Barbara Dana News

From Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th, Westchester Collaborative Theater will showcase a collection of plays and monologues written and performed by eight local women playwrights and WCT members in That's (Not) All She Wrote II.

Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT), which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020, is presenting its first-ever virtual event, COVID Diaries: Notes from the Frontlines, a mix of 11 original short plays and monologues inspired by recent events, written by WCT members and featuring WCT actors. The production will stream live Saturday, June 27 at 8 pm.

This morning, Silversun Pickups premiere 'Freakazoid,' the second song from their forthcoming 5th studio album Widow's Weeds (June 7th, New Machine Recordings), via Consequence of Sound.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's exclusive annual gala The Disco Ball raised nearly $608,000 for the not-for-profit Theatre and its Conservatory.

Get ready to groove at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's annual gala The Disco Ball!

Get ready to groove at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's annual gala The Disco Ball!

Primary Stages has announced the launch of OFF CENTER: THE OFF-BROADWAY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.

The Off-Broadway Oral History Project was created to fill a gap in theater history by establishing a video archive featuring the innovative artists who transformed Off- and Off-Off-Broadway in the years after World War II.

The Ziegfeld Society of New York City launches its Eighth Season tonight, September 17, 2016 with Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin, written and hosted by David Kaufman, based on his new bestselling biography of the same name.

The Ziegfeld Society of New York City launches its Eighth Season on September 17, 2016 with Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin, written and hosted by David Kaufman, based on his new bestselling biography of the same name.

Abingdon Theatre Company continues its 20th Anniversary Season with the Off-Broadway premiere of Robert Brustein's THE LAST WILL, the final installment of his trilogy examining the life of William Shakespeare, with previews set to begin April 5, prior to its official opening on April 17 in the June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street). OBIE Award-winning director Austin Pendleton, who helmed WAR IN PARAMUS at Abingdon, directs.

Abingdon Theatre Company is set to participate in the first-ever Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Wuzhen, China. At the invitation of the festival's artistic team, Abingdon will present its upcoming Off-Broadway production, THE LAST WILL by Robert Brustein, who has been named the festival's honorary chairman.

At long last, the secrets are revealed, the poems and mysteries are illuminated, and the story of Emily Dickinson is told as you've never heard it before. In Cape May Stage's upcoming production of William Luce's 'The Belle of Amherst,' opening October 17 and running through October 27 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Austin Pendleton paints a poignant portrait of Emily Dickinson, showing sides of the reclusive poet never seen before on stage.

Abingdon Theatre Company-which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history-launches its 2012-2013 Season, beginning this fall with the world premiere of MARCH MADNESS by Mike Vogel, set to begin previews October 26, prior to its official press opening November 4, at the Abingdon Theatre Company's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street), directed by Donald Brenner.

Director Michael Wilson, straight from the Broadway opening of "The Best Man," has lined up a cast of New York veteran and major regional performers for the preview presentation of a "new" William Inge play on April 18. Wilson helms "Off the Main Road" on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the William Inge Theatre at Independence, Kansas. The Inge work will be the opening night event of the 31st Annual William Inge Theatre Festival at the playwright's alma mater Independence Community College.

Director Michael Wilson, straight from the Broadway opening of "The Best Man," has lined up a cast of New York veteran and major regional performers for the preview presentation of a "new" William Inge play on April 18. Wilson helms "Off the Main Road" on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the William Inge Theatre at Independence, Kansas. The Inge work will be the opening night event of the 31st Annual William Inge Theatre Festival at the playwright's alma mater Independence Community College.

Abingdon Theatre Company - which has produced more than 60 new American plays in its 18-year history - launches its 2011-2012 Season of three world premieres, beginning tonight with BLAME IT ON BECKETT by John Morogiello, author of the recent Abingdon hit ENGAGING SHAW, set to begin previews October 7, prior to its official press opening October 16, at the Abingdon Theatre Complex's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street), directed by Jackob G. Hofmann.

HOWL! Arts Project, The Actors Fund and Abingdon Theatre Company are set to present a reading of LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE, a new play by Abingdon Theatre Company's Artistic Director Jan Buttram (PHANTOM KILLER), as part of HOWL! ARTS PROJECT 2011 on Monday, October 3 at 7:00 PM at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place). Kate Bushmann directs.

HOWL! Arts Project, The Actors Fund and Abingdon Theatre Company are set to present a reading of LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE, a new play by Abingdon Theatre Company's Artistic Director Jan Buttram (PHANTOM KILLER), as part of HOWL! ARTS PROJECT 2011 on Monday, October 3 at 7:00 PM at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place). Kate Bushmann directs.