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JULIUS BY DESIGN -- a new play by Kara Lee Corthron, winner of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award -- will be given its world-premiere production Off-Broadway this summer, presented by Fulcrum Theater with an opening set for Sunday, July 10 at the Access Theatre (380 Broadway) in Manhattan.

MANIPULATION, a world-premiere play by Victoria E.

Last night, June 27, the off-broadway theater scene became a bit richer with the advent of The Magdalene, a musical play about Mary Magdalene composed by James Olm with a book by Mr.

Actresses Emily Bergl and Ashley Austin Morris will lead cast and crew members from the Off Broadway show, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, as they install Sheetrock in affordable Habitat-NYC homes in Bed-Stuy.

While Shakespeare's canon includes many couples whose relationships are of questionable health - Kate and Petruchio, Beatrice and Benedick, Mr.

BroadwayWorld has learned that Lonny Price will be directing two private readings of David Rhodes comedy, THE ROAD TO SKYE, June 29 and 30.

The Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning Mint Theater Company today announced the extension for Rachel Crothers's comedy, A Little Journey, through July 17th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street.

Stop…Look…Listen… The VOCA PEOPLE are coming from a galaxy far, far away.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that their 2011-'12 season will begin with Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky, the 1970 drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer ofTalley's Folly, Burn This, and Fifth of Jul

Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John visited Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) on Friday, June 24, for a preview of MANIPULATION, a new play by Victoria E.

Beginning a month from now on June 14th, the off-broadway theater scene will be a bit richer with the advent of The Magdalene, a musical play about Mary Magdalene composed by James Olm with a book by Mr.

Last night, stars of screen and stage took part in Gay Pride at Barefoot Wine Presents: Celebrity Autobiography in NYC.

On a weekend when New Yorkers who favor marriage rights for gay couples are celebrating an important victory, Classic Stage Company's Unnatural Acts is a sobering dramatization of a shameful episode involving a Joseph McCarthy-type gay witch hunt from nearly a century ago that was only recently unco

‘My Big Gay Italian Wedding,' now entering it's 2nd year Off-Broadway, is honored to welcome Fort Worth, Texas City Councilman Joel Burns to the show Saturday, June 25th to officiate the marriage ceremony!

BroadwayWorld has learned that Playwrights Horizon held a reading of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY The Musical yesterday, June 23.

Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with TRYST, Karoline Leach's romantic thriller about two lost souls and their secrets, set to begin previews on the company's Francis J.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company has announced that The Patsy, written by Barry Conners, performed by five-time OBIE Award winner David Greenspan, and directed by four-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, will begin performances Friday, July 15, at 7

Broadway favorite Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris head the cast of SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, book by Hunter Bell, and direction and choreography by Christopher Gattelli.

Culture Project's Women Center Stage will present the New York premiere of MoLoRa, the stunning Farber Foundry production based on the ancient Oresteia Trilogy, adapted and directed by Yael Farber.

Actresses Emily Bergl and Ashley Austin Morris will lead cast and crew members from the Off Broadway show, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, as they install Sheetrock in affordable Habitat-NYC homes in Bed-Stuy.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers presents SOME OF OUR PARTS Seven ten-minute plays about disabilities - and the people affected by them.

The award-winning York Theatre Company began performances on Sunday, June 19, for the first two titles in its upcoming Musicals in Mufti Series, the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances.

Dorsel, Tank and Bubbles, along with the rest of the cast of the Drama Desk Award nominated John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, will pack up its hit New York production in September and head out on a long-anticipated national tour hitting over 30 cities including Los Angeles, Memphis, Tampa, Detroit and A

During this centennial year of Tennessee Williams, Cause Celebrè (Susan Charlotte, Founding Artistic Director) is excited to present the New York Premiere of Williams' one-act version of The Glass Menagerie entitled The Pretty Trap directed by Antony Marsellis .

TKTS, Theatre Development Fund's program for same-day discount tickets, located in the heart of New York City's Times Square, turns 38 years old this Saturday, June 25.