MERCURY
Apr 30 – May 17, 2026
NEW YORK, NY — Spring 2026 — Verve Productions presents MERCURY at The Players Theatre as part of their Spring 2026 Artists-in-Residence season. The play first...
Review: NOT NOBODY at 59E59 Theaters-Thought Provoking
by Marina Kennedy - February 13, 2026
Brian Dykstra's Not Nobody at 59E59 Theaters explores justice and moral dilemmas as a former ethics professor becomes a person of interest after aiding a wounded officer....
Past Shows
apocaLIPSTICK
Nov 6 – Nov 23, 2025
APOCALIPSTICK - A PUNK ROCK ZOMBIE PLAY WITH MUSIC GOES UP AT THE PLAYERS THEATRE THIS NOVEMBER. A STORY ABOUT BLOOD, GUTS, AND UNREQUITED LOVE AT...
Alan Turing & the Queen of the Night
Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2025
A queer fantasy. A new musical. A gay genius meets Mozart's Magic Flute, unleashing wonder.
Lateral Move sketch comedy
Jun 14
Get ready for a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud ride through the absurdities of modern life and politics! Lateral Move is a bold sketch comedy show that spotlights...
¡SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARIX!
May 1 – May 18, 2025
It's present-day Manhattan, and Chilean immigrant Mona is coming up on her Visa deadline. As she tries to stay employed, auditioning, and in the country,...
Fresh Out the Box
Feb 28
Fresh Out the Box is a live Off-Broadway sketch comedy show running for its sixth year in NYC. Get ready for a whirlwind of absurdity! Fresh...
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Feb 2 – Mar 1, 2024
The ambitious Macbeths ruthlessly seek power after a trio of witches prophesize they will one day rule the frontier in this Western spin on Shakespeare’s...
12th Annual Players Theatre Short Play Festival - NYC
Jun 8 – Jun 25, 2023
Beautiful, gritty, one-of-a kind—New York City is the greatest city in the world! In just a few short weeks, the Players Theatre Short Play and...
The Chicago Improv Experience
Apr 28
The Chicago Improv Experience presents an evening of comedy “Chicago style” to The Big Apple. Performers and teachers from The Second City, iO Chicago, &...
That Just Happened
Aug 20 – Apr 1, 2023
That Just Happened is a show for anyone thats ever felt like an outsider in New York City. Mary Corigliano (Writer, Director, and Producer) and...
The Dog Show
Jan 12 – Jan 29, 2023
To find the truth, you have to play the game.The Sparks Kennels are now empty, everyone scattered. When mother Pauline is institutionalized, the family returns...
A Christmas Carol the Musical
Nov 27 – Dec 30, 2022
Broadway heavy hitters, Alan Menken (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical, Once on...
Untitled Monologues Chapter 2
Jul 2 – Jul 3, 2022
I often sit on the train and watch the people around me. Wondering about the kinds of lives they've lived, the hardships, the good times,...
Beauty and the Beast
Feb 26 – Apr 10, 2022
February 26th April 10th, 2022Sat. at 3pm & 7pm / Sun at 11am & 2pmBeauty and the Beast, an original musical by Michael Sgouros and...
After Happily Ever After
Mar 5 – Mar 22, 2022
The end is just the beginning in this grown-up version of four famous fairy tales in which six actors play 47 characters whose problems have...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Feb 18
Magic. Romance. Farce. Deceit. validBodies arts project presents their identity-conscious production of Shakespeare's classic. ONE NIGHT ONLY: February 18th at 7pm. Tickets are 47% off...
Cliffhanger
Jun 10 – Jun 13, 2021
A short play that explores sex and sexuality, desire and intimacy, while being on lockdown/quarantine. Playwright: Catalina Florina Florescu Cast: Nicki Kissil & Shelby Pickelny...
Sharum
Jul 11 – Jul 27, 2019
Sharum (stylized as SHARUM) is a documentary theatre piece that follows a Muslim family based in Queens, New York. The story follows the wedding of...
All Shook Up
Dec 6 – Dec 23, 2018
Take one great Shakespeare story (Twelfth Night) and every great Elvis Presley song and you have the makings of Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical Theatre heaven....
Players Theatre Short Play & Musical Festival
Jun 9 – Jun 26, 2016
There is no place like New York! With a city this rich in culture, scandal and diversity, the possibilities for theatrical reenactment are endless. The...
The TomKat Project
Aug 20 – Aug 24, 2013
Hailed as "Genius!" by the Chicago Tribune, this critically acclaimed supercouple chronicle features seven actors portraying over 50 celebrity characters in a mind-altering juggernaut of...
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