Helen on 86th Street, a new full-length family musical adapted from Wendi Kaufman's much loved 1997 New Yorker short story with book and lyrics by Nicole Kempskie and music by Robby Stamper, will make its World Premiere at the American Theatre of Actors/Chernuchin Theatre, 314 West 54th Street, NYC, on April 28th at 7:30 PM and continue its limited engagement through May 8th, 2011.
Symphony Space presents THE THALIA FOLLIES: THE SOCIAL NETWORKING FOLLIES May 19-21. Tickets are $35 day of, $30 in advance; $25 for members and $15 under 30.
Helen on 86th Street, a new full-length family musical adapted from Wendi Kaufman's much loved 1997 New Yorker short story with book and lyrics by Nicole Kempskie and music by Robby Stamper, will make its World Premiere at the American Theatre of Actors/Chernuchin Theatre, 314 West 54th Street, NYC, on April 28th at 7:30 PM and continue its limited engagement through May 8th, 2011.
Helen on 86th Street, a new full-length family musical adapted from Wendi Kaufman's much loved 1997 New Yorker short story with book and lyrics by Nicole Kempskie and music by Robby Stamper, will make its World Premiere at the American Theatre of Actors/Chernuchin Theatre, 314 West 54th Street, NYC, on April 28th at 7:30 PM and continue its limited engagement through May 8th, 2011.
Musical Adventures with the Poppy Seed Players, Kaufman Center's series of musical plays for children ages 4-11 about the Jewish heritage, continues on March 20, 2011, with the family musical A Poppy Seed Purim.
Directed by Sean Hartley, Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Playhouse concerts introduce New York's next generation of musical theater fans age 4-11 to some of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time. The 2011 Broadway Playhouse series concludes with the musicals of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, creators of The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade and I Do! I Do!
Musical Adventures with the Poppy Seed Players, Kaufman Center's series of musical plays for children ages 4-11 about the Jewish heritage, continues on March 20, 2011, with the family musical A Poppy Seed Purim.
Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Playhouse series continues to introduce New York's next generation of musical theater fans ages 4-11 to some of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time. The 2011 series kicked off with a sold-out celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein on Jan 9 and continues with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Feb 13. The composer of enduringly popular musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lloyd Webber has won seven Tonys, three Grammys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys and the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre. The 2011 series concludes with Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) on March 6.
Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Playhouse series continues to introduce New York's next generation of musical theater fans ages 4-11 to some of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time. The 2011 series kicked off with a sold-out celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein on Jan 9 and continues with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Feb 13. The composer of enduringly popular musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lloyd Webber has won seven Tonys, three Grammys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys and the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre. The 2011 series concludes with Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) on March 6.
Merkin Concert Hall's Family Matinees for children ages four to 11 continue in 2010-11 with six family-friendly productions of Broadway Playhouse, concerts celebrating Broadway's greatest musicals, and Musical Adventures with the Poppy Seed Players, musical plays for children about the Jewish heritage.
Now in its 5th season, Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Playhouse series continues to introduce New York's next generation of musical theater fans, age 4-11, to some of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time
Merkin Concert Hall's Family Matinees for children ages four to 11 continue in 2010-11 with six family-friendly productions of Broadway Playhouse, concerts celebrating Broadway's greatest musicals, and Musical Adventures with the Poppy Seed Players, musical plays for children about the Jewish heritage.
The Saint Michael's Playhouse stages AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, June 29 to July10, continuing the season of Equity professional summer theater, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College. The show runs, June 29, 30, July, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, each evening at 8 p.m., with matinees, July 3 and 10, at 2 p.m.
The Saint Michael's Playhouse stages AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, June 29 to July10, continuing the season of Equity professional summer theater, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College. The show runs, June 29, 30, July, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, each evening at 8 p.m., with matinees, July 3 and 10, at 2 p.m.
The Saint Michael's Playhouse stages AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, June 29 to July10, continuing the season of Equity professional summer theater, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College. The show runs, June 29, 30, July, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, each evening at 8 p.m., with matinees, July 3 and 10, at 2 p.m.
When Isaiah Sheffer first walked into the dilapidated movie house on Broadway and 95th Street in the late '70s he saw some kind of makeshift boxing ring on the creaky stage. But what he envisioned was a great center for the arts on the Upper West Side that filled the wide cultural gap between Lincoln Center and Columbia University.
The Saint Michael's Playhouse opens its 2010 season of professional summer theater Tuesday, June 15, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College, with the Broadway musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.
Penguin Rep Theatre has extended the run of its widely-acclaimed production of Tom Dudzick's comedy Over the Tavern, executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today. Over the Tavern, which was originally slated to close June 6, will be presented through Sunday, June 13.
The Saint Michael's Playhouse opens its 2010 season of professional summer theater Tuesday, June 15, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College, with the Broadway musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.
A major regional theatre hit is finally playing the New York metropolitan area. The play is the semi-autobiographical comedy Over the Tavern written by Nyack (Rockland County), New York's own Tom Dudzick. The theatre is Penguin Rep in Stony Point, where Dudzick's comedy Miracle on South Division Street had its premiere last year.