The Washington Square Players

Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse Presents THE CLOD By Lewis Beach
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2020

The groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' reading:  THE CLOD, a one-act play by Lewis Beach, live streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow, on October 3rd, 2020 at 8 PM, EDT.

COCAINE by Pendleton King Kicks off Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse Fall Programs
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2020

Following an August break, Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse picks up its hit run of a free 'screened' readings with COCAINE, a one-act play by Pendleton King via live stream video, with talkback to follow, on

Theater Guild Producer & Director Jack V. Booch Passes Away at 73
by Mary Hanrahan - Apr 27, 2010

Variety is reporting that Jack V. Booch, the former executive producer and director of the Theater Guild of NY, died February 11 in Portland of cancer. He was 73.

Broadway to Dim its Lights for Betty Comden, 11/28
by BWW News Desk - Nov 27, 2006

To honor the life of Betty Comden, the marquee of every Broadway theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, November 28 at exactly 8 p.m. for one minute in her memory

Broadway Legend Betty Comden Dies at 89
by BWW News Desk - Nov 24, 2006

Betty Comden, whose work with the late Adolph Green epitomized Broadway's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89, according to the New York Times