Susan Batson News

producers Victor Syrmis, Carl Rumbaugh and Susan Batson, along with Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) have announced the World Premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full length play from one of America's most significant dramatists, Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). Directed by David Schweizer, it will begin performances on Thursday, April 5, 2012 with an Opening Night set for Monday, April 16, 2012 at Culture Project at 45 Bleecker (at Lafayette Street). The production is scheduled to play through May 26, 2012.

BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES is a one-woman show written by and starring Jessica Scherr. The show will be presented for the first time in its newest incarnation at the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES is a one-woman show written by and starring Jessica Sherr. The show will be presented for the first time in its newest incarnation at the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES is a one-woman show written by and starring Jessica Scherr. The show will be presented for the first time in its newest incarnation at the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

The world premiere of the new comedy, 'Jackass Flats,' written by C.C. Loveheart and John Simon, opens tonight at upstate New York's Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, site of the non-profit, Actors' Equity theater's first world premiere in 15 years.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

The 22nd Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival kicks-off Friday, May 6 and continues through Tuesday, May 10 highlighting over 100 films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).

The 22nd Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival kicks off Friday, May 6 and continues through Tuesday, May 10 highlighting over 100 films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).

Oscar Winning Actress Halle Berry's portable perfume Pure Orchid will be gifted to the audience of solo show Mulatto Saga while supplies last.

Award-Winning Hollywood Filmmaker Charles Burnett said it was the subject matter that attracted him to the controversial theatrical production Mulatto Saga, written and performed by Juliette Fairley.

Award-Winning Hollywood Filmmaker Charles Burnett said it was the subject matter that attracted him to the controversial theatrical production Mulatto Saga, written and performed by Juliette Fairley.

He's cool, he's hip, he's short...ish. He's the happening host, the man with a spring in his step (thanks to his platform shoes), the man who puts the 'i-t-y' in Marvelosity! He's the wannabe King of talk -- a driven, terribly insecure and narcissistic fellow, with a bit of a self-destructive bent -- and nothing is off limits as long as it's all about him. He's the one, the only, Martin -- and he will show you just how marvelous he is as he interviews four eccentrically distinct guests in his one man show at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, located at 312 West 36th Street, starting on July 13th, as part of the Eleventh Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.

He's cool, he's hip, he's short...ish. He's the happening host, the man with a spring in his step (thanks to his platform shoes), the man who puts the 'i-t-y' in Marvelosity! He's the wannabe King of talk -- a driven, terribly insecure and narcissistic fellow, with a bit of a self-destructive bent -- and nothing is off limits as long as it's all about him. He's the one, the only, Martin -- and he will show you just how marvelous he is as he interviews four eccentrically distinct guests in his one man show at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, located at 312 West 36th Street, starting on July 13th, as part of the Eleventh Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Filmmaker Abel Ferrara has been signed on to helm the revival of Miguel Pinero's 1974 play 'Short Eyes'. This will mark Ferrara's Broadway debut.

The U.S. premiere of 'Tosca e le altre due' (Tosca and The Two Downstairs), a satirical, behind-the-scenes sister-story to Puccini's 'Tosca', will close on February 21 at Kairos Italy Theatre (KIT).

Playing Cricket is an academic comedy with a twist. Cricket, an aging graduate student ('I have almost not yet turned thirty') toils away in the departmental library while avoiding graduation. The play will have its final performance on February 20.

Playing Cricket is an academic comedy with a twist. Cricket, an aging graduate student ('I have almost not yet turned thirty') toils away in the departmental library while avoiding graduation.