Bay Street Theatre News

Bay Street Theatre presents 'The Upright Citizens Brigade Tour Company' on Thanksgiving Weekend! Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 30 at 8 pm.

Manhattan Concert Productions presents the second installment of its Broadway Series in 2014 with a concert performance of the Tony Award winning musical, Titanic The Musical, from a Book by Peter Stone and Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston, at renowned Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on Monday, February 17, 2014.

Bay Street Theatre's Literature Live! presents THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK live on stage Friday, November 8 through Tuesday, November 26.

Transporting audiences to an era of mobsters, moonshine, and murder, Cynthia von Buhler's SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE brings an actual unsolved Prohibition-era murder to life in the downtown building that once served as mobster Meyer Lansky's hangout. For three upcoming Saturday performances - November 16, November 23, and December 7 - Tony Award nominee Euan Morton will step into the DOLLHOUSE to play the role of bandleader "Henry Azelrod," performing with members of the jazz band Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators.

Bay Street Theatre has announced that Scott Schwartz, a leading voice of the next generation of American theater, has joined Bay Street as its new Artistic Director. Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane hosted the welcome party at a private club in New York City to celebrate his arrival and to introduce him to Bay Street Theatre patrons and members of the Broadway community of actors, directors and producers. Scroll down for photos!

STAGES, a children's theater workshop, is bringing its 19th Annual Halloween Bash Frankenstein Follies, a Halloween-themed musical revue directed and choreographed by Helene Leonard back to Bay Street Theatre. Frankenstein Follies will be performing on Friday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, which include the show and the fun carnival bash immediately following the show. Seating is limited. Proceeds help support STAGES scholarship program.

Bay Street Theatre and B. Smith's bring Halloween fun to the Long Wharf on Saturday, October 26 with the "Boneyard Bash" Halloween party. The fun begins at 8 pm with a cash bar and music by DJ Karin Ward.

Bay Street Theatre has announced that Scott Schwartz, a leading voice of the next generation of American theater, has joined Bay Street as its new Artistic Director. A special welcome party was hosted last evening by Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane at a private club in New York City to celebrate his arrival and to introduce him to Bay Street Theatre patrons and members of the Broadway community of actors, directors and producers. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Bay Street Theatre kicks off the month of October with the legendary Betty Buckley returning in a new and critically acclaimed show 'The Vixens of Broadway' tonight, October 12 at 8pm.

Oscar and three-time Tony Award-winner Tony Walton will receive the Mike and Dianne Bowman Lifetime Achievement award at Texas State University this fall and will hold the title of Artist-in-Residence for the 2013-2014 season, as part of the Bowman Guest Artist Series.

As BroadwayWorld.com continues to celebrate the site's landmark 10th anniversary, with a variety of special features, today we're turning our spotlight on the wonderful photography of Linda Lenzi.

Bay Street Theatre and B. Smith's will bring Halloween fun to the Long Wharf on Saturday, October 26 with the "Boneyard Bash" Halloween party. The fun begins at 8 pm with a cash bar and music by DJ Karin Ward.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced that its 2013 Gimme A Break! benefit will honor producer Beth Williams on Monday, December 9 at 6:30pm, at the Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street.

It's back! Long Island's annual Arts Alive LI Festival returns this October as a month-long showcase of Long Island's many art, entertainment and cultural attractions. Presented by the Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) and Bethpage Federal Credit Union, the Festival takes place from September 27, 2013 through October 31, 2013. From visual, musical and performing arts, to community festivals and epicurean delights, Arts Alive LI is a tribute to Long Island's arts and entertainment world and will take place on stages, in galleries, at film houses, and in neighborhood restaurants across Long Island's Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Bay Street Theatre kicks off the fall season with the legendary Betty Buckley returning in a new and critically acclaimed show "The Vixens of Broadway" with Christian Jacob on Saturday, October 12 at 8pm.

THE LEGENDS SERIES is returning to Bay Street Theatre tonight, September 20 at 8 pm. Film maker and archivist Joe Lauro will host his all new show, LEGENDS OF ROCK VOLUME 5 featuring amazing rare footage of some of the undisputed legends of American music.

Motherhood Out Loud is a collection of short theatrical works by award-winning American playwrights, television writers and novelists. It received a triumphant World Premiere at Hartford Stage, a West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse (as In Mother Words) and had a successful New York run at Primary Stages. The show is now being licensed for professional and non-professional productions throughout the U.S. and Canada and has opened to rave reviews in many markets. The show features an unprecedented number of pieces by women....reflecting upon the diversity of the parenting experience in America today, yet at the same time, the universality of it.

Bay Street Theatre's Literature Live! will present THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK live on stage beginning Friday, November 8 thru Tuesday, November 26. The play is suggested for ages 13 and up. The program is sponsored in part by Magda & Edward Bleier - The Dana Foundation, Halstead Property, Susan Goldstein - The Sunny & Abe Rosenberg Foundation, Suffolk County and the Town of Southampton. Ticket prices are $10 for students and $20 for general admission.

Bay Street Theatre announced its HarborFest Weekend events will be the showing of GENE KELLY classics on the big screen this weekend, Sept. 6 and 7. They are the kick off to the fall lineup of The Picture Show, sponsored by Peconic Landing. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS will be showing tonight, Sept. 6 and FOR ME AND MY GAL on Saturday Sept. 7. Both begin at 8 pm.

Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, has announced that Bianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton, Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini, Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks and Derek Wilson will join Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in its upcoming production of Shakespeare's MACBETH, directed by Jack O'Brien. The production, which will feature a cast of 27, will begin previews on Thursday, October 24 and open on Thursday, November 21 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).