OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1167

EBE Ensemble's fifth season will include a world premiere by acclaimed Texas playwright Steven Michael Walters, six new one-act plays as a part of the NYIT-award-winning festival Elephants on Parade, and two free repertory productions as a part of their second annual Shakespeare in the Pagoda.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) will present the world premiere of NOW CIRCA THEN - an offbeat, comic tale of new beginnings that spans a century, written by Carly Mensch (LEN, ASLEEP IN VINYL; Showtime's 'Weeds') and directed by Ars Nova Artistic Directo

The Irish Repertory Theatre Company launches the fifth season of its NEW WORKS READING SERIES to support new plays and emerging playwrights with a free staged reading of Ursula Rani Sarma's THE DARK THINGS -- a new play that was produced last fall at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh -- on Friday,

Abingdon Theatre Company -- which has produced more than 60 new American plays in its 17-year history, including THE ENGLISH CHANNEL by Robert Brustein - is set to honor Mr.

The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a new play by David Bertolino, directed by Jerry Douglas, will have its Off-Broadway premiere at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre (just east of Lafayette Street), beginning performances.

The 2010 Innovative Theatre Awards were presented last evening, September 20th at Manhattan's Cooper Union.

Gap in the Wall Productions presents "The Last Castrato" by Guy Fredrick Glass, Off Broadway at the Connelly Theater, 220 East 4th Street (Bet Avenue A & Avenue B subway: F to 2nd Ave.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D.

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New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) opens The Little Foxes tonight, September 21, 2010, at 7:00pm.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), has announced today the complete cast of the World Premiere musical event, In Transit.

Primary Stages has announced the world premiere production of IN TRANSIT, which will run from September 21 to October 30.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D.

The Off-Broadway theatre company The Playwrights Realm - currently in rehearsals with Gonzalo Rodriguez Risco's DRAMATIS PERSONAE (previews begin October 1st at the Cherry Lane Studio - 38 Commerce Street) - has selected its 2010-2011 PLAYWRIGHTS REALM WRITERS FELLOWS; it has been announced by Playw

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D.

Acclaimed comedian David Lee Nelson will host this exciting star-studded event to assist Coyote REP in raising funds for its upcoming season at the beautiful Players' Club at 16 Gramercy Park in NYC.

On Monday, September 20th, THE 39 STEPS will celebrate its 1000th performance in New York City.

The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School jointly announced plans today to stage Bed?ich Smetana's The Bartered Bride, the first co-production between the two arts institutions.

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents George Bernard Shaw's provocative romantic comedy CANDIDA, Starring Amy Irving, Richard Thomas, Bobby Steggert, and featuring Cassie Beck, Cary Donaldson, and Nick Wyman Monday, September 27 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South)

The playwright and drama critic Mario Fratti -- best-known for his adaptation from the Italian of the Tony Award-winning musical NINE - will present TRIO, three one act plays about sex religion and politics beginning previews October 7 prior to an official opening October 14 at Theater for the New C

The Drama Desk Award nominated Off-Broadway hit John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean is an underwater theatrical experience like no other.

SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical with a Book by Richard Seff; Music by Roger Dean Anderson and Lyrics by Lee Goldsmith is being presented by Other Side Productions (Peter Mercurio, Chuck Blasius - Co-Artistic Directors) as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Theater at St.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes London's Inside Intelligence to 59E59 Theaters with THREE WOMEN, written by Sylvia Plath and directed by Robert Shaw.

Today, September 20th, THE 39 STEPS will celebrate its 1000th performance in New York City.

Laura Woyasz and Stephanie Toms, members of the Broadway cast of "Wicked," will be the opening act at The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine's 2010 What A Wonderful World Award to be held at Beth Israel Medical Center on Monday, September 20, 2010.