David Zellnik News

NEO 4, the fourth in a series of annual benefit concerts celebrating emerging musical theatre writers took place on Monday May 19th, 2008 at the Theatre at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Avenue (on 54th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues).

Ensemble Studio Theatre announces Series A of 'Marathon 2008' beginning May 8th.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present MARATHON 2008, E.S.T.'s 30th annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Thursday, May 8th, and continue through Saturday, June 28th. MARATHON 2008 offers fifteen World Premieres of one-act plays in three separate evenings.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present MARATHON 2008, E.S.T.'s 30th annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Thursday, May 8th, and continue through Saturday, June 28th.

Due to the overwhelming response to the previously-announced developmental reading at The York Theatre Company on Tuesday, March 11, the creative team of Yank! A New Musical has announced the addition of a second reading on Monday, March 10 from 2PM-5PM at The Zipper Factory Theatre (336 West 37th Street).

Jeffry Denman with The Ross Patterson Trio in 'Jazz Turns,' show tunes performed with a jazz twist on Monday, October 8 at 7PM at the legendary Birdland

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaton have announced the 9th annual First Light Festival, which will run from March 28th through April 27th at E.S.T.

On Monday, February 26, producers Derek Collard and Gary Maffei will present 'My First Time,' an all-star Broadway concert to benefit Quality Services for the Autistic Community

On Monday, February 26, producers Derek Collard and Gary Maffei will present 'My First Time,' an all-star Broadway concert to benefit Quality Services for the Autistic Community

Off-Broadway¹s Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer - Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director ­ Elliot Fox, Managing Director) and Bloomingdale¹s have formed a corporate partnership in celebration of the New York Premiere of Charles Grodin¹s new play, The Right Kind of People, which begins performances at Primary Stages, the resident company at 59E59 Theaters, Tuesday, January 24, 2006, and is slated to run until Sunday, March 5, 2006.

There will be those who will criticize the new musical Yank! claiming that it is a patchwork of moments that have worked in other musicals...

YANK!, a new musical exploring gay life during WWII and featuring Doug Kreeger, will run from September 14th through 21st as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival

Yank!, a new musical exploring the gay experience during WWII, will run from September 14th through September 21st as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival