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Mama, I Want To Sing, the classic 1983 gospel musical created by Vy Higginsen, will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday, March 23, 2013 with a very special performance of Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation at The Dempsey Theater, located in Harlem at 127 West 127th Street, between Leno

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre ensemble now in its 9th season, announces that its concluding production of the 3-year House of Atreus trilogy ELECTRA will be the centerpiece production of the company's 'First Stories' festival of Greek-inspired theatre, music, and dance performances.

Following the sold out performances and overflow crowds for its original Cino Nights presentations, East Colfax follows two pen pals as they discuss soul mates, Kerouac, Miller, food and marriage in a Colorado basement.

Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon.

SOLDIER X by Rehana Mirza and directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh will be presented in a Studio Retreat at Lark Play Development Center tonight, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30, at 7 p.

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident acting ensemble, now in its 9th season, is presenting 'Aesop's Fables' as part of the company's ongoing Phoenix-for-the-Family program on 3 consecutive Saturdays: March 9, March 16, and March 23 at 12:00 noon and 2:00 PM at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street,

Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30 p.

In their dedication to new play development, Blue Roses Productions will present 4 evenings of new play readings.

Come see the first 40 min.

Local author and playwright Laura Pedersen's new one-act comedy, Living Arrangements, will be performed in February as part of the Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival.

Following the sold out performances and overflow crowds for its original Cino Nights presentations (including new plays by Gary Sunshine, Mando Alvarado, Courtney Baron, Florencia Lozano, Kristen Palmer, Emily DeVoti, Lucy Thurber, Jessica Dickey, Adam Szymkowicz, Laura Eason, Daniel Reitz, Megan Mo

Rising star actor and model Brian Bunn joins the list of rising stars in the award-nominated webdrama, UNSPOKEN, the multi-nominated drama, adapted from the critically acclaimed play, The Unspoken, written and directed by writer and producer Nickolas Long, III, with director of photography Shamel Al

The Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project (Kathleen Warnock, Curator) presents a FREE reading of Jane Chambers' 'My Blue Heaven' tonight, January 26 at 7pm, in The Mitchell Room, ART/NY 520 8th Ave.

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? This question, posed by Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless and cross-dressing prostitute of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, is central to the work ofThe Foundry Theatre.

The Queens Players' and Secret Theatre's Richard Mazda [Edward II, MacBeth, Othello, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Dr Faustus], once again brings a unique style and concept to a beloved Shakespeare piece, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with a fantastically talented team of designers; Beth Williams, Helen Am

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After four highly successful tours to venues across the United Kingdom plus performances in Macau, Romania, Belgium and Portugal, the critically acclaimed dance-theatre company Motionhouse comes to North America for the first time with Scattered at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in New Yor

The Faux-Real Theatre Company (FRTC) who have been bringing avant-garde theatre to populist audiences since 1994, will present their newest production: the ancient play OEDIPUS REX with a gender bending twist.

Part séance, part sermon, HOT DUST is a sympathetic and visceral examination of two strains of American religious fervor, both distinguished by charismatic female leaders: 19th Century Spiritualism and the Pentecostalism of the 1920s.

Abingdon Theatre Company - which has produced more than 78 new American plays in its 20-year history - continues its 2012-2013 Season with the world premiere of BODEGA BAY by Elisabeth Karlin (THE MOONCALF), set to begin previews tonight, January 25, prior to its official press opening February 3, a

SOLO IN THE CITY: JEWISH WOMEN, JEWISH STARS is a solo performance series which will be presented throughout March at Baruch Performing Arts Center.

WORKSHOP THEATER COMPANY in conjunction with JEM THEATRICALS is presenting the world premiere production of MY MOM IS TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE, a new family musical comedy.

The Wild Project has announced its current and upcoming winter productions, including the Poetic License Festival, Ageless, Timeless, Eternal, the Avant Music Festival 2013 and more.

FRIGID New York presents Bathtub Jen and the Henchmen, written by Jennifer Harder, Glen Heroy, Charley Layton, and David Rosen.

Opening February 20th, FRIGID New York Presents A Day In The Life of Miss Hiccup, a solo physical non-verbal comedy show.