Eduardo Machado News

Symphony Space has announced a free summer reading series of three new theatrical works by new and established playwrights, directed by renowned directors and read by acclaimed actors, as part of its Summer Stock series, on Monday evenings July 16, 23 and August 6 at 7pm in its Leonard Nimoy Thalia theatre

Saturday, May 26th has been designated LES Kids' Day 2007 as part of The 12th Annual Lower East Side (LES) Festival of the Arts. LES Kids' Day 2007 will feature free performances and special events for kids and by kids, beginning at 2pm at Theater for the New City

The 12th Annual Lower East Side (LES) Festival of the Arts will bring over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and others together under one roof for New York City's free Memorial Day Weekend festival.

The Sum Of Us Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of Hotel Oracle, written by Bixby Elliot and directed by Stephen Brackett.

Pregones Theater, INTAR, Teatro Circulo and Teatro IATI

Curt Dempster, Founding Artistic Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre, was found dead at his home in New York City today (January 19, 2007). The cause remains undetermined at this time.

Click in for reviews of Avenue Q: The Book, The Audrey Hepburn Treasures, Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?, The Alchemy of Theatre, We Bombed in New London, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Stop The Show, In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale and The Entertainment Sourcebook 2007.

Columbia Stages, the award-winning producing arm of Columbia University's Theatre Division, has announced its 2006-2007 season.

The 51st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, Off Broadway's highest honor, were handed out last tonight at the Skirball Center on the campus of New York University in a ceremony hosted by Lili Taylor and Eric Bogosian presented by S. Epatha Merkerson, Christine Ebersole, Edward Hibbert, Douglas Carter Beane, Phylicia Rashad and Oskar Eustis.

Christine Ebersole, Phylicia Rashad, Oskar Eustis and others will be among the presenters of the Obie Awards on May 15th, with more to be announced

After two successful seasons the Summer Play Festival, has announced 15 shows to play at Theatre Row from July 5th to July 30th as part of the third annual event

John Weidman, Jo Bonney and others will select the 16 plays to be selected for the SPF Summer Play Festival

On December 11th, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan will star in the musical Afternoon Tea as part of the Intar Theatre's 40th anniversary benefit

Eduardo Machado's off-Broadway play Kissing Fidel will shutter a week early, on October 16th

The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, has announced the judges for the 2005-2006 Obie Awards.

Performances begin this Saturday for the Epic Theatre Center / United States Premiere of Einstein's Gift, a new play by Vern Thiessen, at the Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Henry Flamethrowa, a new play by John Belluso, begins performances May 11th at Studio Dante.

Hartford Stage serves up tasty Cuban dish while SpeakEasy's metaphorical cigar story fails to ignite