Tony Speciale

Interview: Daniel K. Isaac Has Many BRILLIANT THINGs in His Life

Currently in previews, Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every Brilliant Thing opens September 14, 2023, at the Geffen. Colm Summers directs Daniel K. Isaac in this comic view on depression and suicide. Daniel keeps it in the same light vein in answering my queries.

Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards; Syracuse Stage Leads Favorite Local Theatre!

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards; at Pendragon Theatre Leads Best Ensemble Performance!

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards; Syracuse Stage Leads Favorite Local Theatre!

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Photos: Siti Company Honors Anne Bogart At 30th Anniversary Benefit & WAR OF THE WORLDS Opening

NIn 1992, an ensemble of pioneering artists, with visionary director Anne Bogart at the helm, formed the SITI Company. See photos from inside the event!

World Premiere of Neil D'Astolfo's MISTER MISS AMERICA Announces Extension

All For One Theater has announced that an additional week of performances have been added to the limited run of the world premiere of Mister Miss America, written and performed by Neil D'Astolfo and directed by Tony Speciale. The production is now playing July 6 through August 7 at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

World Premiere of MISTER MISS AMERICA Starring Neil D'Astolfo to be Presented at Rattlestick Theater Company

All For One Theater has announced the world premiere of Mister Miss America, written and performed by Neil D'Astolfo and directed by Tony Speciale. Mister Miss America will play July 6-31, 2022 at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (224 Waverly Place), with opening night set for Monday, July 11 at 7:00 pm.

Michael Urie, Mallory Portnoy & More Join Fault Line Theatre's IRONS IN THE FIRE

 Fault Line Theatre will continue the 2022 Season of Irons in the  Fire, the organization’s reading series of new plays in development, with God Save the Queer by Zackary Grady, directed by Portia Krieger and featuring Michael Urie (George), Mallory Portnoy (Charlotte), Keshav Moodliar (Tariq), Seth Clayton (Louis), and Mary McCann (Kate).

Diversionary Announces Online Stream Of THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR

Diversionary announces their online stream of their World Premiere hit production of THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR

92Y to Present Limited Online Release of THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY in Honor of Pride Month

In honor of Pride Month, 92Y in association with Daryl Roth and Darren Bagert, will present a limited online release of the June 2016 performance of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, available from June 1 - June 30. The release is free to stream here.

Broadway's Mallory Portnoy Launches New Series HUMAN INTEREST

Mallory Portnoy (who plays Gertie Cummings in Daniel Fish's Tony Award © winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Circle in the Square) and actor-playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach (Steppenwolf's The Doppelgänger, starring Rainn Wilson and directed by Tina Landau), have created Human Interest, a character-based dry comedy moc doc series inspired by real people, which lovingly turns the camera on the eccentric outliers of New York City and explores, loneliness, community, and our relationship to technology.  Written and directed by Erlbach, the short-form series introduces us to everyone from competitive whistlers and professional cuddlers to neo-luddites and sex robot romantics. The series, which recently won Best Digital ShortSeries at Series Fest, includes actors Michael Cyril Creighton (The Amateurs, High Maintenance, Spotlight), Max Jenkins (The Mysteries of Laura, High Maintenance, Dead to Me), Ryan Spahn (Gloria, Moscow Moscow Moscow…, He's Way More Famous Than You) and Deb Lapidus. It is produced by Erlbach, Portnoy, Anne Troup, Hannes Otto and Gabriel Long.

BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Virginia Jackson Browning Theatre

Angels In America is must-see event that is, in equal parts, a depiction, dialogue, response and conversation about the AIDS crisis. It also is underpinned by themes of race, life, death, faith and politics.

Michael Chekhov Festival Announces Upcoming Shows at the Ridgefield Theater Barn

The Michael Chekhov Theatre Festival announces their three upcoming shows to be presented October 18th and 19th, 2019 at the Ridgefield Theater Barn.

The Rep Announces Its Director And Creative Team For ANGELS IN AMERICA

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced the creative team that will shape its epic production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Parts One and Two, running September 4 a?" October 6.

Casting Announced For Industry Reading Of MILF - THE MUSICAL

The producers of MILF - THE MUSICAL, a new musical about a modern housewife and mother whose virtual life and real life collide when she discovers (via FacePage) that her husband is having an affair, have announced the cast that will be featured at a Thursday, June 20 industry reading  at 3PM at the Jerry Orbach Theater. The cast features Matt Caccamo, Paul Caliendo, Gabriel Garcia, Michael Meunchow, Gabe Wrobel, and Lindsey Zelli.

MILF �" THE MUSICAL To Present Industry Reading At The Jerry Orbach Theater

The producers of MILF - THE MUSICAL, a new musical about a modern housewife and mother whose virtual life and real life collide when she discovers (via FacePage) that her husband is having an affair, will be presenting an industry reading on Thursday, June 20 at 3PM at the Jerry Orbach Theater.  MILF features book, lyrics and music by Sally Knight. Produced by Jennifer Francis and Blaine Hopkins, the reading will be directed by Tony Speciale. www.MILFtheMusical.com  

Tickets Now On Sale For The So-fi Festival At Westbeth

The June 2019 So-fi festival announces that it will be presenting works at The Clemente's Los Kabayitos and Flamboyan Theaters (107 Suffolk St. between Rivington & Delancey) and Westbeth (463 West Street between Bethune and West 12th St) June 6th-23rd 2019.

8th Annual Rita And Burton Goldberg MFA Playwrights Festival Comes to Hunter College

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 kicks off the eighth annual Rita and Burton Goldberg MFA Playwrights Festival at Hunter College. Under the leadership of Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Hunter's MFA Playwriting Program features intensive, hands-on writing workshops that foster a tight-knit, supportive community of artists committed to challenging assumptions about what theater is and will become.

The Vicious Circle To Present Industry Reading Of Amy E. Witting's I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU

The Vicious Circle will present two private industry readings of Jerome Foundation Fellowship recipient Amy E. Witting's new play I Wasn't Expecting You, directed by Zoey Martinson on Monday, April 8th.  Casting to be announced.