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Almir Kurtic, an actor from the beautiful city of Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina, has been working tirelessly performing in plays since he came to further his studies in NYC in September of 2016.

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The award-winning Wagner College Theatre presents a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Concert honoring the life and music of Michael Friedman on Friday, February 23, 2018 at 10:15pm (following that evening's performance of WCT's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) at Wagner College's Mainstage Theatre.

Take a walk down memory lane with actress Heather Litteer.

Dixon Place (Ellie Covan, Founder and Artistic Director) is pleased to present the world premiere of SPEED QUEEN, written and performed by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Phoebe Legere, and directed by Lissa Moira at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street).

Epic Theatre Ensemble is proud to present the third edition of its three-week Youth Theatre Festival: Epic YTF.

Could experiencing the lives of aging performing artists through young actors cause people to rethink their beliefs about aging and disrupt implicit biases? Of a Certain Age-a verbatim performance comprised of eight students portraying 16 performing artists and professionals over the age of 65-will

TAP&TOM is a tap dancing and singing performance highlighting the bossa nova beat invented by Antonio Carlos 'Tom' Jobim.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is excited to announce its reading of Four Sisters, a play by Co-Artistic Director James Clements, at Theatre for the New City.

Monk Parrots announce casting for their New York premiere of Gabriel Jason Dean's (Princeton Hodder Fellow, Dramatist's Guild Fellowship, Broadway Blacklist) critically acclaimed play TERMINUS, directed by Lucie Tiberghien (The Other Thing, Don't Go Gentle, Soldier X, Hoodoo Love, The Pavilion).

Talk-backs will be held at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave.

The Tank (Meghan Finn and Rosalind Grush, Artistic Directors) will present the World Premiere of Brazillian playwright Rodrigo Nogueira's dark comedy, The Ideal Obituary at The Tank (312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues) March 8-24.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) are pleased to present Joel Pommerat's Little Red Riding Hood, a rare stateside performance of his most celebrated work, to open the third annual Tilt Kids Festival.

What does it mean to suffer better? In this one-woman comedy show performed by Edinburgh Fringe alumni Amanda Erin Miller, six unlucky contestants from different walks of life present their struggles to you, the audience.

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble announces that Robert Patrick's drama, Judas, starring Josh Tyson in the title role, will start performances on April 27 and will run for 22 performances through May 13 at The Wild Project at 195 East 3rd Street in NYC.

The Joust Theatre Company is thrilled to introduce The Writer's Round Table, a new developmental writers' group comprised of four carefully selected playwrights whose work challenges and/or reimagines systemic norms.

La MaMa, in association with The Assembly, presents the world premiere of SEAGULLMACHINE, created by The Assembly, conceived by Nick Benacerraf, co-directed by Jess Chayes (Lucille Lortel Award winner) and Nick Benacerraf, and text by Anton Chekhov, Heiner Muller and The Assembly.

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the next event in the 2017-2018 Family Series Season: Mammoth Follies on Saturday, March 10 at 1:30PM.

Art of Warr Productions, in association with Ruddy Productions, is pleased to share a first look at Cindy Lou Johnson's BRILLIANT TRACES, directed by Joshua Warr.

IRT Theater presents The New Collectives production of  a new play by Bryn Manion.

Cherry Lane Theatre (Angelina Fiordellisi, Founder; Seri Lawrence, Janio Marrero, Co-Artistic Directors) is proud to announce dates for its upcoming Founder's Project presentation of Charles L.

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the IRT Theater as part of their 3B Development Series in Manhattan's West Village with The Spring Fling: Chemistry, seven new short plays by Mario C

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) continues this season's presentations of concert productions exploring Yiddish theatre's golden age with From the Yiddish Rialto to the Silver Screen on Sunday, March 11 at 2 pm.

Elevator Repair Service, "one of the city's few truly essential theater companies" (New York Times), is pleased to present the world premiere of Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, a new play written by longtime company member Kate Scelsa and directed by Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director Jo

An interview with composer and multidisciplinary artist Joe Diebes on his new work oyster and how he's expanding the meaning of opera.