THE SLAVE WHO LOVED CAVIAR By Ishmael Reed Satirizes Relationship Of Warhol & Basquiat
Playwright Ishmael Reed uses satire to explore aspects of American culture and history overlooked by others.
Playwright Ishmael Reed uses satire to explore aspects of American culture and history overlooked by others.
After two pandemic years, Bread & Puppet Theater returns to New York's Theater for the New City to present two urgently-needed political puppet shows.
Theater for the New City is holding its annual Village Halloween Costume Ball, a tradition for nearly 50 years, free and outdoors this year with big bands, big tents, singers, dancers and more on 10th Street.
Theater for the New City has presented its Village Halloween Costume Ball annually since 1976.
A series of interlinked comedic vignettes following the ins-and-outs of a typical New York family composed of a neurotic adjuct English professor (who may in fact be Moses) his wife, and their dead-pan son.
Theater for the New City has presented its Village Halloween Costume Ball annually since 1976.
Stage Director George Ferencz (1947-2021), passed away on September 14 following a long illness according to his wife of 35 years, Sally Lesser.
1-2-3 Manhunt, a new play by Tony DiMurro ((The Coyote Bleeds, Moe Green Gets It In The Eye) and directed by William Roudebush (Equus; Glengarry Glen Ross) will play The Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets) for a limited engagement from October 7-24.
'The Wayward Daughter of Judah the Prince' by Douglas Lackey begins in Palestine in the late second century C.
Theater for the New City's Street Theater Company will return to playing for live audiences, opening its 2021 annual tour July 31 with 'Critical Care, or Rehearsals for a Nurse,' a rip-roaring original musical which tells the story of a young person studying to be a nurse who, in order to pay for tu
The eighth annual Acker Awards will be presented Thursday, June 10 beginning at 7:00 PM at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave.
Directed by JD Glickman, Sex, Shoplifting and Rock & Roll concluded its two-week run this past Sunday.
Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which had to be presented virtually last year, returns May 28-30, 2021 as an indoor and outdoor live audience event with an emphasis on safety.
It was inevitable, perhaps, that post-truth politics would seep into 21st century absurdist theater.
On Saturday, April 17 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Theater for the New City will present a mixed music and performance lineup for the twenty-third and final installment of 'Open 'Tho Shut,' its afternoon of 'walk-by theater' that is staged in its set shop and visible from East Tenth Street between First
On Saturday, April 3 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave.
Tim Robbins has joined the list of celebrities contributing performances for Theater or the New City's 2021 'Love 'N Courage' gala March 22, which benefits the theater's emerging playwrights program.
On March 13, 20 and 27, Theater for the New City will present a diverse roster of monologists, vocalists and instrumentalists in the 18th, 19th and 20th installments of 'Open 'Tho Shut,' its Saturday afternoon program of 'walk-by theater' that is staged in its set shop and visible from East Tenth St
Theater for the New City, which turns 50 this month, will hold its annual 'Love 'N Courage' gala--a benefit for its Emerging Playwrights Program--virtually this year on Monday, March 22 at 7:00 PM.