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SAY GAY PLAYS Returns June 30 at Judson Memorial Church with Hosts Murray Hill and Yuhua Hamasaki
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2025

Hosted by Murray Hill and Yuhua Hamasaki, Say Gay Plays returns June 30 with a powerful lineup of LGBTQ+ short plays at Judson Memorial Church to benefit Judson Commons.

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Robinson Center
by Theresa Bertram - Aug 12, 2024

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Robinson Center?

Two River Theater Reveals Cast For 12th Annual Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 31, 2023

Get the latest updates on Two River Theater's 12th Annual Crossing Borders Festival, featuring a talented cast. Explore and celebrate the diverse voices in theater. Find out more here.

Jerrie Johnson and Zhailon Levingston to Host BAC's WHAT NOW: UNPLUGGED at DROM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 11, 2023

The Tony Award-winning non-profit Broadway Advocacy Coalition will present “What Now: Unplugged”, a music jam session meets community organizing brainstorm meets late night party.

MOIPEI, Liz Callaway, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 8, 2023

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

Tickets Now Available For BEDLAM'S DO MORE: NEW PLAY SERIES
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2023

Bedlam's DO MORE: NEW PLAYS readings series returns for its third year with five thrilling new plays. All performances will take place at Houghton Hall Arts, 22 East 30th Street.

AMANI Extends for One Week at Rattlestick Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023

National Black Theatre has announced a one week extension of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

National Black Theatre Announces Cast For AMANI World Premiere Co-Production With Rattlestick Theater
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2022

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

Cast Announced for AMANI World Premiere Presented by National Black Theatre & Rattlestick Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

See 54 SINGS FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD, Julie Benko & Jason Yeager, and More at 54 Below Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2022

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

Signature Theatre's SigSpace to Present Concert Response to MY BROKEN LANGUAGE & More in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2022

Following HalfPint at Night, SigSpace will feature, on November 13 from 5:30-6:30pm, a concert response to Quiara Alegría Hudes’ memoir My Broken Language from Bushwick Book Club—the theatrical adaptation of which is currently being performed in the Signature Center’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre (through November 27).

Eva Reign, Basit & More to Join THE JUNIOR MINTT SHOW Debut Episode
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 25, 2022

Eva Reign (Billy Porter's Anything's Possible, Vice's Transnational) will join host and creator of THE JUNIOR MINTT SHOW, Junior Mintt at the premiere episode taping this November in Brooklyn. Actor and journalist Reign will be joined by musical artists Basit and MERLOT and actor and comedian Denise Manning (What to Send Up, For the Boys).

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Casting For Marathon Of One-Act Plays
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 5, 2022

Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) has announced complete casting for the 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays, which will be fully comprised of work from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). This year's selection of eleven plays was curated by Co-Artistic Directors Mike Lew (Teenage Dick) and Colette Robert (Behind the Sheet). Ten plays will be presented across two different series from Sunday October 16 through Sunday November 13 at EST.