Stephen Kunken News

On the night when the playwright/director introduces playgoers to a new Rhinebeck family for a trilogy of election year plays, take a look back at the play that started it all.

 Crowded Outlet, a new not-for-profit development and producing organization committed to harnessing the creative powers of a variety of artistic voices and theatrical visions, launches in January 2016 with the first event in a planned monthly developmental series called Surge, offering theatre artists a chance to test their new ideas and dawning projects. A full production is also on the horizon, for Spring 2016.

Director Woody Allen has found a replacement for Bruce Willis in his upcoming ensemble film. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Steve Carell will fill the MISERY actor's shoes, after Willis was forced to drop out of the movie due to his jam-packed Broadway schedule.

MAN AND SUPERMAN: One of Shaw's most popular of comedic masterpieces: Jack Tanner is willing to go to almost any lengths to avoid matrimony, even take a trip to Hell and back. Don't miss this rare opportunity to take in Shaw at his ribald best, complete with the legendary dream scene, DON JUAN IN HELL.

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 105th production, Shaw's masterwork, Man and Superman, on Monday, July 20 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

SoHo International Film Festival will be screening the New York premiere of Demos Bizar and GiMe Productions short film, Policy of Truth, tonight, May 19 at 8pm.

SoHo International Film Festival will be screening the New York premiere of Demos Bizar and GiMe Productions short film, Policy of Truth, on May 19 at 8pm.

Evan Thompson, a New York City-based theatre actor whose long and eclectic career included work in cabaret, children's shows, summer stock, regional theatre, and on and off Broadway, died Feb. 28, 2015, in Brooklyn, NY, at the Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare following a long respiratory illness. He was 83 years old.

ABUNDANCE, the 1990 play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart), is an epic tale of friendship set against the backdrop of the sweeping American West. Abundance is directed by TACT Co-Artistic Director Jenn Thompson, who directed last season's production of William Inge's Natural Affection. Performances began at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) on February 17, and the production opened last weekend on March 1. Performances will continue through March 28, 2015. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Reading of David Auburn's brand new version of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck is an exciting opportunity to hear the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Proof tackle one of Ibsen's most fascinating plays - a thrilling combination of realism, symbolism, and romance.

Theater Close-Up, a unique collaboration between THIRTEEN, THE PUBLIC THEATER, and a community of non-profit Off-Broadway theaters, will bring a diverse cross-section of provocative plays to primetime and online audiences, including Richard Nelson's THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS: SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.

Theater Close-Up, a unique collaboration between THIRTEEN, THE PUBLIC THEATER, and a community of non-profit Off-Broadway theaters, will bring a diverse cross-section of provocative plays to primetime and online audiences, including Richard Nelson's THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS: SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.

Beyond the bright lights of Broadway - the electric signage that led to its moniker as 'The Great White Way' -- exists another world: Off-Broadway, a varied and rich wellspring of creativity and innovation.

Beyond the bright lights of Broadway - the electric signage that led to its moniker as 'The Great White Way' -- exists another world: Off-Broadway, a varied and rich wellspring of creativity and innovation.

The Night Alive, written by Conor McPherson, recently took home the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (NYDCC) for Best Play of the 2012-2013 season. All the Way, written by Robert Schenkkan received the award for Best American Play. A Fun Home received the award for Best Musical. The awards were presented at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 16, at 54 Below.

The World Premiere of A Little More Alive runs tonight, April 11-May 11 at Kansas City Rep.

The cast of Kansas City Repertory Theatre's new Nick Blaemire musical A Little More Alive is throwing a sold out secret acoustic show on Stage 3 of Rockwood Music Hall, 185 Orchard St., New York, NY, tonight, March 22, at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The cast leaves on March 25 for rehearsals for the world premiere of A Little More Alive which runs April 11-May 11 at Kansas City Rep.

The cast of Kansas City Repertory Theatre's new Nick Blaemire musical A Little More Alive is throwing a sold out secret acoustic show on Stage 3 of Rockwood Music Hall, 185 Orchard St., New York, NY, on Saturday, March 22, at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The cast leaves on March 25 for rehearsals for the world premiere of A Little More Alive which runs April 11-May 11 at Kansas City Rep.