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MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that Joely Richardson and Cotter Smith will star in the third and final production of the company's 25th Anniversary Season, Side Effects by Michael Weller.

The Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway family hit musical John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, continues to expand on the seas with the fourth installation of the show to debut aboard Royal Caribbean's The Freedom of the Seas in May 2011.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Wayne Kelton, Executive Director) today announced that their acclaimed 25th Anniversary production of Benefactors would extend to May 7th to accommodate overwhelming demand.

Celebrity sightings continue to rise at FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Off-Broadway's runaway hit play by Mark St.

The longest-running play in New York City history is turning 24.

Today, The New Victory Theater announces the 2011 lineup for New Victory Studio Weeks - kids-only, week-long programs where young people between the ages of 8 and 14 have the chance to uncover new talents, explore new skills and make new friends as they discover the thrill of live performance.

Told through monologue, song, poetry, and multimedia, this autobiographical piece by performance poet/playwright Al Letson challenges perceptions about race and class, as he recounts his struggles to connect with the disadvantaged children of the Sanctuary in Jacksonville, Florida.

The New York premiere of Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey will begin performances at Off Broadway's St.

Pace University presents the final performance of The Acting Company's production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors on April 17, at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Soho Rep presents the highly anticipated U.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and the University of California at Irvine are once again announcing the culminating performances of a unique partnership between a university training program and an Off-Broadway theatre: 4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS on

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, has announced the nominees for the 1st Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened in an Off Broadway theater d

The longest-running play in New York City history is turning 24.

Due to critical and popular demand, Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep will extend the U.

Roundabout Undergound presents David West Read's The Dream of the Burning Boy at the Black Box Theatre located inside the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.

Celebrated television icon Eve Plumb will play her final performance in the hit new Off-Broadway comedy MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING, AND MARRIAGE! on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre at Sofia's (221 West 46th Street, next to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in Times Square)

Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with a new Off-Broadway production of Dion Boucicault's comic masterpiece THE SHAUGHRAUN, set to begin previews on the company's Francis J.

Folksbiene's breakaway hit, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' one of the best-reviewed shows of 2009-2010 season, returns for a special encore engagement this spring.

The official book launch party for FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St.

On Thursday, April 21 at 8pm, legendary downtown diva and extraordinary mistress of music Joey Arias will join the ranks of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, with a Town Hall debut in Joey Arias: Live at Town Hall! Presented by Josh Wood Productions, this one-night-only musical event is co

The official book launch party for FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St.

Daniel Beaty, writer, director and co-composer of Tearing Down The Walls, has been nominated for a United Solo uAward for his performance in his acclaimed solo show Through the Night (www.

The Awards Will Be Presented By: Alec Baldwin, Arian Moayed, Jim Parsons, John Larroquette, Lee Pace, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mamie Gummer, Margaret Colin, Nina Arianda, Patina Miller, Robert Sean Leonard, Rose Hemingway and S.

'This is kind of a weird play.

The remarkable story of Ivan, a four-year-old who fled an abusive household and found sanctuary on the streets with a pack of wild dogs, is a true story ripped from the headlines.