Stephen Adly Guirgis News

MCC Theater - which this fall celebrates its 30th Anniversary Season as one of New York's leading Off-Broadway theater companies - has announced the 2016 PlayLabs reading series, which will feature new works in development by playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, MCC Youth Company alum Xavier Galva, Ted Malawer, and Eric Micha Holmes.

Just announced, Second Stage Theatre's New York Premiere production of NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION, the latest work created, written and performed by groundbreaking theatre artist Anna Deavere Smith with music composed and performed by Marcus Shelby and directed by Leonard Foglia, will open on November 2, 2016 at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd Street). Previews will begin on October 15.

Baz Luhrmann's all-new music-driven drama THE GET DOWN premieres part-one globally on Netflix today, August 12, 2016 at 12:01am PT.

The Mountaintop comes to the foothills of the Berkshires when Katori Hall's award-winning play opens at Chester Theatre Company on Thursday, August 18th at 8:00 p.m. A bold re-imagining of the last night in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Mountaintop runs through August 28 at the historic Chester Town Hall at 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA.

Over 70 productions of local and international artists representing six continents - North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia -- will visit the stages of La MaMa during the 2016-17 season, the company's 55th year of presenting world-class experimental music, theater and dance, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, La MaMa's Artistic Director.

Founded in 1979 as Florida Shakespeare Theatre, GableStage originally performed the plays of Shakespeare in repertory, using the outdoor Casino Gardens at Vizcaya. From 1987 to 1992, Florida Shakespeare Theatre was housed in the Minorca Playhouse in Coral Gables, until it was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. But the theatre's mission could not be destroyed, and it continued to produce at the Carousel Theatre in Coral Gables in 1993 and 1994. In 1999, the theatre moved to its current home, the historic Biltmore Hotel, and became GableStage.

Obsidian Theater is proud to present the Houston premiere of Motherf*#cker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, who won the 2015 Pulitzer for Best Drama. Performances will run September 15 - October 8 at Obsidian Theater, 3522 White Oak Drive, Houston, TX 77007. Shows begin at 8 p.m.

Atlantic Theater Company just announced casting for the world premiere musical The Band's Visit, directed by Lortel and Obie Award winner David Cromer and featuring a book by Drama Desk Award nominee Itamar Moses, an original score by three-time Tony Award nominee David Yazbekand choreography by Lee Sher.

Om Shanti Productions presents Joshua Kaplan's intense family drama Visiting Hours, playing one week only -- Tonight, July 28, 8pm; July 29, 8pm; July 30, 3 & 8pm; and July 31, 3pm -- at TheaterLab NYC (357 W 36th Street, New York City). BroadwayWorld has a look at the cast in action below!

Baz Luhrmann revealed that his new series THE GET DOWN has faced multiple production delays and budget over expenditures, but it will all be worth it once viewers see the final product.

Sound Theatre Company concludes its tenth anniversary season with the Seattle Premiere of the award-winning madcap British farce ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, Richard Bean's re-imagining of the classic commedia farce, The Servant of Two Masters.

New Light Theater Project and Access Theater present STRANGE COUNTRY by award-winning playwright Anne Adams. Winner of the New Light New Voices award, it is directed by Jay Stull (Utility, Rantoul and Die). Performances run through August 13 at Access Theater.

Below, check out the new official trailer for the Netflix original series THE GET DOWN from Baz Luhrmann. Part One of The Get Down, comprising six episodes, premieres Friday, August 12 on Netflix around the world.

Om Shanti Productions presents Joshua Kaplan's intense family drama Visiting Hours, playing one week only -- July 28, 8pm; July 29, 8pm; July 30, 3 & 8pm; and July 31, 3pm -- at TheaterLab NYC (357 W 36th Street, New York City). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Parts of the plot of Between Riverside and Crazy reflect events and situations very similar to those happening in society today. At times they are so close to home that you could feel a sense of unease in the audience. These elements ring true but don't always have enough strength to sustain the story.

Joshua Kaplan's Visiting Hours to run for one week only! Decades of conflict have hardened the Stein family in a cold war of sorts... until the family's maverick matriarch teeters between life and death in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital. As the family tries to navigate through the present circumstance in the dark shadow of the past, their cold war ... heats up. The bandages of old wounds are ripped off, creating new ones.

David Rainey, Executive Artistic Director of The Landing Theatre Company (LTC), announces the company's sixth season, and first full season in their new venue downtown: Landing Theatre @ the Docks (formerly home of Catastrophic Theatre and DiverseWorks).