Andrew Martin News

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of The Father, the new play by Moliere Award winner Florian Zeller, with a translation by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Hampton (Sunset Boulevard, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, God of Carnage) and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt, Outside Mullingar, City of Conversation) will extend by one week at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The limited engagement, which opened on April 14 to critical raves, has been extended through Sunday, June 19.

Want to be in an Encores! production? This is your chance! New York City Center will hold an open audition for teen actors (ages 13-18) on Saturday, March 19, at Talent Unlimited High School (317 East 67th Street) for the Encores! Off-Center production of Runaways-Elizabeth Swados' landmark 1978 musical about the stories, fears, and fantasies of young people living on the streets.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park is the 2016 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award recipient. Jiehae will also receive The Jay Harris Commission to write a new play, a prize worth $10,000.

The first musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman was an adventurous sign of things to come.

The 2016 season will be Tesori's fourth and final season leading Encores! Off-Center.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have just announced complete casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming American premiere of The Father, the new play by Moliere Award winner Florian Zeller, in a translation by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Hampton (Sunset Boulevard, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, God of Carnage), in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt, Outside Mullingar, City of Conversation) atMTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Black Box Studios proudly presents The Tale of the Dragon's Tail, created and directed by Josh Kammerman, and based on a story developed by the Apple Tree Players. The Tale of the Dragon's Tail, an adventure musical for the kid in all of us, will play eight performances from January 31st through February 21st, 2016 at Teaneck's new culture hub, the Black Box Performing Arts Center (200 Walraven Dr. (just off Pallisade Ave), Teaneck, NJ 07666). Tickets are $12-15 and are available at www.BlackBoxNYNJ.com or by calling 201-357-2221.

MasterVoices, formerly The Collegiate Chorale, was honored at the Martina Arroyo Foundation's11th Annual Gala.MasterVoices was recognized along with American couture designer Joanna Mastroianni and The Michel Maurel award-winner Ernst Rieser. Brian Kellow and Terrance McKnight hosted the gala, with performances by the young artists of Prelude to Performance, Jennifer Rowley, Michele Angelini and Cecilia Violetta Lopez (both featured in the October issue of Opera News), as well as other special guests.

Called 'continuously entertaining' by Joe Regan. Jr of TheaterPizzazz.com, and following a triumphant world premiere in August at the 2015 UNFringed Festival at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, besides a spectacular one-night run at the world-famous Duplex Cabaret Theater (61 Christopher Street, at the crest of 7th Avenue South and West 4th Street) in early November, award-winning writer/entertainer/radio personality Andrew Martin will bring his acclaimed original one-man play AN APPETIZING YARN back to the Duplex by popular demand, on the evenings of Today December 2, Today December 9 and Sunday December 20, with all shows at 9:30 PM.

Called 'continuously entertaining' by Joe Regan. Jr of TheaterPizzazz.com, and following a triumphant world premiere in August at the 2015 UNFringed Festival at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, besides a spectacular one-night run at the world-famous Duplex Cabaret Theater (61 Christopher Street, at the crest of 7th Avenue South and West 4th Street) in early November, award-winning writer/entertainer/radio personality Andrew Martin will bring his acclaimed original one-man play AN APPETIZING YARN back to the Duplex by popular demand, on the evenings of Wednesday December 2, Wednesday December 9 and Sunday December 20, with all shows at 9:30 PM.

TIP is proud to present its spectacular 119th season opener, RICHARD O'BRIEN'S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Book, music, and song texts by Richard O'Brien, directed by Jonah Hagans. 

Following a triumphant world premiere in the 2015 UNFringed Festival, at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City (where it placed second for Audience Favorite), award-winning writer/entertainer/radio personality Andrew Martin brings his critically-acclaimed original one-man play, AN APPETIZING YARN, to the world-famous Duplex Cabaret Theater, 61 Christopher Street (at the crest of 7th Avenue South and West 4th Street) in the heart of Greenwich Village, on Sunday, November 1st, at 6:30 PM.

Single tickets are on sale now for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming Broadway productions of Our Mother's Brief Affair, the new play by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, directed by MTC's award-winning artistic director Lynne Meadow, starring Tony and two-time Golden Globe Award winner Linda Lavin; and The Father, the American premiere of the acclaimed new play by Florian Zeller, in a translation by two-time Tony winner Christopher Hampton, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, starring three-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Frank Langella.

Husband-and-wife duo Alpher & Litt bring their unique songwriters' perspective and tastefully heimische style to legendary cabaret Don't Tell Mama this fall with 'The Elegant & The Immigrant: Cole Porter & Irving Berlin Together,' a program of songs in matched pairs exploring the similarities and differences between these two master songwriters from Tin Pan Alley's golden age. The Elegant & The Immigrant will play a four-show run opening Friday, September 25, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, October 25, at 4 p.m., Saturday, November 14, at 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 20, at 4 p.m. Don't Tell Mama is at 343 W 46th St, NYC between 8th and 9th Avenues. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum, with a $5 professional discount for MAC members. Call 212-757-0788 after 4 p.m. to reserve or visit: www.donttellmamanyc.com.The Elegant & The Immigrant: Cole Porter & Irving Berlin Together has played in concert at many venues on the East coast, including the Beacon Hill Concert Series, SummerKeys, Bard College, Custer Observatory, and the Hudson River Valley.

Three-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Frank Langella returns to Broadway to star in Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow Artistic Director; Barry Grove Executive Producer) American premiere of The Father.

In his new show at the Metropolitan Room, Give My Regards to Broadway (which opened on July 18), Jacob Storms wholeheartedly disproves the perception that a singer making their debut in the cabaret arena need a director or more than just a pianist to prove their greatness. Over at Don't Tell Mama, former Oak Room show producer Arthur Pomposello has re-emerged with a new regular blues supper club show.

Two decades ago, cabaret was mesmerized by the sudden presence of a phenomenal male vocalist by the name of Tom Andersen, who quickly found himself not merely an overnight sensation in the clubs of New York and other major cities across the nation but throughout the globe. Part of his attraction was that, whereas most light baritones will strain and strive to hit notes in the highest register possible, to Andersen it came as naturally as simply drawing a breath; he was a theatrical tenor in the truest sense. And he may well now have an heir apparent in the form of Seth Sikes, who burst onto the scene on June 10 with a striking Judy Garland tribute show at 54 Below on what would have been the legendary lady's 93rd birthday.