ASTORIA
A new family drama by Richard Ploetz explores themes of mortality, the fallibility of memory, and the meaning of home.
Theater for the New City
155 1st Ave
New York, NY PRESS RELEASE DRAFT
Theater for the New City is a theatre in Off-Off-Broadway.
Upcoming Shows
Boy Santos
Charlie Santos is visited by memories of his childhood in the tenements of Spanish Harlem, 1962. He sees the street games, the legal and illegal enterprises, the captives of heroin, the desperate poor and a traumatic event he believes caused the death of his infant brother. It...
How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond
Playwright, director and poet Melanie Maria Goodreaux returns to her longtime creative home, Theater for the New City (TNC), with the world premiere of How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond, a darkly comic Louisiana love story about death, desire, family, faith and the...
The Flowers of Forest Hills
Set after World War II, “The Flowers of Forest Hills” follows a family who emigrates from Austria to Queens. We see three generations of women, including a girl, a mother and a grandmother (as part of a cast of seven characters) as they adapt to life in the United States. Family...
SantaCon The Play
New York City's annual SantaCon. Many residents consider it the worst day of the year. Who among us hasn't been going about their life on a brisk December morning only to realize, with slowly encroaching dread, that there are an unusually high number of Santas about? And in the...
Getting COMPLETE
Getting COMPLETE... what happens when the bully grows up!
Articles
Tango and Havana Fiesta Brings Latin American Dance Traditions Together in Miami
Miami’s Flamingo Theater became the setting for Tango y Havana Fiesta: Music & Dance Celebration, a production conceived, directed and produced by Analía Farfan that brought together several traditions of Latin American and Hispanic music and dance.…
Emanuele Fiore Expands His Role as a Performer in Pinocchio Pop and Across New York's Dance Scene
For Emanuele Fiore, dance has increasingly become one part of a broader performance language that includes theater, music, and choreography. Since his work in the 2024 Off-Broadway production Sempreverde: Evergreen, Fiore has continued to take on increasingly prominent roles while working with dance…
Review: THE VESSEL at 59E59-An Excellent Thought-Provoking Production
'The Vessel' is A Through the Tollbooth Co. Production in association with Thrown Stone Theatre Company.…
Sofía Terceros Arce Joins the FIFA Club World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony as Her Theater and Film Career Continues to Flourish
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Review: Brits Off-Broadway’s DAVID COPPERFIELD at 59E59 Theaters-A Gem
Here’s one play you don’t want to miss! 'David Copperfield' is now on stage at 59e59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off-Broadway 2026 festival of plays. …
ANIMALS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Opens at the United Nations With Art, Dance, and Environmental Advocacy
On May 20, World Bee Day, the United Nations became the setting for an ambitious interdisciplinary event that merged visual art, dance, environmental awareness, and international collaboration. The opening of Animals for Social Justice, a multimedia exhibition created by journalist and multimedia ar…
Review: NOT NOBODY at 59E59 Theaters-Thought Provoking
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
123 total · showing 71–80
The Wayward Daughter of Judah the Prince
A high-spirited female buddy road trip story set in the time of the great Rabbi Judah. Written by Douglas Lackey, directed by Alexander Harrington. World Premiere. Whats a girl to do when her father is writing the most important book in the world--The Talmud? Help him, of...
TNC's Lower East Side Short Film Series
Join us for A Fabulous Evening Of Short Films From Award Winning Directors. Only $20. Including a remastered print of the great Charlie Chaplins The Immigrant.Tonights program is a dedicated fundraiser. TNC needs a new LED projector, so that we may continue to bring you new...
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts returns May 28-30, 2021 as an indoor and outdoor live audience event with an emphasis on safety. Extra precautions have been introduced for the safety of the festival's audiences and the cohort of theater, dance...
Sex, Shoplifting and Rock & Roll
A shoplifter and a security guard meet and move in together, changing each other's lives.
Open 'Tho Shut
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY WILL LAUNCH "OPEN 'THO SHUT" NOV. 14 TO DEMONSTRATE A NEW, UNCONVENTIONAL CONCEPT FOR SAFE PERFORMANCE AS PART OF "MORE WAYS THAN BROADWAY'S" NEW YORK, November 9 -- On Saturday, November 14 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Theater for the New City (TNC), 155...
TNC PRIDE 2020
Theater for the New CityCrystal Field, Executive Director Celebrates PrideFREE ONLINETNC PRIDE 2020www.theaterforthenewcity.net.Theater for the New City (TNC), in its 50th season, joins the LGBT community, family and friends in celebrating the 51st anniversary of Stonewall and...
They Came to the Castle
They Came to the Castle: Immigrants, a Tenor and Lola Montez is a historical play set in the mid- 19th century in a now landmarked building in Battery Park that was the entry point to the United States prior the facility on Ellis Island. Newly-arrived travelers share their...
The Medea of Euripides
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, in collaboration with producers Olivia Pane & Natalia Presents: The Medea of Euripides, Directed and adapted by Eric Loscheider. Euripides’ ancient tale of infanticide and sexual betrayal as viewed through the...
Hooked on Happiness
Theater for the New City presents the world premiere of HOOKED ON HAPPINESS, a new musical about global warming, for a limited engagement November 7th December 1st at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue. Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and seniors) and can be purchased...
A Life in the Rye
A Life In The Rye looks at J.D. Salinger's life and the impact that Catcher In The Rye had on him, his fans, fanatics obsessed with the book and the world. The play gives insight into possible reasons that Salinger retreated from society after writing what became one of the...
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