Abingdon Theatre Company - which has produced 65 new American plays in its 18-year history - concludes its 2011-2012 Season with the world premiere of LIFELINE, a new play by Frank Tangredi, winner of the 2008 Christopher Brian Wolk Award, set to begin previews March 9, prior to its official press opening March 18, at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street). Jules Ochoa, who recently helmed HOW I FELL IN LOVE and PHANTOM KILLER, directs.
Theater Resources Unlimited will present its next monthly panel, HOW TO RAISE A HEALTHY THEATER COMPANY, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7pm at The Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal Street, 3rd floor, NYC.
Theater Resources Unlimited will present its next monthly panel, HOW TO RAISE A HEALTHY THEATER COMPANY, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7pm at The Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal Street, 3rd floor, NYC.
Abingdon Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Jan Buttram's LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE, a new play about a slave auctioneer and the one man who can save his life, with performances beginning Friday, February 3. Directed by Kate Bushmann the Off-Broadway production co-stars Peter Brouwer and Leopold Lowe.
On Tuesday, rehearsals began for the world premiere of Jan Buttram's LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE, set to begin previews February 3, prior to its official press opening February 12, at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street).
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) kicks off this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Sex Lives of Our Parents, written by Michael Mitnick. Directed by Davis McCallum, Sex Lives of Our Parents will feature Teddy Bergmann (Peter and the Starcatcher), Lisa Emery (Far East), Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins), Virginia Kull (Dividing the Estate), Ben Rappaport (NBC's 'Outsourced') and Mark Zeisler (Second Stage Theatre's Eurydice). Previews begin on June 7th and opening night is Wednesday, June 22
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) kicks off this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Sex Lives of Our Parents, written by Michael Mitnick. Directed by Davis McCallum, Sex Lives of Our Parents will feature Teddy Bergman (Peter and the Starcatcher), Lisa Emery (Far East), Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins), Virginia Kull (Dividing the Estate), Ben Rappaport (NBC's 'Outsourced') and Mark Zeisler (Second Stage Theatre's Eurydice). Previews begin on June 7th and opening night is Wednesday, June 22.
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) kicks off this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Sex Lives of Our Parents, written by Michael Mitnick. Directed by Davis McCallum, Sex Lives of Our Parents will feature Teddy Bergmann (Peter and the Starcatcher), Lisa Emery (Far East), Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins), Virginia Kull (Dividing the Estate), Ben Rappaport (NBC's 'Outsourced') and Mark Zeisler (Second Stage Theatre's Eurydice). Previews begin on June 7th and opening night is Wednesday, June 22
On Sunday, Abingdon Theatre Company (312 West 36th Street) celebrated the opening of its latest hit HOW I FEEL IN LOVE, a new romantic comedy by Joel Fields ('Ugly Betty' and 'Raising the Bar'), Directed by Jules Ochoa, the New York premiere stars Mark Doherty, Polly Lee, Tommy Schrider, and Roya Shanks.
Abingdon Theatre Company -- which has produced more than 60 new American plays in its 17-year history -- continues its 2010-2011 Season with the New York premiere of HOW I FELL IN LOVE by Joel Fields, a writer for TV's 'Ugly Betty' and 'Raising the Bar' and winner of Abingdon's 2009 Christopher Brian Wolk Award for excellence in playwriting, with previews set to begin January 21, prior to its official press opening on January 30 at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan.
In THE NANJING RACE, Philip (Marcus Ho), a gay Japanese-American businessman, visits Nanjing China in 1988. Yu Ahn (Ian Wen), a hotel 'floor-boy' befriends Philip in the hope of being sponsored to go to America. But it is Bao (James Chen), another floor-boy, who intrigues Philip. Trapped in their social and racial identities, the three men struggle to come to terms with their desires and prejudices. THE NANJING RACE depicts an intimate culture-clash at an intriguing moment in recent Chinese history.
The Monte Carlo-themed gala, ABINGDON PLAYS TO WIN, benefited the Abingdon Theatre Company -- beginning its 18th season on Friday, October 29 with the New York premiere of Reggie Cheong-Leen's THE NANJING RACE -- included salutations to Mr. Brustein by his esteemed colleagues and the presentation of an AB*IE Award for Excellence in Theatre.
This weekend, actress Sami Gayle (featured in the recent revival of GYPSY and MCC's upcoming FAMILY WEEK) visited the Abingdon Theatre Company and its Off-Broadway hit PHANTOM KILLER, a true-crime thriller by Jan Buttram. Directed by Jules Ochoa, PHANTOM KILLER co-stars Wrenn
Schmidt, Denny Bess and Jon McCormick as three people whose lives become intertwined in the search for a serial killer on the prowl in Texas, circa 1946.
Abingdon Theatre Company celebrated the opening of its latest Off-Broadway hit PHANTOM KILLER, a true-crime thriller by Jan Buttram, at a party held Sunday, January 31 at Houndstooth Pub at 8th Avenue and 37th Street in Manhattan.
Off-Broadway's Abingdon Theatre Company continues its 17th Season with the world premiere of PHANTOM KILLER opening on January 31. PHANTOM KILLER, helmed by Jules Ochoa, is a new thriller by Jan Buttram, author of 'Texas Homos'