Emily Erickson News

Maestra Music will hold its second annual concert and community event on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 8 pm. Bringing together Maestra friends and supporters from around the world, Amplify 2022 presented by American Express, will take place both in-person and virtually to raise money and highlight Maestra's programs which provide support, visibility, and community for the women and nonbinary music makers in the theater industry.

RICHARD II will play one preview performance on March 3, with opening night set for March 4.  Scheduled through March 12, the production will perform Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

A final additional performance on Friday, January 28 at 3pm has been added to the limited engagement of Rita Kalnejais’ This Beautiful Future. Directed by Jack Serio, This Beautiful Future is a story of young love set during World War II.

Theaterlab, in association with Lawryn LaCroix, is thrilled to announce that three additional performances (Jan 22 at 3pm, Jan 23 at 7pm, Jan 26 at 8pm) have been added to the limited engagement of Rita Kalnejais' This Beautiful Future, which must close on January 30.

Theaterlab, in association with Lawryn LaCroix, has announced that Tony nominee Austin Pendleton will join the cast of the U.S. premiere of This Beautiful Future by Rita Kalnejais. Pendleton replaces the previously announced Bill Buell who has withdrawn from the production.

This production was packed full of excitement, self-reflection, celebration, and a small mimed bird reminding us of the moral of the story.

The newly formed J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company presents the first of the three productions in the company's inaugural 2020 season. Seesaw, with book by Michael Bennett, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, began performances Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:30pm and continue through February 23, 2020 at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street – between 9th and Dyer Avenues). Seesaw is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. Based on the play Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson. Opening Night is Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:30pm.

The 2010s are over and the Roarin' 20s have returned! We're roaring into the 2020s by taking a look back at the hit pop songs that defined the last decade of music. From Katy Perry to Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber to Adele, come celebrate the hits of the 2010s with Broadway stars and up-and-coming talent as we leap into a new decade at Roaring Into the 20s on January 6, 2020 at 9:30pm at FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW.

The 2010s are over and the Roarin' 20s have returned! We're roaring into the 2020s by taking a look back at the hit pop songs that defined the last decade of music. From Katy Perry to Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber to Adele, come celebrate the hits of the 2010s with Broadway stars and up-and-coming talent as we leap into a new decade! Casting will be announced at a later date.

The Happy Garden of Life—a new play about population control, inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's short story, 2 B R 0 2 B—had a sold-out opening night at the New Ohio Theatre on October 18 and closes on Sunday, October 27, after ten performances.

A new theatre piece about population control by Anna Jastrzembski, directed by Jenna Hoffmann. The play will have a limited run at the New Ohio Theatre from October 18-27.

This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

CONTACT HIGH, an original new musical with book, music and lyrics by Kyle Reid Hass and Jeremy Swanton is slated for a limited engagement run August 15th a?" September 7th at Theater 511, 511 West 54th Street. The official press opening night is on Thursday, August 22nd. Mr. Hass also directs the production. CONTACT HIGH tells the compelling story of the unlikely friendship between two high school seniors: Jean Simon - a drug dealer and recovering heroin addict and Haley Walter Keys - a misunderstood teen genius with a severe phobia of physical human contact. The production draws its inspiration from the teen angst musicals that got the creators through high school and is a testament to the resilience one can find in the hope of a better tomorrow. www.contacthighmusical.com

After a successful Chicagoland try out, Kyle Reid Hass and Jeremy Swanton's CONTACT HIGH: A NEW MUSICAL will make its NYC debut at Theater 511 this summer. Previews begin August 15th with an opening night set for August 17th. The run is scheduled through September 7th. 

From "Your Body is a Wonderland" to "Gravity" to "Waiting on the World to Change," the music of seven-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Mayer struck an acoustic chord with fans, and epitomized 2000's blues rock and acoustic music. Now, John Mayer's music comes to Feinstein's/54 Below for one night only at 54 Sings John Mayer on August 9, 2019 at 11:30pm at FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW.

From Kyle Reid Hass and Jeremy Swanton, CONTACT HIGH: A NEW MUSICAL will make it's New York City debut at Theater 511 this summer. Previews begin August 15th with an opening night set for August 17th. The run is scheduled through September 7th.

Vaudeville is Alive and Well at Don't Tell Mama's Comedy Hour

A Modest Proposal, written by Anna Jastrzembski and directed by Jenna Hoffmann, will be presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre for a limited engagement on January 25th, 26th, 27th, 2019 at 7pm.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the rediscovery of musical gems from the past, as part of its acclaimed NEO Reading Series, an ever-growing, one-of-a-kind program dedicated to helping and propelling new, emerging, and outstanding musical theatre writers, in association with Penn State Musical Theatre, will present a staged reading of the new musical Tyrants, with music and lyrics by 2017-2018 NEO writer Alexander Sage Oyen and book by S.P. Monahan (Diva: Live From Hell) for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

York Theatre Company in association with Penn State Musical Theatre present a reading of TYRANTS - by Alexander Sage Oyen and S.P. Monahan