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Queer Horror Play FUNHOUSE Will Open at the Players Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 21, 2024

The original production Funhouse will have its World Premiere at The Players Theater on November 7th. This Psychological Thriller stage play is written by Danielle Boss and Directed by Anastasia Novak....

Week Two Winner Of The Players Theatre Short Play Festival BOO! 2024 Revealed


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 17, 2024

The Players Theatre Short Play Festival BOO! 2024 named 'Raccoons' by Carla Katz as the Week Two winner. The play explores suburban tensions and secrets amid mysterious nighttime noises....

Be Bold! Productions 13th BOO! Short Play Festival Kicks Off at the Players Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 16, 2024

West Village audiences embraced the spooky season with the BOO! Short Play Festival at the Players Theatre. 'Nonna's Pizza' by Hunter Corbett won week one, revealing secrets in a Brooklyn pizza shop. Learn more! ...

THE AUGUST PLAYS Comes To The Producers Club This Month


by A.A. Cristi - August 15, 2024

The August Plays, eight short plays by emerging women writers, has a weekend run at the Producers Club Theaters. ...

Spotlight: BRINGER OF DOOM at The Players Theatre


by BWW Special Offer - July 22, 2024

The 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' of the 21st Century...

Submissions Open For Players Theatre Short Play Festival - BOO 2024 


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 18, 2024

Submissions are open for the 14th annual Short Play Festival BOO at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. Fifteen short plays will be selected for this spooky October event, with audience votes determining the winning playwright each week. Learn how to apply! ...

Week Three Winner Of Players Theatre Short Play Festival - NYC 2024 Revealed


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 02, 2024

Audiences enjoyed four original short plays about life in New York during Week 3 of the Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival. Learn more about the winner!...

Week Two Winner Revealed For The Players Theatre Short Play Festival


by Stephi Wild - June 20, 2024

This past weekend saw West Village audiences gathering to enjoy 5 original short plays about life in New York during Week 2 of the 13th annual Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival. Each weekend for three weeks in June, a new selection of 15-minute original plays premieres to reflect on life in th...

Week One Winner Of The Players Theatre Short Play Festival NYC Revealed


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2024

The Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival kicked off with 'Intermission Play' by Dakota Silvey winning the audience vote. ...

Edu Díaz's A DRAG IS BORN to be Presented as Part Of The 2024 Queerly Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 10, 2024

Edu Díaz's acclaimed nonverbal show A DRAG IS BORN blends clown and drag, celebrating diversity. Part of the 2024 Queerly Festival at Under St. Marks, the show runs on select dates in June and July. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Past Shows

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 ...

Videos


The Hourglass in Off-Off-Broadway The Hourglass
The Rat NYC (11/1 - 11/2) Tracker
Kiss Me While We Have the Chance in Off-Off-Broadway Kiss Me While We Have the Chance
The Green Room 42 (10/28 - 10/28)

LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN Tracker
PHOTOS
Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show in Off-Off-Broadway Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 12/30) Tracker
Dvorak: Chamber Music Survey, Sullivan Qt in Off-Off-Broadway Dvorak: Chamber Music Survey, Sullivan Qt
Bohemian National Hall NYC (11/12 - 11/12)

CONCERT Tracker
3rd Gen- A survivor's Story in Off-Off-Broadway 3rd Gen- A survivor's Story
KnJ Theater (11/16 - 11/17) Tracker
PHOTOS VIDEOS
Cool Stories vol 9 in Off-Off-Broadway Cool Stories vol 9
Marjorie S Deane Little/The YMCA (11/22 - 11/22)

COMEDY NEW PLAY Tracker
Tin Church in Off-Off-Broadway Tin Church
Chain Theatre (10/23 - 11/23)

NEW PLAY Tracker
PHOTOS
Learning to Human in Off-Off-Broadway Learning to Human
Theatre Row (11/6 - 11/6)

LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN Tracker
PHOTOS
Dreams on 81 in Off-Off-Broadway Dreams on 81
The Secret Theatre (11/14 - 11/16)

NEW PLAY Tracker
The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Off-Off-Broadway The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Stag & Lion Theatre (10/9 - 10/27) Tracker
Goodbye Doctor in Off-Off-Broadway Goodbye Doctor
The Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre: A.R.T./New York Theatres (10/24 - 11/3)

NEW PLAY Tracker
PHOTOS
The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show in Off-Off-Broadway The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective NYC (10/25 - 10/25) Tracker
ECHOES OF PASSION AND POWER AT CARNEGIE HALL ON NOV 1 AT 8PM in Off-Off-Broadway ECHOES OF PASSION AND POWER AT CARNEGIE HALL ON NOV 1 AT 8PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (11/1 - 11/1)
PHOTOS
Martha Wash: Love & Conflict in Off-Off-Broadway Martha Wash: Love & Conflict
Joe's Pub New York (2/14 - 2/14)
Globetrotter in Off-Off-Broadway Globetrotter
SoHo Playhouse (3/21 - 3/21)
If You Hadn't, But You Did...songs of love, sex, and murder in Off-Off-Broadway If You Hadn't, But You Did...songs of love, sex, and murder
Don't Tell Mama NYC (2/23 - 2/23)
Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President in Off-Off-Broadway Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President
NYU Skirball (12/5 - 12/7)
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