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¡SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARIX!
¡SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARIX!
5/1 - 5/18/2025


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, ...



¡SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARIX! By Poli Olavarria To Have World Premiere at The Players Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2025

Immigration and the Latinx and LGBTQ+ experience is explored in the new dark comedy ¡Someone ExtraordinariX! written by Chilean playwright Poli Olavarria. Learn more! ...

Isabel Monk Cade's New Solo Show MY WAY [The Morning-After Pill, A Retrospective] Comes to El Barrio's Artspace PS109


by Stephi Wild - March 17, 2025

Isabel Monk Cade's new solo show 'MY WAY [The Morning-After Pill, A Retrospective]' will run for three performances at El Barrio's Artspace in New York City. Learn more here!...

Be Bold! Productions Reveals Week Three Winner of LUV 2025 Short Play Festival 


by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2025

West Village audiences enjoyed the third and final week of the 13th annual Players Theatre LUV 2025 Short Play Festival. Each weekend for three weeks in February, a new selection of 15-minute original short plays premiere to the delight of playgoers....

Be Bold! Productions Announces Week Two Winner Of LUV 2025 Short Play Festival 


by A.A. Cristi - February 19, 2025

Love was in the air for West Village audiences as the second week of the 13th annual Players Theatre LUV 2025 Short Play Festival debuted. Each weekend for three weeks in February, a new selection of 15-minute original plays premieres to charm audiences....

Be Bold! Productions Reveals Week One Winner Of LUV 2025 Short Play Festival 


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 13, 2025

West Village audiences celebrated the first week of the month of love with the opening of the 13th annual Players Theatre LUV 2025 Short Play Festival. Learn more about the selected winner and about the festival! ...

Annie Brown’s COOKING WITH BUTTER To Open At The Players Theatre In April


by A.A. Cristi - February 10, 2025

'Cooking With Butter', a new silly, queer, grilled-cheese-filled musical is set to open at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village this April for a 3-week run as a production of The Players Theatre Self-Producing Artist Residency....

Be Bold! Productions to Present 13th Annual LUV Short Play Festival 


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2025

It's the time of year for Valentines and boxes of bite-size chocolates, which means short plays and Be Bold! Productions 13th Annual Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival LUV! Learn how to attend. ...

ANONYMOUS to Open in February at The Baby Black Box Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 09, 2025

spit&vigor will present three week run of Anonymous, written and directed by Nick Thomas, in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets! ...

ANONYMOUS Comes to spit&vigor in 2025


by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2024

spit&vigor has announced a three week run of Anonymous, written and directed by Nick Thomas. Performances begin in February 2025. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here....

Week Three Winner of the Players Theatre Short Play Festival BOO! 2024 Revealed


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2024

The Players Theatre Short Play Festival BOO! 2024 concluded. Learn more about the winning play and about the festival. ...

Past Shows

Fresh Out the Box


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! ...

Agatha Christie's The Hollow
Agatha Christie's The Hollow
4/13 - 4/21/2024


Love is a Killer! Agatha Christie at her best.

Shakespeare's Macbeth
Shakespeare's Macbeth
2/2 - 3/1/2024


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


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


The Chicago Improv Experience presents an evening of comedy “Chicago style” to The Big Apple. Performers and teachers from The Second City, iO Chicago, & ...

The Keepin' Cozy Show with Kitten Solloway


Welcome to The Keepin' Cozy Show, an improvised, one-night-only extravaganza starring "Hollywood's Most Available Ingenue" and "America's Favorite Open Wound": Kitten Solloway (Annie-Sage Whitehurst). Somewhere ...

That Just Happened
That Just Happened
8/20 - 4/1/2023


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
The Dog Show
1/12 - 1/29/2023


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 ...

A Christmas Carol the Musical
A Christmas Carol the Musical
11/27 - 12/30/2022


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 ...

I Mostly Blame Myself
I Mostly Blame Myself
12/3 - 12/5/2022


I Mostly Blame Myself is an NYC and LA based sketch comedy group founded by writer and director Nick Shanman. We perform our live shows ...

Untitled Monologues Chapter 2


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
Beauty and the Beast
2/26 - 4/10/2022


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
After Happily Ever After
3/5 - 3/22/2022


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


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 ...

The Waterman
The Waterman
9/9 - 9/26/2021


The Waterman revolves around a race of peaceful ocean-dwelling "Water People" who come into conflict with the so-called "Land Men" over their reckless pollution and ...

Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
6/10 - 6/13/2021


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 ...


Balanchine’s timeless choreography brings to life Shakespeare’s magical and humorous story of a fairy kingdom and the humans that enter into it. This tale features ...


A Waning Gibbous Moon is a new gay romantic Christmas comedy from award-winning playwright Joe Marshall ("The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever!) With beautiful staged Choreography ...

Sharum
Sharum
7/11 - 7/27/2019


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
All Shook Up
12/6 - 12/23/2018


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


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
The TomKat Project
8/20 - 8/24/2013


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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mVm Miller Voice Method (4/28 - 6/16) Tracker
Point Loma in Off-Off-Broadway Point Loma
Chain Theatre (5/31 - 6/15)

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Richard II in Off-Off-Broadway Richard II
Arts on Site (4/16 - 4/20) Tracker
Under The Ice in Off-Off-Broadway Under The Ice
Theater for The New City (4/11 - 4/20)

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A Few Good Men in Off-Off-Broadway A Few Good Men
Manes Studio Theatre (5/2 - 5/18) Tracker
Now Circa Then by Carly Mensch in Off-Off-Broadway Now Circa Then by Carly Mensch
Morningside Theater Co. (4/24 - 5/11) Tracker
Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show in Off-Off-Broadway Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 6/30) Tracker
Benefit Concert feat. Shaina Taub in Off-Off-Broadway Benefit Concert feat. Shaina Taub
Greenwich House Music School (4/29 - 4/29)

CONCERT Tracker
ENGLAND in Off-Off-Broadway ENGLAND
The Amos Eno Gallery (5/3 - 5/11)

LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN Tracker
In The Woods Somewhere in Off-Off-Broadway In The Woods Somewhere
The Chain Theater (5/8 - 5/25)
Broadway Magic Hour in Off-Off-Broadway Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (5/3 - 5/3)
Four Weddings and an Elvis in Off-Off-Broadway Four Weddings and an Elvis
Theatre Box (4/25 - 5/4)
Menopause The Musical in Off-Off-Broadway Menopause The Musical
The Avalon Theatre At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort (7/16 - 7/20)
ROMEO & JULIET in Off-Off-Broadway ROMEO & JULIET
Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Space in the historical landmark The City Center (4/12 - 8/10)
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