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Photos: Go Inside the 2024 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards

Check out photos from the 2024 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards!
Review Roundup: THE WELKIN Opens at Atlantic Theater Company

Read the reviews for The Welkin at Atlantic Theater Company.
The Alliance Theatre to Present World Premiere of BABBLE LAB This Summer

The 56th season of the Alliance Theatre will begin this summer with BABBLE LAB, a world premiere co-production with Children’s Theatre Company. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Review Roundup: HOME Opens On Broadway Directed By Kenny Leon

Home opens at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: Shayan Lotfi's WHAT BECAME OF US

The world premiere of What Became of Us, written by Shayan Lotfi (Off-Broadway debut) and directed by Jennifer Chang just celebrated opening night at Atlantic Theater Company.Two siblings. One born there. One born here. How do they maintain their connections to The Old Country, and to This Country, and to each other? Check out what the critics are saying!
STEREOPHONIC and DEAD OUTLAW Take Top Prizes At New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named David Adjmi’s Stereophonic best play of the 2023-24 season. The award for best musical went to Dead Outlaw, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses. The selections were made at the organization’s 88th annual voting meeting.
Photos: Children's Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of BABBLE LAB

Children’s Theatre Company has released photos of the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage. Get your first look!
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the World Premiere BABBLE LAB At Children's Theatre Company

Children’s Theatre Company has released photos from inside rehearsal for the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage. Opening is Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Children's Theatre Company Announces Cast and Creative Team for The World Premiere of BABBLE LAB

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage.
Interview: Autumn Ness of BABBLE LAB at Children's Theatre Company

Strap on your safety goggles and clean out your ears! When an experiment unexpectedly goes awry, a concoction of sneaky, sprightly L E T T E R S takes over a weird and wondrous science lab.
Children's Theatre Company Reveals Cast and Creative Team For BABBLE LAB

Children’s Theatre Company announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Babble Lab. RSVP by March 7, 2024, to attend the opening on March 9, 2024.
Review: SCROOGE IN ROUGE at Open Eye Theatre

What did our critic think of SCROOGE IN ROUGE at Open Eye Theatre?
Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, and Laurie Metcalf Will Present New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has announced that Carolee Carmello, Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, Laurie Metcalf, and Brandon Uranowitz will be the presenters of its 2023 awards.
LEOPOLDSTADT and DOWNSTATE Win 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Bruce Norris’s Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season.
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Will Announce Winners Monday, May 8

The winners of the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced Monday, May 8 at 7pm. The selections will be made immediately beforehand at the organization's 87th annual voting meeting.
'TASHA and New Works Festival Debut at the End of February in San Francisco

San Francisco's 3Girls Theatre Company returns to a full schedule of live performances for the first time since March of 2020, when their New Works Festival—literally only days away from taking the stage—was shut down by the pandemic. 
Interview: Martin Silvestri, Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas Talk About the Past and Future of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA at Surflight Theatre

One of the most enduring of human beliefs is the idea of the existence of an afterlife. All sorts of terrors and challenges can be endured in an earthly life if one believes in a world beyond where things will be not only better but perfect. That is one of the central ideas of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA, a musical that is opening next week at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ on Long Beach Island.
A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD & KIMBERLY AKIMBO & Win New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Samuel D. Hunter’s A Case for the Existence of God best play of the 2021-22 season. The award for best musical went to David Lindsay-Abaire’s and Jeanine Tesori’s Kimberly Akimbo. The selections were made at the organization’s 86th annual voting meeting.
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Will Be Announced Tomorrow

The winners of the 2022 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced Thursday, May 12 at 6pm. The selections will be made immediately beforehand at the organization's 86th annual voting meeting.
Open Eye Figure Theatre Executive Director Steps Down

Susan Haas, executive director of Open Eye Figure Theatre is stepping down after twenty years as executive director, and will become a member of the theater's board. Haas co-founded the company in 2000 alongside her husband, Michael Sommers.

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