Justy Kosek News

Pleasantville theatre company Arc Stages will present The Last 10 Years: A Community Stage Retrospective. This special evening of theatre will feature favorite moments from every Community Stage musical, play and cabaret since Arc Stages’ inaugural production back in 2013. 

Isle of Shoals will be mounting its first in-person production since March of 2020. This announcement comes alongside new leadership for the company. Bryan Williams, former AD and IOS co-founder, will step into the role of Managing Director- continuing to work closely with the company while producing new content.

The serial podcast, DRY RUN, which is the audio version of Nikki MacCallum’s memoir released by Auctus Publishers in 2019, had its launch party last month at Jungle Bird in New York City. The event was produced by Kevin Martinez.

DRY RUN compares the struggles of marathoning with the challenges of alcohol addiction. MacCallum’s memoir was published by Auctus Publishers in late 2019 and was shortly thereafter featured on CBS. 

Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit theatre company, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with THE LANCE SERIES. The Series is named in honor of the late Lance Hewett, Founding Artistic Director and Guiding Light of IOS for 19 memorable years, and will consist of staged readings of 5 wildly diverse new plays, chosen from nearly a hundred submitted in a nationwide search.

'Tis the season of waiting for 'It's a Wonderful Life' to appear on television, and Isle of Shoals has just the treat to satisfy that craving. Paradise Lost & Found is a buoyant new comedy by Tirosh Schneider, directed by Katie Young*, about a hapless soul entangled in the bureaucracy of the Afterlife. Jack Klugman (no, not the actor), a 49-year-old sunglasses salesman riddled with regrets, arrives at the Pearly Gates of Heaven -- only it's St. Peter's day off and Joan of Arc is filling in. Jack's file has gone missing, so his eternal fate is TBD. It turns out that he needs to be judged, first by his father who's disqualified due to the blatant conflict of interest, finally by a moody 18-year-old who has her own issues to deal with. Somehow they manage to sift through the events of Jack's life (and hers as well), forming an unlikely bond. Paradise Lost & Found is a funny and wistful comedy about love, loss, and the joy of connecting with one another, even in topsy-turvy circumstances.

Nylon Fusion Theatre Company in association with The Constellation Project will present the World Premiere of ray gun say0nara, a sci-fi play with songs written by Steven Mark Tenney, directed by Janet Bentley at The New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street New York, NY 10014), December 4-22. Performances will be on Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm, Thursday, December 5 at 7pm, Saturday, December 7 at 3pm, Sunday, December 8 at 7pm, Monday, December 9 at 7pm, Wednesday, December 11 at 7pm, Saturday, December 14 at 7pm, Sunday, December 15 at 3pm, Monday, December 16 at 7pm, Friday, December 20 at 7pm, Saturday, December 21 at 3pm, and Sunday, December 22 at 3pm.

To celebrate their five year anniversary, TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) is celebrating with FOUR new verse plays this October: a developmental production of The Other, Other Woman, and a staged reading of the entire Love and Death Trilogy: Persephone Rises, The Seduction of Adonis and Cupid and Psyche, all written and directed by foundress and playwright, Emily C. A. Snyder. Tickets are available now, including VIP seats with an open bar and pre-show salon for The Other, Other Woman, and an all-day picnic with the gods for The Love and Death Trilogy. Package deals are available.

To celebrate their five year anniversary, TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) is celebrating with FOUR new verse plays this October: a developmental production of The Other, Other Woman, and a staged reading of the entire Love and Death Trilogy: Persephone Rises, The Seduction of Adonis and Cupid and Psyche, all written and directed by foundress and playwright, Emily C. A. Snyder. Tickets are available now, including VIP seats with an open bar and pre-show salon for The Other, Other Woman, and an all-day picnic with the gods for The Love and Death Trilogy. Package deals are available.

Last night, May 28, 2018, Theatre Now New York presented its Fifth Annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals, SOUND BITES 5.0, on The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center, to a sold-out house for the second year in a row. This annual, one-night only event showcases ten new musicals of up-and-coming musical theatre writing teams.

Theatre Now New York is pleased to announce the complete casting and creative teams of the ten musicals featured in SOUND BITES 5.0, the Fifth Annual 10-Minute Musical Festival. This one-night only event showcases ten new musicals of up-and-coming musical theatre writing teams.

Theatre Now New York is pleased to announce the complete casting and creative teams of the ten musicals featured in SOUND BITES 5.0, the Fifth Annual 10-Minute Musical Festival. This one-night only event showcases ten new musicals of up-and-coming musical theatre writing teams.

Diversity and inclusiveness in casting is an issue that the theater community continues to grapple with.

Isle of Shoals Productions announces their cast for the world premiere of their new musical, Love Court, an irreverent look at romantic entanglements in the modern workplace, loosely modeled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.

Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc. is a non-profit theatre company located in New York City now in its 22nd season, winner of four New York Innovative Theatre Awards (8 nominations). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

Isle of Shoals Productions announces their cast for the world premiere of their new musical, Love Court, an irreverent look at romantic entanglements in the modern workplace, loosely modeled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.

That's right, the beloved film Can't Hardly Wait, is now a parody cabaret-style musical with mostly 90's music!!!  Featuring beloved 90's hits such as I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys), Wannabe (Spice Girls) and No Diggity (Blackstreet), the parody musical takes you through the movie musical journey, with all of your favorite characters!

Power. Lust. Friendship. Legacy. What matters in a human life? Gilgamesh, the larger-than-life King, travels to the end of the world to find out. Based on the epic from Mesopotamia, one of the oldest pieces of literature known to us today, GILGAMESH - A MUSICAL EPIC is a coming of age story depicting Man's breakthrough into Consciousness, told in the form of an original epic musical experience with a live band.

Power. Kingdoms. Lust. And the will of one (anti-) hero who wants to do everything he can to conquer the one enemy he cannot beat: Death. Based on the epic from Mesopotamia, one of the oldest pieces of literature known to us today, 'Gilgamesh - A Musical Epic' is the story of how Man went from Animal to God, told in the form of an epic rock opera. It brings together the rocky deserts of the mythical Middle East and the electrifying energy of Rock to challenge the gods themselves.