John Arthur Pinckard, the Tony Award-Winning Producer of Clybourne Park,has joined with The New Colony, 2011 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theater Award-recipient, to announce the acceptance of last summer's critically-acclaimed 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, written by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and directed by Sarah Gitenstein, into The New York International Fringe Festival. Chicago audiences will be able to see the re-staging of last summer's hit production at Center on Halsted opening tonight, July 30th with a limited run from August 2nd - August 5th before it heads to FringeNYC.
Michelle Clunie ("Queer as Folk," US) is set to host 3 CHOICES AWAY…, a one night only concert benefiting the upcoming fall production of METHTACULAR! and presented by kef theatrical productions, at the Middle Collegiate Church (50 East 7th Street @ Second Avenue) tonight, July 29 at 8:00pm.
Theatre East presents "Normalcy" by Bennett Windheim, Off Broadway at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 416 West 42nd Street, NYC. Benard Cummings directs the new play. Previews begin for the limited engagement on August 31 and the opening is Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm. For this opening of its 2012-13 season, there will be a series of talk-backs throughout the run, with the author, the producers and director, as well as experts in the respective field of this emotionally charged play.
Michelle Clunie ("Queer as Folk," US) is set to host 3 CHOICES AWAY…, a one night only concert benefiting the upcoming fall production of METHTACULAR! and presented by kef theatrical productions, at the Middle Collegiate Church (50 East 7th Street @ Second Avenue) on Sunday, July 29 at 8:00pm.
John Arthur Pinckard, the Tony Award-Winning Producer of Clybourne Park,has joined with The New Colony, 2011 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theater Award-recipient, to announce the acceptance of last summer's critically-acclaimed 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, written by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and directed by Sarah Gitenstein, into The New York International Fringe Festival. Chicago audiences will be able to see the re-staging of last summer's hit production at Center on Halsted opening on Monday, July 30th with a limited run from August 2nd - August 5th before it heads to FringeNYC.
kef theatrical productions has announced 3 Choices Away…, a benefit concert for the fall production of METHTACULAR! The one night concert will play the Middle Collegiate Church at 50 East 7th Street (at Second Ave.) in New York beginning on Sunday, July 29th at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.kefproductions.com or by calling 212.352.3101.
SALAMANDER STARTS OVER will premiere at NY International Fringe Festival. The words every teenage punk dreads: ALL-BOYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL. But this isn't your average preparatory education. Eccentric teachers. Militant coaches. Dance-fighting students. Add these with the love of a Cuban mother and see how Salamander Starts Over.
Conservatives, Liberals, Punkers, Rocker Girls, Fairies, maintenance workers, Uptown, Downtown and the Central Park of Athens slam together in The Art of Acting Studio and the Harold Clurman Lab Theater's presentation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Directed by Don K. Williams, Midsummer is set in "Athens" where neo-conservative lawmakers outlaw love; punk kings, rocker queens and Clockwork Orange droogs rule the Central Park; a band of sanitations workers dream of stardom; and the power of love (and "potions") makes all right in the world.
Working Theater presents the Off-Broadway production of The Best of TheaterWorks!: Stories from the 99%. The production will feature six of the best short plays to come out of Working Theater's TheaterWorks! program. The 10-year old program teaches working men and women (bus drivers, doormen, 911 operators, DMV workers etc.) to write and perform their own short plays about their experiences at work. The classes end with a stage reading style performance where the students are teamed with professional actors and directors. This production however will be fully realized by a professional cast and crew.
Over a half century of works collide as The Flea Theater presents Ethikos Productions' Israel Horovitz One-Acts, featuring It's Called the Sugar Plum, Beirut Rocks, and the U.S. Premiere of his latest play, The Bump. Directed by former Flea Resident Director Mia Walker, the production previews July 5, with opening night slated for Friday, July 6. All tickets are $20.
Working Theater presents the Off-Broadway production of The Best of TheaterWorks!: Stories from the 99%. The production will feature six of the best short plays to come out of Working Theater's TheaterWorks! program. The 10-year old program teaches working men and women (bus drivers, doormen, 911 operators, DMV workers etc.) to write and perform their own short plays about their experiences at work. The classes end with a stage reading style performance where the students are teamed with professional actors and directors. This production however will be fully realized by a professional cast and crew.
Conservatives, Liberals, Punkers, Rocker Girls, Fairies, maintenance workers, Uptown, Downtown and the Central Park of Athens slam together in The Art of Acting Studio and the Harold Clurman Lab Theater's presentation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Directed by Don K. Williams, Midsummer is set in "Athens" where neo-conservative lawmakers outlaw love; punk kings, rocker queens and Clockwork Orange droogs rule the Central Park; a band of sanitations workers dream of stardom; and the power of love (and "potions") makes all right in the world.
Working Theater previously announced a reading of the poetry of US Poet Laureate Philip Levine. Readers include Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides and performers André De Shields, Gene Gillette and Lisa Ramirez tonight, May 7th at 7pm at the SEIU 32BJ building at 25 West 18th Street, on the 5th floor. Reception with artists to follow.
Lynn Cohen headlines the cast of the world-premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS, presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company with previews that began April 20 prior to an official press opening of tonight, April 29 at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) in Manhattan. Ronald Cohen directs.
Working Theater has announced a reading of the poetry of US Poet Laureate Philip Levine. Readers include Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides and performers André De Shields, Gene Gillette and Lisa Ramirez on May 7th at 7pm at the SEIU 32BJ building at 25 West 18th Street, on the 5th floor. Reception with artists to follow.
59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Monk Parrots with the world premiere of HERE I GO, written by David Todd and conceived and directed by Luke Leonard.
Lynn Cohen headlines the cast, alongside Jake Robards, of the world premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS, presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company. Previews began April 20, prior to an official press opening tonight, April 27, at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) in Manhattan. Ronald Cohen directs.
Lynn Cohen is set to headline the cast of the world-premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS, presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company with previews that began April 20 prior to an official press opening of Sunday, April 29 at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) in Manhattan. Ronald Cohen will direct.
Lynn Cohen headlines the cast, alongside Jake Robards, of the world premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS, presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company. Previews began April 20, prior to an official press opening of Friday, April 27, at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) in Manhattan. Ronald Cohen will direct. Joining Ms. Cohen and Mr. Robards in the cast of EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS will be Stephanie Roth Haberle, Aidan Koehler and Christopher Whalen. See photos of Cohen, Roth Haberle and Koehler in EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS below!
Boston Playwrights' Theatre presents the 14th annual Boston Theater Marathon and the fourth year of The Warm-Up Laps. The Boston Theater Marathon features 53 ten-minute plays, by 53 New England playwrights, produced by 54 New England theatres in 10 hours.
