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FLAWLESS Begins Performances at Kean University's Premiere Stages
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2026

Premiere Stages will present the New Jersey premiere of John J. Wooten's FLAWLESS, directed by Joe Brancato, in Kean University's Bauer Boucher Theatre Center in Union, N.J.

FLAWLESS to Make New Jersey Premiere at Kean University's Premiere Stages
by Stephi Wild - Aug 18, 2026

Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the New Jersey premiere of FLAWLESS by John J. Wooten, reuniting director Joe Brancato with the original Penguin Rep cast.

Full Cast Set for Nat Zegree’s MOZART TO POP CHART at The Cape Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2026

The Cape Playhouse is launching their 2026 summer season with Nat Zegree’s Mozart to Pop Chart, running for 22 performances only this summer at the Cape Cod Center for the Arts.

Review: FLAWLESS Plays Around with AI, at Penguin Rep Theatre thru Oct. 19
by Bruce Apar - Oct 5, 2025

As Tess and Frank, Ellen Adair and Michael Frederic skillfully bring to the stage the requisite range of emotions engaged when lovers go a-quarreling, then make up, then rinse, repeat. We all know how that goes and they keep it going with the right rhythm of dramatic impact. Director Joe Brancato is masterly at keeping his productions light on their feet, rooted in a canny instinct for audience appeal. in an exquisitely rendered performance by Alexander Rios as AI Percy, he leaves an indelible impression through carefully articulated physicality that captures the essence of a bot without caricaturing it. His soft, soothing vocal inflection recalls iconic computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Penguin Rep Presents World Premiere of FLAWLESS
by Emmy Rice - Sep 14, 2025

Penguin Rep Theatre, under the leadership of Joe Brancato, founding Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director, presents the world premiere of Flawless, a new play by John J. Wooten, Friday, September 26 through Sunday, October 19 in Stony Point, New York.

Photos: Frank Wood and Kelley Curran in Rehearsals for THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 17, 2024

Get a first look inside rehearsals for The Meeting: The Interpreter at Theater at St. Clements. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

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by BWW Special Offer - Jul 17, 2024

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Frank Wood and Kelley Curran to Star in THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER Off-Broadway In August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2024

Tony Award winner Frank Wood and Kelley Curran will star in THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER, a new play by Catherine Gropper, directed by Brian Mertes. Learn how to purchase tickets.

SMALL ACTS OF DARING INVENTION World Premiere to be Presented at HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2024

​​​​​​​Mason Holdings will present the world premiere of Small Acts of Daring Invention, a theatrical exploration of the real and unreal inspired by the life and work of Dare Wright, author of the children's book series The Lonely Doll. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

KRYMOV LAB NYC Presents the Return Engagement of EUGENE ONEGIN
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2024

Krymov Lab NYC has announced a limited encore presentation of the celebrated interpretation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, from Russian director Dmitry Krimov, currently residing and creating in exile in New York. Since founding his NYC-based studio in 2022, Krymov's company has already won significant acclaim from The New York Times,

Cast and Creative Team Announced for 2024 World Premiere of SIMONA'S SEARCH at Hartford Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2023

Hartford Stage announces the cast and creative team for Martín Zimmerman's Simona's Search, directed by the theater's Artistic Director Melia Bensussen. This new, mysterious, and witty story makes its world premiere at the Tony-Award winning theater, running January 18 through February 11, 2024, at 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT.

Review: ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - Jun 19, 2022

World premiere presentations like ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN offer Berkshire audiences a special opportunity to experience a work in progress, recognized for their potential. While I won’t term this as a must-see; it is most certainly a fine piece, well worth seeing. If not for the creative aspects touched upon above, it serves a fantastic look at nearly forgotten period in modern history and a strong reminder both that things are not always as they may at first appear; as well the notion that we are all far more alike than different. Read the review!

Mason Holdings to Present the World Premiere of HART ISLAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2022

Mason Holdings, a company known for creating intimate experiential theatre, will present the world premiere of Hart Island, a multimedia theatrical meditation on New York City’s potter’s field and the humans connected to it, living and dead. 

Bristol Riverside Theatre Brings Mind-Blowing I AND YOU To Audiences January 25-February 13
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2022

Bristol Riverside Theatre kicks off the year with the local premiere of Lauren Gunderson's mind-blowing I and You. The show runs January 25-February 13.

New Light Theater Project Will Hold Workshop For Stage Adaptation of Sheila Heti's Novel MOTHERHOOD
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2020

Sheila Heti's critically acclaimed, best-selling novel, MOTHERHOOD, has been optioned for a stage adaptation by New Light Theater Project and Executive Producer Ben Folds. THIS WRESTLING PLACE, the play will be adapted and directed by Sarah Norris with original music and movement by Emma Sandall.

THE KARAMAZOVS To Premiere in March at New Ohio Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2020

Writer and director Anna Brenner, along with her company Other Shore, are set to premiere The Karamazovs, a freewheeling distillation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, at the New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street, Manhattan).

VIDEO: THE SANTA CLOSET At Houses on the Moon Theater Company
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 12, 2019

Houses on the Moon Theater Company presents THE SANTA CLOSET, written and performed by Jeffrey Solomon and directed by Joe Brancato (Daniel's Husband) and Emily Joy Weiner (The Assignment), now playing a limited holiday engagement through Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Teatro Círculo Theater (64 East 4th Street in the East Village, NYC).

Photo Flash: Houses on the Moon Theater Company Heads Into Rehearsal For THE SANTA CLOSET
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2019

Houses on the Moon Theater Company (Emily Joy Weiner, Co-Founder & Artistic Director; Kevin Connor, Managing Director) proudly presents The Santa Closet, written and performed by Jeffrey Solomon and directed by Joe Brancato (Daniel's Husband). The Santa Closet is an updated version of Mr. Solomon's acclaimed solo play Santa Claus is Coming Out, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2009. On the 10th anniversary of that production, this new version reflects the advances and nuances in our understanding of LGBTQ lives and remains as timely 10 years later as when it first broke ground. 

Houses On The Moon Presents THE SANTA CLOSET
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2019

Houses on the Moon Theater Company (Emily Joy Weiner, Co-Founder & Artistic Director; Kevin Connor, Managing Director) proudly presents The Santa Closet, written and performed by Jeffrey Solomon and directed by Joe Brancato (Daniel's Husband). The Santa Closet is an updated version of Mr. Solomon's acclaimed solo play Santa Claus is Coming Out, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2009. On the 10th anniversary of that production, this new version reflects the advances and nuances in our understanding of LGBTQ lives and remains as timely 10 years later as when it first broke ground.

Ann Harada, Jonathan Sale, and More to Star in DROPPING GUMBALLS ON LUKE WILSON
by Julie Musbach - May 2, 2019

WORKING THEATER announces the cast for its upcoming world premiere of the comedy, DROPPING GUMBALLS ON LUKE WILSON, by ROB ACKERMAN and directed by THERESA REBECK making her New York directorial debut.