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Lillias White Joins the Cast of BLACK NO MORE
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2021
The New Group has announced that Tony Award winner Lillias White will join the cast of the world premiere production of Black No More. A strictly limited engagement will play January 11 – February 27, 2022 at The Pershing Square Signature Center with Opening Night on Tuesday, February 8. Tickets are now on sale to the public. 
Lucy Liu to Honor SAG/AFTRA West Coast President Jodi Long at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's 45th Art & Action Gala Dinner
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2021
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will kick off its 45th Milestone Season of recovery and healing with the annual celebration the 45th Art & Action Gala Dinner, an in-person LIVE Benefit Dinner TOMORROW, October 21, 2021 beginning at 6:00PM at The Golden Unicorn Restaurant in Chinatown (18 East Broadway at Catherine Street). 
Veteran's Day Week Presentations of Pulitzer-Nominated Play, WAR WORDS to Be Presented In NYC, L.A. & More
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
Honoring Veteran's Day, The Atlantic Council, NewYorkRep, and The United States Veterans' Artists Alliance present War Words, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated docu-play by Michelle Kholos Brooks, in the words of the men and women who served in the U.S. Military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
New York Theatre Barn Will Return to Live Programming with Musicals from Joriah Kwamé, Adam Ben-David & More
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
New York Theatre Barn will host the return of live and in person New Works Series on Monday, November, 1st, 2021 at 7PM ET at The Cell. The live presentation will feature excerpts from the new musicals From The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and HOW TO YOU: A Musical Guide to Black Boyhood as well as a conversation with the writers.
Kerry Butler, Alex Brightman & More to Join The Broadway Cast Reunion Series
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
The smash hit online show, The Broadway Cast Reunion Series is back with a Halloween special and the Broadway cast of Beetlejuice! The special will run on October 28th at 7:00 PM (Eastern) 4:00 PM (Pacific), on Stellar.
The York Theatre Company Announces Show Only Single Tickets for 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
The York Theatre Company has announced show-only tickets are now available for the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, honoring musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire on Monday evening, November 1, 2021 at The Edison Ballroom.
Scott Hoying & Sara Mearns to Join Jessica Vosk's Solo Carnegie Hall Debut
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
Broadway star Jessica Vosk will make her solo Carnegie Hall debut with her new concert, My Golden Age, on Monday, November 8, at 8:00 PM. Directed by Tony Award-winner Warren Carlyle, My Golden Age is Vosk’s homage to the likes of Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Bette Midler, and other legendary voices.
Playwrights Horizons Announces Full Casting For SELLING KABUL
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
The cast includes Dario Ladani Sanchez as Taroon, Francis Benhamou as Leyla, Mattico David as Jawid, and Marjan Neshat as Afiya.
Photos: THE JIGSAW BRIDE Opens at First Folio Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
First Folio Theatre presents the World Premiere of Joseph Zettelmaier’s THE JIGSAW BRIDE, previewing October 13th-15th, opening October 16th and running through November 14th, 2021. 
Kendra Augustin's DEATH IN THE FAMILY Begins Performances at Dixon Place October 28
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
Up-and-coming playwright Kendra Augustin's new play “Death in the Family” is coming to lower Manhattan in a collaboration between theater pioneer Dixon Place and arts organization In Full Color from Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 28 to 30, 2021.
Photos: First Look at TAMMANY HALL A New Site-Specific, Immersive Production at SoHo Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
Rub shoulders with some of New York’s legendary politicians, mobsters, molls, and showgirls under the very roof that brought them all together during the Prohibition Era. Tammany Hall, a new, site-specific, immersive theater experience created and directed by Darren Lee Cole (Fleabag, Killer Joe) and Alexander Wright (The Great Gatsby)
Rashad V. Chambers Discusses The Reopening Of AIN'T TOO PROUD On CLAYTON HOWE'S ENTERTAINMENTX Podcast
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
As theatre returns in New York City, Rashad V. Chambers expands on his life's journey. The conversation covers his early inspirations around studying law and he subsequent path to producing.
Photos: First Look at 1-2-3 MANHUNT at Theater for the New City
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
1-2-3 Manhunt, a new play by Tony DiMurro ((The Coyote Bleeds, Moe Green Gets It In The Eye) and directed by William Roudebush (Equus; Glengarry Glen Ross) will play The Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets) for a limited engagement through October 24.
VIDEO: The Joyce Renovates Seating and Asks Patrons For Support
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
The theater is asking that interested patrons will consider supporting The Joyce Theater’s seat replacement project and leaving your mark on the dance community for years to come by naming one of the 472 seats.
United Solo Theatre Festival Announces Nominees For The 2021 Special Award
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
Later this month, the world's largest solo theatre festival returns to its resident stage at Theatre Row in New York, resuming the tradition of honoring outstanding solo performances with the United Solo Special Award. Every year, this award goes to an artist who has created a captivating performance which is rich with sensitivity, audacity, and wisdom.
SIMPLY BARBRA Announces Cross Country and London Engagements
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
Award-winning singer and actor Steven Brinberg brings his internationally acclaimed SIMPLY BARBRA show to four cities in the next couple of months.  Each of the shows will have a special guest who will perform and also have the honor of a duet with 'Barbra'.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of BLUE ROSES at The York Theatre
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - October 19, 2021
Directed by Austin Pendleton (Fiddler on the Roof) and with music direction by Nancy Ford (I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road), the cast of four will feature Anita Gillette (Moonstruck) as Amanda Wingfield, Piper Goodeve (Anne of Green Gables) as Laura Wingfield, Jeff Kready (Tootsie) as Jim O'Connor, and Howard McGillin (The Phantom of the Opera) as Tom Wingfield.
Rosie's Theater Kids to Honor Desmond Child at Annual Gala
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
Rosie’s Theater Kids will celebrate their 18th anniversary by honoring Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter-producer Desmond Child at its annual gala presented both virtually and in-person on Monday, November 15 in New York City at The Whitby Hotel Theater (18 West 56 Street).
LISTEN: Zachary James Talks THE ADDAMS FAMILY & Theatre Ghost Stories on THE ART OF KINDNESS WITH ROBERT PETERPAUL
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
Broadway and opera star Zachary James took a spooky trip down memory lane on The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul podcast this week. The award-winning performer reminisced about his time originating the role of Lurch in The Addams Family on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, and told a spooky theatre ghost story!
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for CULLUD WATTAH - Complete Casting Announced!
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the world premiere of CULLUD WATTAH, written by 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Candis C. Jones.
A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET Announces Extension
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
Due to popular demand, the producers of A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet announced today that they are extending the run of the world premiere musical by a week – or 7/8ths of a Hannukah – and it will now play its final performance on Sunday, November 21st at 7:00 pm at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street).
Listen: Season 3 of THE DRAMATISTS GUILD PRESENTS: TALKBACK Launches With Christine Toy Johnson & More
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
The Dramatists Guild of America is presenting the third season of their podcast, The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, now available on all your favorite podcast platforms. The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK entertains frank conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
A.R.T./New York Announces Three Regrant Opportunities for New York Theatres
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York announced today two regrant opportunities for theatres in New York City (the New York City Small Theatres Fund and the Strengthening NYC Theatres Grant), as well as a regrant for theatres throughout New York State (the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund).
Grantham Coleman, Shirine Babb, Callie Holley & More to Star in PERICLES Benefit Reading at Red Bull Theater
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
RED BULL THEATER today announced the complete cast for its online Benefit Reading of Shakespeare’s Pericles featuring a company Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) voices.
A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL Will Be Performed at Theatre Row Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
God and Sex share the same wing space, take off from the Brooklyn Bridge and fly into uncertainty. A bare shoulder at the Met, red lipstick, and an aunt's wig. In Sex and God, we trust. A Hundred Dollar Bill is a multicultural story of a Turkish man rummaging for truth and searching for his name Al Wadood, the Loving – or “Manhattan Love?”

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