Brenda Bell News

'Beauty and the Beast' February 26th through April 10th on Saturday's at 3pm and 7pm and Sunday's at 11am and 2pm at The Players Theatre.

There once was a young girl named Beauty who didn't seem to fit in. Her nose was always stuck in a book and unlike her sisters, she wasn’t looking for a Prince Charming to rescue her. What she wanted was adventure and thats just what she found. Meet the cast below and join us as we open this weekend!

The Short Play Festival is back at The Players Theatre for its 11th year, and the theme has shifted. For the previous decade, Be Bold Production's February short play festival revolved around the theme 'SEX' and although they still welcome hot and sexy plays, 'changing the theme to 'LUV' felt more inclusive' says producer Brenda Bell.

Girl Power is a centuries old quest. Bring the whole family out to the Players Theatre this February through April for a different musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast than you've previously seen on stage or screen.

For its 13th season, A Christmas Carol the Musical by Brenda Bell and Michael Sgouros is back at The Players Theatre! BroadwayWorld has announced a special offer!

For its 13th season, A Christmas Carol the Musical by Brenda Bell and Michael Sgouros is back at The Players Theatre!

Michael Sgouros (music) and Brenda Bell (book & lyrics), an Off-Broadway writing team who have written 12 musicals together, are among the theatermakers returning to the stage and tonight they will celebrate the opening of their 50th production – Sleepy Hollow the Musical at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village.

Learn about Sleepy Hollow, an original musical by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell, which opens on September 24th at The Players Theatre in New York City's Greenwich Village, reveals a haunting deeper than the woods of the hollow. Its shadows are cast from the darkness of the human soul.

Golf is a killer of a game but dead bodies in the sand traps? Something about this new golf course is not up to par!  Be Bold Productions has adapted Agatha Christie’s 1923 novel “Murder on the Links” for Off-Broadway at the Players Theatre.

After a year of ghost lights patiently waiting to relight the footlights, The Players Theatre’s fairy godmother has waved her magic wand allowing the Off-Broadway theatre to open its doors once again.  Company – in – residence Literally Alive Family Theatre will open their original musical – Cinderella – on May 1st.

How is Bravo the Theatre Dog celebration International Dog Day you ask? By preparing for next week's story time, of course! Bravo and his pals, Brenda Bell, Michael Sgouros, Emily Sgouros, and other crucial members of the Players Theatre have been hosting musical story time every Tuesday since New York City first shut down in March. And although things are slowing starting to open up, including Bravo's Book Nook shop reopening in June, Bravo still loves to host readings online every Tuesday.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Although the theme for Be Bold Production's June Short Play Festival has been 'NYC' for the past 10 years, it couldn't have been more poignant this year. The producer for the festival, Brenda Bell, held out as long as possible in hopes that maybe things could be 'better enough' by June to host the festival live as planned in The Player's Theatre's blackbox with maybe some added social distancing and health measures. But as April ate into May and June began without much progress on the Covid-19 front, Bell made the executive decision to 'give this Zoom thing' a try and make the summer's festival entirely remote and online.

Bravo will be back on Tuesday, April 14th at 2pm for another story time! Although his mom, Brenda, continues to battle those pesky technology mishaps, Bravo is determined to persist. He commented 'look, we're theatre people (and well, dog). My mom [Brenda] is way more accustomed to live performances and hates having to fuss around with 'going digital'. BUT I assured her that all my friends and fans wanted to stay connected and so they can see how badly I miss their bellyrubs and cheeks for kisses!'

Bravo Bell, a friendly pup who is resident mood-booster and Director of First Impressions for Off-Broadway's Players Theatre in NYC, is feeling lonely during these quarantine times. So, he and the co-owners of recently opened Bravo's Book Nook, Brenda Bell and Michael Sgouros, have launched a virtual Storytime every Tuesday at 2:00pm.

As any parent will tell you, viewing life through the eyes of a twelve year-old girl can be quite a trip and Lewis Carroll made it a trip down a rabbit hole in his beloved classic Alice in Wonderland.  Wishing to honor Carroll's unique insight into this curious world, creators Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell have created a musical that will capture the imaginations of every child ages 1 to 101.  The musical premiered in NYC in 2012 and Literally Alive Family Theatre is reviving the production as a special tribute for their 20th Anniversary Off-Broadway.

The big apple gives every playwright a lot to chew on and for the past nine years the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival has been the outlet for stories unique New York to take center stage.

What happens when the sting of betrayal's flame is fanned by the heat of the Nile? MURDER! Agatha Christie's classic play Murder on the Nile, celebrates its 75th birthday this year having opened in Scotland at the Dundee Reparatory Theatre on January 17, 1944. Be Bold Productions has mounted a faithful production of her smoldering work Off-Broadway at the Player Theatre.

An original musical adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast", inspired by the 1740 French Novella, and decidedly not Disney, has been revived at the Players Theatre, and located at 115 MacDougal Street (between West 3rd and Bleeker) in the West Village.  The production features a live chamber ensemble with music by Michael Sgouros and book and lyrics by Brenda Bell.

It may be cold outside but up on the third floor of the Players Theatre on MacDougal Street things are red hot as they prepare to present the eight annual Short Play Festival - Sex! There is nothing like a spicy play to chase away those winter blues and these 15 playwrights have created the forbidden cure.

Tis the season for family, tradition, good cheer and of course "A Christmas Carol".  The Players Theatre continues their annual holiday tradition of presenting "A Christmas Carol the Musical" for the 10th year.  The production is a warm and uplifting adaptation of the classic Dickens tale that celebrates the essence of holiday spirit.  With original music by Michael Sgouros, played by a live percussion trio, the show is wrapped in the warmth of joy, suspense and a sprinkling of tender-hearted redemption.