OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1421

Jonathan Groff goes from THE BACCHAE on stage to 'Taking Woodstock' on screen this summer, the always evolving young talent spoke to The New York Daily News about the two upcoming projects.

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's new initiative devoted to producing work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers, will present the world premiere of WHAT ONCE WE FELT, a new play by Ann Marie Healy, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, as the first of three productions during the 2009-2010 season.

Stage 13 (Dan Fogler, Sarah Saltzberg, Bjorn Thorstad; artistic directors) and the Midtown International Theatre Festival present the New York Premiere of EXPOSED! The Curious Case of Shiloh and Zahara at The Main Stage Theater for 6 performances only, July 15th -July 30th.

Dennis Parlato, seen on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Sound of Music and The Graduate, will assume the role of El Gallo in Off Broadway's The Fantasticks from July 13 through August 2, 2009 while Lewis Cleale, who normally plays the role, appears in Camelot at The Muny.

Producers South Ark Stage and kef productions present LYRIC IS WAITING, written by Michael Puzzo and directed by Adam Fitzgerald.

Buck Henry and Holland Taylor star in Lisa Ebersole's new Off-Broadway play MOTHER, receiving its world-premiere production, with previews to begin July 8, prior to its official press opening on July 15 at The Wild Project Theater (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

Anthony Francavilla and The Imagination Company are pleased to announce the July 20th & August 10th performances of Erotic Broadway at The Triad, Off Broadway's sexiest, new late-night Monday series.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Audience Extras and Back Stage will host the industry panel Adapt or Perish: Producing in Spite of Tough Times on Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W.

NICK is returning as part of the undergroundzero festival at PS122.

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?, an exaggeration by Lennox Robinson, comes to The Mint.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the hit show that won the coveted 2009 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, continues its sit-down, open-ended run at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Monday, July 13, at 7:30pm with a cast that includes Craig Bierko, Rachel Dra

Lee Summers continues his open ended run of Winds of Change - Monday, July 13th at 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre, 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus).

Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray, High School Musical) will be the host and musical guest of the upcoming The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway on July 13 at the Atlantic Theater.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richard, Executive Director) continues this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Lila Rose Kaplan's Wildflower.

The Cliplight Theater and Theatre at Saint Clement's will present Levittown, written by Marc Palmieri and directed by George Demas, beginning Wednesday, July 8 at 8pm at Theatre at Saint Clement's, 423 West 46th Street.

On April 20th 1999, the world watched as two young men presumed to be outcasts walked into their high-school, and attempted to massacre hundreds of their peers.

Soap star Robert Newman joins cast of Off-Broadway musical Sessions and talks about the end of an era with Guiding Light leaving the air after 72 years.

By popular and critical demand the acclaimed 'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans, has now extend the engagement for the summer through August 23rd.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced a two-week extension (through July 12) of The Amish Project, 'a remarkable exploration of loss and forgiveness beautifully written and performed by Jessica Dickey' (The New York Times, 6/19/09), directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde.

The Alchemy Theatre, in association with LAByrinth Theater Company, are presenting 'Sweet Storm' by Scott Hudson, who was recently awarded the Daryl Roth 2009 Creative Spirit Award, Off Broadway at The Kirk Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC.

On Thursday July 9th, the cast of 'THE TOXIC AVENGER' took to the stage in New York City's Union Square as part of the 2009 'Summer in the Square,' a series of events taking place each Thursday through August 13th.

Due to popular demand, Lincoln Center Theater has announced the extension of the run of its LCT3 production of STUNNING for an additional two weeks through Saturday, July 11.

Due to the continued demand for tickets, Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director; Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced another extension of the world premiere engagement of Geoffrey Nauffts' play, Next Fall, directed by Sheryl Kaller.

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After selling out originally scheduled run and its first extension, the World Premiere of THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND has been extended yet again.