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Get $10 tix to A Letter To Harvey Milk!
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK ran Off-Broadway for 6 months in 2018. Members of the original cast have reunited for an online benefit presentation of the hit musical which streams from April 22 through 25, 2021. Money raised will benefit The Actors Fund and HIAS.
2021 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival Announced for May
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
La MaMa has announced the lineup for the 16th edition of La MaMa Moves! Returning for its annual spring season for two weeks in May, the 2021 festival will feature works by Hadar Ahuvia and Tatyana Tenenbaum, J. Bouey, Jasmine Hearn, Tiffany Mills, Ricarrdo Valentine, and Sugar Vendil.
Laurie Anderson and Jason Moran to Premiere PARTY IN THE BARDO at Park Avenue Armory in May
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
Park Avenue Armory today announced dates for its premiere of Party in the Bardo, a collaboration between multidisciplinary artist and MacArthur “Genius” Jason Moran, who curates the Armory’s Artists Studio Series, and multi-Grammy Award–winning performance artist Laurie Anderson.
New 42 and Russell Granet, John B. King, Jr. & More to be Honored at Education is Everything Virtual Gala
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
The WNET Group has announced the honorees for its Education is Everything Virtual Gala celebration on Thursday, April 22. The WNET Group will recognize John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education and President and CEO of The Education Trust; New 42 and its President & CEO, Russell Granet for New Victory Education programs; and more.
Marsha Stephanie Blake, Becca Blackwell, Nidra Sousla Terre and More Join SHOWING UP From The Civilians
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
The Civilians has announced the cast for Showing Up, a free live streamed evening of music and performance inspired by photographer Accra Shepp’s portraits of Black Lives Matter activists. The online event features Emmy-Nominee Marsha Stephanie Blake, Sheldon Best, Becca Blackwell, Cecil Blutcher, and more.
LISTEN: Tony Nominee Bobby Steggert Wraps Up Season Three of ANXIETY AND THE ARTIST Podcast
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
In this Season Three finale episode, Tony Award-nominee turned psychotherapist, Bobby Steggert (Ragtime, Big Fish) sits down with podcast host Allison Sheff (Smokey Joe’s Café) to discuss artists’ changing identities and social anxiety in the rehearsal room.
Alia Jones-Harvey to Take Part in ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Presented by The League of Professional Theatre Women
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
The League of Professional Theatre Women will present an Oral History Project event with the 4-time Tony Award-nominated producer Alia Jones-Harvey on Monday, May 24 at 6pm on Zoom. The Oral History Project chronicles and documents the contributions of significant theatre women in all fields.
TOUCH to be Presented by Blessed Unrest as Part of NYC Open Culture Program
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
Blessed Unrest will present a new, live, movement-based performance TOUCH, a post pandemic meditation on skin hunger and a longing to connect. The piece invites its audience to partake in the warmth of creative intimacy, with the safety of distance.
WATCH: Celebrate the 84th Anniversary of BABES IN ARMS With a Lyric Video of Carly Simon's Take on 'Where or When'
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
Today The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization launched a brand new lyric video to honor the 84th anniversary of Rodgers & Hart’s Broadway musical Babes in Arms – part of their continued celebration of the centennial of Rodgers & Hart’s partnership! You can now watch the lyric video featuring Carly Simon’s take on the classic tune “Where or When”
George Salazar, Amelia Workman and Alfredo Narciso Star in RADIO NOWHERE Presented by Keen Company
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced the World Premiere of a newly commissioned audio play Radio Nowhere by playwright Kate Cortesi, beginning Friday April 23rd at 7pm EST for FREE.
BERTHA, THE SEWING MACHINE GIRL To Stream On The Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a new free 'screened' reading, so enormous it must be presented over two weekends,  live-streamed at no charge, with its groundbreaking, signature visual wizardry, and a talkback to follow: BERTHA, THE SEWING MACHINE GIRL - Part One, by Charles Foster.
SHAKESPEARE ON STRATFORD to be Presented Live by Brave New World Rep
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Brooklyn's Brave New World Repertory Theatre has announced its annual Shakespeare on Stratford, a live FREE family friendly community celebration in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday on Saturday, April 24 from 3:30-5:30pm.
GOD IS A COMEDIAN Premieres This Friday, Featuring Denise Manning, Dria Brown, Harper Miles and More
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
SamJam Productions will present God is A Comedian by Denise Manning. This self-produced and crowd funded Comedy Special is created by and for Black Womxn. SamJam productions is a Black owned production company started and created by Denise Manning with a mission statement of producing work for and by Black womxn.
George C. Wolfe to Join John Benjamin Hickey in Conversation for THIS IS NEW YORK
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Symphony Space will present a special conversation between Tony Award-winning director, playwright, and producer George C. Wolfe and Tony Award-winning stage, film, and television actor John Benjamin Hickey, on Wednesday, April 28, at 7pm EST.
LISTEN: Madilyn Jaz & Zell Steele Morrow Discuss What it Takes to have Success in the Industry on TAKE A BOW Podcast
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Broadway siblings Madilyn Jaz & Zell Steele Morrow discuss what it takes to have success in the industry as a family. Madilyn made her Broadway Debut in Matilda. Her brother, Zell, wanted to be just like her and had aspirations to be on a Broadway stage. Zell has since appeared in Fun Home, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Really Rosie, and more.
Tickets Now on Sale for THIS AMERICAN WIFE World Premiere
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of This American Wife. Part loving satire and part piercing examination, This American Wife, running May 20–June 6, is a multi-camera, live-streamed, dark comedy investigating the obsession, idolization, and all-consuming-hunger the women of The Real Housewives engender in many of us.
Abingdon Theatre Company Will Host a Watch Party and Talkback For Virtual Festival Winner EMPRESS MEI LI LOTUS BLOSSOM
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Abingdon Theatre Company will present a short film of 'Empress Mei Li Lotus Blossom' written and directed by Christine Toy Johnson followed by a talk back with the writer and cast, moderated by Reggie Lee on May 25th at 7pm ET. This event is free. This piece is being screened in May to Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Leg Up On Life QUEENS FOR A CAUSE Will Return April 19th
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Leg Up On Life's first show QUEENS FOR A CAUSE is making a triumphant return on April 19th, 2021 8PM EST.
Byzantine Choral Project's ICONS/IDOLS: IN THE PURPLE ROOM Brings Live Theatre Back To New Ohio Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater present the Archive Residency world premiere of Byzantine Choral Project's ICONS/IDOLS: IN THE PURPLE ROOM, a choral drama and immersive installation.
Artistic Stamp Plays-By-Mail Announces Final Public Season
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
2021 Drama League Award nominated WILD THYME amongst the Plays-by-mail presented by Artistic Stamp, Shelley Butler and West Hyler, Co-Artistic Directors, for Season Three. This will be the final public season of the pioneering plays-by-mail theater company that commissioned and premiered 10 socially distant, interactive theatrical adventures since September, 2020. 
ON THE SPOT Makes Its Return Off-Broadway This Week
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
On The Spot is a uniquely unpredictable musical that puts Broadway talent with cream of the crop NYC improvisers to create a brand new musical...on the spot!
Joyce Carol Oates's WILD NIGHTS Announced at The National Arts Club
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
Join The National Arts Club for an online performance of Joyce Carol Oates's one-act play Wild Nights!, directed by Michael Parva.
Split Britches' LAST GASP WFH to Have Virtual Encore Presentation
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
La MaMa has announced that Split Britches’ Last Gasp WFH is back by popular demand and will be available for on demand viewing on Vimeo now through May 31, 2021. Last Gasp WFH looks for ways we might catch our breath in these times of global uncertainty, considering our ‘last acts,’ whether personal, political or environmental.
OPEN CALL Exhibition and Performance Series to be Presented by The Shed
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
Open Call is The Shed’s large-scale commissioning program for early-career NYC-based artists. For its second iteration, 27 artists have been selected by interdisciplinary professionals and leaders in their fields, including artists and Shed staff, to present work starting this June through next year.
Marsha Mason and More Star in LITTLE GEM: A PERFORMANCE ON SCREEN Presented by Irish Repertory Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
Irish Repertory Theatre announced today that their next Performance on Screen digital production is Little Gem. Reprising their roles from Irish Rep’s 2019 production are Brenda Meaney (Indian Ink), Lauren O’Leary (The Awkward Years) and four-time Academy Award nominee & Outer Critic’s Circle Award winner Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl).

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