Jon Kovach News

On August 1, N. Richard Nash's daughter, Amanda, who lives in Massachusetts, came to see East Lynne Theater Company's 'The Rainmaker' and brought four cousins, including Lois, the daughter of Nash's sister Mae, who was the inspiration for 'Lizzie' in this comedy-drama. They all loved the play, which again received a standing ovation. Amanda thanked director Gayle Stahlhuth for 'bringing this family back to life' in such 'a wonderful production.' She grew up with this play and the profits from it paid for her college education.

'I tried to tell a simple story about droughts that happen to people, and about faith,' wrote N. Richard Nash (1913-2000) in regards to his own profoundly beautiful play, 'The Rainmaker.'

Theatre East's 2018-19 season kicks off on Friday, September 21, with a celebration of Romulus Linney's masterful play, Holy Ghosts on what would be his 88thBirthday. The play, set in present-day rural Tennessee, a group of broken, Pentecostal outcasts find solace, understanding, and strength in one another as they wrestle with their own serpents and discover their divinity.

Theatre East'sTenth Season kicks off with Romulus Linney's masterful play, Holy Ghosts after a 40-year absence from the New York Stage. Set in present-day rural Tennessee, a group of broken, Pentecostal outcasts find solace, understanding, and strength in one another as they wrestle with their own serpents and discover their divinity. The production will run at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street, from Friday, September 21st through Saturday, October 6th. 

Wet Paint: a new play festival will premiere next week at The Tank in mid-town Manhattan today July 25 and Thursday July 26.

Wet Paint: a new play festival will premiere next week at The Tank in mid-town Manhattan on Wednesday July 25 and Thursday July 26.

This month, playwright Joan Beber, premieres her newest play DEAR JANE at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 W 42 Street). The show opens tonight, July 26, for a run through August 26, 2017. DEAR JANE is directed by Katrin Hilbe with choreography by Wendy Seyb. BroadwayWorld has a look at the cast in action below!

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater is thrilled to kick off the 2017 summer of theater with Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, opening May 18 and running through June 10. Jon Kovach (Girlfriend, 2016) returns to Wellfleet as Ethan, and Nichole Hamilton makes her WHAT debut as Olivia. Sex with Strangers is directed by Jeffry George

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce The Wave, April 5-8 with a special additional Saturday matinee performance. Ticket prices range from are $20 to $45 and areavailable online at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm.

THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER SOIREE played Feinstein's/54 Below on December 7th, and BroadwayWorld has a look at the concert below!

This December, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Preston Truman Boyd (She Loves Me, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish) joins The 3rd Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree.

Rob Rokicki and Amanda Flynn Join The 3rd Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree at Feinstein's/54 Below.

Janine DiVita joins the Third Annual UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER SOIREE!

Third Annual UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER SOIREE is back! The sweaters are hideous, but the voices are gorgeous, so come don your ugliest Christmas outfit, and ring in the holiday season at Broadway's Supper Club.

ABIGAIL/1702 is playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's exploration of the aftermath of the 1692 Salem witch trials. Merrimack Repertory Theatre and Director Tlaloc Rivas push all the right buttons to give the audience a scary ride. The outstanding design elements create an atmosphere that is spooky on many levels, and Rachel Napoleon is convincing as the troubled young accuser trying to escape her past.

This fall Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) presents the regional premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's 'Abigail/1702', the haunting play that asks what might have happened ten years after the Salem witch trials. At the center of the story is Abigail Williams, the young accuser of 1692's Salem Village, as she tries to begin a new life after the hysteria has subsided-yet remains haunted at every turn by terrors of the past. Tlaloc Rivas directs.

United Productions will present the limited run of award-winning play Nothing by Nic Balthazar tonight, September 15, through September 17, 2016 at The Tank (151 West 46th Street, 8th Floor).

United Productions will present the limited run of award-winning play Nothing by Nic Balthazar September 15 through 17, 2016 at The Tank (151 West 46th Street, 8th Floor).

With a book by Todd Almond, with music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet (from the latter's album of the same name plus songs derived from Altered Beats and 100% Fun) and originally produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, CA, Girlfriend is now directed by Christopher Ostrom as it comes to WHAT on the Julie Harris Stage. Girlfriend: A Rock Musical tells the story of two young men living in Nebraska, fresh out of high school and each with different plans as to what his future will look like after the summer ends. Michael is ready to move out of his tyrannical father's house but not so adamant about following in his footsteps and becoming a doctor; with a full ride to college, his life is not necessarily the fairy-tale a person could look at him and see unfolding. On the other hand, Will hasn't an idea in the world what to do with himself beyond his high school years. As summer vacation is about to begin, Michael asks Will if he'd like to hang out sometime and from that moment onward, the summer is spent trying to understand the feelings that were already blooming between them from the start; it just took two young men and the chance they gave themselves to see something that needed to be made clear for each of them.