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Casts Announced for Rashaad Newsome's BLACK MAGIC in New York and Philadelphia
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway New York Live Arts, in partnership with Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, presents Rashaad Newsome's multifaceted BLACK MAGIC at New York Live Arts (Live Arts), Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC), and Icebox Project Space (Icebox), September 12 - November 30, 2019. (more...) 
Photo Flash: THE CATASTROPHE CLUB Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway The World Premiere of Devin Burnam's site-specific immersive play, The Catastrophe Club, opens tonight in the Village. The award-winning Sea Dog Theater produces the play which runs until November 22. Longtime Sea Dog collaborator, Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy, directs. (more...) 
THE CHRISTMAS CAROL: A QUEER FANTASIA Makes World Premiere At Access Theater
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway From the award-winning team behind the sell-out successes, Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII and meg jo beth amy & louisa, comes their latest production: The Christmas Carol: A Queer Fantasia, written and directed by James Cougar Canfield, a new fab take on Charles Dickens' Christmas classic! (more...) 
Michael Colby Presents Staged Version of THE ALGONQUIN KID
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Attention fans of NY nostalgia and the legendary Algonquin Hotel! On October 24th, award-winning writer Michael Colby will host a staged version of his popular book The Algonquin Kid. Michael's grandparents Ben and Mary Bodine owned the hotel from 1946 to 1987, and Michael virtually grew up there as a real-life counterpart to Eloise of the Plaza. (more...) 
BARS AND MEASURES Begins Performances Today At Urban Stages
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Urban Stages will open its' season with the New York Premiere of Idris Goodwin's Bars and Measures, directed by Kristan Seemel. (more...) 
TAPTASTIC Brian Davis Comes to the Tank
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Brian Davis brings TAPTASTIC BRIAN DAVIS to the Tank Sunday November 3, 2019 at 7pm. (more...)
Parity Productions Awards Shualee Cook And Gina Femia Awarded 2019 Annual Parity Commission
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Theatre production company Parity Productions, a producer of new work that ensures they fill at least 50% of the creative positions (playwrights, directors, and designers) on their productions with women and/or trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) artists, has awarded two commissions to Shualee Cook for Cercle Hermaphroditos and Gina Femia for you know, that Bakery out in Bensonhurst that don't got a name. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, October 16th at the third annual Parity Awards Ceremony and Celebration at Theaterlab. (more...) 
DUCK Begins Performances Tonight, Opens October 24
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway IRT present the World Premiere of DUCK, a new American drama by Tom Block, founding producer of the International Human Rights Art Festival. Directed by Katrin Hilbe, previews begin October 17 at IRT Theater with opening night slated for Thursday, October 24. (more...)
Theater At The 14th Street Y Now Accepting Submissions For 2020-2021 Season
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway The Theater at the 14th Street Y is now accepting submissions for the 2020-2021 Season focused on the theme, HUMOR. (more...) 
stubbornMVMT Presents HOMEless: An Intimate Experience Of Identity
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway stubbornMVMT officially debuts in the Emerging Guest Artist Series presented by The Performance Project @ University Settlement this November. HOMEless, created by stubbornMVMT's Artistic Director Rodd Denson, is an intimate experience navigating queer black and brown identity. (more...) 
BWW Review: NOTES ON MY MOTHER'S DECLINE Echoes Grief at Fourth Street Theatre
by Derek McCracken on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway With a certain and subdued beauty, NOTES ON MY MOTHER'S DECLINE softens the blow that expectations, memory and loss deal to a contemporary mother/son relationship. Even as vivid descriptions of remembered sights, smells, tastes and textures fill their liminal space, a void of grief remains. (more...) 
La MaMa Gala To Honor Philip Glass, Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, And Sam Rudy
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway La MaMa announced today their 2019 Gala celebrating Ellen Stewart's Centennial. (more...) 
Crew Announced For RIVERA'S LOVESONG (IMPERFECT)
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway It takes a village to create a masterpiece. OBIE Winner, José Rivera ('Marisol' and 'References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot'), premieres another powerful stage-work at the East Village's arts haven, The theater at the 14th Street Y. (more...) 
WWTNS? TO Remount Concert Version Of TYA Musical
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway What Will the Neighbors Say? announces the next installment of its educational program What Will the Kids Say? WWTNS? will be remounting Untitled Shape Show: A New Musical for Young Audiences as a concert reading as part of the FringeClub 2019 at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in October. (more...) 
Necromancers Of The Public Domain Returns to the Tank
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as Necromancers of the Public Domain, a 1-night-only NYC variety show. (more...) 
BWW Review: The Wick Theatre Set To Open Season With Hot Shoe Shuffle
by Stephen Sorokoff on October 17, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Off Broadway enthusiasts are increasingly adding the tag South Broadway to denote the fact that first rate productions are being mounted by creative and savvy theater owners in their audience friendly state of the art venues in South Florida. The Wick Theatre In Boca Raton is one of the newest and most glamorous. I was recently there for the dress rehearsal of the season opener Hot Shoe Shuffle. The Wick audience is in for a fabulous evening of song and dance with an unbelievable display of talent on it's stage. Bravo to Producer Marilyn Wick, Director Jonathan Van Dyke, Choreographer Justin M. Lewis, Jason Tucker musical director and a very talented cast. The show runs October 17- November 10. Check out the photos. (more...) 
Play For Young Audiences Tackles Border Wall With Oscar Wilde Tale
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway The Selfish Giant is a classic tale, by Oscar Wilde, about a giant who builds a wall around his garden to keep out the town's children but, in doing so, plunges his garden into an endless winter. The show's creators, Jose Ignacio Vivero and Susannah Dalton, instill a sense of urgency in the story by placing the storytellers themselves at a border wall. Traveling, depression-era hucksters, transform their wares to tell a much-needed story to the audience they find waiting to cross. (more...) 
Queer Wild West Comes To La MaMa In Pioneers Go East's VIRGO STAR
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Tony Award-winning La MaMa presents the world premiere of VIRGO STAR, an intimate interactive performance, written and devised by the Pioneers Go East Collective - Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and Daniel Diaz, in collaboration with Philip Treviño, Anabella Lenzu and Agosto Machado, and directed by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte. (more...) 
Martine Gutierrez's CIRCLE Announced At Performance Space New York
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Performance Space New York continues The Stages Seriesa?"rethinking the dominant form and aesthetics that have informed the stage for centuriesa?"with Martine Gutierrez's Circle (November 20, 22-23). (more...)
Jamie Adkins To Open 2019-2020 Family Series
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the first event in the 2019-2020 Family Series Season: Jamie Adkins' Circus Incognitus on Saturday, November 2 at 11:00AM. Circus Incognitus is the first show of BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center's 2019-2020 Family Theater Season, featuring plays, musicals, puppetry, concerts and dance for all ages. (more...)
Park Avenue Armory Announces Cast Of JUDGMENT DAY
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Park Avenue Armory announces today the cast for its December production of Judgment Daya?"the world premiere of Christopher Shinn's new adaptation of ?-dön von Horváth's 1937 play. Luke Kirby, best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance of Lenny Bruce on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , plays the leading role in the production, which is the first ground-up theater production for the Armory. In his return to the Armory after his award-winning production of The Hairy Ape (2017), acclaimed theater director Richard Jones leads the cast of 16, which includes Susannah Perkins (Network; The Wolves), Alyssa Bresnahan (Network; 27 Dresses), Henry Stram (Junk; The Elephant Man), and Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie a?" Tony Award; Desperate Housewives). (more...) 
FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL Award Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway The Fresh Fruit Festival - now in its 18th year - celebrating the spirit of pride and survival, of history and progress, of a freedom and creativity which allows for respect and equality for all people - presents its annual Awards event. Awards are presented for Outstanding performance and technical work during the past season of the Fresh Fruit Festival. Community Awards are also presented to people and organizations who enrich the LGBT community through education, advocacy, and service. (more...) 
Just Announced! Star Kitchen Guest-Filled Late-Night During DISCO BISCUITS NYC Run
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway Just announced! Star Kitchen, the most recent side project from Marc Brownstein, has announced a late-night show at New York City's Sony Hall during The Disco Biscuits' New Years Eve run. (more...)
47TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS Celebrate Excellence In Black Theatre
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway The 47th Annual Vivian Robinson Audelco Recognition Awards aka 'The Viva?? will once again celebrate excellence In black theatre, led by honorary co-Host, Rhonda Ross. (more...) 
HERE Announces Call For Applications To Signature Multi-Year $100,000 Residency Program
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Off-Off-Broadway HERE has announced that applications for the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) are currently open. This multi-year, $100,000 residency program was created in 1999 and serves as a national model. HARP provides commission funds, development support, career planning, fiscal sponsorship, and a full production to recipients, all within a collaborative environment of peers working across artistic disciplines including theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media. HARP provides significant long-term support, as well as up to $50,000 in cash and more than $50,000 in space, equipment, and services over two to three years. Each residency is tailored to the needs of the artist. (more...) |
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