OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 807

The Off-Broadway hit "plomedy," SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT began performances on October 12 at Times Square's Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway at 50 Street) and will conclude its successful run on Sunday, December 28, 2014.

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, the internationally acclaimed theatrical event celebrating the genius, music and phenomenon of John Lennon will end its engagement at The Union Square Theater (100 East 17th Street) on January 11th.

'A Hard Rain' by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper is set in 1969 Greenwich Village in the sweltering few days before the Stonewall riots.

Company XIV presents a revival of their hit holiday show, Nutcracker Rouge, conceived, directed and choreographed by Austin McCormick.

Over 80 writers, directors, actors and musicians will present 10 unique musical shorts at SOUND BITES: a one-night-only off-Broadway event.

Casting is complete for Second Stage Theatre presentation of the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' acclaimed play, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY.

Gracye Productions will bring back THE ASPHALT CHRISTMAS, the campy parody of all those wretched 40s and 50s Christmas films you watched as a kid.

The new musical comedy DISENCHANTED! makes its New York premiere in a limited 9-week engagement at Theatre at St.

VH Theatrical Development Foundation presents the Off-Broadway premiere of THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN, a new play by acclaimed author Laura Pedersen, directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser.

Now in their fifth season, Shakespeare in the Square, known for their performances in Washington Square Park, presents William Shakespeare's THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET, in their Off-Broadway debut, this time indoors, at The Gym at Judson (243 Thompson Street).

On November 18th, the Jewish State Theater of Warsaw performed in NYC for the first time since the 1980s.

Recently celebrating a major milestone with its 3000th performance in New York City this past October, the GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW, looks forward to celebrating another holiday season audiences of all ages by offering an updated holiday schedule at New World Stages.

Cole Mining: The Songs of Stephen Cole will be presented as part of Urban Stages' Winter Rhythms tomorrow, December 3, 2014 at 7pm at Urban Stages 259 W.

Due to popular demand BEDLAM is adding three more performances of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility adapted by Kate Hamill.

By The Water, the new play by Sharyn Rothstein, directed by Hal Brooks, starts the final week of its run today as part of The Studio at Stage II - Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).

National Lampoon's Bayside! The Musical! - the hilarious unauthorized parody of the wholesome Saturday morning program "Saved by the Bell" - will present a "A Very Bayside Christmas" for the week of Wednesday, December 17 through Saturday, December 20.

As American workers continue to be impacted by the dynamics of the global marketplace and downward pressure on their wages, Theater for the New City and its Executive Director Crystal Field will present AN AMERICAN WORKER, a world premiere play and lyrics by Tom Attea with music composed by Arthur A

The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, partners with producers Amy Engelhardt and Heather Shields to present the fourth installment in the Fall 2014 series of the acclaimed new game show for musical theater lovers called Tune

Randy Redd (currently featured in Allegro at Classic Stage Company) has been cast as the male lead opposite Marie Zamora in Manhattan Parisienne, a new play by Alain Boublil, the Tony Award-winning co-creator of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, which will have its world premiere for a limited engagem

The Storm Theatre Company has announced that they will kick off 2015 with a production of the play GIGI by Anita Loos adapted from the novella by Anita Loos.

All For One Theater, which develops and supports the art of solo theater, will present Tony Award-nominee Tom Hewitt in Aaron Mark's Another Medea and Sarah Jane Johnson in her play Devil in A Box.

Signature Theatre has announced that the World of the Play series continues with a panel of experts discussing Art and Political Conflict in Northern Ireland, presented in conjunction with the US premiere of Sam Shepard's A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations), on Saturday, December 6th at 4:00 p.

Red Bull Theater's OBIE Award-Winning Revelation Readings series provides a unique opportunity to hear new and rarely-produced classic plays performed by many of the finest actors in New York.

Wiesenthal, the new play about the legendary Simon Wiesenthal, will offer two special family matinees on December 7 and 14 at 3PM.

Reality star Frank Sorrentino, most commonly known as the older brother to the Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino from his appearances on the Jersey Shore, is set to make his Off-Broadway debut in 'My Big Gay Italian Funeral' opposite creator Anthony J.