Brits Off-Broadway News

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top tv personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend, and an all too wise 9 year old - well, it's going to get crazy. Alan Ayckbourn's rarely seen comedy My Wonderful Day fuses all of these characters together. With previews May 19, 20 and 23, My Wonderful Day opens May 24 and runs through June 17 at Main Street Theater. See photos from the production below!

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) announces the final artistic teams for their upcoming 2012 Season. The season opens April 14 with Shostakovich's Moscow, Cheryomushki, followed by the concluding opera in COT's "Medea" trilogy, Handel's Teseo; and in September COT will present a new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Chicago Opera Theater's 2012 Season will be presented at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Following an immensely successful engagement of The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church by the beloved British writer-performer last year, St. Ann's will present the American Premiere of a new Daniel Kitson show, It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later, January 3-29, 2012.

Following an immensely successful engagement of The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church by the beloved British writer-performer last year, St. Ann's will present the American Premiere of a new Daniel Kitson show, It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later, January 3-29, 2012.

Overall, Kissing Sid James was a good production. Farquhar delivered an ending that was counterintuitive to what I was expecting and therefore thoroughly satisfying. The audience was so invested in the story that when the first reference to Sid James was mentioned in Act I, everyone in the audience had their smart phones out and were talking to each other about Sid James and his relevance to the show by intermission. Although the argument could be made that Sid James was a little random of a reference for an American audience, Farquhar had the audience talking. The performance lived up to the work as well, helping to unify the audience further.

59E59 Theaters announces two additional matinee performances for the NY premiere of NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn.

59E59 Theatres welcomed the return of the New Perspective Theatre Company to their "Brits Off Broadway" festival with the American premiere of Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy. Adapted as well as Directed by Daniel Buckroyd, Farm Boy opened December 13, and runs for limited time. A sequel to Morpurgo's acclaimed novel War Horse, Farm Boy accounts the changing face of the English countryside as technology clashes with rural heritage.

59E59 Theaters announces two additional matinee performances for the NY premiere of NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of New Perspectives Theatre Company to 59E59 Theaters with the US premiere of Michael Morpurgo's FARM BOY, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd. FARM BOY began performances on Wednesday, December 7 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 1. Press opening is Tuesday, December 13 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM & 7:15 PM. Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. For more information, visit www.britsoffbroadway.com.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of New Perspectives Theatre Company to 59E59 Theaters with the US premiere of Michael Morpurgo's FARM BOY, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of New Perspectives Theatre Company to 59E59 Theaters with the US premiere of Michael Morpurgo's FARM BOY, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of New Perspectives Theatre Company to 59E59 Theaters with the US premiere of Michael Morpurgo's FARM BOY, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd.

Brits Off Broadway's 'Bunny' is presented as part of a three-series package at 59E59 Theaters. Maybe it would be better to present a two-series package instead.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes New Ways in association with Unfit Productions UK Ltd to 59E59 Theaters with THE DOOR, written by Tony Earnshaw and directed by Anna Adams.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to welcome the Stephen Joseph Theatre back to Brits Off Broadway with NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes nabokov back to 59E59 Theaters with BUNNY, written by Jack Thorne, directed by Joe Murphy and featuring Rosie Wyatt.

The critically acclaimed Brits Off Broadway festival, host to the UK's most innovative and provocative theater in New York City, returns this year with a line up of nine New York premieres.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) will welcome Darbourne Luff and Upstart Theatre to Brits Off Broadway with THE MADDENING RAIN, written by Nicholas Pierpan, directed by Matthew Dunster and featuring Felix Scott.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is set to open the 2011 Brits Off Broadway festival with SHADOW BOXING, written by James Gaddas, directed by Donald Pulford and featuring Jonny Collis-Scurll.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes New Ways in association with Unfit Productions UK Ltd to 59E59 Theaters with THE DOOR, written by Tony Earnshaw and directed by Anna Adams.