Adam Kaster News

Luna Stage is now presenting the outstanding World Premiere of '& Sons,' smartly written by Jack Angelo Cummings and superbly directed by Matt Monaco. 

While characters in the show compete onstage for “Best Baker,” real bakers from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester are selling their goods to audiences after every performance making this a one-of-a-kind culinary experience. 

The cast has been revealed for JUST DESSERTS: A Musical Bake-Off, a sweet and savory concoction of music and comedy coming Off-Broadway. The show will star Klea Blackhurst and more.

A new immersive theater experience, A BROOKLYN DREAM, celebrating Brooklyn's profound influence on pop culture through the story of artist Michael 'Kaves' McLeer, is set to launch at the Brooklyn Pop exhibit in Industry City.

Join Don't Tell Mama for 'Songs of Trauma and Healing' fundraiser on Jan 15th. Support the production of 'Aftershocks' and enjoy performances from various shows.

Join Dream Big World Theatre Inc. and NAMI-NYC for a powerful staged reading of CRACKED OPEN, a story about a family's journey through the mental health system. Don't miss the thought-provoking talkback session with playwright Gail Kriegel.

This December, Gallery Players will present the third production of its 53rd season, Little Women: The Broadway Musical; book by Allan Knee; music by Jason Howland; lyrics by Mindi Dickstein; based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.

The new musical, The Crossing and the Ten Crucial Days, will present an industry reading at the Washington Crossing Park on the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where the titular crossing took place. Directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman (Titus Burgess in Concert), with book and lyrics by Jason Huza (It Happened in Key West) and music by John Allen Watts, the reading will take place on September 5th, 2019. With support from The Washington Crossing Park, The Ten Crucial Days Organization, and the Crossing Vineyards, the site-specific musical presentation is drawing on the local roots.

Dream Theatre's production of Mamma Mia opened to rave reviews last weekend where it played to record crowds at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. The cast was led by Gabrielle Mirabella as Donna, Kim Shriver (Tanya), Jennifer Cody (Rosie), Michael Hunsaker (Sam Carmichael) and Adam Kaster (Bill Austin). The supporting cast included Stephanie Ann Christian (Sophie), Nathaniel Dolquist (Sky), Rachel Anne Raeon (Lisa) Kathleen Claire McGrath (Ali), Brett Hennessey Jones (Pepper) and Danny Sims (Eddie).

Mamma Mia brought the audience to their feet at the opening night performance on Friday at the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC). Produced by Dream Theatre Productions, the lavish performance of the hit Broadway musical is one of the best you will see with its stunningly talented cast. 

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest consecutively producing theatre in the United States and the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company, announced the stellar cast for its upcoming FREE developmental reading of King of the Jews on Monday, March 5th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Pl. NY, NY 10280.

Dream Theatre Productions, the resident professional theater company of The Union County Performing Arts Center is happy to announce Jennifer Cody (Broadway: Urinetown, Shrek, Grease, Taboo & Seussical) will be playing the role of Rosie in their upcoming production of the international smash hit! Cody, perhaps best known to younger audiences as the voice of Charlotte La Bouff in Disney's The Princess and the Frog will be joined by fellow Dynamo's Gabrielle Mirabella (Tours: Elf: The Musical & Mamma Mia!) as Donna Sheridan and Kim Shriver (Broadway: A Chorus Line, Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels & Joseph and the...Dreamcoat) as Tanya.

The Hunted: Encore, a Charging Moose Media show, has released the full soundtrack to the episodes of Season Two.

Yes, there are indeed a host of postmodern vampire projects across film, television, stage, and new media. However, none of them compare to what audiences will see in Charging Moose Media's The Hunted: Encore. What's more, none of them feature music that sounds like a mix of 1980s synth fare, 2000s punk rock, and a tasteful dollop of Broadway.

This Halloween is going to rock. New York City's musical vampire web series is back for an all-new, 8-episode season.

AVAILABLE NOW! New Musical Action Comedy Web Series featuring Cast and Creative Team Members of Hamilton, The Great Comet of 1812, Fun Home, Once, and more!

As previously announced (and just in time for Halloween!) THE HUNTED: ENCORE is a brand-new, action comedy, vampire slayer, musical mockumentary web series centered on Megan and her band of slayers as they fight (and sing) to eradicate the vampire scourge from New York City. Click below to watch an exclusive preview clip of John Krause (Fun Home), Kyle Matthew Hamilton (creative team of The Spongebob Musical) and John Steven Gardner (Once) performing 'Here Come The Vampires' from the show!

From Charging Moose Media, the production team that brought you the album Give My Regards to Broadway: Classic Showtunes Reimagined (ft. stars of Hamilton, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Once, Disaster, and more) comes a new web series unlike any other. The Hunted: Encore is an Action Comedy, Vampire Slayer Mockumentary, Musical Web Series based in New York City.

 'Siren's Den,' a new rock musical, will be featured at the NYNW Theatre Festival on September 13th at 7pm, at the Elektra Theater.

Now in its 101st season, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene [NYTF] presents the first Off-Broadway revival of the lost Yiddish American hit THE GOLDEN BRIDE (Di Goldene Kale).  Featuring a cast of 20 and an orchestra of 14, this rare glimpse back into musical theater history began performances December 2 as part of NYTF's inaugural year in residency at the Museum of Jewish Heritage [MJH]. The production marks the first long-running, full-scale production hosted at the Museum's 375-seat Edmond J. Safra Hall. Performances run through January 3.