Bay Street Theatre News

In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, a new musical work by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell will have its world premiere performances beginning April 12, 2011 the same day that Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.

Tony Award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster will bring her concert, 'An Evening with Sutton Foster' on tour this year, playing shows in New York, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, and more.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting, dates and a director for the American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Moira Buffini's award-winning play GABRIEL, which will mark the final main stage production of Atlantic's 2009-2010 season.

Marcia Milgrom Dodge, whose critically acclaimed production of 'Ragtime' transferred from the Kennedy Center to Broadway last fall and is nominated for six Helen Hayes Awards, will direct and choreograph the Reprise Theatre Company production of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'

Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting, dates and a director for the American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Moira Buffini's award-winning play GABRIEL, which will mark the final main stage production of Atlantic's 2009-2010 season.

THE JAM SESSION presented by Bay Street and Bay Burger, ends its winter run in the Bay Street lobby on Thursday, March 25 from 7-9pm as it returns home to Bay Burger for the warmer months starting April 1st.

The Insights & Revelations Performance Series, now in residence at The Emelin Theatre of Mamaroneck, announces its April 22nd, 8:00 p.m. presentation

The snow has melted...for now, and spring is FINALLY in the air. With warm weather around the corner, spring break is fast approaching for school children here on the east end. But no need for parents to worry as Bay Street Theatre will again host its ever popular School Vacation Theatre Camp.

The Bay Street Theatre has announced they will name their new stage the ANNIE AND ELI, after theatre legends Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. The 99-seat theatre will serve as a testament to the contribution in theatre by both individuals.

The American Repertory Theater (Diane Paulus, Artistic Director) continues its landmark season with its production of Johnny Baseball, a world premiere musical about the Red Sox, directed by Diane Paulus.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce its 2010 Mainstage Summer Season. From a New York Premiere to an American classic by Lanford Wilson, from an outrageous Mamet farce to a star-studded dedication of its new 99-seat second stage, Bay Street Theatre is sure to be the place for fun this summer.

Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin, Artistic Director) announced today that Terry Kinney (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; reasons to be pretty) will direct a production of Lanford Wilson's modern classic Fifth of July, which will play the WTF Main Stage from August 11 - 22, 2010. A co-production with Bay Street Theatre, this gentle comic drama from Wilson's beloved Talley Trilogy will be the final Main Stage production of the season.

LaMaMa e.t.c. presents Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa's newly renamed Ellen Stewart Theatre, 74A E. 4th St. in New York from March 12-April 3.

LaMaMa, E.T.C. presents Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa's newly renamed Ellen Stewart Theatre. Performances for CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, 74A E. 4th St. begin on March 12 and run through April 4.

LaMaMa e.t.c. presents Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa's newly renamed Ellen Stewart Theatre in March 2010.

Twitter Watch shines a BWW spotlight on Diane Paulus, the Tony-nominated director of Broadway's HAIR and Artistic Director of A.R.T. in Boston. Paulus recently finished directing the new Tribe in the Broadway hit, who premiere tonight, March 9, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. She next takes the original Tribe to London, where they will open in the West End at the Gilegud Theatre on April 14.

On March 4, 2010, Bay Street's inaugural Girls Night Out brought out the East End's ladies in droves, despite the cold and dreary weather. With the doors open at 6pm on March 3rd, more than 60 ladies were greeted at the door with a drink coupon for a delicious margarita or other cocktail, mini-spa treatments by Style Bar experts, a Trunk show by Tikka Designs, raffles for fabulous treatments and fashion items and much, much more!

There's no slowing down at Bay Street this winter. A full schedule continues with music, movies, and girls night fun! Grab friends or family and come on down to the wharf as Bay Street offers up a little something for fashion, movie and music lovers alike.

One of Bay Street's newest initiatives, The Workshops, continues in February with a show that'll have audiences rolling in the aisles. Come forget about the winter cold for a few hours as Bay Street Theatre presents THE CHALKS, AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN THREE CHORDS on Saturday, February 27th at 8pm.

There's no slowing down at Bay Street this winter. A full schedule continues with music, movies, and girls night fun! Grab friends or family and come on down to the wharf as Bay Street offers up a little something for fashion, movie and music lovers alike.