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It's Ghost Month (or August) in Taiwan—a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid bodies of water—but all Jing-nan can think about is how he ended up here, a dumpling vendor in Taipei's night market. He rues the day five years ago when he left UCLA to return home to his dying father in Taipei and tend to the family business. After his father's death, he renamed the stand “Unknown Pleasures” (after the Joy Division album) and settled into a life he never wanted.

Join NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program on May 29th for a late-night showcase featuring original songs from new musicals written by students this year. In the second annual showcase of its kind, GMTWP's Cycle 23 will entertain you with everything from R&B to New Orleans jazz, British humor to social issues, singing axe murderers to singing animals and office equipment. There is truly something for everyone in this show. It's musical theatre at its best.

True to its core mission of showcasing the talents of Asian-American theater artists, National Asian Artists Project (NAAP), which presented the Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly!' last year, is now facing the challenge of staging Lionel Bart's beloved Broadway musical OLIVER!, featuring a 65-member all-Asian cast made up of 20 child actors, including Bonale Zon Fambrini, who will play the title role; 25 professional adult actors; and 20 members of the NAAP Broadway Community Chorus.

The Civilians' original cabaret series is back at Joe's Pub on Saturday, May 17th at 7:00pm with Let Me Ascertain You: F*cking & Dying. This one night event will explore what happens when death and sex fixations collide. This unique cabaret of original songs and monologues looks at the duality of human nature and our competing sex and death drives, or to get Freudian, Eros vs. Thanatos. Hear some of New York's hottest downtown performers and musicians reveal tales of morbid curiosities and dirty secrets on the path to nirvana.

The Public Theater presents The Civilian's THE GREAT IMMENSITY, written and directed by Steve Cosson with songs by Michael Friedman. THE GREAT IMMENSITY is a highly theatrical look into one of the most vital questions of our time: how can we change ourselves and our society in time to solve the enormous environmental challenges that confront us? THE GREAT IMMENSITY will run through Thursday, May 1 in the Martinson Theater, with an official press opening last night, April 24. BroadwayWorld brings you phtoos from opeing night below!

The Public Theater presents The Civilian's THE GREAT IMMENSITY on Friday, April 11. Written and directed by Steve Cosson with songs by Michael Friedman, THE GREAT IMMENSITY is a highly theatrical look into one of the most vital questions of our time: how can we change ourselves and our society in time to solve the enormous environmental challenges that confront us? THE GREAT IMMENSITY will run through Thursday, May 1 in the Martinson Theater, with an official press opening tonight, April 24.

The star of the Civilians' new musical about climate change shares her thoughts on the company's unique brand of investigative theater.

The Public Theater will begin previews for the New York premiere of The Civilian's THE GREAT IMMENSITY on Friday, April 11. Written and directed by Steve Cosson with songs by Michael Friedman, THE GREAT IMMENSITY is a highly theatrical look into one of the most vital questions of our time: how can we change ourselves and our society in time to solve the enormous environmental challenges that confront us? THE GREAT IMMENSITY will run through Thursday, May 1 in the Martinson Theater, with an official press opening on Thursday, April 24.

The Civilians' THE GREAT IMMENSITY, a new and timely Pub Lab production at The Public Theater, begins previews at The Public on Friday, April 11 and runs through Thursday, May 1, with an official press opening on Thursday, April 24. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in rehearsal below!

The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of The Civilian's THE GREAT IMMENSITY. Written and directed by Steven Cosson with songs by Michael Friedman, THE GREAT IMMENSITY is a highly theatrical look into one of the most vital questions of our time: how can we change ourselves and our society in time to solve the enormous environmental challenges that confront us? Previews begin on Friday, April 11 and the show will run through Thursday, May 1 in the Martinson Theater, with an official press opening on Thursday, April 24.

In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment presented 'The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project,' a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists. This one-night only concert event took place on Sunday, May 19 at 8PM at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment will present 'The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project,' a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists. This one-night only concert event will take place tonight, May 19 at 8PM at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10thAvenues).

In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment will present 'The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project,' a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists. This one-night only concert event will take place on Sunday, May 19 at 8PM at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10thAvenues).

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program announced the acting company and collaborators for the three projects being developed at its Fall Lab, which begins today at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Under the supervision of Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Theatre Program, and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the two-week Lab provides creative support and direction for innovative musical theatre and ensemble-generated projects.

THE 2012 ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL featuring 10 solo plays and musicals written and performed by 10 extraordinary artists, begins today, September 14th at The Cherry Lane Theatre/Mainstage, 38 Commerce Street, NYC, and continues through September 30th.

THE 2012 ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL featuring 10 solo plays and musicals written and performed by 10 extraordinary artists, begins Friday, September 14th at The Cherry Lane Theatre/Mainstage, 38 Commerce Street, NYC, and continues through September 30th.

Michelle Clunie ("Queer as Folk," US) is set to host 3 CHOICES AWAY…, a one night only concert benefiting the upcoming fall production of METHTACULAR! and presented by kef theatrical productions, at the Middle Collegiate Church (50 East 7th Street @ Second Avenue) tonight, July 29 at 8:00pm.

Michelle Clunie ("Queer as Folk," US) is set to host 3 CHOICES AWAY…, a one night only concert benefiting the upcoming fall production of METHTACULAR! and presented by kef theatrical productions, at the Middle Collegiate Church (50 East 7th Street @ Second Avenue) on Sunday, July 29 at 8:00pm.

THE 2012 ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL, which begins September 14th at the 179 seat Cherry Lane Theatre/Mainstage, 38 Commerce Street, NYC, will feature 10 extraordinary solo performers presenting their own works.