Bread & Puppet Theater and Boxcutter Collective to Premiere New Collaboration At La MaMa ETC
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club presents The Divinity Supply Company, a new puppet-show collaboration between Peter Schumann, founder and director of the relentlessly inventive company, Bread and Puppet Theater, and Boxcutter Collective, a puppet company made up of Bread and Puppet alumni who have been making innovative and irreverent political puppet shows at a furious pace since their founding in 2016.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club presents The Divinity Supply Company, a new puppet-show collaboration between Peter Schumann, founder and director of the relentlessly inventive company, Bread and Puppet Theater, and Boxcutter Collective, a puppet company made up of Bread and Puppet alumni who have been making innovative and irreverent political puppet shows at a furious pace since their founding in 2016.
Chain Theatre Announces 99-Seat Theatre and Expansion!
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
The Chain Theatre has announced their latest expansion at 312 W. 36th Street, now home to theaters and studios on both the 3rd and 4th floor of the building.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
The Chain Theatre has announced their latest expansion at 312 W. 36th Street, now home to theaters and studios on both the 3rd and 4th floor of the building.
Summerfest To Present Premiere Production Of TANGO OF A CRUMBLIING WALL
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
A limited off-off Broadway run of tango of a crumbling wall by Jac Ford dives into the often silent struggle of mental health and anxiety through the lens of the femme and non-binary experience.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
A limited off-off Broadway run of tango of a crumbling wall by Jac Ford dives into the often silent struggle of mental health and anxiety through the lens of the femme and non-binary experience.
Chat With The Animals At UP Theater Company's A BARN PLAY Talkback, May 12
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company presents a very different kind of animal farm in the acclaimed world premiere of Lizzie Donahue's 'A Barn Play,' which continues its run from May 11 - May 21, 2022 at Inwood's Fort Washington Collegiate Church.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company presents a very different kind of animal farm in the acclaimed world premiere of Lizzie Donahue's 'A Barn Play,' which continues its run from May 11 - May 21, 2022 at Inwood's Fort Washington Collegiate Church.
Theatre for Young Audiences USA Announces Sara Morgulis as New Executive Director
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Theatre for Young Audiences USA has announced Sara Morgulis as the membership organization’s next Executive Director, starting June 6, 2022. The TYA/USA Board unanimously selected Morgulis to lead the national organization representing the creative community committed to the professional field of theatre for children, young adults, and families.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Theatre for Young Audiences USA has announced Sara Morgulis as the membership organization’s next Executive Director, starting June 6, 2022. The TYA/USA Board unanimously selected Morgulis to lead the national organization representing the creative community committed to the professional field of theatre for children, young adults, and families.
A First Look: AFTER HAPPILY EVER AFTER at The Players Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
After Happily Ever After, a new musical comedy, recently opened for a three-week limited engagement. The musical will run at The Players Theatre until Sunday, May 29. Tickets are $52-$72 available at www.theplayerstheatre.com. Presented by Griffin Hammill Productions, the end is just the beginning in this grown-up version of four famous fairy tales in which six actors play 41 characters whose problems have only gotten worse after their original Happily Ever After. Red Riding Hood has become obsessed with men who are wolves, the Three Pigs are forced to part company, and the Frog Prince is in trouble—yet again.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
After Happily Ever After, a new musical comedy, recently opened for a three-week limited engagement. The musical will run at The Players Theatre until Sunday, May 29. Tickets are $52-$72 available at www.theplayerstheatre.com. Presented by Griffin Hammill Productions, the end is just the beginning in this grown-up version of four famous fairy tales in which six actors play 41 characters whose problems have only gotten worse after their original Happily Ever After. Red Riding Hood has become obsessed with men who are wolves, the Three Pigs are forced to part company, and the Frog Prince is in trouble—yet again.
THESE AND THOSE To Premiere At The New York Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Theater Between Addresses is set to present the NYC premiere of THESE AND THOSE, written by Ruth Geye and directed by Abigail Weaver. THESE AND THOSE begins performances Monday, May 23rd and will play through May 28th as part of the New York Theater Festival at Teatro Latea.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Theater Between Addresses is set to present the NYC premiere of THESE AND THOSE, written by Ruth Geye and directed by Abigail Weaver. THESE AND THOSE begins performances Monday, May 23rd and will play through May 28th as part of the New York Theater Festival at Teatro Latea.
SKY OF DARKNESS, A New Play By Siting Yang to Get 2022 World Premiere
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Pan Palisetty Production present the world premiere of Sky of Darkness written by Siting Yang, directed by Rakesh Palisetty. Produced by Zhe Pan and Devin Ray Ramirez, June 2-12, 2022.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Pan Palisetty Production present the world premiere of Sky of Darkness written by Siting Yang, directed by Rakesh Palisetty. Produced by Zhe Pan and Devin Ray Ramirez, June 2-12, 2022.
NY Classical Theatre and West Harlem Art Fund Join Forces to Present New “Classic” Theater On Governors Island This June
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
NY Classical is embarking on an initiative to develop original plays for production: 'new visions' of what we call 'classics.' In 2022, we are presenting a series of developmental play readings as part of this New Visions program. These scripts come from some of this generation's most creative playwrights-each prompted by a brilliant story from the past.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
NY Classical is embarking on an initiative to develop original plays for production: 'new visions' of what we call 'classics.' In 2022, we are presenting a series of developmental play readings as part of this New Visions program. These scripts come from some of this generation's most creative playwrights-each prompted by a brilliant story from the past.
All-Black Cast Leads HAIR In Concert at Stonewall Inn
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Creating In Color Music in partnership with the Black Theatre Coalition will present a new concert series at the legendary Stonewall Inn.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Creating In Color Music in partnership with the Black Theatre Coalition will present a new concert series at the legendary Stonewall Inn.
TORCHED!, Pregones/PRTT'S Musical About The Bronx Fires Is Back For Limited Run
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater announces the much awaited full run of its original musical production TORCHED! on May 19-June 12, 2022. Pulsing to the beat of salsa, funk-disco, and hip-hop, TORCHED! alternates from 1970's New York—when news of Bronx fires filled the headlines—to the present day featuring personal accounts of survival.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater announces the much awaited full run of its original musical production TORCHED! on May 19-June 12, 2022. Pulsing to the beat of salsa, funk-disco, and hip-hop, TORCHED! alternates from 1970's New York—when news of Bronx fires filled the headlines—to the present day featuring personal accounts of survival.
Displaced By Climate Change, THE REFUGEES Makes NYC Premiere With Adjusted Realists
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2022
THE REFUGEES begins performances on Saturday, June 4 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 26. Press opening (review embargo lifts) is Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Please note, there are no performances on Sunday 6/12, Tuesday 6/14 & 6/21, and Wednesday 6/22. Performances are at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street at 10th Avenue - C/E to 50th Street; A/B/C/D/1 to Columbus Circle). Tickets are $35.
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2022
THE REFUGEES begins performances on Saturday, June 4 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 26. Press opening (review embargo lifts) is Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Please note, there are no performances on Sunday 6/12, Tuesday 6/14 & 6/21, and Wednesday 6/22. Performances are at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street at 10th Avenue - C/E to 50th Street; A/B/C/D/1 to Columbus Circle). Tickets are $35.
BWW Review: THE LUCKY STAR at 59E59 Theaters is a Compelling Drama in the Theater's VOLT Festival
by Marina Kennedy - May 06, 2022
We attended a poignant production of The Lucky Star produced by The Directors Company, that featured outstanding direction by Noah Himmelstein, and an excellent cast.
by Marina Kennedy - May 06, 2022
We attended a poignant production of The Lucky Star produced by The Directors Company, that featured outstanding direction by Noah Himmelstein, and an excellent cast.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY LGTBQ+ Launches New Season This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+ begins its second Off-Broadway season presenting its hilariously unique and contemporary spin on Oscar Wilde's “trivial comedy for serious people” beginning Thursday, May 12 at The Actors Temple (339 West 47th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues). Tickets are on sale now.
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+ begins its second Off-Broadway season presenting its hilariously unique and contemporary spin on Oscar Wilde's “trivial comedy for serious people” beginning Thursday, May 12 at The Actors Temple (339 West 47th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues). Tickets are on sale now.
MANIFESTING MRS MARX Makes its NYC Debut at New York Theater Fest
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
Australian-Italian, internationally-touring actor, writer, producer, and musician CLARA FRANCESCA, has been awarded Best Actress by the Fairfax Melbourne Arts Centre, Best Performance at the SaraSolo International Festival, and nominated twice for Best Actress at the Independent New York Theater Awards.
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
Australian-Italian, internationally-touring actor, writer, producer, and musician CLARA FRANCESCA, has been awarded Best Actress by the Fairfax Melbourne Arts Centre, Best Performance at the SaraSolo International Festival, and nominated twice for Best Actress at the Independent New York Theater Awards.
Steve Wruble's One Man Show ESCAPE FROM DADDYLAND Comes to True Stories Festival This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
Brought up in the deep South as an Orthodox Jew, son of a famous doctor — Elvis Presley's proctologist — Steve Wruble is expected to follow his father into the bowels of the rich and famous. Instead, Steve becomes a psychiatrist, divorces his wife and pivots from strict religion, and begins a hilarious and compelling journey into uncharted waters.
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
Brought up in the deep South as an Orthodox Jew, son of a famous doctor — Elvis Presley's proctologist — Steve Wruble is expected to follow his father into the bowels of the rich and famous. Instead, Steve becomes a psychiatrist, divorces his wife and pivots from strict religion, and begins a hilarious and compelling journey into uncharted waters.
Stag & Lion Theatre Company Runs HENRY IV Parts I & II At The Trinity Theatre This Weekend Only
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2022
Stag & Lion Theatre Company will run William Shakespeare's HENRY IV, both parts I and II, in repertory at The Trinity Theatre this weekend only! The shows will run on alternating nights from May 5th through May 8th at 422 West 57th Street in Manhattan beginning with part one on Thursday at 7pm and closing on the 8th with part two at 3pm.
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2022
Stag & Lion Theatre Company will run William Shakespeare's HENRY IV, both parts I and II, in repertory at The Trinity Theatre this weekend only! The shows will run on alternating nights from May 5th through May 8th at 422 West 57th Street in Manhattan beginning with part one on Thursday at 7pm and closing on the 8th with part two at 3pm.
SOCIETY Announces Creative Teams For Two New Plays In Rep
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
New York City-based theater collective SOCIETY announced today that they will stage two new plays in repertory at New Ohio Theatre this June. Performances begin June 8th and are set to continue through June 25th.
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
New York City-based theater collective SOCIETY announced today that they will stage two new plays in repertory at New Ohio Theatre this June. Performances begin June 8th and are set to continue through June 25th.
REWIND: AN 80s POP MUSICAL Echoes Twin Brothers Geoffrey and Sam Rose's Own Music Biz Experience
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
REWIND, a time-bending musical tale of lost dreams and the magic of second chances, was inspired by twin brothers Sam and Geoffrey Rose's experience of making music in the 1980's and ‘90s.
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
REWIND, a time-bending musical tale of lost dreams and the magic of second chances, was inspired by twin brothers Sam and Geoffrey Rose's experience of making music in the 1980's and ‘90s.
THE RAVEN Comes to Soft Brain Theatre Co.
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
Soft Brain Theatre Company has announced its first fully-produced theatrical production, Carlo Gozzi's The Raven, directed by CJ DiOrio and devised in company by Soft Brain Theatre Company.
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
Soft Brain Theatre Company has announced its first fully-produced theatrical production, Carlo Gozzi's The Raven, directed by CJ DiOrio and devised in company by Soft Brain Theatre Company.
Photos: THE TROJAN WOMEN: A Native American Adaptation Opens At Theatre For The New City
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
American Indian Artists Inc. present THE TROJAN WOMEN: A NATIVE AMERICAN ADAPTATION, directed and adapted by Sarah B. Denison at Theatre for the New City.
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
American Indian Artists Inc. present THE TROJAN WOMEN: A NATIVE AMERICAN ADAPTATION, directed and adapted by Sarah B. Denison at Theatre for the New City.
Paul Rudnick To Recieve P.R.I.D.E. Performing Arts Award from Playthings Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
The Playthings Theatre, an LGBTQ+ Theatre Company in New York City, will be performing its gala concert PlayFresh on Tuesday, May 31st at 7:00pm at The Irish Repertory Theatre. PlayFresh is an evening of new LGBTQ+ music performed by the community's finest performers. Playthings will be honoring Paul Rudnick with The P.R.I.D.E. Performing Arts Award for his contribution to theatre and the LGBTQ+ community.
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
The Playthings Theatre, an LGBTQ+ Theatre Company in New York City, will be performing its gala concert PlayFresh on Tuesday, May 31st at 7:00pm at The Irish Repertory Theatre. PlayFresh is an evening of new LGBTQ+ music performed by the community's finest performers. Playthings will be honoring Paul Rudnick with The P.R.I.D.E. Performing Arts Award for his contribution to theatre and the LGBTQ+ community.
BWW Review: ANDRE & DORINE at Theatre at St. Clement's
by Carissa Chesanek - May 03, 2022
The Off-Broadway play Andre & Dorine recently debuted at Theatre at St. Clement’s, bringing Spain’s internationally-acclaimed mask and physical theatre company, Kulunka Teatro to New York City.
by Carissa Chesanek - May 03, 2022
The Off-Broadway play Andre & Dorine recently debuted at Theatre at St. Clement’s, bringing Spain’s internationally-acclaimed mask and physical theatre company, Kulunka Teatro to New York City.
Actionplay To Present A New Musical THE SURFACE (OR, THAT ONE TIME ATLANTIS WASHED UP ON THE BEACH)
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
Actionplay, a theatre company dedicated to providing autistic, neurodivergent, and disabled teens and young adults equal access to the theatre-making process, is pleased to announce their next production, the new musical comedy The Surface (or, That One Time Atlantis Washed Up On the Beach).
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
Actionplay, a theatre company dedicated to providing autistic, neurodivergent, and disabled teens and young adults equal access to the theatre-making process, is pleased to announce their next production, the new musical comedy The Surface (or, That One Time Atlantis Washed Up On the Beach).
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Lead Lineup for National Sawdust & Chelsea Factory Partnership
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
National Sawdust and Paola Prestini and Chelsea Factory have announced the first companies to take the stage in the organizations’ programmatic partnership. Grammy-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrilland his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Emeline Michel take over the landmarked site June 16-17.
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
National Sawdust and Paola Prestini and Chelsea Factory have announced the first companies to take the stage in the organizations’ programmatic partnership. Grammy-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrilland his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Emeline Michel take over the landmarked site June 16-17.
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