THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS today announced the nominations for THE 23rd ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 5th at the Union Square Theatre (100 East 17th Street).
Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced the schedule for its upcoming 2008 WOMEN CENTER STAGE festival (WCS), the annual multi-disciplinary event featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally - April 8 - April 27, 2008.
Hourglass Group (Trouble in Paradise, Beebo Brinker) and 45 Bleecker present BabyLove, written and performed by Christen Clifford, directed by Julie Kramer.
Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director), who brought to the stage the successful eight season run of the children's show Maya the Bee, has announced the return of their children and family series with The Cat Who Went to Heaven, a jazz puppet show directed by Will Pomerantz, with music and lyrics by Nancy Harrow (creator of Maya the Bee) and based on the 1931 Newbery Award-winning book by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Culture Project has announced that Emancipate, a project of its annual Women Center Stage series, will bring a group of female musicians (who are also activists in their communities) to New Orleans to meet with activists doing rebuilding work in New Orleans, and bring their stories to a national audience. The artists will be in New Orleans March 2-6, 2008, and will create new songs to premiere at Culture Project's 2008 festival this spring.
Due to demand for tickets, Culture Project has extended the World Premiere engagement of George Packer's captivating new play Betrayed, directed by Pippin Parker. Marking Packer's playwriting debut, Betrayed opened February 6, 2008, at Culture Project's SoHo theater (55 Mercer Street). The run will now continue through April 13, 2008.
The Zipper Factory presents a wide-range of variety shows for in the theatre in March 2008, including The Wau Wau Sisters, Megan Mullally, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Joy Behar, 'Don't Quit Your Night Job' and 'Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower.'
Jouissance Theater is pleased to announce their inaugural production: Emma Sheanshang's dark comedy Every Girl Gets Her Man. Carrie Bradshaw goes on a blind date with Samuel Beckett in this new dark comedy about love, friendship and the redemptive power of delusion. Performances will be at Soho Playhouse's Huron Club, located at 15 Vandam Street. (between 6th Avenue and Varick). Previews will begin on Monday, March 3 with the opening date scheduled for Sunday March 9, continuing through Sunday, March 30.
Dai (enough), Iris Bahr's acclaimed one-woman play is the final weeks of its limited engagement, with performances through March 2 at The 47th Street Theatre.
The world premiere of George Packer's new play Betrayed, officially opened Wednesday, February 6 at 7PM, after beginning performances on Friday, January 25 at Culture Project's SoHo theater (55 Mercer Street). Pippin Parker directs.
The world premiere of George Packer's new play Betrayed, will officially open Wednesday, February 6 at 7PM, after beginning performances on Friday, January 25 at Culture Project's SoHo theater
Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced that it will host two special post-performance discussions, following the Saturday, January 26th and Friday, February 1st performances of its World Premiere production of George Packer's new play Betrayed. The first, following the 8:00 p.m. performance on January 26th, will include Packer and Iraqi interpreter (and the inspiration for the main character in Betrayed) Omer Salih Mahdi. Following the Friday, February 1st performance, Culture Project will welcome Pulitzer Prize winner (and My Trip to Al-Qaeda playwright) Lawrence Wright, who will join Packer in conversation about the war in Iraq.
Following its sold-out limited run at Theater for the New City, Michael Domitrovich's shockingly topical and seductive new play 'Artf**kers,' directed by Eduardo Machado, will begin previews at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street) on Friday, February 8, with an Official Opening night set for Tuesday, February 19 @ 7:00pm.
The World Premiere of George Packer's new play Betrayed, which was scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, will now take place on Wednesday, February 6 at 7PM.
Dai (enough) returns to the NY stage written and preformed by Iris Bahr. Dai premiered last season at The Culture Project, after which it played a sold-out month-long engagement at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in August. In addition to receiving two 2007 NY Drama Desk Award nominations, including Best Solo Performance, and a UK Stage Award nomination for Best Solo Performance at this year's Edinburgh Festival, Ms. Bahr played an invitation-only performance of Dai in May for more than 100 U.N. Ambassadors and Diplomats at the personal request of Israeli UN Ambassador, Dan Gillermann.
Culture Project has announced complete casting for its World Premiere of George Packer's new play Betrayed, directed by Pippin Parker. Performances begin on Friday, January 25 at Culture Project's SoHo theater (55 Mercer Street). Opening Night is set for February 5, 2008.
Manhattan Theatre Club will present the world premiere of From Up Here, Liz Flahive's new American play. This production is presented in association with Ars Nova. The production, to be directed by Leigh Silverman, will begin previews Thursday, March 27 for a Wednesday, April 16 opening at New York City Center - Stage I
Culture Project will next produce the World Premiere of George Packer's new play Betrayed, directed by Pippin Parker in 2008.Marking Packer's playwriting debut, Betrayed will begin performances on Friday, January 25 at Culture Project's SoHo theatre. Opening Night is set for February 5, 2008.
Partial Comfort Productions presents the World Premiere of The Main(e) Play by Chad Beckim. Directed by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara, the production stars Michael Gladis (best known as Paul Kinsey on AMC's critically acclaimed series 'Mad Men'). Previews begin January 16 at The Lion Theater where Partial Comfort is a resident company. Opening night is scheduled for Wednesday, January 23
Culture Project has announced that its production of Tings Dey Happen - the acclaimed solo show that explores oil politics in Africa's Niger Delta, written and performed by Dan Hoyle and developed with and directed by Charlie Varon - will host a panel discussion with The Economist following the 8PM performance on Friday, December 7. The discussion will be moderated by award-winning Economist correspondent Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran.
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