by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge — May 6, 2026
Next up at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre is New Born- an evening of theater exploring relationships, identity, and change from acclaimed British playwright Ella Hickson.
Cherry Lane Theatre has shared a recent performance from singer, songwriter and producer Lizzy McAlpine, as part of its ‘Live From Cherry Lane Theatre’ series.
Original RENT music director Tim Weil will take audiences behind the scenes of the landmark musical at a one-night event at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, featuring cast alumni, live performances, and a book signing.
MOVIES TV MAYHEM, a satirical comedy written by Dean Taucher and directed by Richard Caliban, is in its final week at Theatre Row in New York City, starring Jason Donovan Hall, Grant Neale, and Oneika Phillips.
A live recording of Revelation & Jubilation: A Symphony of Spirit, led by conductor, composer, pianist, and visionary artist Damien Sneed and the Orchestra of Tomorrow will be held at the historic Town Hall.
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet, directed by Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director Saheem Ali.
Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.
The 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards is set to be the largest gathering in the organization's seven-decade history — with the most Drama Desk winners and nominees, past and present, ever assembled for the ceremony.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present Pioneers Go East Collective's Crossroads Series, featuring four short works championing LGBTQ+ and feminist artists, as part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.
The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – will be presented at the annual ceremony tonight, May 3, 2026, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm.
Following a run downtown, Josee Klein's immersive musical FALLING OUT is making its anticipated Off-Broadway transfer to Chelsea Table + Stage with new cast of open mic regulars.
Something Better Productions announced the Off-Broadway premiere of FORGET I SAID ANYTHING, a sung-through musical by Samantha Roberts, opening at Theatre Row in New York City this summer with a cast of 15.
Out of the Box Theatrics announced its 2026-2027 season, including industry presentations of DINO NUGGETS ARE GAY and THE WORLD'S CASSETTE LIBRARY as part of its 'Building the Box' series, plus a new development initiative called 'World Builders.
Conner Leavitt, known for THE SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES, will make his Off-Broadway debut in 11 TO MIDNIGHT at the Orpheum Theatre, joining a cast that includes Heather Morris and Nia Sioux.
American Immersion Theater and Hard Rock Cafe will present ROCK NEVER DIES, an immersive sing-along dinner show featuring rock hits from the 70s through 90s, at the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe.
Seven playwrights have been named finalists in The Theater Center's inaugural MAKING IT HAPPEN Ten-Minute Play Festival, competing for production opportunities at the Off-Broadway Times Square venue.
Following a successful San Antonio run, Memoirs of a Drag Queen, a new one-person musical by internationally produced composer and playwright Bernard J.