City Theatre Company News

The Apple Tree is an evening of three funny, poignant and fascinating one-act musicals about men, women and temptation with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (the team that created Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me and The Rothschilds), and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith.

Crown City Theatre Company is set to present The Apple Tree. Previews will take place June 3 & 4 at 8 pm. The show runs from June 5 - June 28. General admission tickets cost $20, tickets for students and seniors cost $15. Tickets to preview shows cost $15, $10 students and seniors.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present Marathon 2009, E.S.T.?s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th.

What happens when a white boy from Indiana ends up teaching fifth graders in South Central Los Angeles? The critics say... 'A Touching Story,' 'Gritty but hopeful,' 'Endearing and charismatic,' 'Uniformly Excellent!' , 'A talented blend of comedy and emotion.'

Crown City Theatre Company is proud to announce the opening of 'Best Wishes,' a play by Bill Barker being done for the first time in Los Angeles since it's amazing run in 1984. Bill Barker's heartfelt, comedic and personal play about a large family get-together in the rural town of Liberal, Kansas touches every audience member in a different way. There are so many strong characters that remind us of ourselves (or our siblings) that one can't help, but laugh along or get involved in their lives. This is the story of one of the largest families in Kansas coming together to pay their last respects to their mother. They are also paying their respects to the house they all grew up in and for some of them the small town that they know they will never visit again.

What happens when a white boy from Indiana ends up teaching fifth graders in South Central Los Angeles? The critics say... 'A Touching Story,' 'Gritty but hopeful,' 'Endearing and charismatic,' 'Uniformly Excellent!' , 'A talented blend of comedy and emotion.'

The world premiere of 'Becky's New Car,' written by Steven Dietz and directed by Kurt Beattie opens October 23, 2008 at the ACT Theatre, 700 Union Street, Seattle WA 98101. Tickets are $10/$15 (for students/people 25 and under) to $55, with a Pay-What-You-Will showing on October 30 at 2:00 p.m. Call (206) 292-7676 or (253) 839-4204 (for group sales) or visit www.acttheatre.org for tickets and information.

The world premiere of 'Becky's New Car,' written by Steven Dietz and directed by Kurt Beattie opens October 23, 2008 at the ACT Theatre, 700 Union Street, Seattle WA 98101. Tickets are $10/$15 (for students/people 25 and under) to $55, with a Pay-What-You-Will showing on October 19 at 7:30 p.m. and October 30 at 2:00 p.m. Call (206) 292-7676 or (253) 839-4204 (for group sales) or visit www.acttheatre.org for tickets and information.

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre debuts the world premiere comedy Becky's New Car by local writer Steven Dietz, commissioned as a part of ACT's New Works for the American Stage in honor of Benita Staadecker.

Northlight Theatre's 33rd Season and Artistic Director BJ Jones' 10th Anniversary Season broke attendance and box office records, surpassed all revenue and fundraising goals and celebrated its first-ever international production with Better Late at the Galway Arts Festival. The theatre is well-poised to kick-off its season in September with its 5-play season and Interplay, its staged reading series of new plays.

Dr. Bonnie Maslin and Dr. Yehuda Nir will host a party for The Classical Theatre of Harlem at their East Hampton home on Sunday, August 17.

Maria Aitken is committing all sorts of sinister crimes eight times a week on the stage of the Cort Theatre, and people can't stop laughing about it! The witty and engaging Aitken is making her U.S. directorial debut with her work on The 39 Steps, she's also well known back home in Great Britain as an accomplished actress, having graced the stages of the National Theatre and West End. But it's her directing that's gotten accolades here, when the 2008 Tony nominations were read the other morning her name was among those honored for Best Direction of a Play.

'Purple Hearts' a new play by Burgess Clark about the real-life events of sailors who survived aboard a sunken battleship post-Pearl Harbor, opens September 8

Invisible City Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of Purple Hearts, an award-winning new play by Burgess Clark based on real events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor. Previews begin September 5; opening September 8 at the Gene Frankel Theatre.

Invisible City Theatre Company - under Artistic Director David Epstein - presents the New York premiere of Purple Hearts - a new play by Burgess Clark

The sounds of doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel ring out as Off-Broadway's Dreamlight Theatre Company presents the first NYC revival of Avenue X, an a capella musical by John Jiler and Ray Leslee

The sounds of doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel will ring out as Off-Broadway's Dreamlight Theatre Company presents the first NYC revival of Avenue X, an a capella musical by John Jiler and Ray Leslee

The first NYC 'Avenue X'revival begins March 1st at the 45th st Theater.

On September 18th, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2006 award recipients at a exceptional evening hosted by Tony-nominee Charles Busch