Jay O. Sanders News

You can now get a first look at footage of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, which is now in perfromances at New York City Center Stage 1. The production features a rotating cast of artists throughout its run.

Performances have begun for the limited 15-week engagement of Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro at New York City Center Stage I. Check out photos here!

Playwright Catherine Filloux's MEDUSA, the second installment in her environmental Olivia Trilogy, will receive its first public reading in NYC, starring Jay O. Sanders and Arianna Gayle, directed by Alice Reagan.

Initial casting has been announced for a new production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play, ARE YOU NOW OR  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro. 

Red Bull Theater announced the closing event of its spring Revelation Readings Series, CYMBELINE, REFINISHED, directed by Michael Sexton and featuring Tina Benko, Amir Arison, Jay O. Sanders, and Carson Elrod at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre.

The Public Theater has announced the lineup for The Public’s Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 season. The season lineup will include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, plus works from James Ijames, Ryan J. Haddad, Richard Nelson, Taylor Mac, and more.

Red Bull Theater has announced the next presentation in its Revelation Readings series. The program will feature The Illusion by Corneille in a version by Ranjit Bolt.

Tony Award winners Mandy Patinkin, Maryann Plunkett, and more are among the stage alums joining the cast of Audible's The Space Within. The audio drama, led by fellow Tony winner Jessica Chastain, will return for a second season on Thursday, March 5, 2026, exclusively from Audible.

The Tent Theater Company will host its 2025 benefit, LASTINGNESS next week at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons. Learn more about the event here!

Oscar-winner Tom Hanks is in New York for the fall, starring in This World of Tomorrow at The Shed, a new play he co-wrote. During a recent visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers, the beloved actor spoke about the rewarding process of performing in live theater as an actor. Watch the interview now.

Tom Hanks, currently starring in This World of Tomorrow at The Shed, will visit Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday to discuss the production. Tune in to NBC on Tuesday, November 25, at 12:35/11:35c to see Hanks' appearance. 

'Any Minute Now' has announced its first workshop production hosted by HERE Arts Center and reveals the complete cast and creative team. Performances begin January 15th at the Dorothy B. Williams Theater at HERE Arts Center and continue through February 1st.

The Public Theater recently celebrated opening night of the world premiere of INITIATIVE, an epic new play by Emerging Writers Group alumnus Else Went and directed by The Public Theater’s inaugural Directing Fellow Emma Rosa Went. Check out photos from the red carpet!

HERE Arts Center has announced additional programming for its Spring 2026 season, including the HARP world premiere of Dream Feed by The HawtPlates as part of the Under the Radar Festival.

HERE Arts Center has revealed additional programming for their Spring 2026 lineup including the HARP world premiere of DREAM FEED by The HawtPlates as part of the Under the Radar Festival and more.

The world premiere of This World of Tomorrow starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara is now running Off-Broadway at The Shed at Hudson Yards. See photos from their opening night bows!

Tom Hanks is back on stage in This World of Tomorrow, now running at The Shed. The Oscar-winner, along with co-star Kelli O'Hara and director Kenny Leon, spoke to CBS Mornings about the show, which he also co-wrote. Check out the interviews now.

During a visit to The Late Show, Tom Hanks shared a diddy to help audiences remember how to get to The Shed, where his new play, This World of Tomorrow, is in previews. Check out the interview now, where he also discusses the differences between stage and screen.

Kelli O’Hara will star alongside Academy Award winner Tom Hanks in the world premiere of This World of Tomorrow, a new play by Hanks and James Glossman based on Hanks’ short stories, about a lonely scientist from the future who travels through time in search of true love.

All new photos have been released from rehearsals for the world premiere of This World of Tomorrow, starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, alongside Kelli O'Hara and more.