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Award-winning Schmuck Theatre announces the New York premiere of BLACKBIRD.

Oberon Theatre Ensemble kicks off its 15th season with the long awaited, New York premiere of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY, directed by Alexander Dinelaris (Playwright: 'Red Dog Howls,' 'Still Life'), currently running at the June Havoc Theatre in The Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex (312 W.

To commemorate its sesquicentennial, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) commissioned BAM150, a feature length documentary conceived by award-winning director Michael Sladek that weaves together the institution's vibrant past, present, and future presenting a rich history that mirrors the evolution of p

GUMBO, a new musical created by composer Brett Macias and book writer/lyricist Christina Quintana, will have a private industry reading, directed by Terry Berliner, tonight, March 14th, 2013 at the Riverside Theatre, located at 91 Claremont Avenue.

Josiah Theatre Works will host a live studio taping of the award-nominated web TV drama, 'Unspoken', a story of love, envy betrayal, wealth, and the gripping realities of the fashion industry, written and directed by Nickolas Long, III.

Wave Productions in association with Shetler Studios & Theatres will present the World Premiere of Charles Cissel's GOD STEELING, a revealing look at the lives of New York City ironworkers.

Category 7 in association with La Salle Academy and Nativity Mission announces the cast and creative team for Stand-Up Tragedy, Bill Cain's searing 1991 play about a Lower East Side middle school, where an idealistic young teacher sets out to save one of his students from an abusive family and the s

Showgirls! The Musical! is the unauthorized musical parody of the cult classic film, Showgirls, brought to you by the twisted minds behind 'Bayside! The Saved by the Bell Musical!'

Food For Thought Productions, the award-winning theatre, opens its new season at the Players (16 Gramercy Park South) on March 20th.

Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) and Nuyorican Poets Cafe present NEW YORK WITH AN ACCENT tonight, March 13, 6-9 pm.

The Brick Theater, Inc.

Finks is playwright Joe Gilford's fictionalized account of his parents, Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, and their real life experience of the blacklist.

Metropolitan Playhouse, OBIE Award winner, presents the fourth annual East Village Theater Festival, a three-week celebration of the ever-vital life and lore of the East Village.

An AEA staged reading of Comedy in the Afternoon: A Review in Two Acts with Music and Dance, written and directed by Del Fidanque, is set for Saturday March 16, 2013 at 1:15 PM at Gibney Dance Center, 890 Broadway 5th Floor, Studio 1.

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre company now in its 9th season, will be presenting Everett Quinton in a staged reading of Charles Ludlam's "Medea" on Monday, March 18 at 8:00 PM at The Wild Project at 195 East 3rd Street.

Wide Eyed Productions presents 'Wide Eyed Winks', a season of development.

Tonight, March 12 at 7pm The League of Independent Theater will hold a Meet The Candidates event at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in order to endorse pro-arts candidates in the 2013 City Election Cycle.

Dorothy Berwin and Colt Coeur's Play Hotel reading series will present an industry reading of Nikole Beckwith's Everything is Ours on Monday, March 18th at 7:15pm at 115 W.

Aquila Theatre has announced the New York Premiere of its production of Euripides' HERAKLES, translated and adapted by Peter Meineck and directed by Desiree Sanchez.

Royalty Free Theater and The Irondale Ensemble Project co-present THE WAR OF THE ROSES, a brand new adaptation of Shakespeare's oft overlooked historical trilogy.

Michigan native Eric Gelb is not your typical teenager.

Faux-Real's new take on an ancient play, Sophocles' tragedy 'Oedipus the King' translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Mark Greenfield (Artistic Director, The Faux-Real Theatre Company).

NewYorkRep, Marvell Rep and La Vie Productions present staged readings of Stalking the Bogeyman (written by Markus Potter, based on the original story by David Holthouse) on Tuesday, March 12th in New York City.

Faux-Real's new take on an ancient play, Sophocles' tragedy 'Oedipus the King' translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Mark Greenfield (Artistic Director, The Faux-Real Theatre Company).

GUMBO, a new musical created by composer Brett Macias and book writer/lyricist Christina Quintana, will have a private industry reading, directed by Terry Berliner, on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 at the Riverside Theatre, located at 91 Claremont Avenue.