts to discuss and connect over the performance.

Reading of THE INVADERS Comes to Queens College in June
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024


On Tuesday, June 18, at 7 pm, Queens College will premiere a designed reading of “The Invaders,” a play about the Freedom Summer Project of 1964—a voter registration effort in segregated Mississippi that drew Black and white volunteers from all over the country—and the Ku Klux Klan’s murder of participating activists James Chaney, then-QC student Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

BLACK LIFE CHORD CHANGES Comes to the Chocolate Factory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024


The Chocolate Factory Theater will continue its Spring 2024 season with the premiere of Black Life Chord Changes, a new dance performance by Angie Pittman.

LADIES AT A GAY BAR, 1938-1969 Comes to Frigid NYC
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024


A 1990’s teen lesbian explores history and reckons with the power of femininity in this 60 minute solo dance/theater performance. Writer and performer Maggie Cee draws on oral history interviews from The Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project to create fictional, history-based monologues that illuminate the feminine women whose stories are too often forgotten, but whose strength and determination made the gay girls’ bars come alive.

Proud Image Theatre Company Reveals Cast For TOMORROW WE LOVE
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024


Proud Image Theatre Company has announced the cast for Tomorrow We Love, a new gender-bending comedic homage to the classic romantic films of the mid-twentieth century.

The Mill & Theaterlab Present THE EMPLOYEES, June 10-30
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2024


Chicago-born theater ensemble The Mill and Theaterlab will present the world premiere of The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century, a show based on the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlisted homonymous novel by Olga Ravn.

THE ONE WITH VIOLETS IN HER LAP to Have World Premiere at The Flea Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 08, 2024


From playwright Patrice Danae Bell and director Olivia Ragan, The One With Violets In Her Lap is a full-length play with music based on the poetry of Sappho. The production will be presented at The Flea Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Robert Galinsky's EVERYTHING IN NEW YORK GOES BANG! to Play Jefferson Market Library
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 08, 2024


See how to purchase tickets to Robert Galinsky's one-man show, Everything in New York Goes BANG! Learn more about the show.

NYU Skirball Reveals Lineup For Fall 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 08, 2024


 NYU Skirball’s Fall 2024 season will open on Friday, September 6 with the North American premiere of Counting and Cracking, a two-week run co-presented with The Public Theater. Learn more about the season here!

Spotlight: KC@BAT at Theatre Row
by BWW Special Offer - May 07, 2024


Ernest Thayer’s beloved poem about fictional baseball legend Casey and the town of Mudville springs vividly to life in the present day.

SheNYC Arts Reveals 2024 Festival Lineup of Eight New Full-Length Shows Selected
by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2024


SheNYC Arts has announced their lineup for the 2024 SheNYC Summer Theater Festival. The Festival will run from July 30-August 11, 2024, at the East Village's Connelly Theater with both an in-person audience and select digital performances.

Amas Musical Theatre Unveils Recipients Of Eric H. Weinberger Award For Emerging Librettists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 06, 2024


Amas Musical Theatre has revealed the recipients of the sixth Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists. Learn more about the recipients.

Performance Project to Present BROUGHT UP - A Postcolonial Filipino Space Opera
by Blair Ingenthron - May 04, 2024


The Performance Project at University Settlement is proud to announce Brought Up, the latest play of one of its 2023/24 Artists-in-Residence, Kenneth Keng.

Luke Forbes and Denise Hunt To Lead Cast Of MCBEE U.S. Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024


Luke Forbes from Amazon Prime's HARLEM and Denise Hunt from HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK headline the cast for the US premiere of McBEE.

Kelsey Grammar And Faith American Beer To Present MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024


Experience the reimagined tale of Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, set in 1940's Italy and presented by Kelsey Grammar and Faith American Beer. The production features actors from Thomas G. Waites' TGW studio, running from June 7 to 30 at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo.

Photos: In Rehearsal With Retro Productions BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024


Christie Perfetti Williams new play Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn opens tonight at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo.. The World Premiere runs until May 18. Go inside the process with new photos from the rehearsal room. 

Photos: First Look At Blessed Unrest's LA MUSICA DEUXIEME At Drawing Room
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024


Through May 18, Blessed Unrest, New York City’s award-winning subversive physical theater ensemble for an adventurous audience, presents La Musica Deuxième, written by revolutionary, communist, and feminist Marguerite Duras. See photos from the production. 

Works by Sharone Sayegh, Danny J Rooney & More to be Featured in NYTB New Works Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 03, 2024


Discover new musicals from Sharone Sayegh, Danny J Rooney, and Durra Leung in New York Theatre Barn's award-winning New Works Series. Learn more about the series!


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