Park Bench is a new kind of "talking show" straight from the mind of born and bred New Yorker and host, Steve Buscemi. Featuring a mix of surprise celebrity appearances and spontaneous interviews with people on the street, Park Bench will convey Steve
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Players Theatre Short Play Festival NYC Announces Week One Winner
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2023
The untamable energy of NYC was in full swing last weekend during week one of The Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival NYC 2023. Produced by Be Bold! Production for the past 2 years, the festival runs for three weeks, offering a new selection of 15-minute original plays each week that cel...
Photos: First Look at Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in FRANK AND PERCY World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2023
Get a first look at photos of Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the world premiere of Frank and Percy!...
Full Cast Revealed For the World Premiere of Christopher J. Orton and Jon Robyns' THEN, NOW & NEXT
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2023
Full casting has been announced for the world première production of the heart-warming, original musical Then, Now & Next, written by Christopher J Orton (My Land's Shore) and Jon Robyns (currently playing the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera) in a first-time collaboration for the pair....
Photos: See Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in Rehearsal for FRANK AND PERCY at Theatre Royal Windsor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2023
Check out photos of Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in rehearsal for Frank and Percy at Windsor Theatre Royal!...
Amanda Plummer Joins The Cast of JUST ANOTHER DAY at Shadowland Stages
by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2023
SHADOWLAND STAGES is gearing up for the world premiere of Dan Lauria's funny and poignant new play, JUST ANOTHER DAY, on the MainStage at SHADOWLAND STAGES from June 2nd to June 18th....
THE ZOO STORY Plays The Saturni Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2023
Brand new fringe theatre company, the Saturni Theatre Troupe, debuts with their inaugural production of The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee. Isolated and marginalized for his homosexuality, Jerry violently strains against the conventional world to make a connection with Peter, a mild-mannered bookworm. A...
West Coast Premiere of ELEANOR Announced At North Coast Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2023
While sitting on a park bench in Washington, D. C., contemplating the death of her husband, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt candidly reveals the many facets of her storied life in a riveting West Coast premiere at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Award-winning actor Kandis Chappell deftly illumina...
Full Cast and Creative Team Set for ROBIN HOOD THE LEGEND. RE-WRITTEN. at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2023
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced full cast and creative team for their forthcoming production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. ...
Dan Lauria to Star in JUST ANOTHER DAY at Great Barrington Public Theater; Season Casting Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - April 22, 2023
The GB Public's ten-week schedule begins in the Liebowitz black box theater with the American premiere of The Stones, June 15 to July 2, starring Ryan Winkles as Nick....
Shadowland Stages 2023 Season to Include MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, JUST ANOTHER DAY, and More
by Blair Ingenthron - April 22, 2023
Shadowland Stages, entering its 38th year, is a professional Equity theatre located in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley. The theatre produces a season between May and December of seven shows....
Photos: First Look At Curtain Players' I'M NOT RAPPAPORT
by Jerri Shafer - April 20, 2023
The sharp-edged but charming play takes place on and around a park bench in Central Park where two elderly men - one black and one white - with nothing in common but their spirited resistance to having others decide for them when they no longer count. Together, but each, in his own unique way, they ...
Theatre Royal Windsor's Summer Season will Feature Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam
by Stephi Wild - March 16, 2023
The season will comprise of two world premieres Frank and Percy by Ben Weatherill starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam (Theatre Royal Windsor Friday 9 June – Saturday 22 July 2023 and Theatre Royal Bath Tuesday 25 July – Saturday 5 August 2023) and Alone Together by Simon Williams, with casting...
Great Barrington Public Theater Announces 2023 Summer Lineup
by Stephi Wild - March 10, 2023
Great Barrington Public Theater will present three outstanding new plays on two stages, in performance June to August. Learn more about the lineup here!...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Presents Gershwin's RHAPSODY IN BLUE
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi will take audiences on a journey through New York with Gershwin’s iconic jazz-era masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue, while Bernstein’s music from West Side Story paints a different picture of the city. The concert will also...
ONLY HUMAN: STORIES OF CONNECTION to be Presented at Vivid Stage This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2023
Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center, will present Only Human: Stories of Connection from February 23 through March 5. ...
ONLY HUMAN Comes to Vivid Stage This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023
Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present Only Human: Stories of Connection from February 23 through March 5. The evening is made up of seven short plays by the playwrights Barbara Blumenthal-Erlich, Laura Ekstrand, Steve Harper, Stephen Kaplan, Mark Harv...
Review: THE OLDEST PROFESSION at Burbage Theatre Company
by John McDaid - January 29, 2023
What did our critic think of THE OLDEST PROFESSION at Burbage Theatre Company?...
ArtDesk Magazine Publishes Inaugural ARTDESK 100
by Blair Ingenthron - December 17, 2022
In honor of ArtDesk magazine's tenth anniversary in 2023, the magazine will publish the ARTDESK 100 in its Winter 2023 issue on December 18, 2022. Contemporary Artists, Dancers, Opera Singers, and Philosophers will make the 2023 list. In addition to the print magazine, the ArtDesk 100 is available o...
Bad Dog Theatre Company Presents COMEDY ON QUEEN STREET, A Winter Wonderland Comedy Pop- Up To Celebrate The Holiday Season
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2022
The Bad Dog Theatre Company present Comedy on Queen Street, an electrifying new winter wonderland comedy pop-up theatre to celebrate the holiday season from December 1st – 30th at the Assembly Theatre (1479 Queen Street West)....
Open-Door Playhouse Debuts JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE ZOO Next Week
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2022
In the short play Just Another Day at the Zoo, we're introduced to two characters, Cell Phone and Old School. They're from different generations and different worlds. Meeting at a park bench, they begin to engage in conversation, but perceive that the cultural gaps between them are formidable. Can t...
Review: EVERYBODY at Antaeus Theatre Company
by Harker Jones - October 06, 2022
EVERYBODY, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ contemporary riff on a 15th-century morality play, is a creative and chaotic allegory about Christian salvation which is, in the end, an uneven production for the usually consistent Antaeus Theatre Company. ...
Review: THE GOOD DOCTOR at Washington Stage Guild
by Ken Kemp - October 03, 2022
WSG's The Good Doctor runs through October 23rd, and this production gets it right with standout performances from a tight knit cast....
IN THE CONTINUUM Opens at Shadowland Stages This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 21, 2022
SHADOWLAND STAGES is celebrating the opening of IN THE CONTINUUM, featuring talented fresh new faces in an intimate tour-de-force drama stretching across two continents. Striking Drama IN THE CONTINUUM plays limited engagement September 23rd - October 2nd....
Review: SHE WOLF, Assembly Roxy
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 22, 2022
What did our critic think of SHE WOLF at Assemly Roxy?...
Vivid Stage Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2022
Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is announcing its new season. This professional company will bring five productions to the stage in addition to improvisational comedy, cabaret, play readings, and educational programs for teens and adults....
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