Bob Ader News

The Project Rushmore Theatre company will present Bob Ader's one man show FIFTY+ YEARS IN THE BUSINESS (the musical memoirs of an overgrown, 50+ year old child actor) on Sunday, April 19th at 3pm and Monday, April 20th at 7:30pm.

WORLD OF SINATRAS takes place in suburban New Jersey during the 1960s. Vietnam, civil rights, the assassinations, and sex, drugs, and rock n' roll burn up the American streets, mirroring the turmoil inside the Murdoch home. Once a star athlete and student, 15-year-old Sam is engulfed by alcohol, drugs, and vandalism . . . As well as his rage towards his father, Jack, a brilliant, charismatic, Sinatra-obsessed NYC psychiatrist who can't escape the alcohol and rage of his working class past.

WORLD OF SINATRAS takes place in suburban New Jersey during the 1960s. Vietnam, civil rights, the assassinations, and sex, drugs, and rock n' roll burn up the American streets, mirroring the turmoil inside the Murdoch home. Once a star athlete and student, 15-year-old Sam is engulfed by alcohol, drugs, and vandalism . . . As well as his rage towards his father, Jack, a brilliant, charismatic, Sinatra-obsessed NYC psychiatrist who can't escape the alcohol and rage of his working class past.

The Project Rushmore Theatre Company (Adrienne Doucette, Artistic Director) presents the New York premieres of Sean O'Connor's WORLD OF SINATRAS and Stephen Kaplan's EXQUISITE POTENTIAL, directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga, performed in repertory at The Arclight Theatre (152 West 71st Street) from Wednesday, July 16th through Sunday, August 3rd, 2014. WORLD OF SINATRAS and EXQUISITE POTENTIAL are humorous and poignant new plays about the trials and tribulations of family. The Press Opening for WORLD OF SINATRAS is Wednesday, July 16th at 7:30pm, and the Press Opening for EXQUISITE POTENTIAL is Friday, July 18th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $18.00 and can be arranged by calling 212-927-6403 or online at www.projectrushmorenyc.org.

Flat Rock Playhouse presents the classic Neil Simon comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, from today, April 3-19 at The Clyde and Nina Allen Mainstage.

Flat Rock Playhouse presents the classic Neil Simon comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, from April 3-19 at The Clyde and Nina Allen Mainstage.

The Project Rushmore Theatre Company's first presentation of 2014 will be a staged reading of Jeffrey Sweet's THE VALUE OF NAMES on January 20th at the Arclight Theatre 152 W. 71st St at 7pm.

The critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical "The Golden Land," which vividly evokes Jewish immigrant life in New York from the 1880's to the 1940's, ends its brief but storied run Off-Broadway today, January 6, 2013. The beat-the-odds hit from the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene, now in its historic 98th consecutive season, added an additional three weeks after it original truncated run concluded on December 2. It will have played 41 performances, including three previews.

Have you ever wondered what might have happened to Tevya and Golde and their whole mishpucha had there been a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof? Well, the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene's production of The Golden Land may be the most unique way to find out how immigrant Russian Jews faired on New York's Lower East Side after fleeing the Czars at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th centuries. The English-language musical punctuated by a mostly Yiddish score is reopening Thursday, December 20 (and will run through January 6) following an initial five-week run that ended on December 2. After its first preview at the end October, Hurricane Sandy had forced the producers to cancel the next nine performances (at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street).

The Off-Broadway musical "The Golden Land," which tells the story of countless survivors around the world willing to start over in America is getting a new life. The critically acclaimed tuner from the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene will resume performances from tonight, December 19 to January 6, after concluding its announced five-week run on Sunday, December 2.

The National Yiddish Theatre's off-Broadway musical hit, The Golden Land, has released a behind-the-scenes video series about the production, featuring trailers, interviews with the cast and creative team and more. Click below to watch!

The Off-Broadway musical "The Golden Land," which tells the story of countless survivors around the world willing to start over in America is getting a new life. The critically acclaimed tuner from the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene will resume performances from December 19 to January 6, after concluding its announced five-week run tonight, Sunday December 2.

The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene celebrates the official press opening of "The Golden Land," tonight, November 8 at 7:30pm.

The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene is postponing the official press opening of "The Golden Land," until Thursday November 8 at 7:30pm, due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

The acclaimed 1994 world premiere of the Klezmer musical Shlemiel the First, was at Boston's American Repertory Theater (ART).

The Project Rushmore Theatre company will present Bob Ader's one man show FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS (the musical memoirs of an overgrown, 50+ year old child actor) on Monday 9/26 at the Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave., Studio 1209.

The Project Rushmore Theatre company will present Bob Ader's one man show FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS (the musical memoirs of an overgrown, 50+ year old child actor) on Monday 9/26 at the Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave., Studio 1209.

The hilarious, postmodern-inspired klezmer musical 'Shlemiel the First,' which received its world premiere at the A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA in 1994, will be freshly minted during Peak Performances@Montclair‘s 2010 winter/spring season.