Dennis Wees

Gallery Players announces the final show of its 51st season, the timely classic, Chess. It is an epic story set at the height of the Cold War, where two great chess masters-an American and a Russian-meet in Bangkok to battle for the world championship... but their greatest contest is for the love of one woman.

On March 9 at 8pm, March 10 at 3pm and 8pm, and March 11 at 3pm, Utopia Opera presents PASSION with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, based on the film 'Passione d'Amore' by Ettore Scola, in a fully-staged production performed with a 15-piece orchestra at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Benjamin Spierman stage directs and Utopia founder William Remmers conducts.

Jim Schubin of Plainsboro, NJ, and Brian Vu of Los Angeles, both earned top prizes in the 2016 Lotte Lenya Competition, sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and held on April 16, 2016 in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.

Fifteen young singer/actors have been named as finalists for the 2016 Lotte Lenya Competition. Selected from thirty-one semifinalists, this year's finalists represent a diverse range of performers, ages 21 to 31, from across the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel. All will sing repertoire from the operatic, golden age and contemporary musical stages, and of course, the music of Kurt Weill.

Returning to Theatre Three on the Norma Young Arena Stage for its ninth incarnation, The Fantasticks is an inexorable part of Theatre Three's history. Written by two graduates of the University of Texas at Austin (and originally directed by a Texan!), this American jewel of a musical comedy is a timeless romantic tale of a boy, a girl, and their fathers' schemes to get the two married. Manhattan's longest running musical, The Fantasticks features a musical comedy score that sparkles with wit, including favorites like "Try To Remember, " and "Soon It's Gonna Rain."

Returning to Theatre Three on the Norma Young Arena Stage for its ninth incarnation, THE FANTASTICKS is an inexorable part of Theatre Three's history. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

Returning to Theatre Three on the Norma Young Arena Stage for its ninth incarnation, THE FANTASTICKS is an inexorable part of Theatre Three's history. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

The timeless musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has moved audiences to 'happiness and tears' for more than five decades in theatres all over the world. The current production at Casa Mañana seemed to arouse those same emotions in theatregoers on opening weekend, even if this particular production isn't up to Casa's typical standards.

Casa Mañana Theatre continues their 2015-2016 Season with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF tonight, September 26-October 4.

Casa Mañana Theatre continues their 2015-2016 Season with Fiddler on the Roof September 26-October 4.

Casa Mañana Theatre opens the 2015-2016 Season with the epic Les Miserables, June 19 - 28. Tickets are on sale now.  Check out a first look below!