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Mary Kouyoumdjian's PAPER PIANOS Sets World Premiere Recording
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 5, 2026

Paper Pianos, the Pulitzer Prize finalist work co-created by Mary Kouyoumdjian and Nigel Maister, will receive its world premiere recording on Friday, August 7, 2026. Paper Pianos' third movement, All Good Things, is now available as a single.

2026 Lucille Lortel Awards Winners
by Nicole Rosky - May 3, 2026

The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the  only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – will be presented at the annual ceremony tonight, May 3, 2026, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm.

2026 Lucille Lortel Nominations- The Full List
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 1, 2026

Nominations for the 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the  only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – were  announced by Amber Gray and Harvey Guillén. Check out the full list of nominees here!

Photos: Inside the 2026 Obie Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 10, 2026

Earlier this week, the American Theatre Wing celebrated the 69th Annual Obie Awards, Off and Off-Off-Broadway’s Highest Honor. The winners were previously announced on Saturday, January 31. Check out photos here!

2026 Obie Awards Winners- The Full List
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 31, 2026

The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President & CEO), along with Spectrum News NY1, announced the recipients of the 69th Annual Obie Awards. We have the full list of winners!

Theatre For A New Audience To Present THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 18, 2025

Theatre for a New Audience will present THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS by William Shakespeare, directed by Ash K. Tata, at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.

Alana Raquel Bowers, Will Cobbs and More to Star in COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE at MCC Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2025

MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 have revealed the cast and creative team for Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams.

Photos: Inside Opening Night of Ari'el Stachel's OTHER
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 20, 2025

OTHER, a new solo dramedy written and performed by Tony Award and GRAMMY Award winner Ari’el Stachel, officially opened on Sunday, October 19 at the Greenwich House Theatre. Check out photos from the opening night celebration here!

Photos: Tony-Winner Ari’el Stachel Stars in New Solo Play OTHER at Greenwich House Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2025

Tony and GRAMMY Award winner Ari’el Stachel (The Band’s Visit) returns Off-Broadway with OTHER, a new solo dramedy exploring identity, anxiety, and self-acceptance. Check out photos of the show.

Photos: Ari’el Stachel in Rehearsal For OTHER Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2025

All new rehearsal photos have been released from OTHER, a new dramedy about the anxious art of belonging, written and performed by Tony Award and GRAMMY Award winner Ari’el Stachel. Check out the photos here!

LaChanze Will Produce OTHER, Written By and Starring Ari'el Statchel
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2025

LaChanze Productions will produce OTHER, a new dramedy about the anxious art of belonging, written and performed by Tony Award and GRAMMY Award winner Ari’el Stachel.

THE RESERVOIR Opens Berkeley Rep 25/26 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jul 25, 2025

Berkeley Repertory Theatre will kick off its 2025/26 season with Jake Brasch's The Reservoir, performing at Berkeley Rep's Peet's Theatre. Learn more here!

Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Marc Savitt - Jul 6, 2025

Over the course of the immensely entertaining and enjoyable, frenetically paced, roughly hour and a half presentation (without intermission), I smiled, nodded, laughed a great deal, cried to a much lesser degree, and felt seen, heard, and understood. At first, I attributed this to my being, Jewish, creative, neurodivergent, living an “alternative lifestyle”, and wearing an invisible pageant sash that reads “Miss Understood”. In processing the flood of overwhelming emotion post curtain with both my plus one and Mr. Stachel himself, I came to realize that this, gentle readers, is precisely why OUT OF CHARACTER rises to the level of overwhelmingly powerful near brilliance in a theatrical production.

Photos: FIVE MODELS IN RUINS Opens At Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 is currently producing FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 – a new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens directed by Morgan Green. Go inside opening night in new photos.

Video: First Look At FIVE MODELS IN RUINS At Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 is currently producing FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 – a new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens directed by Morgan Green. Get a first look at the production in new video highlights!

Brittany Bradford, Grace McLean and More to Star in Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKS Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 24, 2025

Clubbed Thumb has revealed initial casting for the 28th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. See who is starring, and learn more about the featured productions!

Kristin Chenoweth & More Get 2025 Boston Theater Critics Association Awards Nominations
by Joshua Wright - Apr 9, 2025

The Boston Theater Critics Association announced nominations for the 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, honoring outstanding theater in Greater Boston. Kathy St. George will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence.

Mary Kouyoumdjian's PAPER PIANOS To Be Performed By Alarm Will Sound At The Clarice
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2025

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 8:00pm, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland will present Armenian-American composer and documentarian Mary Kouyoumdjian and South African-American director and writer/director Nigel Maister's Paper Pianos, commissioned and performed by Alarm Will Sound.

Photos: Inside Rehearsals for FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 27, 2025

Earlier this week Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 began rehearsals for the world premiere of FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981. See photos here and learn more about the production.

FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 To Have Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 has announced the world premiere of FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 a new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens, directed by Morgan Green, will begin performances Saturday, April 19 through Sunday, June 1 at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65 Street).  Opening night is Monday, May 5.