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Theater for the New City

155 First Avenue
New York City, NY 10003
(212) 254-1109

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About the Theatre

Theater for the New City, Crytal Field (Artistic Director), FFP, and Stage Voices proudly present the Off-Off Broadway world premiere of “Tongs and Bones Shakespeare,” based on footnote, or, generally, off-marquee characters, in the Bard’s plays.

Upcoming Shows

McMusical

McMusical

Sep 17 – Sep 20, 2026

An R-rated musical comedy that takes a bite out of fast food, created by Teddy Grey and Sam Kaufman

Boy Santos

Boy Santos

Nov 5 – Nov 29, 2026

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...

Getting COMPLETE

Getting COMPLETE

Jan 14 – Jan 31, 2027

Getting COMPLETE is what happens when the bully grows up!

Past Shows

124 total · showing 111–120

Ghost Light Now & Then

Ghost Light Now & Then

Mar 2 – Feb 19, 2017

Ghost Light Now & Then is a “time-fluid” play that is both historic and contemporary. A ghost light is a single light left on onstage when a theater is otherwise dark. There is a superstition that every theater has ghosts and that ghost lights provide illumination for the ghosts...

Luigi and Langston

Luigi and Langston

Feb 2 – Feb 12, 2017

An evening of famous and new playwrights, Luigi and Langston presents a rarely performed one-act by Langston Hughes, a classic by Luigi Pirandello (presented as an influence on him), Michele Cannon's Harlem Slang inspired by the work of Zora Neale Hurston and Calico and Lennie...

Victoria Woodhull

Victoria Woodhull

Nov 17 – Dec 4, 2016

“Victoria Woodhull,” a play by Claude Solnik, tells the story of the first woman to run for president in 1872 even before women had the right to vote. Donna Mejia directs this production about the nation’s first female presidential candidate, her struggles, successes and story...

Millennium Mom

Millennium Mom

Sep 9 – Sep 18, 2016

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Artistic Director) Presents: Millennium Mom by Liz Amadio A Cosmic Orchid production of an Equity-Approved Showcase as part of The Dream Up Festival A latte-guzzling, stroller-toting, advanced-aged single mom cultivates her maternal...

THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN (A WALK BY

"THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN (A WALK BY

Jun 2 – Jun 19, 2016

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY TO PRESENT "THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN (A WALK BY)" BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK For Gun Awareness Month, an immersive theater experience geared to the Hip Hop Culture, blending rap, poetry, song and movement. WHERE AND WHEN: June 2 to 19, 2016 Theater for...

The Three-Mile Limit

The Three-Mile Limit

Mar 17 – Apr 3, 2016

The Three-Mile Limit dramatizes a voyage aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in 1927. Real-life and fictional characters reflect the diversity of the passengers and crew. Conflicts resulting from class and ethnic differences, race relations and sexual identity come to life in the...

The Caretaker of Corofin

The Caretaker of Corofin

Jul 2 – Jul 12, 2015

Life is just fine in the picturesque Irish town of Corofin when an American tourist arrives. But when the caretaker of a few cottages dies suddenly, it's as if Eden has ended. After the American tourist becomes a suspect, townspeople take sides. Theater for the New City Exec...

Night by Charles L. Mee

Night by Charles L. Mee

Apr 24 – May 10, 2015

The New Stage Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Night, or Thyestes 2.0, a movement theatre piece written by Charles L. Mee and directed and designed by Ildiko Nemeth. Inspired by Seneca's Thyestes, the piece combines sections of the classic tale with an...

Devil Lay Me Down

Devil Lay Me Down

Aug 17 – Aug 22, 2014

Julian Carthy returns from prison to his father’s trailer on the Texas-Mexico border, hell-bent on carving a fresh life and finding his daughter. There he finds his father Marcus, living with Ro—his much younger live-in girlfriend. And when a spark of interest lights between...

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