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Tony Award winner Priscilla Lopez will join Pauletta Pearson Washington in Michael Griffo’s heartwarming play Pen Pals, taking on the roles of Mags and Bernie.

After completing 25+ shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, Douglas Widick’s Paperclip received great response.

The Acting Company announced that after four years as Artistic Director, Kent Gash will step into the new role of Director of Special Projects to serve as an artistic advisor to the Company.

The life of designer Alexander McQueen comes to life in the new play House of McQueen, a sexy, flamboyant, irreverent, and poignant theatrical portrait that unravels the enigma of fashion icon.

Performing arts and arts education nonprofit New 42 celebrated the 25th anniversary of New 42 Studios with a luncheon hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Jonathan Groff.

Exorcistic: The Rock Musical officially opened on Monday, September 8th at The Asylum NYC.

“Strokes of Genius: Hirschfeld at the Algonquin” will be on exhibition in the hotel’s legendary Oak Room, September 9 – 20, daily from noon – 7PM.

Amas Musical Theatre will present a Benefit Concert of Charlotte Sweet - The Madcap Musical with a libretto by Michael Colby.

The cast and creative team has been revealed for the upcoming New York premiere of NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME, a behind-the-scenes look at the launch of one of America’s most iconic shows.

Ars Nova will kick-off its 2025-2026 season with the world premiere of HEAUX CHURCH, presented in association with Lena Waithe.

The world premiere musical Saturday Church has extended its run for an additional week at New York Theatre Workshop.

RED BULL THEATER has revealed the complete cast to join Emmy nominated actor Michael Urie in a powerful new version of Shakespeare's Richard II.

The Drunk Shakespeare Society will present Drunk Dracula this Halloween season for a limited engagement of six weeks.

All new production photos have been released for Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s THE BROTHERS SIZE, now playing at The Shed in a production co-directed by Bijan Sheibani and McCraney and starring André Holland, Alani iLongwe and Malcolm Mays.

The New York Gypsy Festival will return to its East Village roots to celebrate its 20th Anniversary at Drom this November.

Olivia Levine's Unstuck: A Solo Show About Growing Up With OCD will make its off-Broadway premiere at the SoHo Theatre next month.

​​​​​​​Theatre Now New York's Industry Nights return with a Master Class given by award-winning writer Julia Jordan (Murder Ballad, Bernice Bobs Her Hair) on September 22nd at 6:30pm.

Wallace Shawn will premiere his new play, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, directed by André Gregory, for a limited 12-week off-Broadway run at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St).

NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy and Live & In Color will present Songs of Light & Joy: A Diwali Celebration October 9–12, 2025, at Provincetown Playhouse in NYC.

In new photos, meet the cast of the Off-Broadway premiere of LOST AND FOUND, a new play by Angelica Gorga, with direction by Christine Cirker.

MCC Theater has announced its 2025–26 Workshop Series, a slate of interactive sessions designed for artists and theater lovers of all levels.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Tisa Chang, will open its 49th milestone season with a staged reading of Empress Mei Li Lotus Blossom, a new play by Christine Toy Johnson directed by Nina Zöe Lam.

Producers bb², Seaview, LD Entertainment, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep have announced a surprise $30 first performance of Jordan Tannahill’s Prince Faggot at Studio Seaview (305 W.

Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery, My So-Called Life) will join the Week 3 cast of Stan Zimmerman’s acclaimed suicide awareness play Right Before I Go.

Following a sold-out Off-Broadway engagement in New York City, BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical will embark on its next transformative chapter with a workshop production at Teatro Espressivo.