Fred Steele News

Two years into its second half-century, La MaMa, under the artistic direction of Mia Yoo, continues the omnivorous work of its founder, the late Ellen Stewart. The institution's fall 2013 season is a mixture of established artists and forms La MaMa has long supported (Lee Breuer, Dario D'Ambrosi, puppetry) and celebrated artists and programs new to La MaMa (Irina Brook, Chiori Miyagawa and Alice Reagan, Pascal Rambert, Maureen Fleming, Dan Fishback and Max Steele, and many others). Show-by-show descriptions are below.

St. Ann's Warehouse has announced programming highlights of its 2013-14 season, which will kick off in October with the American Premiere of the Donmar Warehouse's tremendously acclaimed all-female production of Julius Caesar.

Phantom of the Opera, a new musical by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell plays through July 18 at The Players Theatre. A bold new vision of the classic French novel by Gaston Leroux, this heart-racing musical unravels the mystery of a passionate man living deep beneath the grand Paris Opera House. Was he a madman? A musical genius? Or just a lonely soul yearning to be loved? Phantom is an intimate production filled with intrigue, passion, danger and desire featuring provocative music performed by a live chamber ensemble at the Players Theatre.

Phantom of the Opera, a new musical by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell plays through July 18 at The Players Theatre. A bold new vision of the classic French novel by Gaston Leroux, this heart-racing musical unravels the mystery of a passionate man living deep beneath the grand Paris Opera House. Was he a madman? A musical genius? Or just a lonely soul yearning to be loved? Phantom is an intimate production filled with intrigue, passion, danger and desire featuring provocative music performed by a live chamber ensemble at the Players Theatre.

Phantom of the Opera, a new musical by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell plays through July 18 at The Players Theatre. A bold new vision of the classic French novel by Gaston Leroux, this heart-racing musical unravels the mystery of a passionate man living deep beneath the grand Paris Opera House. Was he a madman? A musical genius? Or just a lonely soul yearning to be loved? Phantom is an intimate production filled with intrigue, passion, danger and desire featuring provocative music performed by a live chamber ensemble at the Players Theatre.