OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1259

AVI SCHER & DANCERS will end its debut New York Season with a program including two World Premiere productions and four New York Premieres on April 5, 2010 at The Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W.

Director Gordon Edelstein recently discussed the critical split over his recent endeavor, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and the six nominations it received for the Lucille Lortel Awards.

Frank Rizzo, theatre critic for Courant.

Alex Timbers, author/director of the politically charged BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, recently sat down with New York Times reporter Erik Piepenberg to discuss what it takes to bring politics to the stage.

The Castillo Theatre will announce the appointment of Dan Friedman, Ph.

The name says it all.

The US premiere of filmmaker Adam Bertocci's keenly observed parody of Shakespearian archetypes, theatrical convention, modern pop culture, and especially the most beloved work of the Brothers Coen, THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEBOWSKI, will end its run on April 4th.

The Public Theater will end its premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks' THE BOOK OF GRACE, directed by James Macdonald on April 4th.

Teatromania presents the world premiere of Nicola Saponaro's play Weekend with a Killer April 3 through 18 at the Abingdon Theatre (312 West 36th St.

The Barrow Group Theatre Company, the Drama Desk award-winning birthplace of this season's Broadway hit A Steady Rain, and last season's Off-Broadway hit The Temperamentals, continues their 23rd Anniversary Season with Scott Organ's PHOENIX, directed by TBG co-artistic director Seth Barrish.

PALESTINE, a new play written and performed by Najla Saïd - an actress, writer and daughter of the late Palestinian-American scholar and activist Edward Saïd - will play its final performance on April 3.

AVI SCHER & DANCERS presents its debut New York Season with a program including two World Premiere productions and four New York Premieres from April 3-5, 2010 at The Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W.

Blood Type: RAGU, the Off-Broadway critically-acclaimed hit, is a hilarious and poignant ride through the Italian immigrant experience based on the life of writer/performer Frank Ingrasciotta.

Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher, celebrates its second anniversary tomorrow (Saturday, April 3) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Zig thought he could talk his way out of anything.

Originally set to begin performances on March 26 and run through June at The Actors' Playhouse, the Alternative Theatre Company's New York Premiere of Joe Marshall's A Night In Vegas will now be presented at another theater, TBA.

Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce the final production for their 20th Anniversary 2010-2011 Season, celebrating the work of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner.

Tony Award winner Michele Pawk is set for a reading of Joan Crawford In.

The Castillo Theatre will announce the appointment of Dan Friedman, Ph.

Australia's most popular comedian, Carl Barron, will perform a limited run at the Bleecker Street Theatre from April 2 - 24, 2010 on Fridays at 8pm at Saturdays at 7pm.

ENJOY - a new play by the renowned Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada -- will be given its English-language premiere in a production by the Obie award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company, The Play Company, with previews began March 27 and an official opening night set for April 6, 2010 Off-Broadway

Off Broadway's most fashionable show, Love, Loss and What I Wore, welcomed its newest cast with a celebration immediately following the 8:00 PM performance on Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Judith Blazer and Heidi Blickenstaff are set to star in the previously announced INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS at 59E59 Theaters from April 2nd through the 24th.

Based on a true story, this one-person show links 19th century Russia to the present-day U.

There's nothing like the sound of laughter.