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Five Playwrights Release A Free, Downloadable Play In Response To Supreme Court's Draft Opinion Against Roe V. Wade
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2022
With creative support from New Georges and Clubbed Thumb, playwrights Justice Hehir, Dena Igusti, Phanésia Pharel, Nia Akilah Robinson, and Julia Specht release THE WISH, a free, downloadable play meant to spark conversation and protest in the wake of the Supreme Court's draft opinion against Roe v. Wade and increasing numbers of statewide bans.
World Premiere of UNDER THE LIMELIGHT to be Presented at The Rogue Theatre Hybrid Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2022
Under the Limelight will make its world premiere as part of the hybrid Rogue Theatre Festival. The playwright is Steph Prizhitomsky, a seventeen year old playwright and head screenwriter of FIF Productions.
Hamlet Isn't Dead Presents Punk-Folk MACBETH
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
The Center at West Park and Hamlet Isn't Dead present The Tragedy Of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Photos: Inside THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR Feedback Reading
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
A private feedback read was held for the upcoming Off-Broadway play 'The Girl with the Red Hair,' written and directed by Anthony M. Laura, where the audience was asked to to provide their thoughts on new scenes to be incorporated into the show.
Photos: South Korean Television Star Oh Ji-eun Stops By MR. YUNIOSHI
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2022
South Korean Television Star Oh Ji-eun visited J. Elijah Cho's 'Mr. Yunioshi.' Ms. Oh is best known to South Korean television fans for her roles in the weekend drama 'Three Brothers', the daily drama 'Smile Again', the sitcom 'Living Among the Rich, the entertainment industry satire 'The King of Dramas', and the supernatural police procedural 'Cheo Yong.' 
The American Theatre of Actors to Stage THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2022
The American Theatre of Actors is set to stage THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Shakespeare’s version of a sitcom. The show will run from June 22nd through July 3rd. Performances from Wednesdays through Saturdays are at 8pm, while Sunday shows are at 3pm. Tickets are $20. The American Theatre of Actors is located at 314 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019. Call the box office at (212) 581-3044 for tickets. 
Get Ready To Deep Dive Into The World Of PARASIGHT
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
Blue Pearl Theatrics presents “PARASIGHT”, a collection of provocative, new plays June 4th and 5th at The NuBox, 754 9th Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC 10019 in the heart of the Theater District.
Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum to Perform J O B — A SIMPLE MAN At The Museum Of Jewish Heritage
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
J O B - A Simple Man, a one-person performance with accompaniment on oboe and accordion, is coming to the stage at Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for two performances only on June 1 and 2, 2022.
MASTER OF TIME By M. Can Yasar Comes to Teatro Latea
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
After the successful workshop performance at New Works Series, this time M. Can Yasar is coming with a one-person musical “Master of Time” at Teatro Latea.
IN THE ROOM Will Have a Staged Reading at SoHo Playhouse With Reception After
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
A new play by ex-Israeli soldier Jonathan Hirsch. Set in a military bunker on the outskirts of combat, this sobering comedy about a squad of four soldiers weaves through the final ninety minutes of someone's life.
Play-Turned-Film NORA HIGHLAND About Queer Casting Is Now Streaming On Revry.TV
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
Adapted from the play of the same name, NORA HIGHLAND follows the casting process of a notable gay character in an upcoming Broadway revival and explores the phenomenon of straight performers being lauded for their work in queer roles.
Boundless Theatre Presents MERCADO LIBRE
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
Craft categories in the film and theater world are only just starting to receive the attention and the dues that they deserve. Here comes a model theater company ahead of its time in giving recognition and a voice to the industry players that have long deserved it.
GARDEN OF ALLA: The Alla Nazimova Story Comes to Theatrelab in June
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
Theaterlab (Orietta Crispino, Artistic Director) presents a new staging of the acclaimed one-woman show GARDEN OF ALLA – The Alla Nazimova Story. This intimate monodrama tells the story of Alla Nazimova, a Jewish immigrant who became a Broadway sensation, movie star, pioneering filmmaker – and a LGBTQ trailblazer whose notorious Garden of Alla mansion was “the Camelot of Hollywood”, its cultural and intellectual salon, and a place where the stars “came out.”
A FEW DEEP BREATHS Comes to La MaMa This Week
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2022
Each of the writers worked independently to generate dialogue and/or actions for two performers, one playing a 7-year-old and the other a 77-year-old. The non-linear tale that emerges is developed in collaboration with creative technologists, embodied by performance artist Agosto Machado and a puppet by Tom Lee, performed by Leah Ogawa and Maria Camia, and will explore interactivity and connection with the online audience.
THE SINGING WINDMILLS Returns For a Limited Run in June
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2022
Sergey Nagorny and Anya Zicer, co-producers of The Singing Windmills, the world premiere production written by Roman Freud, directed by Gera Sandler, and featuring New York-based Russian, Ukrainian and Israeli actors, who have joined hands and voices during this time of horrific events unfolding in Ukraine, today announced that they will present an encore run June 1-12 at Theatre 71, 152 West 71st Street in Manhattan.
Free Classical Theatre Takes Over The Battery's Historical Castle Clinton In Shaw's “Saint Joan”
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2022
Lower Manhattan's Shakespeare Downtown presents eight free performances of George Bernard Shaw's masterpiece, 'Saint Joan,' from June 16-26, 2022 inside the historic walls of Castle Clinton National Monument at The Battery. This timely play, directed by Geoffrey Horne, is based on historical records of the 1431 trial of French military icon and religious martyr Joan of Arc.
Two BIPOC Theatre Companies Collaborate With NYPD to Present New Play
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2022
This is an unprecedented collaboration in theatre. New Professional Theatre and Blackberry Productions have partnered with the New York Police Department (NYPD) on the COPP Project. Commonalities, Opposites, Partners, Peace (COPP) is a project that will demonstrate what a powerful tool theatre can play in healing and transforming disparate communities. The play has been developed through personal interviews and facilitated workshops with youth and police officers.
Trans Entertainment Guild Stages THE CIVILITY OF ALBERT CASHIER at The Players Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2022
 Never more timely, Trans Entertainment Guild presents a unique creative team and cast, in a concert reading of “The Civility of Albert Cashier” at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, NYC, now through June 5th, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., and on Sundays at 2 p.m.  Albert D. J. Cashier is a brave and heroic soldier in the Civil War. 
AMERICAN MU$CLE To Make World Premiere At The New York Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2022
Award-winning playwright Fred Gordon's new play AMERICAN MU$CLE will have its World Premiere at The New York Theater Festival in June. Opening night is slated for Monday, June 13 at 9pm at Teatro Latea on The Lower East Side. The production is directed by David F.M. Vaughn who previously directed two plays by Gordon.
EAST SIDE STORIES Begins Next Week At Metropolitan Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2022
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a festival of five one-acts by Tom Lavagnino, Natalina Lopez, Christian Missonak, Bara Swain, and Jonathon Ward.
THE FOURTH ALAAFIN OF OYO to be Presented At The New York Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2022
Join in this summer for the New York Theater Festival. THE FOURTH ALAAFIN OF OYO will be presented on MAY 30TH, JUNE 1ST, and JUNE 4TH at the LATEA THEATER.
CAROUSEL, IN THE HEIGHTS, XANADU and More Announced for Madison Theatre Series
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2022
The Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, Long Island will launch its Signature Theater Series this summer with top artists from the worlds of Broadway, music & TV on fully staged productions of In The Heights, Xanadu and All Shook Up, plus the NY premiere of Ella, First Lady of Song starring Grammy-nominated singer & actress Freda Payne, and the world premiere of the play Squirrel Screams and Other Dating Sounds.
New York City Opera Presents Summer 2022 Season Part Of Bryant Park's Picnic Performances
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2022
New York City Opera will present a season of four free, live performances this summer as part of their Park Series in Bryant Park's Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America. Each performance features City Opera's brightest stars as well as members of the City Opera orchestra and will begin at 7pm on the Bryant Park Stage.
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen Presents NYC Public Premiere of FREE SPACE At The TANK
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2022
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen will present his original one man show FREE SPACE for its first public run in NYC. Previous iterations were at the Philadelphia Solow Festival, Griffin's apartment in Washington Heights and at a studio at Primary Stages as part of Griffin's year as a Rockwell Scholar. Tickets available HERE!
Nathaniel Stampley, Gene Weygandt, & More In YELLOWFIN GROUPER, P.I. LIVE! At Laurie Beechman Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2022
The Laurie Beechman Theatre presents YELLOWFIN GROUPER, P.I. LIVE!, written by musical theatre writing team Matt Deitchman and Jed Feder. Multiple Jeff Award-winner Scott Weinstein will direct the concert adaptation on June 5, 2022.

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