Cathy Sanborn Street News

The musical genius that is composer / lyricist Jason Robert Brown took center stage for his one night only performance of An Evening with Jason Robert Brown, part of the Lyrics & Lyricists event at The 92nd Street Y, New York on May 9, 2024. This reviewer was overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring compilation of melodies.

Charming and classic, audiences will be transported to the dazzling world of Broadway through the clicking euphony of tap dancing feet, sparkling costumes, and dazzling songs in The Naples Players' upcoming production of 42nd Street.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the winners of Writing The Wave: The 2024 New Works Creative Writing Competition, an annual creative writing contest open to all teens across Suffolk County as part of the 10th Annual Title Wave: The 2024 New Works Festival at Bay Street Theater.

Experience the 1970s New York rock scene with the album release of BLISS STREET MUSICAL. This Off-Broadway show recording celebrates the legacy of legendary bands like KISS, The Ramones, and Blondie, and the iconic Coventry rock club.

Main Street Theater is producing the rollicking British farce, Taking Steps by internationally-acclaimed playwright, Sir Alan Ayckbourn. When the play first premiered in England, on its original opening night, the laughter was so loud it broke the theater's PA system!

East Carson Street, a world-premiere rock musical written by local rocker Joe Grushecky, is now playing at the Bell Theater in the historic Bell Works complex in Holmdel through May 12. Watch video footage from the production here!

Sesame Street Live! Say Hello comes to the Clay Center next week. The performance is set for May 6, 2024.

Bell Theater Hosts World Premiere of East Carson Street

Join the South Street Seaport Museum and Dr. Christophe Cérino for a free program exploring the transatlantic journey of the Statue of Liberty from France to New York.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Savanna Leigh has announced the August 20 release of her new EP, reminders of you. New single “mason street” accompanies the announcement. 'mason street' is the most personal song Savanna's ever written and it’s the first song she’s released on which she is the sole writer. Watch the video now!

The South Street Seaport Museum's monthly Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music program continues on the first Sunday of every month. Join us for the first 2024 Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music program that will take place aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree!

When Connor dies whilst in the care of the NHS, his mum, Sara, wants answers. Premiering under Stephen Unwin’s taut direction, Sara Ryan’s Laughing Boy is a bittersweet docu-play about brutal neglect and apathy. While it’s a damning inquiry into the shortcomings of public health, is it a good play or is it a great production of a rather mediocre one? In our opinion, it's the second.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum for PLAZZY AT THE 'PORT, an evening of song and dance featuring RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 star, Plasma. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Main Street Theater is producing the rollicking British farce, Taking Steps by internationally-acclaimed playwright, Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Get a first look at the cast in photos below.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum's Bowne & Co. for their monthly Fresh Prints open house.

The B Street Theatre has been riding a wave of hit after hit, continuing with Aurora Real de Asua’s surfing comedy, Wipeout. Set in one of my favorite locales, Santa Cruz, Wipeout explores the friendship between three unique women. Rolling surfboards, a hunky instructor, and the bluntness that comes with age make this an engaging, relatable, and completely hilarious take on how our relationships –with ourselves and others – change in each season of life.

Stuart Ross’ 1989 jukebox homage to boy bands of the 1950’s is a pleasant whiff of nostalgia sure to remove you from the stress of today’s less naïve and chaotic present. Forever Plaid follows The Plaids, a youthful quartet with stardom in their eyes killed in a car accident in 1964. Like the baseball players in Field of Dreams, they return to perform one final concert and we’re here to bear witness.

Main Street Theater is producing the rollicking British farce, Taking Steps by internationally-acclaimed playwright, Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The new, reinvigorated direction of Lost Dog Street Band began in the recording process when Tod decided to swap out their traditional recording style of overdubbing parts in favor of recording everything live. It was an experience he was introduced to during his solo album and found the process so successful that it, in part, led to his decision to revive Lost Dog. Listen to the album here!

An all new trailer has been released for tick, tick...BOOM! at the George Street Playhouse. Performances will run through May 19th. Check out the video here!