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Photo Flash: THE AMATEURS Celebrates Opening Night
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
The Amateurs opened at the Vineyard last night, check out the photos below!
Emma Geer Joins the Cast of MARY PAGE MARLOWE
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that EMMA GEER will join the previously announced TATIANA MASLANY and SUSAN POURFAR in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
FLIGHT Extends Through April 8th at the McKittrick Hotel
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
The McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27th Street, NYC), home of Sleep No More, announces the North American premiere of Flight, an original form of theatrical story-telling direct from an award-winning run at The Edinburgh International Festival. Previews began on January 30. Originally intended for just 8 weeks, Flight will now run through April 8.
Performances Begin Thursday For New Musical WICKED CLONE At The Davenport Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
WICKED CLONE, the cinema musical, is set to begin Off-Broadway performances this Thursday, March 1st at the Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45 Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.) Opening Night will be March 8th.
TACT's THREE WISE GUYS Begins Performances Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
TACT/ The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Artistic Executive Director; Nora Chester & Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Associate Artistic Directors), the award-winning Off-Broadway company celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season, will begin performances tomorrow, Wednesday, for Three Wise Guys, the World Premiere of a new comedy by Scott Alan Evans & Jeffrey Couchman, based on Damon Runyon's short stories, "Dancing Dan's Christmas" and "The Three Wise Guys."  
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast and Creatives of THE STONE WITCH
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
The Stone Witch by Shem Bitterman (A Death in Colombia, Influence) will play it's Off-Broadway premiere. Performances begin Monday, March 12, 2018 for an open-ended engagement at The Westside Theatre - Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Opening Night is set for Sunday evening, March 25, 2018 at 6:30PM.
York Theatre Co Announces THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS THE MUSICAL Benefit Concert
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
"A GIFT FROM THE MUSICAL THEATER GODS!"-Talkin' Broadway. The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, has announced today a special gala celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Off-Broadway hit The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) with music by Eric Rockwell, lyrics by Joanne Bogart, and book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart.
AVENUE Q Announces Spring Fling In Observation Of WORLD PUPPETRY DAY
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
AVENUE Q - the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that features a cast comprised of people and puppets - will celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 with what is to be an unprecedented large gathering of professional and amateur puppeteers and their puppets for a special performance and post-show soiree at New World Stages (Off-Broadway, 340 West 50th Street), starting at 8:00PM.
Photo Coverage: New York Theatre Workshop Celebrates Opening Night of AN ORDINARY MUSLIM
by Linda Lenzi - February 27, 2018
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) presents the World Premiere of AN ORDINARY MUSLIM, by NYTW Usual Suspect and 2017-18 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Hammaad Chaudry (Salaam, Mr. Bush), directed by NYTW Usual Suspect and Obie Award winner Jo Bonney(The Body of An American). Previews for AN ORDINARY MUSLIM began on February 7, 2018 with an opening last night at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003), now playing through March 25, 2018.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces 2018/2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER (Daniella Topol, Artistic Director; Annie Middleton, Managing Director) is proud to announce its 2018/19 season. In Fall 2018, MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale, Bright New Boise, The Few) will team up with long-term collaborator Davis McCallum with the plays Lewiston and Clarkston, to be performed on a double bill for the first time. In Spring 2019, Rattlestick will present the World Premiere of Lockdown by Cori Thomas (When January Feels Like Summer), and directed by Kent Gash (Barbeque), commissioned by Rattlestick with support from The Toulmin Foundation.
Specially Priced Packages Now Available For Historic Repertory Engagement Of HANOCH LEVIN SQUARED
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
New Yiddish Rep today announced specially priced package deals for its historic repertory engagement of two short plays by Israel's leading playwright, Hanoch Levin, performed in both Hebrew and Yiddish with English supertitles.
Liam Craig, Barbara Garrick, Laurence Lau And Jodie Markell Star In Keen's 25th Anniversary Production Of A.R. Gurney's LATER LIFE
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
Performances will begin tomorrow, Tuesday February 27th, for A.R. Gurney's play Later Life starring Liam Craig, Barbara Garrick, Laurence Lau, and Jodie Markell, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein. 
Photo Flash: Meet The Cast of HAL & BEE
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
Stable Cable Lab Co. and New Light Theater Project would like you to meet HAL & BEE, and BroadwayWorld has the exclusive!
Photo Flash: BLACK LIGHT Celebrates Opening Night at Joe's Pub
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
Daniel Alexander Jones makes his debut in The Public Theater's mainstage season with his new show Black Light, starring Jones's alter ego, legendary singer Jomama Jones. Originally commissioned as part of the Joe's Pub New York Voices series, Black Light is a moving, music-laden work - a revival of sorts - for turbulent times. Created by Jones, the show features all original music by Jomama, Laura Jean Anderson, Bobby Halvorson, Dylan Meek and Josh Quat. The show's music direction is by Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes.
Prospect Theater Company Presents ONE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE DAY
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
One Thousand Nights and One Day (www.ProspectTheater.org) a new musical with book and lyrics by Jason Grote (1001; Shostakovich, or Silence), music by Marisa Michelson (Tamar Of The River, Naamah's Ark),and directed by Erin Ortman (For The Love Of; The Wading Pool), will play at the ART/NY Mezzanine Theatre (502 West 53rd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues), it was announced today by Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director of the Prospect Theater Company. Performances for the limited engagement begin April 4 and opening night is set for April 15.One Thousand Nights and One Day is based on the play 1001 by Jason Grote.
New St. Patrick's Day Show Sparks Dance Craze For Kids
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
Do not worry grown ups. The tapping and stomping you hear you hear is not wild horses or the latest zombie apocalypse. It is the sound of happy little feet dancing to the Shamrock Beat at FunikiJam' s SHENANIGANS: Celebration of Ireland! What's more? The latest dance craze to hit the five and under set is just in time for St. Patrick's Day so bring the kids and get your (Sham) 'Rock on!
Photo Coverage: The York Theatre Musicals in Mufti Series Presents-SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - February 26, 2018
Are subways really for sleeping? The York Theatre Company presents the 1961 Broadway musical Subways Are for Sleeping with music byJule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, suggested by the book by Edmund G. Love, the final show in the Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti Series celebrating the work of the legendary composer Jule Styne. Directed by Stuart Ross, and with music direction by David Hancock Turner, the cast features Karl Josef Co, David Engel, Beth Glover, David Josefsberg, Alyse Alan Louis, Kathryn McCreary, Gerry McIntyre, Gina Milo, Eric William Morris, and Kilty Reidy.
Photo Flash: First Look at York Theatre Company's SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2018
Are subways really for sleeping? The York Theatre Company presents the 1961 Broadway musical Subways Are for Sleeping with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, suggested by the book by Edmund G. Love, the final show in the Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti Series celebrating the work of the legendary composer Jule Styne. Directed by Stuart Ross, and with music direction by David Hancock Turner, the cast features Karl Josef Co, David Engel, Beth Glover, David Josefsberg, Alyse Alan Louis, Kathryn McCreary, Gerry McIntyre, Gina Milo, Eric William Morris, and Kilty Reidy.
Cast of GOLDSTEIN Led by Megan McGinnis, Julie Benko, Amie Bermowitz and More
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2018
Casting has been announced for GOLDSTEIN, a new musical about family with music and lyrics by Michael Roberts and a book by Charlie Schulman which opens Thursday, April 5th at the Actors Temple Theatre (339 West 47 St -between 8th and 9th Avenues).
Photo Coverage: FRIENDS! THE MUSICAL PARODY Celebrates 100 Performances
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2018
Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, Phoebe and Gunther are back! Lynn Shore Entertainment, Theater Mogul and McSmith Family Entertainment present FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, the unauthorized parody of the hit TV show by the creators of Bayside! The Saved by the Bell Musical and 90210! The Musical. The company celebrated their 100th performance just recently, check out the photos below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Roundabout Underground's BOBBIE CLEARLY
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2018
Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present Bobbie Clearly, by Alex Lubischer, directed by Will Davis. This is the second play in Roundabout Underground's expanded two-play season, following Too Heavy for Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder this fall.
Jamie Morton Talks MY DAD WROTE A PORNO Live
by David Clarke - February 23, 2018
Jamie Morton, co-creator of the popular podcast MY DAD WROTE A PORNO, is taking Rocky Flintstone's scintillating and rib tickling erotica novels on a world tour. Morton and his friends/co-creators, James Cooper and Alice Levine, are spreading the love all around North America at stops that include San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and New York City. Recently, we sat down with Morton to get the inside scoop on these live shows.
THE COVER OF LIFE Opens March 8 Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2018
Tood, Weetsie, and Sybil are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover of Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story.
Off-Broadway Writing Team, Michael Sgouros And Brenda Bell, Celebrate Their 40th Production With CINDERELLA THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2018
On Sunday, February 18, Cinderella the Musical marked the creators' 40th Off-Broadway production with a sold-out performance at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. Michael Sgouros (music) and Brenda Bell (book/lyrics), who have been collaborating since 2008, have written 12 original Off-Broadway musicals together. This latest production of Cinderella marks the shows fourth revival.
World Premiere of AN ORDINARY MUSLIM Extends at New York Theatre Workshop
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2018
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) (Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director Jeremy Blocker) is proud to announce a two-week extension for the World Premiere of AN ORDINARY MUSLIM, by NYTW Usual Suspect and 2017-18 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Hammaad Chaudry (Salaam, Mr. Bush), directed by NYTW Usual Suspect and Obie Award winner Jo Bonney (The Body of An American). Previews for AN ORDINARY MUSLIM began on February 7, 2018 with an opening night set for February 26, 2018 at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003), now playing through March 25, 2018.

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