NY Gilbert & Sullivan Presents New Productions of COX AND BOX and TRIAL BY JURY
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's Preeminent Gilbert & Sullivan Repertory company, launches its new and exciting 2016-17 Season with two new jewel-box productions of Cox and Box along with Trial by Jury! The 42nd season will kick-off on Saturday, October 29th at Off-Broadway's intimate Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater (10 West 64th Street) with a premiere double bill of Mr. Sullivan's first successful comic opera Cox and Box (libretto by F. C. Burnand) and NYGASP's “Wand'ring Minstrels” quintet performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's beloved legal parody Trial by Jury. The strictly limited engagement will play October 29th (2PM & 7:30PM) & 30th (3PM).
Hudson Players Club to Present First EAT OUR SHORTS! Short Plays Festival, 11/26-30
To lead off its 66th consecutive season, the Hudson Players Club (HPC), Quebec's longest running community theatre troupe, is breaking new ground with the launch of the Eat Our Shorts! Play Festival, a week-long cavalcade of short plays. Four different companies comprised of local artists will present a range of exciting plays from November 26th to 30th at the charming theatre in the former train station in Hudson (28 Wharf Road, Hudson QC J0P 1H0). Each performance will feature two plays, and festival passes are available. (Play details follow.)