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The chance meeting between privileged Feldman and imprisoned Dwight sets in motion this well-acted if implausible play by Jonathan Caren that considers the nature of friendship, and attempts to offer us a glimpse at the class system in America.

On Friday, October 4th at 9pm, Monty Clift, The Rarest of Birds, a one-man play about the work and life of Montgomery Clift, will be presented as part of the 2013 United Solo Theatre Festival.

A reading series of new plays called 'Playworks' will run at the Irish Arts Center this fall.

Three New Playwrights (Allison Bressi, Executive Producer) announced today a lineup of 45 new works by more than 60 artists, as part of (not just) 3 New Plays, a month-long pop-up event hosted by Tom Noonan's Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street, Between Bowery & Second Avenue) September 8-29, 2013.

Broadway's Frankie James Grande returns to his home town of New York with his one-man show 'Living La Vida Grande' at the Laurie Beechman Theater on September 13th-15th, 2013.

BOB: Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds, a new American play based on the true story of one Rhode Island family's experience with mental illness and the United States healthcare system, will receive its New York premiere at The Abingdon Theatre.

New Light Theater Project presents THE OEDIPUS PROJECT in various parks throughout Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, today, September 5-15.

The New York premiere of Lauren Yee's new play The Hatmaker's Wife, presented by The Playwrights Realm, begins performances tonight at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Following its sold-out sneak preview July run, TOM JONES returns to TNC.

Slant Theatre Project presents the seventh episode in their popular live podcast series ON THIS ISLAND tonight, September 5 at 8:00pm at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street) in Manhattan.

The Bushwick Starr Propeller Project presents Plum de Force, written and directed by Kristine Haruna Lee, with performances tonight, September 5-8, Thursday-Sunday at 8pm.

Repertorio Espagnol has announced BARCELÓ CON HIELO (BARCELO ON THE ROCKS) as part of their 2013-14 season.

Due to an overwhelming audience response, Oracle Theatre Inc.

3-Legged Dog (Kevin Cunningham, Artistic Director) and Teeth of Tooth Atelier are pleased to announce the World Premiere of THE DOWNTOWN LOOP, written by Ben Gassman, directed by Meghan Finn, with video design by Jared Mezzocchi.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of GIRL ON GIRL by Stephen Karam, co-directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld.

BOB: Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds, a new American play based on the true story of one Rhode Island family's experience with mental illness and the United States healthcare system, will receive its New York premiere at The Abingdon Theatre.

Nomad Theatrical in association with Variations Theatre Group will present POLANSKI POLANSKI, about the life of controversial film director Roman Polanski.

Buran Theatre will return to The Brick after their recent national tour for a post-tour extension of their original theatre piece Nightmares: A Demonstration of the Sublime-which premiered at the theater in January.

World Wide Lab presents 'A DIRECTOR'S FEAST.

From South Africa comes a stage adaptation of 'Sacred Elephant,' the epic poem by Heathcote Williams, performed by Jeremy Crutchley, a multi award-winning actor of stage and screen, and directed by Geoffrey Hyland.

Fresh from their critically acclaimed, sold out productions of Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Euripides' The Bacchae, and Macbeth, The Queens Players returns for their debut performance in the newly redesigned Little Theatre with a magical, Night Circus reimagining of William Shakespeare's A

Transcendent Ensemble Theatre Company, a New York-based experimental theatre company, will present their inaugural production of a new adaptation of Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS at The Kraine Theatre located at 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & Bowery) September 6th, 7th, 13th, & 14th at 7:30pm an

Irina Brook continues her father Peter's tradition at La MaMa with Shakespeare's Sister (or La Vie Materielle), which adapts Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own and Marguerite Duras' La Vie Materielle.

United Solo proudly presents Less Than Rent Theatre's World Premiere of Sean Patrick Monahan's Diva on October 7th and October 23rd at Theatre Row (410 W.

Ted Cubbin's new comedy The Rufus Equation, which had its world premiere at the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival, has been extended into the Fringe Encore Series, with five performances added for Sunday, September 8 at 3:00 p.