David Evans News

Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) will present a diverse array of contemporary theater artists, beginning with Young Jean Lee's LEAR (January 7 - January 31, 2010); followed by Gregory Moss' ORANGE, HAT & GRACE (March 11 - April 4, 2010) directed by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson; and concluding with Cynthia Hopkins' THE TRUTH: A TRAGEDY (May 6 - May 30); and will implement a new humanities programming initiative - FEED - for all main stage productions during the company's 2009-10 season, it has been announced by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson.

Many exciting shows are coming up for the rest of 2009 at the Legacy Theatre including Children's Letters to God, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, A Tuna Christmas and Madeline's Christmas.

Young people who aspire to the Broadway spotlight, or perhaps just to land a solid role in their high school musicals, will have the opportunity to hone their singing, dancing and acting skills in a new musical theater summer intensive program directed by Tony Award-nominated actress Catherine Cox and Broadway veteran Darrin Baker.

Young people who aspire to the Broadway spotlight, or perhaps just to land a solid role in their high school musicals, will have the opportunity to hone their singing, dancing and acting skills in a new musical theater summer intensive program directed by Tony Award-nominated actress Catherine Cox and Broadway veteran Darrin Baker.

North American Cultural Laboratory (www.NACL.org), Brad Krumholz and Tannis Kowalchuk, Co-Artistic Directors, will present the Manhattan premiere of 'THE UNCANNY APPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,' based on a story written by Mr. Krumholz and created by NACL in collaboration with the ensemble. Krumholz also directs. Performances begin on December 2 at HERE Arts Center (www.here.org), 145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring and Broome Streets, enter on Dominick Street), and the show will officially open on Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through Sunday, December 21.

The Douglas J. Cohen musical THE GIG, was commercially released on CD on August 12 through Jay Records. On August 18 at 6:00pm, there was a CD launch at Barnes & Noble on West 66th Street. The cast was there to perform and sign CDs following a panel discussion with Frank Gilroy, Sheldon Harnick, Douglas J. Cohen and moderated by Peter Filichia.

Target Margin Theater concludes its acclaimed Greek themed series 'On The Greeks' with the world premiere production of 'Old Comedy' from Aristophanes' Frogs, by David Greenspan, based on Aristophanes' Frogs, with original music by Thomas Cabaniss presented by Classic Stage Company.

The 2007 New York International Fringe Festival and 14 Husky Productions will present Bye, Bye Big Guy, a new musical

The 2007 New York International Fringe Festival and 14 Husky Productions will present Bye, Bye Big Guy

Personal Space Theatrics has announced a trans-Atlantic fifth season featuring: Myth America, a world premiere play penned by a team of New York and LA's hottest playwrights; a world premiere American musical, The Divide; an American premiere of a British farce by Tim Firth, The Safari Party; and a remounting of their sold-out production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

The York Theatre Company has announced that, for the fourth consecutive summer, it will partner with Marymount Manhattan - a liberal arts college in New York City and home to a premiere performing arts program - to offer performers ages 18-27 a New Musical Theatre Intensive

Short plays by Anthony Minghella, Michael Weller, Amy Fox, and Lisa Ebersole will be performed at Urban Stages this month

Les Freres Corbusier's pageant of 8-12 year olds telling the story of L. Ron Hubbard is the hippest holiday show in town.

TADA! Youth Theater, one of the City's best known children's musical theaters, will celebrate their 23rd season with a family musical and theater/dance piece. The theater will perform Adventures From Ezra Keats: Maggie and the Pirate & Apt 3.

Steve Spiegel, President and CEO, is pleased to announce the launch of Theatrical Rights Worldwide, a new stock and amateur licensing company.

On August 12th, the York Theatre Company will present the revue 'If You Really Knew Me,' featuring Marymount Manhattan College students singing the work of emerging musical theatre writers

On Tuesday, July 25, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of the ABC daytime talk show 'The View,' will make a special appearance at TheatreworksUSA's critically acclaimed production of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre

Children's storybooks come to musical life in this witty and delightful collection from TheatreworksUSA.

TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, will launch its 45th anniversary season with the one-hour musical revue If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books, presented as Theatreworks' annual Free Summer Theatre Program for New York City youth.

TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, will launch its 45th anniversary season with the one-hour musical revue If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books, presented as Theatreworks' annual Free Summer Theatre Program for New York City youth.