Studio Theatre News

Plan-B continues 2011/12 season with the world premiere of Debora Threedy's THE THIRD CROSSING. Meet the cast in the video below!

On Saturday, March 3 The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore performance of Verdi's Ernani at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1pm.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will open Superior Donuts by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts on Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. Performances continue Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM through March 25. Tickets are $18 on Thursdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $22 on Saturdays. There will be previews on February 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets for previews will be $5.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 24th Season with BEYOND THE HORIZON - Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about two brothers in love with the same woman - with previews set to begin February 15, prior to its official opening on February 26 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.

In Race, two lawyers (one black, one white) take on a case that gets under their skin and exposes a minefield of deep divisions, resentments and bigotry. Mamet's 'rapid-fire dialogue, gripping plot and blunt language, thoroughly stripped of polite social convention and rife with provocative humor, is a searing portrait of American discrimination.' Playwright David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Academy Award-nominated writer. Nationally respected Director Tamara Fisch will make her Artists Rep debut with this production.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes The Directors Company in association with New Jersey Repertory Company with the New York City premiere of POETIC LICENSE, written by Jack Canfora and directed by Evan Bergman. POETIC LICENSE begins performances on Thursday, February 9 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 4. Press opening is Wednesday, February 15 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

Starting February 28, Imagination Stage brings back its show for the very young: Aquarium.

Continuing its 25th Anniversary Season, the Shakespeare Theatre Company is set to present Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Strange Interlude.

Theatre Ad Infinitum's Amy Nostbakken who, in association with Why Not Theatre, brings the Canadian premiere of The Big Smoke to Factory Studio Theatre (preview February 21, opening February 22-March 4).

As we come to the middle of February, I trust you will want to include taking in a show or two in whatever else you may be planning at one of our numerous live performance and theatre venues here on the amazing Central Coast of California!

Due to popular demand, Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces a final extension of the romantic comedy The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro through Friday, March 2.

D. Watts' Spoken Word Preserves: The Jam, a "play on words" jam session, will take place on Monday, February 13th at the Clark Studio Theatre (located on the 7th floor of the Rose Building), 165 West 65th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam), performance begins at 8pm.

Florida Repertory Theatre announced the opening of Tru in the Florida Rep Studio Theatre, a devastatingly funny glimpse into the mind of America's icon, Truman Capote. Playing Feb. 22-Mar 17, Tru is a fascinating one-man tour-de-force starring Florida Rep favorite, Mark Chambers, as the controversial author of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'In Cold Blood.'

Imagination Stage is extending its popular original production Mouse on the Move for one week, to February 12.

The Broken Heart, a 1629 tragic-comic play written by John Ford (Tis Pity She's a Whore), directed by Selina Cartmell in her American debut is Theatre for a New Audience's fourth production of the 2011 - 2012 theatre season.

This spring, teenagers can delve into the dark world of gang violence, deception and deceit in Dennis Kelly's (Matilda The Musical) compelling thriller, DNA. Originally staged at the National Theatre in 2008, Hull Truck Theatre gives this brand new touring production its Yorkshire debut in the Studio Theatre from Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 February.

Cast announces JACK GOES BOATING by Robert Glaudini, opening next week. The show will run January 12- February 11.