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Photo Flash: First Look - FIRE Tells Tale of Triangle Waist Company Fire Off-Broadway

Chatillion Stage Company's world premiere production of the new play Fire, written by Debra Whitfield (Duck Sauce Can Be Dangerous), is now in performance through Saturday evening, October 28, 2017 at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios and Theatres (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor). Opening Night is Wednesday evening, October 18, 2017, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

SAD INDIE LOVE SONG Comes to New York International Fringe

As part of the New York International Fridge Festival, The Dionysian is proud to present the world premiere of Steve McMahon's sad indie love song for a four-performance run at IRT, August 31 - September 9, 2017.

Jake Boyd, Megan Masako Haley, Michelle Veintimilla, Nick Rehberger to Feature in New Webseries [BLANK] MY LIFE

[Blank] My Life, a surreal comedic webseries, begins release of its second season on April 1st. It features Wicked's Jake Boyd and Megan Masako Haley, Michelle Veintimilla (The Visit, Fox's Gotham), Nick Rehberger (Fiddler on the Roof, The Glass Menagerie), and Dylan Wallach (Roundabout's Love, Love, Love). The show is written/created by Alex Spieth, in association with Third Space and Her Film Project.

Third Space Presents THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is Third Space's latest remix smash-up of theatrical form and style. When a new model, Karin, enters the home of famous fashion designer Petra von Kant, Petra's world-and career-rocket to manic heights. But in the midst of Petra's euphoria, her submissive assistant, Marlene, senses a threat. When Karin becomes a superstar, leaving everything behind, Marlene picks up the broken pieces. What Marlene does with those pieces will dictate the rest of her life. Featuring an all-female cast and directed by Benjamin Viertel, Third Space's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant delves into the tortured connections between desire and power in an industry driven by consumption.

Title:Point to Present !?:New Works

!?:New Works -- the spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival -- is a month long festival of New York's best experimental artists and theatre companies presenting brand new work.

Sound Bites 10-Minute Musical Theatre Festival Finalists Announced

Theatre Now New York proudly announces the ten musical finalists that will be featured in the Third Annual Sound Bites 10-Minute Musical Theatre Festival. This year's benefit festival will be performing on January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King Holiday), at 7:00 pm at the 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street, in Manhattan. Tickets go on sale to the public on December 1st at www.tnny.org or by calling 855-254-SHOW [7469]. Sound Bites Musical Theatre Festival benefits the development of new musicals.

FARGO's Rachel Keller Leads FIREFACE, Beginning Tonight at The Brick

Los Angeles-based actress Rachel Keller is making her New York premiere as 'Olga' in the production of Marius von Mayenburg's FIREFACE this month at The Brick. The production runs tonight, August 26, through September 5, 2015, directed by Benjamin Viertel. 

FIREFACE, THE ORACLE and More Set for The Brick's Fall 2015 Residency Lineup, Beginning Today

Artists accepted into The Brick Resident Artist Program have demonstrated the highest level of excellence and invention in the New York theater scene.  These are the artists you have only just begun to hear of; presented alongside pedigreed artists who have already won your hearts.  They will change your expectation of Off-Off Broadway and they will reinvent the experimental and non-traditional theater world as you know it.

Lucas Steele and Trevor McQueen Lead 'KRAGTAR' Musical Comedy Reading Today

Third Space is proud to present a reading of KRAGTAR: A Monster Musical Comedy today, August 1 in midtown Manhattan. The cast will feature Lucas Steele (Natasha, Pierre...1812, The Threepenny Opera), Trevor McQueen (Annie Get Your Gun), Annie Yokom (Prison Break) and Alex Spieth (blankmylife). Book, music & lyrics by Kyle Wilson, Joe Mendick and Sam French. The reading will be directed by Benjamin Viertel.

FIREFACE, THE ORACLE and More Set for The Brick's Fall 2015 Residency Lineup

Artists accepted into The Brick Resident Artist Program have demonstrated the highest level of excellence and invention in the New York theater scene.  These are the artists you have only just begun to hear of; presented alongside pedigreed artists who have already won your hearts.  They will change your expectation of Off-Off Broadway and they will reinvent the experimental and non-traditional theater world as you know it.

Lucas Steele and Trevor McQueen to Lead 'KRAGTAR' Musical Comedy Reading, Aug 1

Third Space is proud to present a reading of KRAGTAR: A Monster Musical Comedy on Saturday, August 1 in midtown Manhattan. The cast will feature Lucas Steele (Natasha, Pierre...1812, The Threepenny Opera), Trevor McQueen (Annie Get Your Gun), Annie Yokom (Prison Break) and Alex Spieth (blankmylife). Book, music & lyrics by Kyle Wilson, Joe Mendick and Sam French. The reading will be directed by Benjamin Viertel.

Photo Flash: Sound Bites After Party at Hurley's Saloon

Theatre Now New York presented the 2nd Annual Sound Bites 10 Minute Musical Theatre Festival on December 8th 2014 at the 47th Street Theatre. An after-party, sponsored by Music Theatre International, was held after at Hurley's Saloon where awards were given and merriment was had.

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