Bay Street Theatre News

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce a very special performance on Monday, June 13 at 8 pm. ADAM & ANTHONY LIVE! In Concert! For the first time, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, the stars from 'RENT,' are embarking on a National Concert Tour. Their only 2011 Long Island stop will be at Bay Street Theatre!

Bay Street Theatre continues celebrating its 20th Season with a special Mother's Day weekend event for the whole family! IMPROV 4 KIDS will be on stage Saturday, May 7 at 3 pm.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce a very special performance on Memorial Weekend. On Saturday, May 28 at 8 pm, enjoy Broadway luminaries Christine Ebersole and Edward Hibbert in Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward.

Award-winning author of Passages, Gail Sheehy, brings a new play to Bay Street Theatre. The Workshops presents CHASING THE TIGER on Saturday, May 14 at 8 pm

Two-time Tony Award nominee Beth Fowler and Richard Kline, known to millions of TV watchers as "Larry" on the classic sitcom Three's Company, will star in Greetings!, Tom Dudzick's heartwarming comedy about a family blessed by an unexpected miracle, at Penguin Rep Theatre, artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today.

Bay Street Theatre is celebrating its 20th season and has announced the 2011 Mainstage productions. From the insightful look into the life of Truman Capote, to the wild comedy of Christopher During, and a Broadway bound musical.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Academy Award® nominee Chris Sarandon, Jason Butler Harner and Ben Rosenfield will join Academy Award® and Golden Globe Award® nominee Carey Mulligan in the U.S. premiere of the play THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, based on the Academy Award® winning Ingmar Bergman film adapted for the stage by Jenny Worton.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the U.S. premiere of Ingmar Bergman's AUTUMN SONATA, directed by Robert Woodruff, based on a literal translation by Wendy Weckwerth, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street) April 12-May 7, 2011.

On April 11, 2011, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre will honor esteemed stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the company's second Stephen Sondheim Award. The award, established in 2009 in honor of America's most influential contemporary musical theater writer and composer, will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of Italy. The 2011 Sondheim Award Gala is chaired by Ted and Mary Jo Shen; Honorary Hosts include Stephen Sondheim, Helen Henderson, His Excellency Gary Doer and Ms. Ginny Devine, The Honorable James Moran, His Excellency Giulio Terzi and Ms. Antonella Cinque, and The Honorable Jim Webb and Mrs. Webb. The Sondheim Award Gala will help to benefit Signature Theatre's numerous artistic, education, and community programs. Last year's recipient was stage, screen, and television icon Angela Lansbury.

Huntington Theatre Company kicks off its spring of comedy with Educating Rita by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers), welcoming back celebrated British director Maria Aitken.

Benefits By Bay Street announces a night of bands entitled JUST FOR JAPAN on Thursday, April 7 beginning at 7:30 pm. $40 per person available at the door. All ticket proceeds will be distributed to the American Red Cross and Save The Children, to aid in helping the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The evening will be hosted by Bonnie Grice of WPPB and Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman.

Bay Street Theatre announces a night of bands entitled JUST FOR JAPAN on Thursday, April 7 beginning at 7:30 pm.

Bay Street Theatre celebrated the kickoff to its 20th Season with a Spring Benefit on April 3. The event was themed around Truman Capote, who is the subject of the first Mainstage Show beginning May 31 entitled TRU, starring SNL'S Darrell Hammond; directed by Judith Ivey. The event started with a brunch with Darrell Hammond at The American Hotel, followed by a champagne toast, raffles, piano music back at Bay Street Theatre and the screening of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, based on the book by Truman Capote. One lucky attendee won the raffle for a new silver beaded Tiffany & Co. necklace donated by a patron for the event. There was also a contest for the best Audrey Hepburn costume. Attached is a photo of all the Audrey Hepburn costume entries. The winners won a framed set of photos of Audrey Hepburn and a book about Hepburn provided by Canios Books.

Bay Street Theatre is getting ready to start celebrating its 20th Season beginning with a Spring Benefit on Sunday, April 3.

Bay Street Theatre is already starting to celebrate its 20th Season. The first Mainstage production of 2011 will be TRU, with Darrell Hammond staring as Truman Capote. The show runs May 31 - June 26. To start the 20th Season, Bay Street is pleased to announce a very special event on April 3, with all proceeds helping to support Bay Street's 20th Season. The event celebrates the East End's own Truman Capote. Beginning at 11:30 am, enjoy a fabulous 'Breakfast at Tiffany's brunch' at The American Hotel with special guest 'Saturday Night Lives' Darrell Hammond. Following the brunch the fun continues at the Bay Street with a champagne toast, live piano music, and a raffle with the chance for ticket buyers to this event to win a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver necklace. Plus there will be other additional raffles at the event. At 1:30 pm the film BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S will be shown on the big screen. The cost for all of this fun is $125. A $50 ticket is also available for the champagne toast, chance to win the sterling silver necklace and the film; the fun with this ticket begins at 12:30 pm at Bay Street. PLUS, come dressed as Audrey Hepburn or Holly Golightly and you may win the prize for best costume!

The Picture Show at Bay Street Theatre continues showing classic films in April.

Bay Street Theatre is getting ready for the 20th Mainstage Season beginning May 31. Local equity and non-equity actors are encouraged to audition for roles in Betty's Summer Vacation and other upcoming productions.

Reprise Theatre Company will present 'The Apple Tree' with book music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith, and based on stories by Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton, and Jules Feiffer as the third production of its 2011-2012 season, playing April 17 to 29, 2012 at the Freud Playhouse.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce GIRLS NIGHT OUT, on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 pm. Celebrate summer early as the evening is just two months away from Memorial Day! Enjoy a night of pampering, fashion, cocktails, raffles and more for $25 per person.

Benefits By Bay Street announces a night of bands entitled JUST FOR JAPAN on Thursday, April 7 beginning at 7:30 pm. $40 per person available at the door. All ticket proceeds will be distributed to the American Red Cross and Save The Children, to aid in helping the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The evening will be hosted by Bonnie Grice of WPPB and Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman.