OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1357

Women's Project is set to resume performances of Liz Duffy's OR, beginning this weekend, November 5th.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis with Tony Award winner Julie White as 'Roxanne'.

Newsday has published an article titled 'Lynn Redgrave's loss is audience's gain in 'Nightingale'.

The Understudy opens officially on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street).

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, begins performances on Thursday, November 5 at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenue

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to host the US premiere of A BRITISH SUBJECT, written by Nichola McAuliffe, at the 2009 Brits Off Broadway festival.

Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of NIGHTINGALE, the new play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave and directed by Joseph Hardy, opened last night, Tuesday, November 3 opening at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Presented in association with Ontological-Hysteric Theater, previews for IDIOT SAVANT continue through November 3.

Lord Buckley and Marilyn Monroe are brought ot vivid life in an evening of two separate works performed by RICHMOND SHEPARD and LESLIE E.

NEVER NORMAN ROCKWELL: A Post-Modern Gay Bromance TO PREMIERE IN MANHATTAN REPERTORY THEATRE'S GLBT FESTIVAL IN NOV

Magis Theatre Company, one of New York's most daring young theatre companies, created in 2003 by several alumni from the Columbia University MFA program in Acting, will present Her Name Is Vincent: An Evening with Edna St.

Roy Arias Theatre presents THE ROBOT FROM RECYCLANDIA, directed by Robert Perillo.

Former 'Sex and the City' writers are teaming up to write a weekly downtown theatrical soap titled Cedar City Falls - a Mid-West Conflict with Labyrinth Theater Company members.

The musical The Fantasticks will sponsor a benefit concert, 'Night of 1,000 Luisas' on Wednesday, November 4, at 7pm in support of Bideawee, an animal welfare organization.

Magis Theatre Company, one of New York's most daring young theatre companies, created in 2003 by several alumni from the Columbia University MFA program in Acting, will present Her Name Is Vincent: An Evening with Edna St.

Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R.

Lily Tomlin, one of the best-loved women in America, will bring her An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin to Dixon Place in downtown Manhattan for one night only, November 23, in a special benefit performance.

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Parsons Dance presents REMEMBER ME, an all-new version of last season's collaboration with the lead vocalists of East Village Opera Company (EVOC), featuring the music of the acclaimed rock opera band at The Joyce Theater from February 2-14, 2010.

Entertainment Events Productions will present the long-awaited Off-Broadway premiere of SISTER'S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM by the creators of the long-running smash hit Late Night Catechism and starring everyone's favorite 'Sister' Maripat Donovan.

Bettie Page, Two Nearly Naked Christmas Carols, Sex Crimes & More Featured in COLLECTIVE:UNCONSCIOUS WINTER FESTIVAL December 1 -13 at Walkerspace

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) continues its 2009/2010 Season with the World Premiere of THIS, a new play by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (Suitcase, [sic]).

Performer Lián Amaris goes in search of renowned monologist Spalding Gray's 'perfect moment' in SWIMMING TO SPALDING.

Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and the Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell) have announced that four-time Helen Hayes Award-winning director Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R&J) has join